Watership Down in Neverland
THE SCENE: Brutiful. 70˚ and narry any humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Did it. Done.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Chatty fellers Zima and Tiger Lily are. Not distracting at all for this PAX who is amazing at cadence. Arm circles x 20, Reverse AC x 20, DPs x 10 IC, IWs x 20 IC
THA-THANG:
Tote our CMUs and 4 water jugs (44lb each) to path above amphitheater.
Water up, Water Down
Set up PAX in 2 teams, Half of each team to bottom of hill.
1 PAX from each team carries 2 water jugs (44lbs each) to top of hill while remaining PAX do AMRAP Squats w CMU/RUCK/Sand Bag until handoff of jug.
Once jug gets handed off, the next PAX carries it back down and continue handoffs until each PAX has carried jug up once and down once.
RINSE and REPEAT with Merkins for waiting PAX.
Mosey to pathway at base of upper hill.
Bucket Brigade
Line up at base of hill in same teams from Water Up.
PAX stand shoulder-to-shoulder leading uphill.
Lowest PAX (on hill, not Tiger Lily who is height challenged) passes ‘bucket’ (44lb water jug) up to his teammate, who passes it along the line. Once you hand off object, run up to end of the line to receive object again to work jug up the hill. Once at top, repeat going back down. First team done does 5 Burpees, losing team does 10
Burpees.
3 rounds (Round 1 – 3 vs 4, Round 2 – 4 vs 3, Round 3 – 3 vs 3) Tiger Lily’s team of 4 won first round. Photoshop’s team of 4 won second round. Tiger Lily’s team of 3 beat Photoshop’s team of 3 by a STINKIN LOT!
Mosey back up hill to START and lose the jugs/CMUs/sandbags/ruck.
Mosey to the NEW and IMPROVED Playground of Dreams
Descending Ladder of Sorts
Lap around playground. 10 LBCs, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins.
RINSE and REPEAT with one less each time. End with 1 each of LBC, Squat, Merkin.
Zima slayed it and finished first!
MARY: 1 minute of American Hammers (20)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 PAX ( 0 FNG ): Beef Log, Zima (AOQ), Tiger Lily, Tree Hugger, Ragequit, Softball, Photoshop (QiC)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Do hard things.
An interesting map is on display in the British Museum in London. It’s an old mariner’s chart, drawn in 1525, outlining the North American coastline and adjacent waters. The cartographer made intriguing notations on areas of the map that represented regions not yet explored. He wrote, “Here be giants,” “Here be fiery scorpions,” and “Here be dragons.” Fortunately, explorers ignored his warnings—and discovered whole new continents as a result!
The cartographer’s notes did not reflect truth—they reflected fear. In our own lives, it’s not actual giants, scorpions, and dragons that keep us from doing hard things. It’s the fear of them. Once we take that scary first step with God’s help—and keep going forward—we’ll experience the bigger, more fulfilling life God has in mind for us.
Fear is the fence that keeps us stuck in our comfort zones. To be fair, we usually feel fear for a reason: often something is outside that should make us afraid. The problem is when we just sit there.
We wait. And we wait.
Why? We’re waiting to stop feeling afraid before we attempt anything. We’re often afraid to try something new because of painful past experiences. We tried stepping out before, and it blew up in our faces. We poured everything we had into something we cared about, and our efforts fell short. We don’t want to embarrass ourselves again.
The truth, though, is that if we’re waiting until the fear and feelings of inadequacy go away, we’ll never venture outside our comfort zones. Until we take a step in spite of our fears, none of us will ever truly be able to do hard things. If we want to continue to grow and learn for the rest of our lives, we must beat these fears—not by making them go away, but by recognizing that there is something worse than discomfort, worse than the unknown, worse than failure. The worst thing is to never try at all.
God is ready to work through us, even with our limitations.
Instead of worrying about future fears, we can, as Corrie ten Boom wrote,
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
How could your life be different if you chose to do hard things by stepping outside your comfort zone?
Prayers:
Beef Log – biopsy for Amy (his M), pray for benign and nothing to worry about
Tiger Lily- Pray for final prep for move and the road trip to WA
MOLESKIN:
I love the camraderie that the NEK PAX have with each other. Z and TL were just chattin it up the whole time and giving this Inner Looper the friendly tease. Loved every minute of it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Memphis Anniversary on August 17 at Mothership.
