Author Archives: Geppetto

Nobody wants to be the man that has to replace The Man.  I mean for every one of these scenarios: Wally Pipp-Lou Gehrig Drew Bledsoe-Tom Brady Godfather-Godfather II There is probably ten times the number of the following disasters: Michael Jordan-Pete Meyers (who?) David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar-Gary Cherone Andy Griffith Show (black & white)-Andy GriffithContinueContinue reading “2/15 Pre-Blast Geppetto Q The Chopper @ The Vet”

Q: Geppetto Pax (11) Plumb Bob, April (R), Methane, Cardinal, Loco, Blueprint, Backdraft, Pepperoni, Wham-O, Sump Pump Weather conditions: 40* +/-  steady drizzle into heavy rain.  Otherwise perfect. Attire: Everything wet.  Except my feet.  Highly recommend the Soloman XA Enduro Trail Running shoes for this type of weather. As I’ve done pretty much every timeContinueContinue reading “1/19/19 Backblast The Hurt @ The Mutt”

Not sure about how hot they’ll be, but there will be coupons.  And there will be rain.  Join Geppetto at the Mutt for what is sure to be the best workout going tomorrow.  I mean CI and Flounder are known to bring the pain, but the old puppeteer has a few tricks up his sleeveContinueContinue reading “1/19 Pre-Blast Geppetto Q the Hurt @ the Mutt”

As I stated in my pre-blast, it has been a while since I have Q’d.  Posted a few times over that period since and it seems like these workouts are continuing to get harder instead of easier.  Not sure if it’s just age catching up with me or the fact that the Pax is reallyContinueContinue reading “Backblast 1-09-19 Geppetto Q @ The Blender”

Its been a minute since I’ve Q’d.  Partially due to injury but mostly due to fartsack-itis.  New year, new attitude.  Come join me at the Mutt tomorrow and we’ll do a little of this and some of that.  Maybe a little more of this.  You get the gist.  SYITG

Don’t be a dummy.  Come out the to the Hurt at the Mutt tomorrow.  Backdraft and Geppetto will lead the pax in a bunch dumb things.  But you’ll be smarter and better for doing it.  Mock…ing…bird…yeah!

Due to a scheduling conflict at our home AO, the Hurt was moved to the Big 4 Bridge for a day.  F3 Louisville has held several BO workouts and rucks at this location over the past year, but YHC had never made it out to one yet.  Ironically, 15 years or so ago when theContinueContinue reading “Backblast 10/13/18 Big 4 BO”

Since we are creatures of habit, I want to get this out well in advance. This Saturday only we will relocate our usual workout at the Mutt to the Big 4 bridge.  There is charity run event staged at Holy Trinity and the surrounding streets will be closed to traffic and burpees.  And if thatContinueContinue reading “10/13 BO at Big 4 (Hurt Relocated)”

Since we are creatures of habit, I want to get this out well in advance. This Saturday only we will relocate our usual workout at the Mutt to the Big 4 bridge.  There is charity run event staged at Holy Trinity and the surrounding streets will be closed to traffic and burpees.  And if thatContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast Big 4 BO (Hurt relocated) 10/13”

As I continue on my tour of AOs it was time for my guest Q at The Tank.  I’ve actually posted there several times since it’s inception and I highly recommend anyone who hasn’t made it out there yet to make the trip.  It’s got a little of everything.  Large paved area, baseball fields forContinueContinue reading “Backblast #TheTank 7/25/18 #JackWebb”

You maggots better hit the bunks early tonight and get some shut eye.  Listen for reveille and get out of the fartsacks well before 05:30!  We will rendezvous at Veteran Park in the upper parking lot.  We’re going to do some stuff.  By the end I expect to hear a bunch Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wasContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast #TheTank 7/25/18”

Year 45 came in with a bang!  But the lightning and thunder of the night before had nothing on what the pax and myself were about to endure. Pax (10) Geppetto (Q)  Buschhhhh, Myagi, Tureen, Wham-O, Backdraft, Meatball, Cornbread, Digiorno, Drysdale (FNG) Weather conditions: 70* +/-  Sunny.  Slight breeze.  You’d have never known Mother NatureContinueContinue reading “Backblast The Mutt 7/21/18 #45 #TheHurt”

Help me get #45 started off right.  Tomorrow can go one of two ways.  I can either go buy a Miata, maybe throw on a couple gold chains and hit Captains Quarters.  Or you can come join me tomorrow at the The Mutt and we can kick some ass and add a few more yearsContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast 7/21 #TheMutt with Geppetto #thehurt #midlifecrisis #ageisjustanumber”

Pax (16) Geppetto (Q)  Cutlass, Spinal Tap, Buschhhhh, Bear (2.0), Huggies, Red Roof, Porkchop, Acorn (R), Captain Insane-o, Tin Cup, Snowman, Mayberry, Meatball, Elmer (2.0), Face Weather conditions: 90* +/-  Sunny, steamy, and hot.  Otherwise perfect. Attire:  YHC had nothing fancy but my Tough Mudder headband.  Face was the talk of the F3 fashion chatterContinueContinue reading “Backblast 7-14-18 #Ruiner at the O”

A little over a year ago, a few friends of mine named Dan, Kevin, and Trevor were hyping up this little workout group they were a part of.  It sounded interesting and Lord knows I needed to do something.  I had more chins than a Chinese phonebook, and a gut that would have made BuddhaContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast Geppetto 1nd Postiversary #Ruiner #F3”

A spine surgeon, a fireman, a weapons trainer, and puppet maker all walk into a bar.  (No, this is not the beginning of a joke)  This is how Huggies, Backdraft, Flounder, and YHC Geppetto, otherwise known as Team Depends began our Friday night ruck story.  Since litterally 90% of our “pie slice” was behind DOContinueContinue reading “Capture The (well hidden) Flag- BB Team 6”

Man…that sucked…that was awesome…that was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done…that was some of the most fun I’ve had in a long time.  Pretty much sums up the feelings of each of the HIMs I was fortunate enough to experience the Tough Mudder with.  Speaking of those HIMs.  I personally couldn’t have hadContinueContinue reading “Back Blast Tough Mudder Full 6/2/18 #ToughMudder #F3Louisville”

Tomorrow F3 Louisville will take two groups of HIMs to Sparta, Ky to show the rest of the state what we are all about.  One team (Stormtrooper, Abacus, Kilo, SnowDay, BigBird, Cochran) will be in the competitive division racing against the clock and other teams.  They are the like the A Team.  Highly trained, skilled,ContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast Tough Mudder Full 6/2/18”

As much of as I’ve learned to love the workouts we do everyday in F3, just plain ol’ regular running for distance is still my kryptonite.  With the ten mile Tough Mudder only a couple of weeks away, I felt it was time to face my demons.  Originally was just going to make it aContinueContinue reading “Back Blast Slow Mosey Black Ops 5/11/18”

Anyone up for a little BO mosey from the Mutt to the O and back tomorrow? Be just short of 5 miles. A little Tough Mudder conditioning for me, but the more the merrier.  Just a simple mosey, no PT unless you count carrying me back the last mile and a half.  Won’t be settingContinueContinue reading “5/11 Black Ops-I just felt like Running #Mutt”

I’ve been at this F3 thing for just shy of a year now, and I’ve Q’d about a dozen or so times.  You’d think that this would all be old hat by now, but not for me.  I still get nervous the night before.  Wake up at least once an hour afraid I’m going toContinueContinue reading “Back blast The Mutt 5/8/18 #Rooster”

The last week of Derby events has caused even some of the most die hard of the Pax (including yours truly) to fartack, tracksack, or maybe even hangoversack.  No more excuses.  Set your alarms, and when you hear that #rooster crow, get your sack out of the sack and join me at the Mutt forContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast The Time for Fartsacking is Over #Rooster #Mutt”

Let me start off by saying if you ever have the need to Google search an image of Pat-a-Cake, and I’m sure you will, don’t type in Patty Cake into your work computer browser.  Ok fine, do whatever, I’ll wait… Now back to the business at hand.  Today was my 100th post.  I mentioned itContinueContinue reading “Backblast Veterans Park 4/11/18 #100”

According to Trons magical syphering machine, I will be making my 100th post tomorrow.  What better way to celebrate than Q-ing at Veterans Park in J-town.  I’ll be leaving the comfy confines of my home AO of the Mutt and returning to my roots where I was raised and spent the first 20 years ofContinueContinue reading “Preblast 4/11/18 Veterans Park #Blackops #Geppetto100”

As I near the end of my quest to qualify for my Iron Horse patch, I realized I was one short for the required number of Qs, and the calendar was already full of Pax dying to lead future beatdowns.  Being the HIM that he is, Wham-O has graciously allowed me to join him tomorrowContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast Wham-O/Geppetto Co-Q @The Mutt #Extender 3/22/17”

Alright calling on all PAX for your help.  I’m going to wear you out over the next week with this if not.  But I know we got this.  FiA (Females in Action), the female counterpart to F3, is coming this Saturday 3/10 for their official launch in Louisville.  After seeing all of the positive effectsContinueContinue reading “FiA is coming…”

Q: Geppetto Pax (13) Plethora, Fridge, Zartan, Zoo, Left Eye, Backdraft, Buschhh, Digiorno, Bumblebee (respect), Loco, Wham-o, Old Bay, Moira (FNG).  Moira may have set a record for longest time taken before finally settling on a name.  At the time of this post it may have changed again…It’s an interesting story on how we gotContinueContinue reading “Hurt Backblast 2/24/18”

Now that I have your attention.  It’s just a little water.  There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.  That’s how I introduced my Pre-blast a month ago the last time I Q’d.  Just happened to be the day of our first snow storm of the season.  Now we are all flooded inContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast 2/24/18 @the Mutt #theHurt #gonnabewet #gonnamakeyousweat #incadence”

So Mother Nature threw a wrench in my original plans for my Q this week.  I had originally thought about putting together a cute little playlist of “guilty pleasure” songs songs and leading the pax in a serious prancercizing type beat down.  Probably for the better, She decided that was not in our best interestContinueContinue reading “1/13/18 Backblast #theHurt @the Mutt #Iditarod #icemakescouponsheavy”

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just soft people.  When I signed up to Q a month ago, I just assumed status quo.  Probably a cool/cold morning with an extra layer on and we’d go through the motions as usual.  Instead I get the privilege of Q’ing on the first real snow day inContinueContinue reading “1/13/18 Preblast @theMutt #theHurt #snowmageddon #thisiswhyweloveF3 #can’tdothissh*tinagym”