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Saturday, December 20, 2025

F3 Platte (New World AO)

“The Right Reason”

Memorial Stadium, Pawnee Park

35°F, 8mph wind

 

14 PAX: 2-Stroke, Rancid, Hootchie, Shake-N-Bake, Ground Beef, Axe, Flintstone (Omaha), Kernel (Omaha), DDR, Fluoride, Sinatra, Spirit Stick (Omaha), Neo, Q-Tip (Omaha)

 

QIC: Q-Tip (Omaha)

Today was a pretty special Q for me. A few PAX from Omaha made the trek to Columbus for a special edition of Oscar Mike, and after that, I got to Q the workout at Memorial Stadium in Pawnee Park. Shortly after I tripped over a fence while searching for a bathroom, YHC welcomed the PAX, recited the Mission, Core Principals, Disclaimer and Credo.  No FNGs today.

WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers x 15 IC| Michael Phelps x 15 IC| Tappy Taps x 10 IC | Sun Gods x 10 IC—forwards and backwards| Big Ones on our own. 

THE PRE-THANG:  

8 Motivators (Single Count

THE THANG

10 Rounds

The PAX lined up on the Goal Line of the football field.  We performed 50 Merkins, 50 Air Squats, and 50 LBCs.   We ran to the other Goal Line (at a pace determined by each PAX on their own).  There we performed 45 reps of each exercise.  We then ran back to the original Goal Line and performed 40 reps of the exercises.  We continued in this fashion until we finished with 5 reps.   That’s 10 Rounds, Brother.  Although I had a few of the PAX on the ropes, there were no TKOs. Everyone is a Champion.  

6MOM:  

I called on 4 of the PAX to lead us in 15 reps of their favorite Core exercise.  

We ended (appropriately) with American Hammers Rancid Style

Omaha at 8:00

COT.

I recounted for the PAX a tale about when I worked at the Meat Packing Plant in Schuyler, where my job was Washing Tripe.  

I explained what I learned during that time that makes me consider Washing Tripe the most important job I ever held:

1.  I learned how hard I could work.  It was a really hard job where I performed the same task 850 times per day.  It was harder than anything I had ever done.
2. I learned, in the most literal sense of the phrase, how much “shit I was willing to put up with.”  In that job, I earned more than 3X the minimum wage at that time.  Roughly $30-35/hour in today’s wages.  I earned enough to help pay for college, buy a car, and pay for a lot of beer.  It was good experience for all the other shit we go through during the rest of our lives.
3. I learned I didn’t want to Wash Tripe for the rest of my life.  Despite the good pay, I realized I wanted to do something else for the rest of my career, so it inspired me to study hard at college.
4. Most importantly, I learned that every job has dignity.  I was working alongside men who had families and children.  Some of my co-workers were the fathers of my high school friends.  That’s when I first began to realize what it means to be an adult, a man with reposnsibilities.  Those men worked at the Plant to provide for their families, put food on the table.  

I urged the PAX to not be discouraged by WHAT they do for a living, but to do that work for the right reason.  Every job has dignity if you are providing for your family.  

We finished with a prayer.

Q-Tip