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🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Plague and Gator sit down with Pitchfork (Bill Koch) of Trident for a story that starts with a year and a half of stalling and ends with a farm kid running one of Omaha's most storied AOs. Pitchfork walks through his First F in a freezing wind at Hallock Park, the near-miss on getting stuck with "Noodle" as a name, and the sink-or-swim four months it took him to go from FNG to Site Q. Along the way: a twin brother pushing him from a distance, a wife who does FIA, two kids with 2.0 nicknames already, and a faith journey from Lutheran confirmation to Catholic conversion that found its legs praying out loud at 0530.✅ HIGHLIGHTS✅ His twin brother, wife, and Double Dip spent over a year quietly recruiting him ✅ His First F at Hallock Park — 30 mph winds, no idea where to put his water bottle, Firewalker on Q ✅ How he dodged getting named "Noodle" and became Pitchfork instead, thanks to his grandpa's farm ✅ Mother Goose's late-night text that locked in his second workout ✅ Three-sport athlete in Axtell, NE who found nothing stuck again until F3 ✅ The coupon workout in the snow that nearly sent him to the ER — and six months to come back ✅ Discovering pre-runs by accident, now doing them 90% of the time ✅ Racing his twin brother from a distance — no direct competition, just mutual benchmark ✅ How marrying into FIA changed his marriage's communication ✅ His kids' 2.0 nicknames — Affinity and Raptor ✅ Taking the Trident flag four months into F3, VQ'ing in six weeks, admitting the imposter syndrome ✅ Passing the flag to Room Service and learning to let go — "it's your baby, even after you pass it" ✅ The real story behind Trident's Namorama being a "selfie-rama" ✅ His faith journey — Lutheran roots, RCIA into Catholicism, and finding the courage to pray out loud ✅ Two life lessons for any PAX: get comfortable being uncomfortable, and prepare for what you wish for ✅ Closing prayer request for his grandfather, currently hospitalized💬 KEY QUOTES🗣️ "I have no excuse. I have nothing going on Saturday." 🗣️ "Nobody was better than the next person." 🗣️ "I grew up on a farm... so I said my first job was a farmer — and that's how they got me Pitchfork." 🗣️ "Once you're at the bottom, you can only go one direction — so I committed." 🗣️ "It's your baby, even after you pass it." 🗣️ "Instead of be careful what you wish for — prepare for what you wish for." 🗣️ "I think it's important to ask for prayers for yourself, instead of putting other people first."⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 — Cold Open & Prayer 02:07 — The Recruitment: Double Dip, Jackson Five & the Text That Sealed It 04:15 — The Pit: First Workout at Hallock Park 08:00 — Farmer, Not Noodle Man: Getting the Name Pitchfork 09:48 — Mother Goose Seals the Deal & the VQ He Almost Missed 13:23 — Axtell Roots: Three-Sport Athlete to Rec-League Drifter 15:24 — The Coupon That Nearly Broke Him & Falling for Pre-Runs 22:32 — Twin Benchmark: Racing Jackson Five From a Distance 27:02 — Second F, Coffee & Marrying a FIA 31:15 — 2.0s in the Gloom: Affinity, Raptor & Family Workouts 35:31 — Taking the Flag: Site Q, Sink-or-Swim & the Namorama Legend 43:31 — Multiplication, Faith & Final Prayers

Honey Maid: The Wholesome Leader Built from Scratch🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and Gator welcome Honey Maid — Site Q of the Coliseum — to the Nomad for a conversation that starts funny and gets real fast. What begins as a COVID-comeback story about fat pants and an accidental marathon turns into an honest look at leadership, faith, and what it actually costs to show up for your family when everything breaks at once. This is Shield Lock in action, not theory.✅ HIGHLIGHTS 🔹 How "Cracker" almost became his name before Honey Maid saved the day 🔹 Fat pants, Oreos, and the COVID dad-bod origin story 🔹 Jesse Itzler's "plant a flag" idea sparking a first-ever marathon at a 7:14 pace 🔹 Learning that coffee — not the workout — is where F3's magic happens 🔹 An eye tic and burnout force an honest conversation about balance 🔹 A church youth group gone wrong, and the pastor who brought him back 🔹 Taking the Coliseum flag and learning leadership isn't "lead from the front" 🔹 Son Charlie's medical crisis and wife Maggie's postpartum hospitalization 🔹 28 Coliseum PAX filling an empty Q board in seven minutes flat💬 KEY QUOTES 🗣️ "I bought a pair of fat pants that day." 🗣️ "Nobody's gonna wait for you. Get here on time." 🗣️ "It's you and mom against the baby. The baby is the enemy." 🗣️ "My job today is just to be here with you." 🗣️ "The reality is that we are enough."⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold Open: Setting the Table 02:52 Welcome to the Nomad: Meet Honey Maid 05:05 The Naming Story 07:26 Fat Pants: The COVID Wake-Up Call 12:00 Planting the Flag: The Marathon Decision 16:22 Slowing Down to Build the Engine 21:34 Shield Lock and the Coffee Conversion 26:24 Marriage, the Dream Feed, and Balance 33:37 Vulnerability and the Q Source Classroom 44:55 Faith: From Black Eyes to Coming Home 51:38 Taking the Flag: Leadership Lessons 56:37 The Real Pit: Charlie, Maggie, and the Village

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Stripes sit down at The Nomad with Brett "Biscuits" Ritter — Riptide Site Q, Wolfden veteran, girl dad of two, and one of the most quietly resilient stories in F3 Omaha. What looks like a confident, community-building leader on the other side of a site launch is actually a man who spent his first year of college hooked on opioids after major foot surgery, carrying the shame largely alone until a single advisor's ultimatum sent him home to make the hardest decision of his life. Biscuits unpacks the playground EH that pulled him back after 18 months away, the January 5th beatdown that hooked him for good, and the frustration with "open to all men" not being fully lived out that didn't produce a complaint — it produced Riptide. ✅ HIGHLIGHTS 🍪 EH'd by KOA, showed up once at Paradise, then vanished for 18 months 🏃 Completed a one-mile-a-day streak for a full year — and still stepped off the scale unhappy ⛸️ Ice skating accident at his daughter's birthday party wrecked his knee and Achilles 💊 College foot surgery led to opioid dependence, depression, and a year of silence 🚽 One advisor's ultimatum sent him home to flush every pill — cold turkey, never looked back 🏋️ A sweaty T-Swift hug in eight-degree weather on January 5th sealed the deal 🌊 Launched Riptide with Zamboni: lean into the current, don't fight it 🤝 A hard pre-run with Toto broke them open and built a brotherhood across opposite sides ⛪ Minister's kid who did bike church in California and came home to the church his dad planted 🧻 Organized a Hope Lodge paper and water drive that rolled in nearly $1,000 in supplies 🦶 Toga: reactivating toe strength and foot mechanics — the plantar fasciitis answer nobody talks about 💬 KEY QUOTES 🗣️ "I was so numb that I didn't care." 🗣️ "I flushed the pills and never looked back." 🗣️ "I'll prove you wrong." 🗣️ "We just gotta lean in and love on day one, no matter where they're coming from." 🗣️ "If you keep fighting, that's when you lose." 🗣️ "Going with it and just giving in to where God is pulling me is how I can actually make it through." 🗣️ "We want nothing but the best for each other." 🗣️ "The church is not a building. The church is the fellowship." 🗣️ "You should be pretty proud of yourself." 🗣️ "Before you quit, talk about it." ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open & Mic Banter at The Nomad 02:09 — Meet Biscuits: KOA, Paradise, and 18 Months Gone 04:00 — The Playground EH & The One-Mile-A-Day Journey 05:50 — The Ice Skating Injury, the Achilles, and the Name Origin 10:12 — The Surgery, The Pills, and The Cold Turkey Turning Point 12:22 — Proving the Doctor Wrong: Two Marathons and a Reframed Identity 14:32 — From Observer to VQ: The Path Into F3 Leadership 18:15 — The Frustration That Built a Site: Tater Todd and "Do Something About It" 20:19 — Launching Riptide: Open to All Men and Swimming With the Current 23:35 — Co-Q With Zamboni: Logistics, Energy, and Earning Trust on the Road 25:41 — Pre-Runs, Vulnerability, and the Hard Conversation With Toto 29:44 — Family Fellowship: Jelly, Bear, Gravy, and the Wife Who Always Knows 37:26 — Faith Roots: The Right Reverend Ritter and Coming Home 41:04 — Third F: The Hope Lodge Paper and Water Drive 43:17 — Grace, Ownership, and the Story Still Being Written 45:21 — "You Should Be Pretty Proud of Yourself" 47:23 — Final Lesson: Before You Quit, Talk About It 48:00 — Rapid Fire with Stripes & Toga Explained 53:15 — Current State: New Job, In-Laws, and Prayer Requests 55:36 — Final Affirmations and Sign-Off

In The Neighborhood: The Wolf Pack He Never Knew He Needed🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host LPC sit down at The Nomad with Jeff "Mr. Rodgers" Nogg, Canopy Site Q, Wolf Pack founding member, girl dad of four, and one of the most quietly transformational stories in F3 Omaha. What looks like a confident, connected, purpose-driven man on the other side of a company sale is actually a guy who spent his first years in F3 navigating his twin brother's brain cancer and his daughter's eating disorder at the same time — carrying both largely in silence until brotherhood made that unsustainable. Mr. Rodgers unpacks the lake party EH that turned into a Monday Murph before he could say no, the Namorama that named him in under a minute, and the mindset shift that changed everything: he used to run 80% fear. Now it's 80% adventure. He also shares the story most guys in F3 don't know — raised Jewish, married to a Catholic, baptized through a Wild at Heart men's retreat, and still figuring it out with his wife ten years in.✅ HIGHLIGHTS 🐺 EH'd at Cataract's lake party — Davin Bickford was on the phone before the party ended 🏠 Named "Mr. Rodgers" in under a minute for living across from Aldridge Elementary — no excuse, no drive, just walk 👯 First workout: got demolished AND got mistaken for his identical twin by Chucky and Birdman 🐺 Built the Wolf Pack from scratch with Edger — now includes Star Lord, Farva, Dick Howser, Denai, Dufresne, and Floaties 💪 Went from twice-a-week closet workouts to 100+ Murphs and counting 😔 Navigated twin brother's brain cancer and daughter Riley's eating disorder simultaneously — in silence until COTs changed that 🤝 Dika's COT about his dad's Alzheimer's — the moment Shield Lock clicked 😭 The F3 retreat letters from his daughters — cried more that weekend than in years ⛪ 6 a.m. Love Church service on the morning of his brother's tumor surgery — the moment "everything happens for a reason" stopped being a platitude 🚫 "There's never a right time." — Pushed into his first Q by Armando. Said yes to Site Q at Canopy the same way. 💰 Found purpose beyond a job title through Tim Tebow's Night to Shine — raised $25K in year one 🔄 80% fear → 80% adventure: what brotherhood, faith, and consistency actually built💬 KEY QUOTES 🗣️ "It's not happiness unless it's shared. When joy is shared, it's doubled. And when misery is shared, it's halved." 🗣️ "I would have kept it all inside. That's what I used to always do." 🗣️ "The big lesson in life with all this stuff is there's never a right time. You just gotta do it." 🗣️ "Before F3, I would have been 80% fear and 20% adventure. Now it's totally the opposite." 🗣️ "I didn't have the faith before. And now I have the faith." 🗣️ "You have memories in the gloom that are memories you just wouldn't have." 🗣️ "The thing that really did it for me was when I got involved in the community."⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open: Mic Check, No Email on Phones & The Maximus Dog Story 06:45 — Meet Mr. Rodgers: EH'd at Cataract's Lake Party 09:04 — Namorama: "In The Neighborhood" 09:51 — From Twice a Week to the Wolf Pack 16:36 — Nobody Gets Left Behind: The Bullseye Standard 21:38 — Brotherhood Over Business Talk 22:37 — COTs, Shield Lock & Carrying the Hard Stuff Out Loud 29:39 — The Retreat Letters That Broke Him Open 32:03 — From Bar Mitzvah to Baptism: A Faith Rebuilt 42:20 — There's Never a Right Time: The Site Q Chapter 47:33 — 80% Fear to 80% Adventure 50:09 — Night to Shine, Purpose & Closing Namorama

The Buck Stops Here: Bambi on Taking Responsibility, Building Confidence, and Leading Well━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Plague and co-host Gator sit down at The Nomad with Phillip "Bambi" Daly — outgoing Site Q of The Village, 22-year sales veteran, husband, father of three, and half-Iron Man in training. What looks like a naturally confident man is actually a guy who spent a lifetime deliberately building it — through uncomfortable firsts, a father's improbable courage, and the steady pressure of F3 brotherhood. Bambi unpacks the hunting trip that named him, the six months it took to cross the Wild Kingdom threshold, and the leadership philosophy he's lived ever since: put in a book of work and let it speak for itself.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✅ HIGHLIGHTS🦌 Named in under 60 seconds — says "I like to hunt" and becomes Bambi ⏳ Six months of resistance before crossing the Wild Kingdom threshold 💪 College athlete, 22-year sales pro — built every ounce of confidence manually 😭 Lincoln Half Marathon — trained alone, raced alone, lost it at the finish line 🚗 Dad packed a bag at 22, drove from Michigan, stopped in Shelton, Nebraska 📖 Faith as a training regimen — from once a month to weekly, one rep at a time 🎤 Leadership by subtraction — give the voice away, watch the man grow 💬 The Baptize text — "Haven't seen you in a while. I miss you." That's the glue. ☀️ The cure for Sad Clown — how you choose to engage is always your call━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━💬 KEY QUOTES🗣️ "I crossed that line completely exhausted. I left everything out there and totally lost it." 🗣️ "I try not to be the grandstanding dad. I try to put in a book of work." 🗣️ "I do not need to be the voice all the time." 🗣️ "The faith side. That was the big one. Because it humbles you." 🗣️ "How you choose to act is 100% a choice." 🗣️ "That simple text — I miss you — that's the glue."━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 — Cold Open: Books, Injuries & AI-Generated Friends 08:27 — Meet Bambi: Outgoing Site Q of The Village 10:00 — Wild Kingdom Fall '21: The Name That Lasted Seconds 12:00 — Six Months on the Fence: The Introvert Behind the Sales Veteran 15:00 — COTs as Glue & Dad's Story from Shelton, Nebraska 19:45 — The Lincoln Half Breakdown: The Finish Line That Changed Everything 26:00 — Marriage, Kids & The Book of Work 32:00 — Taking the Flag, Ducking Q Source & The Text That Unlocked It 39:00 — Faith in the Back Seat: The Hustle Era & Coming Back 47:00 — Succession at The Village: Playing Hard to Get with Baptize 51:30 — Leadership by Subtraction: Give the Voice Away 58:00 — The Baptize Text & The Cure for Sad Clown 01:03:00 — NAMO & Closing

Every HIM Needs A Break Room | Break Room (Alex Kucera) | The Glue-OOM Ep. 251Every man hits a season where life stops making sense.Good job. Nice house. Busy calendar. Checking every box. And still — hollow.For Alex "Break Room" Kucera, that season came hard. Divorce. Depression. 145 pounds. Too much alcohol. A marriage where he admitted he never put his spouse first. A longing for fatherhood he wasn't ready to carry.And an F3 invitation from his father he kept refusing.This episode isn't about divorce.It's about identity.It's about what happens when the life you thought you wanted falls apart long enough to reveal the man you were actually meant to become — and the brotherhood, the miles, the flag, and an 11-month-old daughter who is about to start remembering who her dad is that pulled him the rest of the way there.Every HIM needs a break room. Alex Kucera became one for the PAX around him. This is how.👥 IN THIS EPISODEThe EH that took two years — and why Q Tip never pushed onceFirst post at the Trident: pre-run, sandbags, and almost becoming "Gaylord Focker"Divorce, depression, and what 145 pounds of self-pity actually looks likeRunning as sanctuary — headphones on, not always playingWhy he canceled his Orange Theory membership weeks after his first F3 postQ Tip at 71: one kidney, 42 years of sobriety, and a son paying close attentionSaying yes to the Future flag mid-prerun — and meaning it 20 minutes laterPassing the flag to someone not on his radar who wanted it badly enough to askWeeping in a church pew the first time he brought his daughter to MassThe prayer request that lands hardest because he says it quietly💬 KEY QUOTES"Getting divorced was the best worst thing that ever happened to me.""I knew I was gonna like it — but I didn't want to do it at that time in my life.""I was 145 pounds, not eating, probably drinking too much.""I wasn't fit to lead five years ago.""Seeing your 71-year-old father kick ass is just awesome. It really is.""The first time I brought my daughter to church I was sitting there weeping.""She'll understand me as a person soon. That's what drives me to be the best version of myself.""Life sucks occasionally. That doesn't mean it's going to suck forever."⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome To The Nomad 03:00 Q Tip's Long Game — The EH That Took Two Years 08:00 Father's Day & First Post At The Trident 10:00 Pick Up The Six Before The Workout Started 12:00 The Naming Of Break Room 13:42 Divorce, Depression & The Pit 18:38 Rebuilding Through Fitness 27:00 Running, Anxiety & Hearing God 34:40 Marriage, Movement & Fellowship 40:17 Q Tip, Sobriety & Legacy 45:47 Faith, Church & Becoming Dad 51:48 The Future Flag & Leaving Well 59:18 Identity, Fatherhood & The Prayer Request 1:03:00 Name-O-Rama & Wrap

SUMMARY: The Plague and Gator sit down with Switchfoot (Mark Matulka) at The Nomad in Old Town Elkhorn — and what unfolds is one of the most layered stories of perseverance and reinvention The Glue-OOM has ever captured. A guidance counselor told him he was a trades guy. He earned two bachelor's degrees, a master's, and a law degree. He scored in the 7th percentile on his first LSAT. He passed the Nebraska Bar. He almost got denied from that same Bar over a skateboarding citation — where the listed victim was society. That citation is now framed on his desk. This is an episode about what happens when you refuse to accept someone else's ceiling, find brothers who hold you accountable, and learn that carrying a flag means being a caretaker — not a commander. 📌 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS ✅ The EH that started at a bomb threat — ICB responded to an emergency, won over Switchfoot's son with a police cruiser, then dropped the F3 invite on the spot ✅ First workout: a Smurf followed immediately by a Stormbreaker beatdown — ICB did not ease him in ✅ The naming circle almost landed "Kickflip" — Farva held the line. Rules are rules ✅ Victim: Society — the framed skateboarding citation that nearly derailed his bar application ✅ Guidance counselor said trades, not college — two bachelor's, a master's, and a law degree later ✅ Three LSATs, a newborn, and a dying mother-in-law — he went to Creighton Law anyway ✅ A 20-year-old from South Omaha arguing American values with Fidel Castro supporters in Cuba ✅ "I know my truth" — Shark Week's throwaway joke became his personal mantra for hard days ✅ Planting the flag alone before anyone arrives — his definition of what it means to be a site Q ✅ The Mufasa lunch — before taking the Wild Kingdom flag, Mufasa reframed everything: caretaker, not commander ✅ How he picked Joe Camel as his successor — burned him on a disc pass, and that was the audition 💬 KEY QUOTES "Two bachelor's degrees, a master's, and a law degree later — people are wrong." "I may not be the best in the room, but I'm going to be the hardest worker." "This isn't my site. This is our site. I'm a caretaker." "Nobody's going to give a shit what case I won. They're going to care: did I make an impact?" "I know my truth." "In two years, my daughter's not going to want me to lay in her bed and bullshit about the day. I need to put first things first." "There is a God. I am not him." "Your health is your real 401k. If you're dead, you can't spend the money." "Don't sell yourself short. Trust your abilities. Then get your experience." "You're not going to grow if you're not stretched — but you're not going to grow if you're too uncomfortable either. It's that sweet spot just outside your comfort zone." 🕐 CHAPTERS 00:00 — Cold Open & Pre-Show: Rap Beefs, Jerry Springer, and P Diddy Documentaries 04:00 — The EH: How a Bomb Threat and a Police Cruiser Changed Everything 07:30 — First Workout: A Smurf, a Beatdown, and a Brutal First Mile 09:30 — The Naming: Kickflip Was Right There. Farva Said No. 12:00 — Victim: Society: The Skateboarding Citation That Followed Him Into the Bar 18:00 — The Pit: Life Before F3 — Mothballed Fitness and a Mother-in-Law's Cancer 20:00 — From Lube Tech to Law School: Metro, UNO, and Three LSATs 28:00 — Experience Over Everything: Cuba, STRATCOM, and the Governor's Office 36:00 — Accountability & Brotherhood: Scandal, Shark Week, and "I Know My Truth" 44:00 — The Third F: Faith as a Question Mark, Service as the Answer 55:00 — Leading Wild Kingdom: Planting the Flag and the Mufasa Lunch 1:01:00 — Succession, Joe Camel, and the Closing Prayer: First Things First

EPISODE SUMMARYThe Plague and special guest co-host Gator sit down with Reflux for one of the most emotionally layered episodes of The Glue-OOM to date.What begins as a funny story about a dad getting spit up on before his first post slowly unfolds into a conversation about grief, inherited faith, male friendship, Shield Lock accountability, and the leadership courage required to stop suppressing what’s really happening underneath.Episode 249 traces Reflux’s long road from movement without roots to surrender, alignment, and a legacy centered not on himself — but on Christ.✅ EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSSplinter Cell’s persistent EH campaign finally lands.The Battlefield beatdown that started everything.The hilarious origin story behind the name “Reflux.”Pre-runs becoming more transformational than workouts.Running as stress relief and spiritual clarity.The hidden loneliness of career movement across five cities.Losing his mother at 14 and carrying her final letter for years.“I never felt worthy” becomes the emotional center of the episode.Why confession inside Shield Lock changes men.The hard lesson of balancing F3 with marriage and newborn realities.Catalyst leadership and learning to give leadership away.Redefining legacy through Christ instead of personal achievement.🔥 KEY QUOTES“The LBs just kept stacking up.”“I really need a butt kicking.”“As males, we need other male friends to do things with.”“You come for the workout… now I’m all about the coffee, the faith, the COT.”“I never prayed for myself until I was in my 30s. I never felt worthy.”“Surrender is the word I keep coming back to.”“Sin is everywhere… and when you share it, usually three guys go, ‘Yeah, me too.’”“I’m John Stockton. You’re Malone. I’m giving you the ball.”“My goal isn’t to build a legacy. My goal is to enhance the legacy of Christ.”🧭 CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome to The Nomad — Reflux & Gator Join The Plague03:58Splinter Cell’s EH & The Battlefield Beatdown06:10The Naming of Reflux08:00The Berm, Pre-Runs & Expanding Brotherhood09:45Running, Stress Relief & Hearing God on Mile Five12:30Why Men Need Male Friendship14:00Marriage, Newborns & Learning Alignment18:00Shield Lock, Vulnerability & Confession29:00The Wandering Years — Five Cities & Running From Roots34:00His Mother’s Letter & The Worthiness Struggle42:00Catalyst Leadership & Giving the Ball Away49:00Legacy, Christ & What Really Lasts

EPISODE SUMMARYThe Plague sits down with Yugo to unpack the story behind his F3 nickname, his journey through fitness and fellowship, and how running became more than exercise—it became survival. From managing a Porsche dealership to navigating stress, family life, and the pull of isolation, Yugo shares how the Shield Lock of F3 changed his perspective on brotherhood. The episode is a gritty reminder that acceleration happens faster when men stop trying to carry life alone.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS ✅ Getting EH’d by DaKine after years of resistance because of work schedule conflicts ✅ First-ever post was a massive flag pass at The Coupe ✅ The hilarious origin story behind the name “Yugo” ✅ Growing up in small-town Nebraska fixing cars because owning one meant learning to repair it ✅ Career journey from local technician to Porsche service manager ✅ Honest conversation about trades vs. traditional college paths ✅ Discovering that the real value of F3 happened during the runs—not just the workouts ✅ How running became stress relief and emotional reset during difficult seasons ✅ Mortimer and market-to-market training building deeper bonds with other PAX ✅ The power of FIA crossover relationships helping EH men into the gloom ✅ Why consistent proximity with men matters more than motivationKEY QUOTES“I can run anytime… then I started really chatting with the guys while you’re running.” — ~00:09:40“If I don’t run for several days, I just generally feel bad.” — ~00:11:05“Running outside… it’s hard to beat.” — ~00:11:15“My first workout was a flag pass.” — ~00:02:30“People call me Yugo everywhere.” — ~00:03:20“I hated it at first.” — ~00:03:15“You can basically write your own check.” — ~00:06:05“That was my release.” — ~00:11:45CHAPTERS00:00 Opening at The Nomad02:00 FIA Connections & The EH03:00 The Story Behind “Yugo”05:00 Growing Up Around Cars06:30 Porsche Leadership & Trade School08:45 Marathon Burnout & Competitive Drift12:30 Mortimer, Brotherhood & Shared Suffering19:30 Family Life & Relational Rhythm29:00 Faith, Honesty & The Quiet Struggle35:30 Boston, Goals & Reigniting Fire38:30 Launching The Crown44:30 Accountability & Leadership Maintenance51:30 “You Go. I Go. We Go.”

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague sits down at The Nomad in downtown Elkhorn with Eric “Low Point” Ellison — one of the few men in F3 Omaha posting alongside his own father, High Point. What begins as a hilarious story about thinking F3 was “old guy stuff” unfolds into a grounded conversation about fatherhood, injuries, consistency, identity after sports, and the quiet battle to stay connected when life gets heavy. “Low Point, High Calling” is ultimately a story about inherited leadership, relational acceleration, and the men who help keep us from drifting. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS ✅ ✅High Point EH’d his own son into F3 ✅The fastest naming in COT history ✅First beatdown with Stripes at The Berm ✅Monkey humpers in Birdman’s driveway ✅Why preruns changed his entire fitness journey ✅The emotional void after college athletics ended ✅Plantar fasciitis and the danger of broken rhythm ✅The tornado moment that proved F3 community was real ✅“I’m disappointed in you” parenting philosophy ✅How F3 changed his patience at home ✅Site Q leadership lessons from Bunztown ✅“Lead from the back” philosophy ✅“See me out there. Pray I’m there.” KEY QUOTES “That’s old guy stuff.” “I thought it was going to be, show up one time.” “I could see myself doing this again.” “I need that.” “When you go home and the kids are screaming… today’s going to be a better day.” “You tell your daughters they’re beautiful, and you tell your sons they have what it takes.” “I let the people raising me down.” “As a site Q, I’m going to be there to run every morning.” “See me out there. Pray I’m there.” CHAPTERS 00:00 — Welcome to The Nomad — The Plague Introduces Low Point 01:30 — High Point EHs His Son 03:00 — “That’s Old Guy Stuff” 04:00 — Stripes, Burpees & The Berm 05:00 — Fastest Naming in Circle History 08:00 — Baseball, Fitness & Discovering Preruns 15:00 — Plantar Fasciitis and the Rhythm Break 22:00 — Marriage, Kids & Becoming a Better Dad 27:00 — High Point’s Influence and Authentic Manhood 39:00 — Tornadoes, Brotherhood & Community 45:30 — Bunztown Site Q — Leading from the Back 56:00 — Injury, Drift & the Closing Ask KEYWORDS #F3Omaha #GloomToGlue #Brotherhood #Leadership #Omaha #F3Nation #ShieldLock #SadClown #EH #Halfsy #LowPoint #HighPoint #AuthenticManhood #SiteQ #Fatherhood #Fitness #Bennington #Acceleration

🎙️ EPISODE SUMMARYThe Plague sits down with Bullseye at The Nomad—joined by Stripes—to unpack a story of survival, brotherhood, and quiet resilience. From ICU recovery and losing his vision to learning how to stand on his own again, Bullseye shares how F3 Omaha became the proving ground for his comeback. What unfolds is a raw look at how men walking beside you—step by step—can pull you out of the Gloom and into something stronger.✅ EPISODE HIGHLIGHTSBullseye’s first post at Wild Kingdom—walking while others ranUsing a pulse oximeter mid-workout just to surviveThe untold story of PAX coordinating rides behind the scenesThe 45-minute fall on ice that defined his fearLearning to walk again—two houses at a timeFour months of avoiding the ground entirelyThe breakthrough moment: first time doing hammers on the groundThe internal celebration nobody else sawDart league travel and the origin of “Bullseye”Q Source, Shield Lock, and conversations that rebuilt his confidenceThe Impact Retreat moment that changed his fear of deathBaptism, leadership, and stepping into Site Q💬 KEY QUOTES“I was starving for oxygen.” — Early Workout“Nobody had a problem with me stopping.” — Early F3 Experience“I was there for 45 minutes… not able to get up.” — The Fall“That fear… it was real.” — The Ground Struggle“I didn’t get on the ground for four months.” — Recovery Arc“It was a big celebration for me internally.” — First Breakthrough“I had a fear of death… the Impact Retreat helped me move past that.” — Faith Shift“Where else would we ever meet?” — Brotherhood Reflection🧭 CHAPTERS(00:00) Opening + Nomad Setup + Stripes Joins (01:24) Meet Bullseye + First Post Story (03:00) Walking the First Workout + Oxygen Struggles (05:30) Naming Story + Dart League Background (08:00) Competitive Dart Career + Identity (10:30) Fear, Judgment, and Early Mental Battles (12:00) The Fall on Ice (The Pit Moment) (14:30) Rehab, Recovery, and Physical Limitations (17:00) ICU, Vision Loss, and The Deep Pit (23:00) Learning to Walk Again + Early Wins (36:00) Breakthroughs, Joy, and Brotherhood Moments (52:00) Faith, Impact Retreat, and Baptism (1:07:00) Site Q Leadership + Final Reflections