EC (Led by HGB) was a Murph prep theme on the playground. rows, negatives, merkins, and knees to elbows. Vice, BI, Splashback, and HGB in attendance. The mumblechatter was mostly groans due to sore muscles from the previous day’s Murph dry run.
Warm-Up
A series of predictable exercises to include Hillbillies, Slow Merkins, and deep groin stretches
The Thang
Easter Egg hunt: Break into two teams (Blue bucket team & Darker blue bucket team); Lunge walk to the scattered Easter egg pile in the grass on the other side of the parking area, hop like bunnies back to the street light. Open the egg, do the surprise exercise as a team, repeat until the eggs are gone or its 0600. Since my team lost I decided there would not be a penalty for losing.
Indiana Jones boulder dodge: Since we had uneven teams due to PAX needing to leave early i made a on the fly change of plans. The game was to have one PAX designated as a bowler and the other PAX try to make it across the parking lot without getting hit by a giant exercise ball. If hit the PAX switch places. Round 1 was crab walk, round 2 bear crawl, round 3 inch worm, round 4 traveling burpees.
COT
Announcements: Murph around memorial day, come out to EC for prep. Habitat build coming up, more info on Slack.
Today is my 36th birthday. I have been thinking about all the unfulfilled promises I have made to myself and how time is not slowing down for me. I haven’t accomplished many of the things I thought i would have. My failures are to due to excuses I allow myself to make. I have to constantly remind myself that everyday is a gift and a new opportunity to become the person I want to be. The predominate reasons for my failures are avoidable distractions and allowing myself the decision to take an easy path. All easy paths lead downhill. The person I want to be does not wake up and choose whether or not they want to workout. They workout. The person i want to be shows up early, works harder than they did yesterday, has humility, listens, and is kind. The person I want to be doesn’t allow themselves to choose comfort over progress. You cant redo a single minute of life, once that minute passes its gone forever. “Unmitigated daily discipline in all things” is a phrase that Marine Corps pilot Dave Burke coined as a measuring stick for success in life. I have some work to do, we all do. I want to thank everyone for having the discipline to wake up and sweat with me. I want to thank everyone who has encouraged another PAX to come out and better themselves. F3 has been one of the most impactful organizations to my life and I am incredibly grateful for it and all of you. I look forward to many years ahead of breaking sweat with you guys. Aye!