Gents, it has become tradition at the annual inaugural F3 RVA retreat to have a friendly little Cornhole competition. Somehow YHC has twice snatched defeat from the jaws of victory along with everyone else not sporting a fuzzy caterpillar. Find a partner and start training, this year the Stacheholes go down. The rules are simple, throw the bag into the hole. Tournament is double elimination and there’s a mighty fine prize on the line. Highly recommended that you and your partner represent different nanoregions. Retreat is September 25th, tournament will start mid-afternoon. Sign up here:
Author: EF Hutton
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Pizza and a Beer
4 guys posted on an empty stomach while 1 came in hot having polished off a slice with a cold one.
Mosey to front lawn
COP (IC)
- Don Quixotes
- Copperhead Squats
- Imperial Walkers
- Helicopters
- Hand Release Merkins
- Flutter Kicks
- Ball Dippers
Mosey to the Bus Loop
Curb Crawl
- Decline Merkins – Bearcrawl – Incline Merkins – Crawlbear : 1 to 5 and back down
- Repeato
Mosey to Soccer Field 1
Touch a Tree (3 rounds)
- P1 – Touch 5 Trees
- P2 – Jump Squats/ Heels to Heaven/ Crabcakes
Mosey to Soccer Field 2
4 Corners
- 10 Merkins
- 10 Merkins/ 20 Jump Squats
- 10 Merkins/ 20 Jump Squats/ 30 2ct Mountain Climbers
- 10 Merkins/ 20 Jump Squats/ 30 2ct Mountain Climbers/ 40 WWIIs
- Reverso dropping last round
Mosey to front left of School
- P1 – Bearcrawl to lamppost and run back
- P2 – People’s Chair/ Donkey Kicks/ Donkey Punches
Mary – Box Cutters, Reverse Crunches, Flutter Kicks, APDs, American Hammers
Ring of Fire
Stretchorama
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
YHC arrived with not a whole lot planned, but by the end it felt like a whole lot got done. Perhaps the heat, perhaps the humidity, or perhaps the pepperoni, either way all the PAX seemed to think it was rough. YHC was a little shaky on the Curb Crawl commands, but it got sorted out and thanks to Offshore there was no shortage of crawls nor merkins. 40 WWIIs doesn’t seem like that much until you do it, especially with a jagged rock poking your lower back. Punisher actually makes YHC look forward to Mondays, highly recommend morning guys give it a visit sometime.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Third Annual First Inaugural Retreat 9/25 (cornhole sign up coming, get a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion)
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Moist Rocks
Seven runners, 2 by road, 5 by dirt, grinded out 7-10 miles on a glorious 70 and sunny morning. Trails were great despite the previous days’ weather. ET’s followed with discussions of BRR and the PAX’s favorite movies. Saab and TYA can’t recommend the movie The Lobster enough.
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You Say That Like It’s A Bad Thing
Ten strong for the newest edition of Hoedown, including a one-week veteran’s FNG.
Mosey to basketball blacktop
COP (IC)
- Copperhead Squats
- Imperial Walkers
- Helicopters
- SSHs
- Merkins
- Freddie Mercurys
- Hello Dollys
Jack Webb Legs
- 1:4 Ratio up to 10:40 – Jump Squats and Monkey Humpers
Mosey down Lindsay Dr and hang a right
Triple Check
- P1 – HRMs
- P2 – Heels to Heaven
- P2 – Run the circle counterclockwise
Mosey back to Lindsay Dr
Love Hill
- P1 – Polar Bear, Lunge, Broadjump Burpees
- P2 – Run up to Lindsay Ct intersection and back
Mosey to Handrail Maze
- Partner Jerkins 3×10
Mosey to Horseshoe infield
- PLTs 3×20
Mary – Rosalitas, APDs
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
Great to have Neutral’s 2.0 join us this morning. The first one is the hardest. YHC never wants to cause a splash of Merlot, but it is a little satisfying when the old dudes can show the young dudes what they can do. Gomer Pyle was fired up doing his best Andrew Dice Clay impressions and UpChuck had a really good story about his lawyer this morning. Perhaps he’ll tell it again at the next Puppy Pile.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prayers for the turmoil in Afghanistan
Teams SOJ/Tuckahoe need Field Day captains 9/18
Third Annual First Inaugural Retreat 9/25 (cornhole sign up coming, get a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion)
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Hoedown MashUp
Seven grabbed Monday by the horns. Here’s what they did, as best YHC recalls.
Honeydo
Mosey to the front school lawn
COP (IC)
- Russian Soldiers
- Don Quixotes
- Helicopters
- Cherry Pickers
- LBCs
- YHC actually has no recollection but you know the drill
Mosey to Church Parking Lot and get coupons
Triple Check x 2
- WWIIs/ Squats/ Run
- Swings/ Presses/ Run?
Pucker
Mosey to other side of Church
11s
- Carolina Dry Docks/ Flutter Kicks?
Garbage Plate
Mosey back to Horseshoe
- American Hammers
- Run the Loop
- Crunchy Frogs
- Bernie the Loop
- Merkins?
- Run the Loop
- APDs?
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
Strong work on a muggy Monday morn. YHC has never not enjoyed a hot potato, except when the associated grease burned his foot.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HDHH – Wednesday (oops too late)
Field Day
Retreat
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Muscle Memory?
With Honeydo on assignment, regulars presumably on vacation, others rehabbing, and Handshake off at parts unknown, a smaller but mighty group of four set the tone for the day.
Mosey to Church patio
COP (IC)
- Russian Soldiers
- Arm Circles
- Helicopters
- Cherry Pickers
- Monkey Humpers
- Freddie Mercurys
- Suzanne Somers (L/R)
- Merkins
Mosey over to Cameron and Culpepper
Dora
- P1 – 100 Imperial Squat Walkers, 200 Dying Cockroaches, 300 SSHs
- P2 – Bernie up the hill, run back down
Mosey around Thom-Cameron Loop
- 5 Merkins per left-side mailbox, 5 Jump Squats per right-side box, 1 Burpee per SUV along the way
Mosey back to the parking lot and retrieve coupons
Conveyor Belt (2 rotations)
- P1 – Curls/ Squats
- P2 – Squat Thrusters/ Overhead Press
- P3 – Bench Press/ Alternating Merkins
- P4 – Run Loop
Mary
- American Hammers
- Heels to Heaven
- APDs
Numberama, Nameorama
MOLESKIN
As the PAX arrived at Cameron and Culpepper, Kubota questioned if YHC had done this before. To which YHC replied, “Yes, I’m not that creative.” Without realizing it, YHC reran much of his Q from back on St. Patty’s Day, eerily similar actually. Is that muscle memory or just a lack of memory? Good to have Offshore back at First Watch, just watch out for cars when you Bernie.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HDHH and Hill Run today – Honeydo’s (see Slack for address)
Tuckahoe/West End needs a Field Day Captain
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New Take On an Old Pitchfork
Twenty hulking studs attacked some hills. Shakedown was sweating before the run, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Here’s where they went:
All
- Out to College around Pitt Field
- R on Lakewood
- L on Westham
- Continue on Country Squire
- L on S. Ridge
4s
- At the bottom reverso
- Back to flag
5s/ 6s
- Continue on Westham Station
- L on Old Bridge
- Hit fork at Old Bridge and Highland
- Reverso
- Back to flag
6s
- Complete Old Bridge plus Highland (once each)
- Reverso
- Back to flag
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
After cool dry mornings a week ago, the funk was back and funky as ever. Like running through a greenhouse. As such, stages of dress varied. Glad the PAX is comfortable with that, just don’t expect YHC to finish with a BOM. Great to have Shake’s FNG join us this morning. Originally hailing from Switzerland, Swiss Miss and Toblerone were thrown out as potential names, but the PAX and YHC settled on Neutral. Hoping Neutral had a positive experience and returns soon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HDHH and Hill Run tomorrow – Honeydo’s (See Slack for address)
Field Day 9/18
Retreat 9/25 – Cornhole signup coming, find a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion
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Is a Club of One a Club?
One mighty dude did the thing before the thing. Route was roughly a marathon give or take a quarter mile. Mumblechatter was minimal.
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Pete Alonso Would Be Proud
A lucky 13 dusted off the bats and mitts to play some long ball.
Mosey through the woods into TLL complex onto Field 5 outfield
COP (IC)
- SSHs
- DQs
- Helicopters
- Copperhead Squats
- Merkins
- Freddie Mercurys
- LBCs
Mosey to the 1st base line
- High Knees
- Butt Kickers
- Karaokes
- Bernie Sanders
Mosey to Home Plate
- Run out a Single, Double, Triple, Homer
DERBY TIME
Objective hit Homers – roughly 15 pitches
- 0 = 3 Burpees
- 1 = 10 WWIIs
- 2 = 10 Jump Squats
- 3+ = Batter’s Choice
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
There’s nothing like some old timers hitting the sandlot and re-living their glory days. Unless of course they never had glory days. Either way plenty was had this day. By YHC’s count 15 balls cleared the fence. UpChuck blasted one the farthest while Roger Roger brought home the trophy with 3 bombs. More than half the PAX left the yard and YHC walked off with one over the scoreboard. Welcome friendly new guy TI (Texas Instruments – birth name Cheng). Special thanks to the guys of Heartbreak Ridge for letting YHC take the Q and do something dumb. Next year Team Derby West End vs. SOJ. Apologies for not enough Burpees, the PAX was simply too good.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Open spots for Breaking Bread in the Fall
Field Day and Retreat in September – more info to follow
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Hoedown is Back!
Credit the Summer Tour, the allure of a colored pill, the desire to get back to normalcy fresh off a vacation, call it a fluke, however you slice it, Hoedown was back today baby. Seventeen hit the mean streets of Tuckahoe VA to attack the day.
Mosey up to the Blacktop
COP (IC)
- Dead Man Hang
- Reach for the Stars
- Helicopters
- Copperhead Squats
- Russian Soldiers
- SSHs
- Merkins
- Freddie Mercurys
Mosey to Horseshoe
Triple Check 1
- P1 – Donkey Kicks
- P2 – Elbow Plank
- P3 – Run the loop
Mosey down Forest and hang a left on Spottswood
DORA
- P1 – HRMs x 100, Reverse Crunches x 200, SSHs x 300
- P2 – Run up the big hill to the pretty trees and back
Mosey over to Third Church side parking lot
Triple Check 2
- P1 – Block Squat Thrusters
- P2 – Heels to Heaven
- P3 – Run the loop
Mosey to Horseshoe infield
Mary – American Hammers, Hello Dollys, Hold 6 Inches
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
At 0524 the numbers were strong as the PAX eagerly awaited what YHC had in store. By 0530 seventeen in all were ready to do the thang. Lots of mumblechatter around Hitch’s Saturday night Karaoke Q. Sounds like a heck of a time. YHC isn’t much of a singer, but with the right amount of lubrication could maybe belt out some Sweet Child O Mine, Blaze of Glory, or perhaps Regulate by Warren G. YHC expects only Bone Thugs, Corned Beef, and maybe Wilson share his taste in music. Comment with your go-to song. Just curious. Make it a great one.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Home Run Derby – July 27th (See Preblast – 0530 Tuckahoe Little League – park in front of Rico’s Restaurant at John Rolfe and Ridgefield)
Ultimate Frisbee – Heartbreak tomorrow
Not mentioned in COT but YHC could really use prayer