{"id":25066,"date":"2025-05-01T21:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=25066"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T01:23:52","slug":"its-playoff-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2025\/05\/its-playoff-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Playoff Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rollback was nursing an injury, so he called many people to try and Q for him. When they all said no, he lastly turned to me and I humbly accepted the responsibility. The theme was easy – my favorite sport just started the playoffs, so the Gun portion would be NBA-themed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Thang:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We launched from <\/span>Shaffner Park<\/span><\/a> and ran down the trail and looped back on Yorkshire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I showed up just after 0500, expecting to be alone, when I saw 2 headlamps of Burns and Bevo, out early, to tackle the route not once but twice. Strong work! While they ran the entire thing, I only did part of it on my own, just getting back by 0530 to run with the group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Somehow (this never happens), I was out front for most of the trail portion until the PAX grew tired of my slower pace and soon passed me once we got to the (first) hill. Turnover was gracious enough to stay with me and we chatted about all things NBA, NFL, and his love for all Charlotte teams even though the Hornets <\/span>just <\/span><\/i>missed the playoffs (by 20 games. But next year!).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once we all returned, we gathered on the tennis courts for your standard F3 exercises with an NBA playoff twist. Reverse lunges became \u201cJames Harden Step Backs\u201d. Peter Parkers became Donovan Mitchell \u201cSpidas\u201d. Squat jumps became \u201cDominique Wilkins Leaps\u201d. Steph Curry (who I sports-hate), who is like a cockroach who can\u2019t be killed, so we did Dying Cockroaches for him. In honor of the best player in basketball, we did Serbian Hammers for Jokic. LeBron James, who (quite ironically now) is like someone who keeps coming back to life, was honored with Zombie Crunches. (Note: there were no called exercises for my least favorite player, Kevin Durant). At the end, we honored what Jimmy Butler did to the Heat with 20 seconds of Body Destroyers. Time was called.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No announcements, no spoken prayer requests. YHC took us out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naked Man Moleskin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n