F3 / Friday-Dawn of a New Day

The shovel flag was planted and the faithful gathered to celebrate the day that has been given. This morning bought me back to the 'ol glory days of youth, rolling into the high school parking lot with a head full of anticipation and fear for the coming pain of pre-season football two-a-days...drills and weights in the morning and hitting in the afternoon. With the Spartan now in the record books, it was time to begin building the foundation for our next competition.

Fishhook (FNG)

Girardi

Dredd

Antonio Table

Gris

BlackBird

Cowbell

Rook

The Rock

MMOB

Silence

Tango Delta-QIC

SixMike

Holtz (FNG)

Brooks (FNG)

Mickey Thomas

and...

I believe there are others who deserve credit for posting at this demented session. I apologize for the 02 deprevation induced senior moment. Please sound off in comments.

The Thang:

- Katabasis run

- Hades crossing

- Rock hoppers

- Outfield speed vaults

- Prowler (2-45lb plates per prowler, 7x)

- Farmer Walk (2-25lb plates in hand, 7x)

- Pusharama

- Maryarama

- Squat / lungearama

- COS

Naked Moleskine:

- The morning was not for the weak in body or mind. Goal was to establish the foundation on which to build. When the mind is right, the body will follow.

- Man down - Speaking of two-a-days, we may need to begin requiring Dredd to dress in full pads on Friday's in order to protect the park inanimates from further harm. After a launching vicious attack on the sidewalk, he came back strong to take the 'rama co-lead between prowler reps.

- Pay the man - No splashes were heard from behind when crossing the Hades. Charon will likely be looking to collect an extra toll the next time across.

- Marquis de Sade - For the literate among you, a Prowler is a sled-like instrument of torture upon which to load weight and push from one point to another. Prowlers are designed to slide smoothly on astroturf. As it turns out, they also grind on cracked asphalt with a little effort.

- Carville - I haven't heard that much whining and underbreath cursing since the last election. You gotta believe that it is working when, in a series of 7, the people are asking if it is over after 2.

- Blue - Exception to the Carville's... When helping me load up the truck after the pain, Rook looked at me with a gleam in his eye and said, "I was built for this..." I second that opinion. Nice job out there.

- TClaps to all true and Friday FNG's. Welcome to the gauntlet.

- $20 - Extra clap for Fishhook. After a week of ribeyes and wine, he came looking to purge. Althought I tried extract a regurgitated offering, he kept the pain below.