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Like a flock of seagulls…

QIC:  Prosciutto

Date: 06/15/2022

PAX: Mox, Jorts

AO: Convoy

Conditions

Big moon and warm enough for a Hornets tank top from 1988 that fits like a glove

COP

Stretching exercises

The Thang

Just like the flock of seagulls… We ran

COT

2 Corinthians 9: 6; “The person who plants a little will have a small harvest. But, the person who plants a lot will have a big harvest.”

A verse that I read in a devotional back in April that sticks with me each day. It talks about your decisions today and the outcome of those decisions being what you’ve sown, because whatever you plant, that is what you’ll harvest. Plant seeds of kindness? Friends are what you’ll harvest. Plant seeds of laziness or negativity, you’ll harvest bad habits and unhappiness.

Think about the person you want to be, both today and in the future. Are the seeds you’re planting with your choices going to help you to be that person?

Be careful with the choices you make — each one is a seed that will go to harvest one day.

Moleskin

Cam Newton is really big, Mox says
1983, 1984, 1985 all accounted for
Original Top Gun was a terrible movie; change Jorts’ mind

News

Thursday is Recycle day, don’t forget to take yours out

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    I May Have Stolen This Workout From @Fissure But He Didn’t Backblast It So You Can’t Prove Anything

    QIC:  Recycle

    Date: 02/09/2022

    PAX: Gusher, Hambone (RESPECT), Pediasure, Mansiere, Squirt, Warlord, Friday, and oh yeah Burrito

    AO: Convoy

    Conditions

    37 degrees at the disclaimer. Top layers were shed shortly after we got to the track.

    This morning would have been low on the Blowpop Temperature Complaint Index™

    COP

    FF OYO
    ROL OYO
    LOR OYO
    WMH x14 IC
    TGE x10 IC
    Mosey to the track

    The Thang


    I Hate Running

    100 Imperial Walkers count right leg

    Run 4 laps

    100 Big Boi Situps

    Run 3 laps

    100 Squats

    Run 2 laps

    100 Imperial Walkers
    100 Big Boi Situps
    100 Squats

    Run 1 lap

    COT

    Don’t Quit!

    If you quit now, you will be right back where you started. And if you are anything like me, you were miserable when you started and would have given anything to be where you are right now.

    Don’t quit.

    Moleskin

    Playlist: Stereo MCs, Tantric, Godsmack, Trapt, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, U2, Daft Punk

    F3 Chattanooga run workouts begin at 0530 at Convoy on Wednesdays Burrito.

    Not 0531.

    It’s not easy to lead a workout when the assistant to the Q is late. But I powered through.

    There were a handful that completed the single lap before time.

    There were rumors of some imperial walker counting inconsistencies re: Gusher;;;;;;;;;penance has been completed.

    News

    Monthly #2nd-f El Metate gathering to eat tacos this coming Monday at El Metate to eat tacos

    Mountain Education Foundation Dash & Bash fundraiser coming up on Friday 4/29. 5K run, food, and games for the whole family. Plan on wearing your F3 shirt and lets do some EH’n!

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      I Can’t Feel My Face

      QIC:  Recycle

      ATTQIC: Burrito

      Date:  1/29/2022

      PAX: 8-Mile, A-A-Ron, Bada Bing, Blowpop, Burrito, Hambone (RESPECT), Mansiere, Old School (RESPECT), Snow Patrol, Squirt, Yellow 5

      AO: Convoy

      Conditions

      Good Lord

      No crap Mr Weather Channel

      COP

      SSH x25 IC
      FF OYO
      ROL OYO
      LOR OYO
      WMH x10 IC
      TGE x10 IC
      MCPU x10 IC
      LBAC x10 IC
      Rev x10 IC
      SC x10 IC
      OC x10 IC
      SSH x15 IC

      At least this was what I set out to do. Who knows how many reps we actually did. It was really really windy and cold in that parking lot.

      The Thang

      We grabbed our coupons and moseyed from the Siberian parking lot down to the baseball/softball fields.

      The Butt Cold Upper Body Wrecker

      PAX pair up. Simple DORA with reps completed by bleachers and partner moseying to the bollards by the parking lot, completing 15 squats, and moseying back.

      Round 1: 300 Curls For The Girls™

      Partner swap

      Round 2: 300 Incline Merkins

      Partner swap

      Round 3: 300 Tricep Extensions

      Partner swap

      Round 4: 250 Decline Merkins

      Partner swap

      Round 5: 150 Overhead Press

      Mosey back to the Siberian parking lot.

      50 Big Boi Situps
      100 Toe Merkins

      TIME

      COT

      My face was completely numb by the time we got to the COT. I shared an excerpt from Jon Gordon’s book “The Carpenter.” Hopefully the PAX could understand what I was saying through frozen lips:

      “Always remember that your greatness as a leader will not be determined by how much power you accumulate. It will be determined by how much you serve and sacrifice for others to help them become great. Great leaders don’t succeed because they are great. They succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.”

      Moleskin

      Playlist: Silverchair, Franz Ferdinand, Stone Temple Pilots, Tantric, Alice In Chains, Trapt, The Pride Of The Southland Marching Band, The Black Crowes, Temple Of The Dog, The Notorious B.I.G., Staind, JAY-Z, Collective Soul

      I could finally feel my face again about 2 hours after the COT.

      The rumor is true, Hambone rode to the workout with me and I asked who he was when I saw him in the COP. I just didn’t recognize him with all those clothes on.

      That’s what she said

      Great to see A-A-Ron;;;;;;come work out more than once a month!

      Staffing issues at the Dunkin Donuts kept us from receiving the warm holes we were promised. Disappointment abounded.

      News

      The 1st F is for Fitness: Squirt’s VQ right here at Convoy Monday morning. Tuff Muff coming up on February 19th.

      The 2nd F is for Fellowship: El Metate lunch soon…watch Slack for details.

      The 3rd F is for Faith: Watch the #3rd-f channel for several opportunities to serve including Chubby’s and Habitat!

      This concludes the News

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        Spin Cycle

        QIC:  Mansiere

        Date: 01/26/2022

        PAX: Friday, Pediasure, Gusher, Squirt, Prosciutto, Jorts, Yellow 5, Burrito (RESPECT), Recycle, Hambone

        AO: Convoy

        Conditions

        Frigid, even by the standards of a brutally cold January. The breeze was piercing, especially up on the track where one is exposed from all sides. Definitely not a day to start slow!

        COP

        I tried to start us off quickly with some high-intensity exercises. The sometimes helpful, always vocal Burrito was anxious to get to the game, and understandably so. However, the nature of the game dictated an intense warmup. Side-straddle hops were on the menu, as were Marine Corps pushups and some LBCs to get us down and out of the wind. We did a long run around the high school to get our lungs ready as well. On the climb up the Apex, I went over the rules. Now, explaining even something as simple as a track game to this crew is like explaining multivariable calculus to a first grader. Try doing it while Bernie’ing uphill with lips numbed by the 25-degree weather. Yikes!

        The Thang

        There are two teams in the game. The teams start at opposite ends of the track. Their starting points are their respective “zones.” Team 1 stays on one half of the track, and Team 2 stays on the opposite half. The stated goal of the game is to get all of the cones from the other team’s zone into your zone. The real goal of the game is to stay warm and get a good run day workout in. Each runner can only carry one cone at a time. A runner can hand his cone to a runner without a cone. If a runner does 40 Big-Boy Sit-ups in his starting zone, he may bring two cones back to his starting zone one time. If a runner sees that there are no cones remaining in the other team’s zone, that runner should hold low plank until more cones are dropped off. If a team has no cones in the other team’s zone, and no one the team is carrying cones, then that team WINS. The prize is a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut*.

        *At participating locations. Dine-in only**

        ** No locations are participating at this time

        COT

        I read an excerpt from the memoirs of a 20th-century Romanian, who talked about how the joys of comradeship through shared struggle are grander than any material things. I would give up or forego many things before I would give up the opportunity to be out there in the mornings with this fine group of men.

        Moleskin

        No one loves overthinking things more than Burrito, and my bonus goal of driving him crazy with strategizing worked a charm. While the other team was walking to their zone, he immediately started making plans. His strategy consisted mainly of handing off cones. Meanwhile, Team 2 quickly figured out that there was an advantage in the two-cone provision, and started the game off with Big Boys. In the end, neither team won (though Team 2 was clearly winning), and both teams got in a great run day while staying warm.

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          Convoy Elevens

          QIC:  Recycle

          Date: 11/22/2021

          PAX: Blow Pop, Burrito, Friday, Iron Butt (RESPECT RESPECT), Manscaper,  Mansiere, Pediasure, Prosciutto, Squirt, Yellow 5, 8 Mile

          AO: Convoy

          Conditions

          Rain moved out but ground was still moist. Air was a brisk 46 degrees. The lights came on at 5:27 so we didn’t have to work in the dark.

          COP

          SSH x25 (enough for Friday to get his crap together and join us) IC
          Rifle carry to end of parking lot
          FF OYO
          LOR OYO
          ROL OYO
          Rifle carry to mailbox
          MCPU x10 IC
          Rifle carry to corner of school
          WMH x10 IC
          TGE x10 IC
          Rifle carry around to courtyard
          LBAC x10 IC
          Rev x10 IC
          SC x10 IC
          OC x10 IC
          Rifle carry to courtyard staircase

          The Thang

          PAX count off into 1s and 2s. 1s start at the bottom of staircase, 2s at the top.

          11s

          First set: weighted American Hammers on top, Curls for the Girls at the bottom

          Second set: tricep extensions on top, front lateral raise at the bottom

          Rifle carry the staircase in between reps, run the staircase/hill with no weight while waiting on the six.

          Move back to the flag, rifle carry not necessary

          Flutter kicks x25 IC

          TIME

          COT

          You matter! I think men often give so much of themselves that they sometimes forget that they matter and are worthy of being loved as well.

          Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is. He answered “to love the Lord God with all your heart….and the second is like it: to love your neighbor as yourself.” I believe that last part is important….you can’t love others if you don’t believe that you are worthy of love yourself!

          Moleskin

          Playlist: Outkast, LL Cool J, The Black Crowes, Stone Temple Pilots, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Warren G

          Great to have Iron Butt for day 13 of his F3 Chattanooga tour

          Did you know everything is harder with a plate carrier on? Cause it is.

          Burrito knows an awful lot about prostates. Part of that McCallie education I presume.

          The Mountain Ruckers™ were pounding the pavement in the gloom this morning. You should join us!

          News

          Thanksgiving convergence this Thursday. Check out the #convergence-csaup channel for info.

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            Carotid Cardio Cleanout

            QIC:  Prosciutto

            Date: 11/01/2021

            PAX: 8 Mile, Bada Bing, Blowpop, Burrito, Friday, Mansiere, Manscaper, Squirt, Zima

            AO: Convoy

            Conditions

            The cool, fall-like temps upon us and all of the northern signal mountain hemisphere constellations in full view. Someone mentioned the big dipper, but I was certain I was wearing shorts long enough to hide it (hmmm, maybe not); and it was dark… Probably a good time to make this note for future attendees not aware – arriving before ~5:25am at Convoy – it’s pitch black with the parking lot lights set to the off position (Burrito’s trying to save convoy on the utility bill, I suppose). Early risers and gloomers were able to appreciate the wonder of the cosmos, good thing too, because otherwise we’d be forced to actually look at one another. Eek! And I thought Halloween was behind us!

            For those attending, I tried to start us at 5:26, but the ceremonious pax vetoed that notion; “it’s not 5:30!”, Burrito insisted.

            On this, the 305th day of the year, the Catholic in me was mindful that today is an observed holy day; All Saints’ Day. Interesting fact for the day, the perhaps lesser-known “Halloween” is actually not a public holiday in the United States, Canada, or Great Britain. “Publically” or “Civically” in the sense that it is recognized, established by law, and most often provided as a day-off (for those who choose to work). Second, but perhaps not as interesting is a personal fact — in all my years at Catholic school, we were not taught formally about All Saints Day. They just said, it’s All Saints Day and you’re going to mass today (Me: “Awesome”; also me: “the gluten-free kids are gonna be so bloated after the eucharist is delivered har har har”)…. So, to wikipedia I went to learn about that which was never taught to the Catholic school children; tuition aside, wikipedia delivers as usual.

            This day in history notes that in 1966 the NFL awarded New Orleans with a football franchise. The team was named the ‘Saints’ for whatever reason. Were the ‘Pelicans’ already taken?

            Who is bored of this section of the backblast right now? Boy this is awful. Should I continue this mid-morning post coffee induced rambling or talk about how we should look to Detroit as the city planning tutorial for cities looking to improve value in one night every year? Yeah, that…

            COP

            Not so much a ‘circle of pain’, but mostly stretching with midwife noises. Also some runner stretches foreshadowing the upcoming plan. It was at this point that we all were very certain that Burrito had arrived and he was well. For this, we were grateful.

            Post stretching and lighthearted commentary behind us, we mosey’d to the hill in the position ahead of the high school entrance.

            Elevens were called, Squat Jumps and Burpees; After 3 rounds ( 10:1, 9:2, 8:3), bernie sanders up the hill and then up to the track for the main thang.

            The Thang

            Cardiac Arrest Combatant
            Remain in motion throughout these exercises but keep together for the benefit of team

            400m Run
            40 SSH / 30 High Knee / 20 Mtn Climbers / 10 HR merkins
            — 45 second Wall sit / Smurfjacks IC / 45 second wall sit

            800m Run
            40 SSH / 30 High Knee / 20 Mtn Climbers / 10 HR merkins
            — 45 second Wall sit / Smurfjacks IC

            400m Run with indigenous peoples mindset
            40 SSH / 30 High Knee / 20 Mtn Climbers / 10 HR merkins

            Return to position at top of original place of Elevens
            Complete two more rounds of 11’s (6:5 & 5:6)

            Head to startex for Seven Minutes of Mary Three’s (editor’s note: there were only 4 minutes of mary three’s); Army Rope Climbs, American Hammers – Slow edition, Flutter Kicks with Recycle’s Army cadence

            COT

            Inky Johnson podcast with his mentor talked about the process of achieving goals. The goal can sometimes be a guide post, but after you reach and attain those goals it is very easy to say, “Ok! I’ve reached my goal! I’ve done it.” — and quit. Sad, but true. Couch to Half Marathoner’s can unite on this experience. Their love for pinterest guides to get them off the couch, only to return to the couch afterwards is a recipe for disaster.

            Set up habits and systems. Daily rituals and tasks to constantly refine and hone in on what you hope to eventually be, or become. Think of the carrot and the donkey. Keep the goal just out of your reach, always moving and adjusting your target further and further as you improve. Never allow yourself to actually achieve the goal, but only continue to reach for it and this is how you’ll improve daily. Does the farmer quit when he reaches harvest? What does the farmer do in the days after harvest?

            Find joy and appreciation in the act of improving each day and the momentum you maintain. If you are testing yourself and those tests lead to eventual wins -or- losses, make it a point to place less emphasis on the outcome of the ‘tests’, but instead cherish the value of your effort and rejoice in the opportunity and the blessing to constantly work towards an unattainable perfection. Hard work is just that, hard work.

            Moleskin

            • Detroit citizens burn their city down annually; like a real-life purge of drug real estate
            • 8 Mile’s famous ‘snow camp’ story is longer than 4 minutes worth of dialogue
            • “Rocky 4, that’s the joke”, is (still) a hilarious joke
            • “1600m record at Signal Mtn High is 4:27″, Burrito scoffed (don’t ask him about the shotput distance record, unless you’re ready for a full onslaught of shotput facts that are super interesting and relatively unknown to 99% of humanity)

            News

            Thanksgiving convergence and gobbler race is upcoming. Details in slack.

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              Doublin’ Down on the Track

              QIC:  Recycle

              Date: 3/29/2021

              PAX: Whittler, Burrito, Gusher, Hambone(RESPECT), Zima, Jorts, Mansiere, Snow Patrol

              AO: Convoy

              Conditions

              39 and breezy in the Eagles’ Nest

              COP

              Mosey to the track
              FF OYO
              LOR OYO
              ROL OYO
              WMH x10 IC
              TGE x10 IC
              IW x10 IC
              BBAC x10 IC
              Rev x10 IC
              LBAC x10 IC
              OC x10 IC
              OP x10 IC

              The Thang

              Doublin’ Down on the Track

              What do you do when you get an 11 in Blackjack? You double down!

              Double 11s. Starting with 10 burpees on the home side and visitor side, 1 Captain Thor in each end zone. Mosey in between. Working toward 1 burpee and 10 Captain Thors. We did not get there.

              COT

              Romans 6:3-9

              3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

              5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

              8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

              Death no longer has mastery over him! Or us as we were baptized into Christ Jesus!

              Great way to start off Holy Week as we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection.

              Moleskin

              Playlist: Jane’s Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Seven Mary Three, Stereo MCs, Nirvana, The Pride of the Southland Marching Band (for Whittler), Alice In Chains, LIVE

              For Zima:

              The Legend of Bushwood Burrito

              It was a warm Saturday morning as we arrived at the parking lot of #Reformation curious as to why Burrito had requested us to bring golf balls to his Q. Whittler was present only hoping the golf balls would be used to throw at Burrito. Alas, it was not to be.

              “Hop in your car and follow me! I have a great idea for a workout!”

              There was apprehension as we pulled into the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club a few minutes after 7:00. What could he have in mind? We moseyed from the parking area over to the back nine. “We’ll start on the tee box of each hole and take turns throwing the golf balls, mosey to the golf ball and complete exercises when we get there!”

              Hey, maybe this workout does have some promise.

              It began innocently enough. A small group of High Impact Men on the golf course on a Saturday morning. What could go wrong? We each took our turns throwing the golf balls and moseying through the dew covered fairways and along the cart paths. Then we reached hole 16….

              As we completed our burpees and American hammers there on the cart path and adjacent grass, a golf cart arrived at our location. Behind the wheel was the head greenskeeper. My memory of his face is that he may have been the greenskeeper, but he was red with anger.

              “Guys, we just can’t be doing this. You can’t be all over the greens like this.”

              Burrito replied confidently “but we have not been on the greens at all! We have stayed on the cart path!”

              “Yes you have! There are footprints all over the greens!”

              Burrito, knowing that the jig was up and he had been bested by the shoe prints in the morning dew, simply hung his head and dejectedly replied:

              “ok“

              It was then that we knew we had to vacate the premises. However, there is no way to get off of the course until after the 17th tee box. We completed the mosey of shame up the cart path being followed by the red faced greenskeeper in his golf cart until we could cut through the tree line and finish up on Golf Drive.

              The story would have a great ending, though, as Gusher opened the Wayside Presbyterian fellowship hall to us for a great coffeeteria so that we could commiserate about the morning’s workout led by Bushwood Burrito.



              News

              Get excited for Jorts at #Smackdown on Tuesday

              Make gainz with Joanna at #Convoy this Saturday the 3rd

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                Ch-Ch-Cha Changes

                QIC:  Prosciutto

                Date: 03/20/2021

                PAX: A-A-Ron, Blue, Gusher, Hambone, Joanna Gainz All Day Ery Day Ery Day, Mansiere, Zima

                AO: Convoy

                Conditions

                Air Quality 32. It’s the lowest it’s been in a rolling 7-day span; this according to the Breezometer source. The biggest air quality offender? O3. Mansiere shared that O3 is ozone. He’s way smarter than me and I believe him. And anyone who’s anyone knows that global warming is a real thing and Ozone is a big jerk on the jerk scale. The Pollen index is also low, 0 of 5, down from 2/5 from a couple days ago; Juniper pollen is the criminal this time of year which is weird. Junipers just sorta lay there and creep. Such a quiet creep, that Juniper. Gin is made with juniper berries – so it is not entirely a failure. Also of note, Gin is simply a gender confused form of vodka; as vodka is the base of gin. Gin just has “highlights” and “accessories” which vodka does without. The most toxic masculine Gin name has got to be Beefeater, right? I mean, c’mon we all sorta know whats going on here.

                Disclaimer was low quality – let’s go with a level 32 because I lack creativity (total possible 100). It was weak. I’ve not been approached for lawsuits, so I likely said enough. Also as an aside (this has got to be an ongoing record), but we’ve had probably *6500 workouts consecutive where no one has died. That’s a record, definitely; probably.

                Pre-playlist featured a newer (more adult) Britney Spears tune with cuss words and some latin rap song my kids love because of trolls 2. let’s go.

                *innacurate

                COP

                Forward Folds, Will Hayes, SSH, Mtn Climbers, Plank Jacks, High Knees, Wide High Knees, Planks

                The Thang

                I shared at the start that running would be central to the effort today. So after the warmup we did just that.
                Merkin Mile & EMO2M 4x4s
                As the emboldened title states, we ran a mile. At each quarter mile 25 merkins. The timer went off every two minutes during this mile – which meant we did a 4×4. Blue cheered when he heard we were doing 4x4s. Animal.

                Rock Pile Circle

                We “found” rocks. Did rock curls and triceps extensions. While fun on their own, made even more fun while doing them to Sam Cooke singing to us. Legendary. He’s not a gin man, you can just tell.

                And this is probably better news for the Moleskin, but the bird that nested nearby the rock pile was pissed as hell (at me). For those who don’t know, Signal Mountain is a bird sanctuary for some dumb reason, but probably not so dumb if you explained it to me. Signal Mountain is strange. Like….bird sanctuary? Why? Of all things you can be… we got bird sanctuary. I think they were just looking to boast about having another sign on Taft Hwy. Whatever. Why not just up your pizza game and kick Domino’s off the mountain? More people would like that and you could tout being a ‘Pizza City’. If they ever figure out how to get Rembrandt’s canoli’s up to Pruett’s then “Canoli City” is also within reach. Where were we?

                Oh — rocks, and yeah, the Goldilocks reference was made in conjunction with rock selection. Good thing the rocks were already pre-selected so noone had to be rock shamed. Also of note: there were no rock injuries (or deaths).

                Continued our run around, heading now toward the track; pit stop along the way for Q to catch breath and merkins

                Elevens by 2 | Standard elevens series but two exercises at each end point. End points set at 100m distance

                Start/End Point

                Start/End point 2

                Box Jumps
                Makhtar-Shoulder-Tap-Merkins

                Dips
                Lunges (mountain count)

                Return to flag for leg lifting (Front, side and rear single leg lifts)

                COT

                Change is difficult. Change is not widely accepted or comforting.

                83% of people report being unhappy or looking for a change at work; only 12% will actively engage with their manager about a change. People will go to great lengths to keep things the same.

                Yet change is all around us. Each day is a new day, the clock resets. It changes.

                The season changes. The time changes. It’s part of life. We do not and cannot control everything.

                Change is always, change is good, change is uncomfortable and often times change is productive. Embracing change can be difficult.

                “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” -John F. Kennedy

                “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” -Albert Einstein

                “If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said ‘Don’t change anything.’” -Henry Ford

                I find solace in change through scripture and faith. Jeremiah 29: 11-13 & Isaiah 41:10

                Jeremiah 29:11-13
                For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Mewhen you search for Me with all your heart.

                Isaiah 41:10
                So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

                I find comfort in knowing I am Not in control but I am content and joyful when I remember the one who knows and loves me the most is in control.

                Moleskin

                • Mansiere is beginning to convince me that Rocky 4 never happened
                • Blue wore a 20 lb plate and made us all look like (The Count’s words, not mine; The Count’s) “big pussies”; again, not my words
                • Still not sure if Zima is bought and sold at convenience stores any longer, but our Zima is always available in the gloom
                • Ground nesting birds will rain hellfire on and about your head and make you regret life decisions if you disturb their nesting area; ask me how i know because I’m a bird sanctuary inhabitant and I know where the sign is
                • We never did find the boogie man despite many calls for him (her? they?) from the deep dark forest, but what boogie man (person? thing? they? human?) would approach a group of men in the dark blaring David Bowie? Don’t underestimate they/their intelligence.
                • Makhtar-Shoulder-Tap-Merkins don’t exist in the lexicon yet. Leave it to the creatives to give it a proper name but these things suck. Oh, I know, ‘Second Worst Merkins Ever’. “Yeah,” she said, “that’ll stick.”
                • Stonehenge was formed from F3. **browse internet**, copy/paste that. Profit – you’re welcome

                News

                Coker family still in our thoughts, Joanna makin dem gainz all day ery day most days nah ery day and family

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                  Keeping Our Butts Down @ #Convoy

                  QIC:  Recycle

                  Date: 1/23/2021

                  PAX: Prosciutto, Gusher, Tonka, Joanna Gainz, A-A-Ron, Hambone (RESPECT), Jorts, my boy Blue, Mansiere, Snow Patrol, Pound Dog

                  AO: Convoy

                  Conditions

                  A brisk 28 degrees. Not too cold for hoodies and hats to be shed about halfway through. The ground in the courtyard was soft. Good for LBCs, not great for plank jacks.

                  COP

                  SSH x20 IC
                  FF OYO
                  WMH x10 IC
                  TGE x10 IC
                  Marine Corps Pushups x10 IC
                  LBAC x10 IC
                  Rev x10 IC
                  SC x10 IC
                  OC x10 IC
                  SSH x20 IC

                  The Thang

                  PAX grab their coupon and mosey to the courtyard.
                  Drop coupons at the top of the hill and mosey down to the (newly planted?) trees.
                  Complete exercise at the trees, mosey to your coupon for some gun show work, then back to the trees for pickle pounders until the six is in.

                  Round 1 10 shoulder press w/coupon on the hill after each exercise
                  Burpees x5
                  LBCs x10
                  Imperial Walkers x15 (count right leg)
                  Merkins x20
                  Plank Jacks x25
                  Squats x30

                  Round 2 15 curls for the girls w/coupon on the hill after each
                  Burpees x10
                  LBCs x15
                  Imperial Walkers x20
                  Merkins x25
                  Plank Jacks x30
                  Squats x35

                  Round 3 15 tricep extensions w/coupon on the hill after each
                  Burpees x15
                  LBCs x20
                  Imperial Walkers x25
                  Merkins x30
                  Plank Jacks x35
                  Squats x40

                  Round 4 15 curls for the girls w/coupon on the hill after each
                  Burpees x10
                  LBCs x15
                  Imperial Walkers x20

                  Rifle carry your coupon back to the flag

                  Mary
                  Flutter kicks x30 IC
                  Pickle Pointers x20 IC
                  American Hammer x10 IC
                  Big Boi Situps x15 OYO

                  TIME

                  COT

                  “Our mission is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men, for the invigoration of male community leadership“

                  F3 is a workout group. This is the magnet that brings men in.

                  F3 is a fellowship group. This is the glue that keeps men coming back time and again (because you want to be my friend!)

                  F3 is a leadership group. This is the dynamite that explodes this newly invigorated leadership out into our homes, our churches, our workplaces, and our communities.

                  Leaders know that mission accomplishment is a people business. That you need the people you are leading to complete the mission.

                  Leaders know that they set the example, not tell the example. If they want to effect change, they model the change.

                  Go out and be what you want to see!

                  Moleskin

                  Playlist: Led Zeppelin, The Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Outkast, Trapt, Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, Jane’s Addiction, Modest Mouse, Kanye West

                  Thanks to Gusher for being a fantastic example of good plank jack form. Butt down!

                  I discovered this morning that Prosciutto and I share a love of southern rock organ, specifically The Black Crowes. Projut has seen The Crowes live in Chattanooga. But where? The Crowes have played in Chattanooga three times since they made it big: Memorial Auditorium in 1992, Riverbend in 2008, and Track 29 in 2013. I am guessing you would have seen Prosciutto’s gold chain glistening in the stage lighting on the bank of the Tennessee River in 2008.

                  Hambone may or may not have splashed merlot this morning. What was he doing around the side of the school building? The world may never know. The world should know that Hambone did a fantastic job on his first official day as Convoy’s Saturday AOQ.

                  My cadence got a little fast toward the end of the pickle pointers. Hey it happens to a lot of guys!

                  News

                  Don’t miss Mansiere’s VQ this Monday 1/25 at #Convoy

                  Never miss a Whittler Q……he’s up at #Convoy Saturday 1/30

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                    A Convoy of Tortoises and Hares

                    QIC:  Recycle

                    Date: 1/2/2021

                    PAX: Hambone (RESPECT), Snow Patrol, Mansiere

                    AO: Convoy

                    Conditions

                    42 degrees, hazy, pavement nice and moist. The haze created a pretty cool ring around the moon.

                    COP

                    SSH x20 IC
                    QS R OYO
                    QS L OYO
                    LOR OYO
                    ROL OYO
                    ITT OYO
                    WMH x10 IC
                    TGE x10 IC
                    Marine Corps merkins x10 IC
                    LBAC x10 IC
                    Rev x10 IC
                    MNC x10 IC
                    SSH x20 IC

                    The Thang

                    Tortoise and Hare BOMBS

                    PAX partner up. PAX 1 begins walking the parking lot rifle carrying the coupon. PAX 2 does 10% of the total reps, and then moseys to catch partner. Switch!

                    Burpees 50
                    Overhead Claps 100
                    Merkins 150
                    Big Boi Situps 200
                    Squats 250

                    11s

                    Curls for the Girls 10 ——-> American Hammer 1 (count right side)

                    American Hammers 10 ——–> Curls for the Girls 1

                    COT

                    QIC discussed resolutions and why we make them. That it’s sometimes easier to make a specific small change aimed at bettering yourself instead of a huge ambitious goal that you probably won’t follow through with.

                    I have committed myself to reading the entire bible this year….something I have never done. I am participating with my church using the YouVersion bible app. Check it out if you are so inclined…there are several reading plans on there to help you out. Just a few minutes each day.

                    Moleskin

                    Playlist: Ice Cube, Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Eve 6, Trapt, Pearl Jam, Bush, Godsmack

                    Rifle carries are rarely a good idea. Especially combined with burpees and merkins.

                    News

                    Burrito on #Convoy Q Monday 1/4

                    Joanna VQ Thursday 1/7 at #Smackdown

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