Downtown Rodeo 🤠 🐎

Date: 2026-06-03 AO: Titan Q: Toothless , PAX: Papa Bear, Pole Dancer, Makita (Anderson Fader), Tim the Toolman, Spinal Tap, Vector, Pep, Hipster, Toothless, CubCadet, Shelby, Steampunk, FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Pleasantly cool, a welcome break from the oncoming onslaught of humidity and heat
WARMUP: Active warmups e.g. skips, shuffles, karaoke, etc.
THE THANG: Downtown Rodeo :face_with_cowboy_hat: :racehorse: Head to the field where the first event is set up
Event 1: Barrel Race Relay PAX split into two groups. Groups perform exercises AMRAP until all PAX have completed the barrel pattern. Incorrect pattern results in a restart for that runner. First group to finish wins, winners do 5 burpees and losers do 15.
Round 1 – Prisoner Squats Round 2 – Merkins Round 3 – WWI’s
Event 2: Stampede Bear crawl sharks and minnows, as in bear crawl across the field and try not to get tagged by the bear crawlers who are it. Number of taggers (ideally) increases each round along with the difficulty. Last man to be tagged wins. 2 rounds.
Event 3: Climbing Pikes Peak The Manitou Incline is a set of 2768 railroad tie steps gaining 2000ft of elevation in a mile. Let’s climb it. 2768 divided by the number of PAX. Roughly 200 double count mountain climbers each.
Event 4: Quarter Horse Dash The namesake of the Quarter Horse comes from it being the fastest breed at or below that distance. Conveniently, a lap around the Parthenon is exactly 1/4 of a mile. So, PAX run a lap with someone calling finish times. Continue to run laps and beat your times else be faced with AMRAP exercises. Some PAX made it 3 laps before heading back for time.
MARY: Dealers choice til time, starting with 10 bucking broncos aka donkey kicks
MOLESKINE: Barrels relay was mostly successful, but at least one of the PAX messed up the pattern on each of the rounds which ended up being the deciding factor in the race. Bear crawling sharks and minnows from the Stampede event was a hit with everyone, especially CubCadet and Vector. The 200 mountain climbers were surprisingly difficult once getting to the higher counts. YHC was toast for the Quarter Horse Dash, but Spinal Tap must have sandbagged because he was almost 10 seconds faster on the 2nd and 3rd laps!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – 7/11 convergence! – Come to bomber for Strutter’s birthday kickoff – Keep checking Slack for more fun announcements!
COT: YHC encouraged the PAX to be grateful for their health & the ability to workout, as health is easy to take for granted until you don’t have it. Prayer requests were shared, ball of man was convened.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5RpkZbLODArnaWvGQy9QZq?si=15faca6db7c9424c

Squatter Sendoff

Date: 2026-06-01 AO: Westeros Q: SalPal , Squatter PAX: CubCadet, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Makita (Anderson Fader), Chunks, SalPal, Shy Guy, Spinal Tap, bluemule, Squatter, The Merchant FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Exceedingly arrogant.
WARMUP: For the birds.
THE THANG:
Sally: Partner 1 Lunge Walks/Murder Bunnies, Partner 2 Swings + Pullups
Squatter: Hellish Tennis Ball Game, 22s of Merkins, Squats, Abs, moseys between every 2-3 sets.
MARY: A little bit.
MOLESKINE: Olivia Rodrigo is the OG, Shy Guy =/ Siri (let’s move on from it people), Cubby hates bunnies, murderous or otherwise.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grow School 6/13 at the-castle, Strutter 3 Part Birthday Party this week, Ultimate 11’s on 7/11, CSAUP 50, Check Slack
COT:
Squatter, for his wife and the next 22 days as they do treatment. Pep for his quarterly review. All other intentions unspoken or unmentioned in the backblast.
Squatter, we love you to pieces, prayers and blessings as you accompany your bride in this journey. We’ve got your back. Send us pictures and let us know if you need capital to launch F3 Tiajuana. I’m sure Natural Ice can find some money in the budget for a West Coast starfish effort.
PLAYLIST:

Titan

Date: 2026-05-27 AO: Titan Q: Juicy J , PAX: DintyMoore, Pep, bluemule, Juicy J, Natural Ice, Big Red, Spinal Tap, The Merchant, Chunks, Squatter, Makita (Anderson Fader), CubCadet, Reddish (Fairview) FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: humid as the Amazon
WARMUP: Mosey around the park. Wake up the sleeping friends of the park, side straddle hops, night clubs renamed to Imperial walkers (Chunks fault), low slow squats, Willie may Hayes, arm circles and backpacks.
THE THANG: Partner TOSS Competition. 3 rounds. Non stop squats. Step back w partner. See who can last the longest. Side straddle hops when eliminated. DintyMoore and CubCadet champs.
PARTNER RACE 3 rounds. down the park w bouncy ball. Toss ball far as you can. Sprint. Burpee. Rinse and Repeat. DintyMoore, Squatter bluemule Spinal Tap Natural Ice and many other winners.
Circle of Doom Abs to Finish.
All winners got fresh new F3 Stickers. DintyMoore was the total points champ overall and won a gourmet coffee package.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Summer Fling coming up
COT: pray for our brother Squatter wife and family. Give them strength and healing. Pray for The Merchant divorce settlement Pray for Tim the Toolman Aunt passed
PLAYLIST: Nickelback and Creed and Alien music

[The Castle] The Castle – Race day

Date: 2026-05-16 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Squatter, Makita (Anderson Fader), Barney, Steely, Dilbert, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Fabuloso, Pep, Brown Slip, Flipper (Matthew) FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: perfect, 62
WARMUP: mosey to the field, shoulder circles, front clap, oh clap, Willie mays
THE THANG: Split the pax into two teams
One pax from each team will be the racer
Race 1 – 30 yards murder bunny 80lb bag. Bear hug carry back and switch Remaining pax perform the following WW1 sit ups, merkins, squat
Race 2 – 60 yard 80 lb carry speed walk there and back Remaining pax Lunges, iron mikes, leg lifts
Race 3 – 5 80 lb over head toss Remaining pax ankle taps, squats
Remaining time Ultimate football 20 min
MARY: side plank
MOLESKINE: Chunks hambone mumble chatter was missing. Plenty of space between Pep and Steely
ANNOUNCEMENTS: holy smokers, t shirt launch, prayers
PLAYLIST: JOCK JAMS!!!

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-05-15 AO: The Buffalo Q: Goose , PAX: Makita (Anderson Fader), Third Coast, Hot Route, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hipster, greyalbum, Goose FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:perfect
WARMUP:Willie mays hays, Arm stretches, forward fold x2
THE THANG: -Dora: 300 Merkins, SSH, Squats while partner runs around community center. -2 trips of lunges
MARY: Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Memorial Day convergence at Tora. Roy’s block party May 30th

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-04-24 AO: The Buffalo Q: Goose , PAX: Goose, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Ultratecht, Makita (Anderson Fader), Dragon Spark, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: perfect
WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Arm stretches, forward fold x2
THE THANG: Dora: 200 Merkins, curls, overhead press, squats, SSH, whild partner run and shuffles
Circle Of Mary: fielders choice
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Frieds By the River tonight, prayers for Ultratecht speedy recover from some nagging injuries.

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: greyalbum, Third Coast, The Bobs, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hipster, Makita (Anderson Fader), Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, Mr. Roboto, Cowboy, The General FNGs: 1 The General COUNT: 12 apostles CONDITIONS: pretty damn good
WARMUP: mosey around the block and standard warmarama
THE THANG: partnered up and each group grabbed a coupon as our ‘cross to bear’ while running down to the pavilion alternating who carries. Tables: 1min ea Box jumps Bulgarian Split Squats DIDs Table lifts
Partners: 45s of coupon exercise whilst other does LBCs or Hammers Squat thrust Forward raise RDLs alternating merkin kettle swings Incline ski jumps (altogether)
Mosey up Stairway to Heaving w/partner and coupons
Abs on the bball court: V-ups Crunchy frogs 5-sec plank + merkin ABCs
MOLESKINE: Theme was ‘good’ and playlist followed suit. Big number today and good to have a full group of apostles
ANNOUNCEMENTS: East side hang 4/7 at BC as posted above. Fridays by River starts today. 10,000 steps. Upcoming races. Songwriter night. Check main channel.
COT: TAPs to Hipster friend going through divorce and @Mr. Roboto daughter
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/good/pl.u-kv9lReltDqYAk

Chapter 26

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Giving Tree, Space Baby, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Makita (Anderson Fader)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: clear, cool, and optimal for werewolf sightings :full_moon:

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays, Runner’s + World’s greatest stretch

Mosey on down to the lake, stopping halfway for Alabama Prom Dates (daily meditation: why Alabama??) and arrive at the piano pavilion

THE THANG: Relive your high school sports years and find a bench to ride. Perform the following circuit:

– Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
– Incline Merkins – 15
– Decline Merkins – 15
– Dips – 20
– Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Mosey on back up the serpentine switchbacks to the playground. At the halfway point, stop for:
– 20 squats
– 20 merkins

At the playground, alternate between 10 pull ups and 1 minute of plank, until the remainder of the 45 minutes

Return to base

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Nothing is stopping Goose from making more disciples of Seger; awaiting reschedule details for Night Moves, continue to check the general channels
– Moves: Night Edition. The royal Hipster is moving! (Don’t worry, he’s staying nearby). Which means free coupons in the form of furniture and boxes of old band hoodies and skinny jeans to get our pump on. Cauliflower vegan pizza and kombucha to follow as recompense (maybe). Date and time are TBD at the moment

COT:
– prayers of peace for Hot Route during season of health tests
– My mother is navigating the process of placing her mother in a dementia care facility

The Filthy Fifty

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Strutter
PAX: The Bobs, Steely, greyalbum, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Goose, Makita (Anderson Fader), Strutter
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:
10 each IC
SSH
IW
Abe Vigodas
A short Mosey
THE THANG: Upon arrival to the parking lot, I plotted out the four corners that would become our workout areas. The four corner workouts were as follows: 1) 10 merkins IC 2) 10 SDS IC 3) 10 IC merkin complex, a different style each round. Diamond, Wide, Hand Release, Makhtar N Daiye. 4) 10 Standard Squats IC. The mode of travel between each corner varied each round. 1) Lunge Walk 2) Bernie 3) Duck Walk 4) Sprint. 5) The final round was a combo of all of the exercises and all of the modes of transportation. With an earlier than expected finish, we held Al Gores and then a repeato of the first mosey.
Mary:
10 each IC
Flutterkicks
RRRRRRRosalita
Freddie Mercury’s
Mercury Freddie’s
We finished with 20) LBCs.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

TGIF

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Makita (Anderson Fader), Space Baby, Boars head
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: cloudy

WARMUP: Willie mays hays, forward fold, arm stretches

THE THANG: Dora: 200 ww1, squats, ssh while partner runs.

-lunges down and back, 2 times
-w/ coupon: 100 squats and curls with rifle carry every 25 reps.

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: welcome to F3 Boars Head! Also friends by the river starts sept 5