Glory Days

It was a brisk 38 degree November morning at Elm Street Park.

The old High School Jersey came out of the closet to appear in the Gloom.

The shovel flag was planted.

Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” was blasting through the wireless bluetooth speaker.

A football was being tossed around the circle.

It was a thing of beauty.

This was a glorious morning.

This is #RunStrong.

DISCLAIMER

Speaking of big days… Today is a big day, an historic day for our country.

Election Day.

YHC does not know much about politics.

But YHC does know this…

No matter what happens… No matter who wins…

They can’t take away…

Our Glory Days!!!

THE THANG

55 Merkins IC (That’s right, 55. A very special number to YHC)

Mosey to the Tennis Courts.

Toes on the Line, Three Point Stance, LISTEN to the snap count. 5 Burpee penalty for jumping offsides! Ahem… Tonka… Ahem…

High Knees full length x 2

First Quarter Sprint x 1

Second Quarter Sprints x 2

Third Quarter Sprints x 3

Fourth Quarter Sprints x 4

Run North on Elm to 5th Street.

First man to finish leads Plank-o-rama for the 6

Scout Run to Green Springs Park. Man in front has the football. On his return, he hands the ball to the next man behind him. 5 Burpee Penalty for fumble! (We had two fumbles total. Tonka and The Closed Hand could not handle the hand-offs from Abu and Wimpy, respectively, and the PAX had to pay for the loose pigskin)

Plank-o-rama at Green Springs Park for the six.

Huddle up at the field on the west side (high side) of the park

Toes on the line.

Karaoke

Football Toss challenge

YHC picks a QB and the QB picks his receiver.

Receiver goes out for a pass.

If he catches the pass… No sprints.

If he drops the pass… Sprints.

We ran a lot of sprints.

Zero completions.

Yes, it was dark. But at F3, we don’t believe in excuses.

Catch the ball, boys!

Finished this segment with a 50 yard Bear Crawl and 50 yard sprint.

Partner up.

One partner jailbreaks to the shelter and does 10 Derkins while the other partner does WW1’s.

Switch partners and repeat.

Circle up and Chop Em!

10 up downs. YHC calls out a PAX member to yell “hit”

Recover.

It is 6:07 at this time.

Just enough time to get back to the shovel flags… If your name is Gazelle :) And Gazelle was not with us :)

A little over time does not hurt anyone every once in a while.

Especially when you are re-living your Glory Days!

PRAYER REQUESTS

THE Closed Hands’ Father-in-law’s biopsy, Cold Cut’s surgery, Crack Corn’s surgery, Papa Smurf and fam, Steamy and fam, Peaches’ cousin and family, Flood victim family in need of help, Noah, and today’s election

BOM (led by YHC)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Papa Smurf’s Bible Study tonight at 7PM, Lunch at Villa Verde, Stay tuned for more information about special gatherings this Friday, Veteran’s Day!

MOLESKIN

There were so many laughs and funny comments this morning, YHC can’t remember them all.

So in lieu of a narrative, YHC has opted for a bulleted list of nuggets from our Glory Day.

-55 Merkins In Cadence is a great way to start a workout. Everyone loved it.

-Some PAX do a better job than others when it comes to listening to the snap count or paying attention to instructions. YHC has learned that this is why legendary Q’s like Charlie Brown don’t waste time with instructions. Especially if there are no FNG’s, like this morning.

-Pied Piper almost shattered Abu’s nose on a 5 and Out Route in the pitch black darkness. If it were not for Abu’s extreme athleticism, it could have been ugly. Pied Piper has a cannon.

-YHC and Aquaman realized that there is a good possibility that they went head to head in High School as YHC was a center for the Broughton Capitals and Aqua was a Nose Guard for the Cary Imps. Aqua was rocking a glorious mullet back in the day. YHC is pretty sure that there were no quarterback sacks in that meeting many moons ago. :)

-Hot Pursuit was voted Most Courteous in High School.

-Bruce Springsteen still rocks.

-Peaches does not like cold weather.

-SmurfStaches are starting to fill in very nicely and should be in full bloom for the F3 ENC Crossbones Ugly Christmas Sweater photo.

-See Through and Skipper need to shave the face and Skip the Lip. Would be a couple of EPIC #SmurfStaches!

-Five Pounds of Possum rocked the house this morning. YHC thinks he was listening to “Glory Days” for the full 45 minutes on his iPod.

As always, it was an honor and a pleasure to Q a workout for the men of F3 ENC Crossbones.

This is a special group, and a true blessing for us all.

Hot Pursuit is on tap for next week’s #RunStrong.

Buckle those chin straps, gents.

Pursuit is gonna bring the pain!

String Bean Out!