July 16th, 2016 By Dick Tracy

83 (!) PAX and 2.0s converged on Stallings Road Park for the F3 Dads workout: “Pain and Pancakes” Edition.  YHC and co-Q Solo Cup were humbled and honored for such an incredible turnout.  Photo album here!

Warm Up

• Side Straddle Hop x 15
• Hillbillies x 10
• Windmills x 10
• Rudys x 5

Mosey on over to outfield of the Baseball Field

Line everyone up

Fifty Yard Scream

When the Q calls go, all PAX and 2.0s run for as far as they can as they scream. They are only allowed one breath, so as long as they are yelling they may continue to run.  Once they stop screaming, they must stop and sit down. Once the last person has sat down you will be able to see how far everyone got.

Repeato x 2

Mosey over to home plate and make teams of four-six PAX and 2.0s

Home Run Derby

Start at Home plate, 10 SSH

Sprint to 1^st Base, 10 Merkins

Sprint to 2^nd Base, 10 Squats

Sprint to 3^rd Base, 10 LBC

Sprint to Home plate

Repeato

Mosey over to right field line, line up and count off by four

Cone On, Cone Off

Count off into a four-team relay.  Each team is given one ball, and lines up 25 yards away from a training cone.  On “go,” first person in line runs to cone and places ball on top, and runs back to line, tagging next person.  Second person, runs to cone grabs ball and runs back.  Repeato until all done.  Once you’re done, you sit down.  First team done, wins.

Repeato with F3 Dads only.

Mosey to home plate, 1&2’s and 3&4’s team up.  Two lines against the fence, one headed to third, one to first.

Dizzy Bat Race

Spin seven times and run to your nearest base, all the way through to home.  Sit down when you’re done.  First team complete wins.

YHC Note: This is where the pain came in.  2.0s … okay.  PAX … not okay.  Tclaps to Funky Bunch and McFeely for falling down and getting back up, and thanks to Cardiac for checking them out.

British Bulldog

All PAX and 2.0s line up in the outfield behind a set of cones.  Three “Bulldogs” in the middle.  Everyone must run to the second set of cones, without getting caught by the “Bulldog.”  If you get caught, you’re now a “Bulldog.”

Repeato

Timebomb

All PAX and 2.0s circles up.  Two wiffle balls start from a single point and go around the circle in opposite directions.  PAX must toss wiffle balls to one another.  Any wiffle ball drops results in five ‘Mericans by everyone.

Name-O-Rama

… with 23 FNGs by my count!

Moleskin

• Outside of the Five-Year Convergence, this was the proudest and most impressed YHC has ever been as a PAX.
• Major Tclaps to @Clueless for an immense breakfast effort, and thanks to @JD for springing for the coffee from Rocky River Coffee Co (and everyone who chipped in – far too many of you to name, but you know who you are).
• Tclaps to @MrsKlump for coming in and getting down to business. She came, she saw, she conquered.
• @Forgotten Jelly said the Harrisburg PAX put the popsicles to shame. Next year, I nominate @Dutch in the role of @Clueless to bring the Stonebridge Church Men’s Breakfast to coincide with F3 Dads at Tradition.
• Congrats to @HoneyDo and his M for welcoming the newest member of F3 Nation overnight!
• Finally, YHC is going to have a Doogie Howser, MD moment here:

In a week where we have seen so much pain, so much heartache, so much distress and discord, it was incredible to see how many people I saw smiling today.  The men of F3 truly are brothers, in good and bad.  Today was a whole lot of good. 

Aye!

DT

 

Harrisburg

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