AO: The Pulpit
QiC: Smalls
Pax Count: 12
Pax List: Credit, Croissant, Deputy, Flathead, Ginger Bear, Johnny Football, Junk Bond, Lion King, Martina, Smalls, Timex, Tofu
FNG Count: 0
Downrange:
The rain was pouring, but the covered walkway was welcoming. YHC really wrestled with the temptation to start the Q with Mary in the lot, but Lion King threatened to start the coffeeteria early, so I figured I should defer to my elders… Instead:
Warm up:
SSH, Don Quixote, Weed Pickers, Dips, stretch OYO
We moseyed along the dry sidewalk to the dry stairs and then to the dry bottom of the parking deck for a dry workout.
The Thang:
Part 1: Shuttle run interludes
Shuttle Run
- 30 Squats OYO
- Zig Zag Shuffle on the parking lines
Shuttle Run
- Drinking Birds 15 each leg
- Burpee Broad Jump
Shuttle Run
- Plank-o-rama
- Bonnie Blairs x20
Shuttle Run
- 20 Side Lunges
- Calf raises
Shuttle run
Part 2: Coupon Circuit
- 5 Thrusters
- 10 KB Swings
- 15 Squats
- 20 Curls
- 25 Derkins
- Hold Preachers Chair while pax share why they do F3
Wrap up with some Round Robin Mary
CoT:
Pray for Johnny Football’s family as his mom’s health is failing and doctors suggest she won’t live much longer.
I shared this story+quote from Tattoos on the Heart, a really great book by Father Gregory Boyle, who has worked in inner city LA with gang members for over 20 years:
Fr. Gregory Boyle (known as G to the homies) tells of a homie who had recently lost a brother and had a dream where he and G were sitting in a dark room. G had a flashlight and shined it at a light switch, the homie knew G couldn’t be the one to turn it on. The homie got up, turned on the switch, and felt that the light was better than the darkness. Reflecting on the conversation where the homie told him about the dream, G writes:
“Possessing flashlights and occasionally knowing where to aim them has to be enough for us. Fortunately, none of us can save anybody. But we all find ourselves in this dark, windowless room, fumbling for grace and flashlights. You aim the light this time, and I’ll do it the next. The slow work of God.”
I appreciate the challenge here to remember the importance of remembering that people are messy, and ultimately the best support we could give to each other can’t force anyone into growth. There is freedom here in knowing that aren’t anyone’s savior, and that we each go through periods of being the supporter and needing the support.
Naked Man Moleskin:
We are all just trying to figure it out, one step at a time.