Colonel Trautman and the Battle of the Lawn Burrs BLP Blastoff

There was some EC Rucking this morning at 4:45. YHC and Chumlee finished up rucking around the park with 2.5 miles, the rest of the pax were arriving when YHC and Chumlee got back to the shovel flag, so we got started right on time. YHC gave the standard disclaimer no FNG’s. 10 PAX showed up to enjoy some exercise and fellowship. YHC had to give another disclaimer when Abu’s FNG showed up after the start of the warm up.

Warm Up

SSH  –  25

Squats  – 25

Good Mornings – 25

Don Quixotes – 25

The Thang

Mosey over to the shelter and Snake over top the picnic tables back and forth from one end to the other, then plank for the six and move right into plankorama for about 5 minutes of various plank positions(Watch out for those Lawn Burrs Abu). Pair up and line up on the side of the shelter furthest from the playground equipment and start 20 minutes of Colonel Trautman Pair up and one partner runs 20 yards to the pull up bar and do 5 pull ups while the other partner does 10 regular Merkins then hold Chillcutt for their partner to return and tell them to go and do their pull ups. And you do as many sets as you can with-in the time frame the Q gives you. One modification on this was that the partner running to do the pull-ups, had to run over top of the picnic tables on the way and back. Plenty of fun and mumble chatter with this and continued talk about Lawn Burrs. When this was done we mosey back to shovel flag for some wind sprints 25 yds then 10 squats OYO then Lunge back to the starting line 10 more squats OYO rinse and repeat. Then circle up for Mary.

Dolly – 30 (Led by Spinal Tap)

Burpees – 5 (Led by San Fran)

Flutter Kicks – 15 (Led by Psycho)

In and Outs – 10 (Led by Angel)

Countorama, Nameorama

Prayer Requests: Papa Smurf, Wimpie’s friend Chris w/ALS, Psycho and Tater’s co-worker killed by inmate prayers for all dealing with this. Continued Healing for Hacksaw’s father. Abu’s friend’s mother with congestive heart failure. Jackie Wilson lost a daughter to cancer, Continued healing for F3 Brothers: Steamy, Joker, Past Due, Dig a Hole, Gamecock and others, unspoken prayer requests.

Announcements:  Sasquatch in July. Relay for Life at BLP Saturday, April 29th. Ruck U every Monday at Greenspring Park. 0400 EC followed by 0500 Ruck University, Bible study Tuesday night 7:00PM at Hot Pursuit’s (1802 N THAMES CT, Greenville) and Thursday 7:00PM night at Kingpin’s (201 Foxcroft Lane, Winterville). Possible Q school next week @ Boyd Lee Park 05/05/17 with Bono and Abu.

Moleskin: Again it is always a pleasure to spend time with the great PAX of F3 and especially F3ENC. YHC once again would like to leave you with some verses to think about.

First Corinthians 3:12-15 “12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.  If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.  If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.”

This verse should be a key verse for every believer because although we are not saved by works, we will be rewarded according to what we did for Jesus Christ while on the earth.  If our works were for our own glory and not for the glory of God then our “work is burned [and we] will suffer loss” even though “[we] will be saved, yet so as through fire” but if we do things for the glory of God alone then we are building our rewards with a foundation that has “gold, silver, precious stones” and our works will come through the fire.  If our good works are only for the purpose of being seen by others and not of Christ, then like “wood, hay, straw” they will all be burned up and we will have little or nothing to show for our life while in the body.

Spinal Tap