You never forget your first time

…that’s kind of true, but when in doubt just reference the backblast.

On May 10th, 2017 a dude named Dice showed up to SNS on the invite of his buddy Jamie. It was weird because all the guys were calling him “Repeato,” never the less, on a brisk (to me at the time) 54 degree morning I logged my first Carpex beatdown at the hands of a one “Earhart.” Hello Kitty was born and I’ve mildly gravitated to F3 activities…

364 days later and it’s an anniversary Q at that same spot, and why not just run that beatdown back over the Pax. As a tip of the cap to my Carpex brethren and the 20ish lbs I’ve dropped since joining your ranks, I thought appropriate to Q in a 20-pound vest this morning (thanks Elf). Get some!

It was a veritable buffet of options at Carpex’s unofficial/official headquarters this morning:

• Ruckers left at 4 am for ruck the Maynard — beasts.
• Maynard loopers left at staggering times to run and return by COT.
• Insomnias launched.
• Callahan and Disco worked the lot.
• Kitty went on recon.
• And it all culminated in a bunch of dudes posting for SNS while a handful rolled out for Vespers.

SNS was as followed as an o’ed to Earhart (present and accountable):

Warmup:

• Leave the lot and head to the Community Center lot for: Good morning, SSH, Cotton Pickers and High Temp Windmills
• Head out from the lot, left onto the street and down to the gate for 10 REAL burpees OYO.
• Mosey from the gate to the Kiwanis shelter.

Thang 1:

• L/R SU x15, Erkin x15, Dip x15, Derkin x15
• Take a lap
• Do that 3 times

Thang 2:

• At the boat house lot for 4 corners on the escalator
• 5 burpees +
• 10 jump squats +
• 15 merkins +
• 20 star jumps
• What goes up must come down, 15+10+5 back to corner 1
• When finished mosey to Carpex Stadium

Thang 3:

• This was added to the rotation this morning because Kitty’s gotta throw a Kitty classic at ya
• Pax circle up for bull in the burpee ring — get some!
• Finish our work on the field by bear crawling the hill

Cool-down/Mary:

• Billy run to the flag
• Earhart leads LBCs, Dying Cockroach, American Hammers and Have a Nice Day
• COT w/ a welcome to FNG’s Shaqtus and Tomahawk.

Announcements and prayers in COT, special note of:

• Praying for Hotspot’s mom, men an women in uniform, and special prayers for our brother Chinese Downhill — we’re always here for you, bro.

NMS:

I had a void in my life before F3, I knew something was missing, I didn’t know what it was and quite frankly I thought I was “doing ok.” Little workout at the gym, a run on the weekends. Just not good enough.

Men, I’m grateful for your friendship, your brotherhood, and most importantly your accountability. Iron sharpens iron, and for that, I am grateful.

— Kitty