{"id":26963,"date":"2026-06-15T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=26963"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:07:14","slug":"launching-into-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2026\/06\/launching-into-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching into the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YHC enjoyed making the trip out to Launchpad this week and seeing what it\u2019s all about. So much space for activities! Not only that but there were 2 FNG\u2019s that came along for the ride this morning. We all enjoyed a full body beatdown and launched our weeks off on the right foot, or the left foot if you\u2019re Spicoli.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThe thang:<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am just going to draw it out. This probably doesn\u2019t make any sense but you had to be there. It was very simple and we climbed the ladder and came back down. 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, DONE!<\/p>\n<p>PS \u2013 Who cares about the drawing anyway, we have 2 FNG\u2019s we need to learn about.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image-from-iOS-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spicoli has the Q at Flatline tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li>Burns has the Q at Rural Assault on Friday.<\/li>\n<li>Urban Assault get a visit from Tour de Draftee on Friday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>nmm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burns is a legend. The man ran 10 miles up and down the mountains yesterday and still came out and posted. Not even just posted but made the workout look easy! His legs weren\u2019t even phased.<\/li>\n<li>This was my first time meeting Autobot who I learned graduated from App State not just once but also has his Masters from App State in a field I cant even type out because it is wayyyyy too smart for me. Autobot is a good kid, yes kid, who just recently started with F3 and is straight up beast mode. It was great meeting you Autobot.<\/li>\n<li>Spicoli, who showed up on time, actually he was early! Yes you read that correctly. Anyway, he showed off his memory skills when talking to the former FNGs and gathering information so we can come up with some good nicknames post beatdown. He showed me the proper way to do a Carolina Dry Dock and I replied \u201cmodified if necessary\u201d because it looked like a mix between a blank, a merkin and a dive bomber\u2026.fun!<\/li>\n<li>Alright to our first former FNG TripleA. TripleA came over to us around 0628 this morning and was like \u201cHey can I join you? I also have a friend coming.\u201d We all said \u201cAbsolutely!\u201d His name is Jim CARR (that important) and made his way from New Mexico and Washington. He worked for Expedia in IT. If you are following here, there is a lot to do with cars, travel, etc. so that is how TripleA came about. The man deserves his DOUBLE RESPECT because he doesn\u2019t look a day over 21 and made today\u2019s beatdown look like a stretch. BEAST! Welcome TripleA, we are better because you are here.<\/li>\n<li>Now for TexasInstrument. He was more quiet than TripleA but we pulled some good information out of him. Worked in a Tobacco Field (I tried going with Grizzley but that was a no), from Stokes, is retired but runs a Recycling business on the side, and was a Math teacher for many years. So names were thrown out there with recycling, tobacco fields, and then boom Spicoli hit us with TexasInstrument and that stuck. Another DOUBLE RESPECT who doesn\u2019t look a day over 21 and made today\u2019s beatdown look like a stretch. BEAST! Welcome TexasInstrument, we are better because you are here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had fun today at Launchpad. Thank you for the keys Burns. I put them back on the rocket ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YHC enjoyed making the trip out to Launchpad this week and seeing what it\u2019s all about. So much space for activities! Not only that but there were 2 FNG\u2019s that came along for the ride this morning. 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