Eight pathfinders jumped into the Gloom in the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the couples admiring our form on the Vita Trail, the following might have happened:
Mosey towards the normal circle, then veer 90 degrees to the small field in front of the green / muraled storage unit for the COP.
Little baby crunches (to start!) x20
Flutter kicks
WWIIs
Hand release / Da’Shawn Watson Merkins (no hands!)
SSHs
Let’s mosey to the small triangle where the road into the park meets the small parking lot next to the Grand Field. Not a place we usually use. Partner up for Touch-a-Tree.
Rounds of 4, 6, and 8 trees. Ab exercise while the runner runs.
Mosey to the Street of Despair. 5 merkins at every lamp post. Unless you want to do them on the sidewalk, in which case 6 merkins. On the grass, 20 merkins per pole. Circle up at the former Police Statue circle. Find a different partner for an oldie, but goodie.
Partner 1, WWIIs.
Partner 2, climb the hill adjacent to the water storage pond (under construction).
The grass was cut, and therefore only 3-5 inches deep, much deeper than it looks. PAX will keep us informed on whether Vinny’s Poison Ivy makes an appearance.
Mosey to the VITA Trail.
Bro-code run, stopping at each exercise apparatus. Actual equipment only. Birdhouses and just-a-sign do not count. 3 finger-tip or diamond merkins plus 3 WWIIs at each stop.
Halfway through, the PAX found some shade and an audience for fire-hydrants (look it up). Much fun was had by all.
Continue the circuit, but switch to 3 Chuck Norris merkins and 3 V-ups.
Trot across Park Avenue to the four yellow boulders along the entrance driveway. The PAX moseys past these regularly, but rarely uses them. Today, we did. Partner up (with a new partner):
Partner 1: Mosey to the tree / port-o-potty.
Partner 2: Alternating rounds of either 10 incline merkins or 10 decline merkins plus a Dealer’s Choice ab exercise until Partner 1 returns. PAX felt like this was 10 rounds. Close.
Mosey BTTVSF. 50 burpees called, but time, so sadly, no burpees.
Numbers, names, and Oyster took us out.
Announcements:
Hopefully, a successful launch at The Iron Bridge today. Looking forward to hearing how that went.
Monday, The Alamo, 5:30 a.m., our Brother Wildcat will run us ragged in advance of his next doctor’s appointment. Be there for the man.
Summer Tour continues. Let’s do it.
July 4, Convergence, Batteau (meet at the Stone House), 7:00 a.m. City Proper hosting?
August 21, First Watch, join me in celebrating my father’s 100th birthday. River Road Church, Baptist. 05:00.
Late September, F3RVA’s 10th Anniversary workout. Convergence. Dogpile. Please reach out to Gomer or Rosie. We need guys to contribute their time and energy for this effort. Lots of options for helping. Turn off your phone, put your clipboard to the side, and lend a hand. Let’s go!
NMS: YHC arrived to an unexpected sight – a lone Kia abandoned at Dogpile by a grey-bearded 45/6ish year old gone for a pre-run. Nice work, Rosie.
James River Heating / Cooling showed up, and promptly did nothing to make the temperatures more pleasant.
The US Army showed up to explain how 2 really equals 4. Go figure. But, always nice to have an actual shovel flag, so boom. Board shorts, flip-flops, and a shovel flag. Nice start.
Honeymoon brought another Kia, so now we have two.
Nancy brought a beast of a car. Vrrrooom, vrrooom.
Oyster arrived thinking YHC had tossed him the Q, and Hitchhiker quietly rounded out the PAX after dropping off his mother in law at the tanning salon.
Prayer Request: Hitch is becoming a parent again (x3!) sometime this week. MIL in town for 3 weeks. 3 weeks. THREE weeks. Prayers for peace, patience, love, kindness, etc.
Prayers for Wildcat, his family, and every PAX member who attempts to keep up with him on Monday. LFG!