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PAX: Brother at Law, CCR, Big Stick, Floppy Disk, CAPSLOCK, Black Lung, Boy Band, Red Skull (Respect), Too Tall, Venus, PreVac, Bagger Vance
QIC: BV
Today’s Q was in honor of Chief Adam Brown, US Navy Seal Team 6. While the Crossfit Hero WOD calls for more lifting and no running, as we do in F3, we modified. Brown was killed on 17 March 2010 while on a mission to capture or kill objective Lake James, a Taliban fighter that had more kills under his tunic than almost any other Taliban other than Bin Laden. Brown’s death was the direct result of his actions to protect his teammates and to take out two insurgents, one of which was Lake James. Brown’s team ended up being the one that killed Bin Laden and have become legendary. While Brown’s heroics in the Navy are awe inspiring, his overcoming a chronic addiction to crack cocaine is to me just as unbelievable. So, anyway, check out the biography on his life…Fearless. Amazing story.
Long mosey up Manley, right on Rochelle, right on Hogan and right on Marchant for
WOR:
SSH x 24 IC, IW x 13 IC, HB x 13 IC
THANG:
Pair up 1s and 2s. P1 is the runner w sight, P2 is the blind runner. (Brown was blinded in his right eye by an air soft bullet in a training exercise)
Worksets X 10 (year of his death 2010)
Work x 3 exercises (month of his death)
Reps x 17 (day of his death)
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective I – corner of Hogan and Rochelle
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Flap Jack runners
Objective II – corner of Rochelle and Brentlawn
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Sighted run to Manley and Cochran
Objective III – Manley and Cochran
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective IV – 1/2 up Cochran Blind runner P1, sighted runner P2
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective V – Oakley and Cochran
Flap Jack runners
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective VI – 1/2 way down Cochran
Flap Jack Runner
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective VII – Manley and Cochran
Flap jack runner
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective VII – CHUM school bus, sighted run by all
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective IX – rope in parking lot
P2 runs blind and backwards, P1 guides to rope
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Objective X – end of lot, flap jack runners
Merkins x 17
Squats x 17
Plank Thrusters x 17
Finish running portion of 2.4 miles. 24 was Brown’s number in high school football and became his favorite number hence the 2.4 miles.
Circle up for 3 MOM:
Plank progression
Time
NMM: as most of yall can figure out, YHC is getting more in tuned w the HERO WOD concept from Crossfit and the guys in F3Greenwood. So intrigued by Adam Brown’s story and his family. One of the most compelling pieces of his story and his life was that he had a team, family and wife that never gave up on him. Even when he was figuratively blinded by crack or literally blinded by the air soft gun, he had a fellowship there to protect him, drive him on and help him accomplish his objectives. That was the driver for our blind partner runs and is such a telling part of F3 for me, that there are HIM that want the best for me.
Bullhorn:
Pray for the family friends of Funyuns who are both struggling with cancer.
Pray for Tampa’s friends who lost their daughter this past weekend to a rare genetic disease.
Leadership lunch at Richland CC, Bad Boy on Q. Cost is $20 and the buffet there is so worth it…not to mention the speaker, Clay Stouffer from Woodmont Christian Church.
Thank yall for posting, leading is only worth it when those who are led are willing and are looking to get better.
YHC,
Bagger Vance