In what was arguably perfect weather, 23 PAX conquered F3 Nashville’s inaugural “Wild West” CSAUP, The Scorpion, this weekend and celebrated with McDonald’s and a birthday song. Special appearances and support from three other PAX.
QIC: Crablegs, Porcelain, Princess Aurora, Pumpkin Spice, Vector
PAX: Bad Boy (Stonewaudible), Bagger Vance (30#), Big Bang (30#), Black Lung, Blue Mule, Brother-at-law (Stonewaudible), Crawlspace, Cunning Linguist, Floppy Disk, Hambone, Hi-Viz (Photography/Sag Wagon), Leatherneck (30#), Ludwig Von Oshkosh, Mystery Machine, Pop-A-Lock, Reveille, Right Said, T-Cell, Tampa Libra, Tiny Dancer (30#), Trapper Keeper
THE THANG:
Princess Aurora
Following a PAX count, the usual disclaimer, and some extra instructions for the undertaking at hand, YHC took the PAX on a medium mosey up and around the Hill of Sisyphus and back to the Great Lawn for a COP, all exercises IC:
- SSH x 43 (HBD BV!)
- Chinooks x 10
- Overhead Press x 10
- Reverse LBAC x 10
- Peter Parker x 10
- Imperial Walkers x 10
- Overhead Squats x 10
- Newton’s Cradle x 10
Porcelain (Titan)
In the epicenter of the Athens of the South, this Q was heavily inspired by famous Greek battles and the years in and means by which they occurred. PAX divide into three teams and grab a picnic table, their ship for the battle. Whilst making their way around the entirety of Lake Watauga, PAX must complete as a team the following exercises and reps, avoiding the enemies’ attempts to block them along the way:
- 490 Carolina Dry Docks
- 480 Exaggerated Leg Raises
- 300 Box Jumps
- 479 Merkins
Winning team gets fewer burpees. Called for time (Qvantage: YHC)
2.5 miles to Westeros with a quick detour around Love Circle (for about half the PAX. Instructions clear for several, but not clear enough for all. YHC will own it.)
Pumpkin Spice (Westeros)
Making up for lost time, Pumpkin Spice dished out this short doozie:
- Burpee Broad Jump down the sidewalk ~50 yards to WEMS steps
- Crawl Bear up stairs
- Sideways Bear across
- Bear Crawl down stairs
- Burpee Broad Jump another ~30 yards
Flutter Kicks for six and mosey back to start.
2.1 miles to Bomber.
Vector (Bomber)
A HIM known for his musical Q’s (and cues), Vector started the PAX off with a buy-in of 19 Burpees and 27 Squats paying homage to the AO’s former life as an airport created in 1927. With that out of the way, PAX were instructed to do three sets of Sevens, holding People’s Chair between each set and enduring the promised cheesy 80s playlist:
- Set 1: Bulgarian Split Squats/Overhead Squats
- Set 2: Merkins/Big Boy Sit-ups
- Set 3: Erkins (variant spelling on Irkins originating somewhere near 51st and Nevada)/Rows/Pull-ups
2.5 Miles to Atlantis
Crablegs (Atlantis)
Short on time, but not on spirit, Crablegs closed the CSAUP out with two Atlantis signature exercises and a tribute to birthday boy Bagger. Quick hop over to the swings for Steve Irwins x 43. When you’re not rowing, Moroccan Night Club like a boss.
All in, and the CSAUP is complete.
COT/BOM
MOLESKINE:
Thank you to everybody who posted for this event as it’s been a long time coming. Nashville’s last AO-to-AO CSAUP was the original Ironclad in 2015, an event that introduced to F3 a curious bystander walking with his kid through Centennial Park. That bystander was none other than the HIM we came to know as Crawfish. YHC likes to think at least one guy saw us out there and thought to himself, “I need to know more.”
Hearty tclaps to Hi-Viz for playing photographer/videographer/support vehicle/catering. It’s a committed man who wakes up at 6am on a Saturday to walk around snapping photos of guys doing stupid and hard things. Or maybe it’s just a sadist. I’m banking on the former, though.
By my numbers, we had almost 11 miles including the workouts. Not bad! Also, excellent job by all the Qs coming up with four very different workouts and being willing to adjust on the fly. The Scorpion next year will be the chance for some new HIM to show us what they’ve got!
BULLHORN:
- Wed 3/27, Mental Health Day at all your Wednesday AOs. Qs will end about 5 minutes early to allow for an extended COT. The purpose of this will be for folks to discuss the topic of depression.
- Fri 3/29, 12th Man Leadership Lunch with retired US Army Ranger, John Belman. 11:30 at Richland Country Club. Link to RSVP. See more details on the Slack #leadership channel or contact Bagger Vance.
- Sat 4/13, Warpath CSAUP with the Franklin Boyz
- Sat 5/4, The Gauntlet CSAUP with the Nolensville Nard Dogs
PA out.