September 14th, 2017 By Ace Ventura

8 PAX showed up this morning on a 60 degree 90% + humidity morning. This may have been the first F3 Chess training on a beat down. Q thought to bring some old school style gaming. No boards, no screens, just PAX moving as chess pieces do, with an F3 twist along the way. What better use of a parking lot. After a mild warm-o-rama with gusting winds (glad no one was downwind on that instrument playing), Q proceeded to confuse the PAX with the complexity of the major chess pieces, their movement, and translating it into F3 speak. Instructions might have gotten lost in translation but at the end of it all the PAX got what they came for: roughly 400 calorie burn, soaking shirt, and a good way to start the day.

WARM-O-RAMA

Michael Phelps
Imperial Stormtrooper
Windmill
Cotton Pickers
Arm Circles

THE GAME

PLAY CHESS.
PAX get split up into chess pieces to move as the pieces move (AMRAP) as follows:

ROOKS – PAX run forward and backward along the top side of the parking lot. Repeato until the timer runs out.

KNIGHTS – PAX run ‘L’ formations along the bottom side of the parking lot (forward, side step, back pedal), following the white lines and crossing to the next (zipper run). Repeato until the timer runs out.

BISHOPS – PAX run cariocas along the center of the upper parking lot, carioca to the right one way, cariocas to the left the other way. Repeato until the timer runs out.

QUEENS – PAX run a ‘circle’ using the road top side of the parking lot. Start from the upper parking lot, using the roadway towards the school entrance, keep left and go to stop sign, then circle back (don’t topple your King!!!), repeato until the timer runs out.

KINGS – King is the timer. PAX start at the upper parking lot, using the roadway towards the school entrance, PAX hop, one hop at a time, to the curb (yes it’s a bunny hop, the Pet Detective is here). At the curb, PAX hop backwards to starting point. Once there, plank. Timer is up when all Kings are planking. PAX recover AFTER they finish their cycle and all Kings are planking.

Round 1 done. Kings to Queens, Queens to Knights, Knights to Bishops, Bishops to Rooks, Rooks to Kings. Repeato rounds until Mary.

Round 1 – at the end of the first half of your chess move, 5 burpees.
Round 2 – at the end of the first half of your chess move, 5 merkins.
Round 3 – at the end of the first half of your chess move, 10 WWII sit-ups. Repeat the rounds until Mary.

MARY

Global Warming Mary stopping for:

1. Pretzel Crunch – left then right
2. Mason Twist
3. Low Flutter

MOLESKIN

• It was quiet. Too quiet. PAX did not have their caffeine today.
• Welcome back Jackpot!!!
• Thanks Astrovan for joining up today and good luck on that run.
• Pre-run by Buckwheat and Astrovan made the remaining 5 look like slackers.
• Prayers to family members and loved ones.
• Possible Broga led by ChickenCoop tomorrow morning. Monitor F3Comanche slack channel for more info.

Ace Ventura, Comanche

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