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Starting a Monday with a WO is a good thing. Nay, a great thing. 9 HIMs showed up to get better. PAX: Airplane, Snowman, Diablo, Wham!, Captain Insane-o, Mouth, MadCow, RedRoof and Zartan Conditions: Perfect rucking weather. Crisp and dry. Gearlander: SmartWool no see em socks, Salomon XD Pro kicks, LuLu short shorts, Army AdidasContinueContinue reading “Monday Ruck BO BB”

A week after the GrowRuck its time for an old school Ruck. 3ish miles at a good pace and sure to be some fun stories from the Derby weekend. SYITG

Pax: Digiorno, SumpPump, BackDraft, Airplane, Scratch, Tiger, Condenser (DR), Lil’ Sweet FNG, Julep FNG, Zartan Conditions: raining but perfect temp. Gearlander: no see em socks , NB Minimus, LuLu Shorts, Baselayer Tee, TacHat with IronHorse Patch Earlier in the week I noticed that the Hurt was missing a Q for Derby and Cinco de Mayo.ContinueContinue reading “5.5.18 BB The Hurt: Cinco de Derby”

Amigos, tomorrow we will punch a horse in the face. Not really. I don’t condone animal cruelty or violence for that matter. So in reality tomorrow we will start strong and finish stronger. Come out and earn all the food and booze you are sure to consume throughout the course of the day. Bring aContinueContinue reading “Hurt PreBlast for Cinco de Mayo and Derby”

Frankly I didn’t know what to expect with a coupon focused WO. I hate to run therefore I love to run during my Qs. No real running limits your options. But when 4 HIMs stood ready to get after it I had the motivation I needed to get after it. PAX: Plethora, Duece, Wedding Singer,ContinueContinue reading “4.24.18 BlackOp: Lots of Curls”

PAX: StarChild, Gravedigger, Nino, Huggies, PewPew, Methane, Brokeback, DoubleDown(R), Wham!, RedRoof, LittleJerry(R), BobRoss, Dynomite!, Captain Insane-o, Diablo, Snowday, Glaucoma, Snowman, Newman, Gypsy, Kilo, OJ, Mr Hat, Boozer, Zartan (QIC) Conditions: mid 40’s maybe. Clear morning Hoping this becomes the new norm. Perfect weather from the Sky-Q for my BDay. Started to drizzle 10 minutes afterContinueContinue reading “3.26.18 Incubator BB: Let’s Get Physical”

PAX: Lefteye, Snowman, Pope, Wham!, Zoolander, GlenRoss, Zartan Conditions: 35* and steady rain. Gearlander: Salomon 3DX shoes, smartwool socks, LuLu shorts, Nike dry fit, Patagonia rain jacket, MudGear Tac hat. All black and all wet less my socks and T. YHC was moving slow today. Pulled up to the Mutt at 0612 for a 0615ContinueContinue reading “3.24.18 Ruck BB: Gloomy with a chance of 3rdF”

YHC threw out a feeler to see who wanted yet another preruck before Zoolander’s Blender Beatdown. Got a few LCs and hit the fartsack last night early. At 0425 the text thread machine fired up and YHC learned I would be Rucking with F3Louisville Royalty. Non other than GlenRoss(Blender Site Q and NC mastermind) andContinueContinue reading “3.21.18 BO Ruck BB: Try on this slushie”

PAX: Diablo, Geppetto, Jordy, GlenRoss, Sump Pump, Zartan (Q) Conditions: feels like 28* with 11 mph wind out of the North (it’s colder up there) Gearlander: Salomon kicks with no see em socks, NorthFace Shorts, Nike tee, Patagonia windbreaker, F3 Louisville ascot, mud gear Tac hat. We often hear guys saying “at F3 we don’tContinueContinue reading “3.20.18 BO Ruck BB: No One Knows”

Pax: Geppetto, Jordy, BackDraft, MadCow, Mouth, Diablo, Zartan, OldBay Conditions: 40ish and clear. Gearlander: We all had on normal gear but when Mouth said my simple pants looked like something I would wear to a business meeting I had to smile. Mainly because I did on Wednesday and Friday of last week. Nothing too crazyContinueContinue reading “3.19.18 BO Ruck BB: Master of Puppets”

Nothing fancy or extremely thought out. Going for a 3 mile ruck at 0530 from the normal Mutt meeting spot and plan to be back at 0615. Ruck Vs welcome. Start your week off with something besides a March Madness hangover

Having been given the opportunity to Q the 2dn WO at our new AO, I wanted to show the PAX all that this gorgeous park had to offer. I had a meinke but wanted to do some further recon to lock it down. So a solo picnic with my SpiderMan lunch box was exactly whatContinueContinue reading “3.13.18 Carpenter BackBlast: Field Trip to the Zoo”

“I like your sleeves” said no one ever at the Carpenter. Granted tomorrow will be a bit chilly in the low 30’s but sleeves will limit your guns ability to breath and believe me they will be breathing hard tomorrow. So will your legs and quad but midriffs are not recommended. F3 abs are notoriousContinueContinue reading “3.13.18 Carpenter PreBlast: bring gloves not sleeves”

Grab your goggles and your…… swim cap. No speedos tomorrow please. We will be meeting at 0515 at Mary T Meagher Aquatic Center. Meet in back of parking lot indicated by pin in pic. Gonna shoot for 4 miles in an hour but may get sidetracked. SYITG

Here at the University of F3Louisville we are all learning and getting better everyday.  As we expand into new areas and bring more FNGs into our ranks, it is critical that we focus on the same basic structure that kept most of us coming back early on.  So the purpose of this lesson was notContinueContinue reading “3.2.18 Norton Common BO BB: Back to School. Don’t Triple Lindy”

Quite down class. And please find your way to a ready position. For tomorrows lesson we will be focusing on the basics. “Q-fessor Zartan, does that mean our shoes will stay dry tomorrow?” No GlenRoss. In my experience I have learned that most people’s feet cry when they do Burpees so your shoes will takeContinueContinue reading “3.2.18 Norton Commons BlackOp PreBlast: We are all learnding”

PAX: Pew Pew, Tool Time, OJ, Diablo, Wham!, RedRoof, Mouth, Captain Insane-o, Zartan(Q) So this was our route rotated 90 degrees and it looks like a alligator. This reptile was 4ish miles depending on the watch worn. Monday’s can be rough. Harder still with a Sunday night basketball game. But Mouth has the rucking bugContinueContinue reading “2.26.18 Ruck BO: Alligator”

Note the early start time and new location. Going for 4 miles in 60 minutes so plan to move at a good pace. Bring headlamps cause it’s gonna be dark. Who: All HIMs What: 60 minute Ruck When: 2/26 @ 0515 Where: 3805 Brownsboro Rd Louisville, KY 40207 United States Why: better question is whyContinueContinue reading “2.26.18 Ruck BlackOp: 4 miles in the dark”

He saw my weinke. Interpret that how you want. Bottom line is tomorrow’s weather looks beautiful. YHC wants to put in some extra work having been out almost all week so come join in the fun tomorrow at 0530 at The Mutt. It will be a fast paced full body beatdown and we can restContinueContinue reading “2.16.18 BlackOp at the Mutt: The Rain will hide your Tears”

In true F3Louisville fashion this event followed the ready shoot aim approached. When YHC threw this out there it seemed like the right thing to do to prepare us for the upcoming GoRuck events. However, when I beep boop’d it onto the calendar I had the realization that this was going to take some planningContinueContinue reading “2.10.18 Night Ruck Training BB:”

No fancy message here. Just some facts. Weather looks to be in the mid 30s with 50% chance of rain on Saturday night. Ask and you shall receive. With temps that low I have removed the aquatic portion from our evening as the SkyQ will be providing us with plenty of practice working under wetContinueContinue reading “2.10.18 9pm Ruck update”

YHC was pumped up about Q’n at the O today. It’s called the Original for a reason because that’s where most of our journeys began. Added bonus is Wham!’s killer Bag of Wrenches flag. I am a sucker for Flags #.. Punk music comprised my playlist and I only needed to know one thing fromContinueContinue reading “2.6.18 Bag of Wrenches BB: Punkiversary. Do you feel lucky?”

You are cordially invited to attend the 10th Anniversary BeatDown Celebration of Zartan and Heartwrencher. And to celebrate 10 years we are going to throw down at The O for Bag of Wrenches. When YHC told the M about this she was none too happy about me naming the work out Bag of Wrenches. SheContinueContinue reading “2.6.18 PreBlast Bag of Wrenches: Not quite an 11 but a strong 10.”

It’s becoming cliche but this group of HIMs continue to impress. Not a week, or day, goes by without someone doing something extraordinary. I could go on but in the spirit of the worlds largest day of network television I will just say this, This is Us. This has become our new norm. This isContinueContinue reading “2.4.18 BlackOp BackBlast: This is us, deal with it. Or don’t.”

Who: all those looking to earn their Super Bowl (This is Us*) diet What: 45 Min Bootcamp style workout When: 2.4.18 0600 Where: Westport Middle School 8100 Westport Rd. Why: Cause I guess some of us can’t wait until Monday to get better. Weather looks perfect. Bring gloves because some coupons from the Mutt willContinueContinue reading “2.4.18 BlackOp Westport Middle. Stairway to Heaven”

Who: All men willing and able to challenge themselves What: Weighted March with PT and physical/leadership challenges. When: 2.10.18 from 9pm-12am(ish) After party at bar optional but there will be a fire burning and beers flowing and that is where endex occurs. Where: Car drop off will be at The Mutt at 845pm. Ride toContinueContinue reading “2.10.18 Ruck Training CSAUP Event”