Many a man arose from their slumber to make themselves and others better, here is their story.
0500: spring from the bed with a joyous energy to lead a fine group of men through what they call a Fartlek.
0515: Google fartlek
0527: fist bumps and stuff, Enron doing weird wacky jacks, tuffy and die hard looking like they are warming up for an aggressive workout, I'm not sure they knew I was coming.
which makes me wonder, when did we start warming up? Do I not remember this or has everyone just gotten super old and has to grease the skids a bit more than before?
0530 we roll
some pax feel like they are entitled to a plan, or "direction". Listen here you! You are entitled to nothing! If you want to control your own destiny then go do an OTB run or hire a coach, if you come to an F3 workout it's the Q that determines the plan and he will let you know what you need to do when you need to do it. If you don't like it, then sign up to Q. Some would say F3 is for everyone, but I disagree, there are certain people that take pride in the negativity, they rejoice in bringing others down and whether it's a defense mechanism or just a narcissistic nature, it has no place in what we do. Now, of course, I don't speak for everyone and by all means, keep inviting those guys if you like, but it takes a certain kind of man to give up control and let another lead…that's part of what F3 teaches, and part of what I look forward to. Another thing F3 teaches is to ignore the noise. There will be people or things you read or see that distract you from living the life you are capable of, sometimes you just have to block that stuff out to achieve what you want, what you need.
now that being said, you should get three things from a workout.
1. a disclaimer, which I failed to provide, my bad
2. a warmup, which was provided
3. a prayer at the end, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
The rest of it is up to you
Now, another thing I have noticed is Fartlek (whatever that is) has picked up quite a few regulars. It is impressive to see 19 guys out there without a single text message sent. Turnpike is building a real nice group of guys to EH into a relay race. Whole lotta strong runners. The Tuna group is looking strong, Jaws was a little overzealous with a hoodie but to each his own, Freeeeeeedom Crablegs, Frogger, Die Hard and all the wineglass pax are consistent as ever.
Little finger is leading the pack and yet can't seem to find his way to the Roanoke sign up page.
Jenny, BEP and Tbone exceeded expectations, I didn't hear one person complain about the multiple hill repeats, although I wasn't listening. Speaking of not listening, when Enron and Frogger started talking Tesla I tried to take a hard right and lose them but unfortunately they caught back up.
Tammy Faye is being seen at more and more running workouts, I see a clydesdales p200 team in his future. Looking at you too Tuffy. Speaking of NC State fans, a couple have been more vocal on the inter webs lately. Yet, much like Nc State players, lots of hype, but when it counts they fall short. It's disappointing but somewhat expected by now. Jorel knows what I'm talking about
Lastly, to close out the workout, we did some core work, because I was tired of running and wanted to lay down.
snake eyes was ready to close it out in the most perfect manner possible. Then we gathered, we prayed, we hugged and we left.
As my EHer said back in the day, you get up, get your workout in and the rest of the day is easy. He is right, there is something to this early morning stuff, I truly hope it catches on. And, if you are so inclined to invite others to join us, just know there is someone out there praying for this, don't be afraid to share it.
Argh!