Nowhere to hide

You can run but you can’t hide from the rain at Gridiron. The good news is that it was about 70 degrees and it didn’t even rain a lot until the last 10 minutes or so.

This was my virgin Richmond Q. I used to Q around 15 to 20 times a year in Charlotte, although typically with an older group.

I’ve attended Gridiron many times over the years. I started with F3 ten years ago, either July or August 2011. Since my son has lived in Richmond since 2007, whenever we came up on weekends, I usually went to Gridiron on Saturday. So roughly about 3 times a year, I would come to Gridiron. I figured I should do my part and Q.

Purpose was to get the heartrate up without doing a lot of running. We went from one exercise to the other with a stretching exercise after ‘groups’ instead of a 10 count. Most of the following was done in cadence.

In the parking lot: 20 SSH, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 Knee-ups and a stretching exercise.

To the front of the school: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers and a stretching exercise

Using the front wall of the school: People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

To the other end of the football field in front of the school: 20 Copperhead Squats, 15 Crunchy Frogs, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise

To the practice football field at the side of the for 20 Lunges, 10 Stagger Arm Merkins, 20 Dollies and a stretching exercise

Next, using the hill between the practice field and the regular football field, Jacob’s Ladder.

Next, bathrooms next to where we started: Angry Donkeys (11s with People’s Chair air press and Donkey Kix.

Next, to parking lot for 3 rounds of jumping back and forth over the line in cadence to 20. Let’s call it ‘Happy Feet’, with a stretching exercise in between to catch my breath.

Next, to the playground near the Pickle Ball courts for: 10 Pull ups, 20 Merkins, 30 LBCs: 3 times.

Next, to the soccer field for 7s with Merkins and Squats between the ‘base line’ and the quarter line.

Using the same soccer field lines: bear crawl out and crab walk back. Repeat with broad jump out and crab walk back. To the beginning point for about 3 minutes of stretching.