{"id":25828,"date":"2025-10-13T19:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=25828"},"modified":"2025-10-13T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:13:40","slug":"the-walking-wounded-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2025\/10\/the-walking-wounded-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walking Wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YHC popped out of bed this morning without an alarm &#8211; rare, then headed to the bathroom, like all of us middle-aged men do.\u00a0 As I was getting ready, you know, primping myself and listening to my morning podcasts, something felt off.\u00a0 A quick glance of the watch to see how rushed I would be revealed a disturbing, but welcome revelation.\u00a0 It was only 1:03 am.\u00a0 Woohoo!\u00a0 That meant another 2 hours and 57 minutes of sleep.\u00a0 As I bounded back to my cozy bed with the renewed prospect of increasing my Garmin Sleep Score, my excitement waned.\u00a0 Although my body was terribly fatigued from a weekend full of long runs, my mind was racing and wide awake.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 My best guess was the exhilaration of my upcoming Q.\u00a0 After time wasted doom-scrolling through my news feed and emails (yes, that certainly counts as doom-scrolling), I gave up on the attempt of sleep and well, here we are.\u00a0 Hours to go before my Q and I\u2019ve pre-started my backblast.\u00a0 As the kids say, LFG!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TIME WASTERS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nobody is reading this to hear about jumping jacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BEATDOWN.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 reps of each exercise, then run a lap<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Squatty Potties<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">STS Merkins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Swings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blockees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gas Pumps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chest Presses (legs up)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thrusters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curls (while returning the blocks)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>DONE.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>NMM:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although battling a bout of plantar fasciitis, Tammy didn\u2019t let that slow him down one bit today.\u00a0 #Animal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drip, despite his mental deficiencies, powered through the entire workout, never once complaining or counting a rep. #Hero<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stop me if you\u2019ve heard this one before &#8211; Zima complained about his knee.\u00a0 #ShutUpAlready\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>ANNOUNCEMENTS:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteers needed for Samaritan Ministries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RAH is Saturday, October 18.\u00a0 F3WS is a sponsor, has a table, and requests your presence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">F3 bonfire: October 24 (see Rollback for details)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muddy Creek Backyard Ultra: November 23 (see Zima if you have a conflict)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>PRAYERS:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">None spoken.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let us be the men that our dogs think we are.\u00a0 Zima Out.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YHC popped out of bed this morning without an alarm &#8211; 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