Author: EF Hutton

  • Right on Rock Creek?

    Thirteen out, thirteen back. Here’s where they went: 

    All

    • Around baseball field to College
    • Right on Lakewood (4s/5s)
    • Right on University (6s)
    • Right on Wood
    • Left on Baldwin
    • Right on Rock Creek
    • Right on Patterson
    • Right on Westham
    • Left on Durwood Crescent

    4s

    • Left on Ridge Top and touch Patterson

    5s/6s:

    • Left on Borden and touch Patterson
    • Left on Horsepen and touch Patterson
    • Left on Ridge Top and touch Patterson

    All

    • Down Ridge Top to Hampshire through Fraternity Row

    4s

    • Back to flag

    5s

    • Once around the lake
    • Back to flag

    6s

    • Left on College
    • Right on Campus
    • Right on UR Drive
    • Back to flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    A few pleasant snowflakes met the PAX instead of the downpour predicted.  Where’s Marv when you need a weather forecast?  Right on Rock Creek caught the PAX off guard, didn’t realize that was new.  Plenty of opportunities to wave at fellow PAX and give an “atta boy” today.  Apologies to the 6s for being a hair short.  Will throw in something extra next time.  Gomer explained to some of the 5s that infantrymen are not the knuckle draggers many assume them to be and that his intelligence earned him the right to play with explosives.  Fascinating.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Prayers for people dying alone and families unable to see them

    Prayers for Swirly’s 101 yo grandmother fighting Covid

  • Spider Watch

    As America enters a new day, so too did 6 Pax ready to rock’n’roll.  Here’s what happened:

    Mosey to the church patio. 

    COP

    • Invisible Jump Rope
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Don Quixotes
    • Monkey Humpers
    • Heals to Heaven
    • Crab Cakes
    • Merkins with a Hold It

    Mosey down Ridge, right on Ross, left on Culpepper to end of the cul-de-sac

    • P1 – Run to Ridge and back
    • P2 – Exercises toward Ridge (Lunge, Polar Bear, Broadjump Burpees)
    • Repeato until all PAX is at Ridge

    Mosey back to Culpepper and up to Cameron

    Triple Check

    • P1 – Bernie up hill to first mailbox
    • P2 – Merkins
    • P3 – Flutter Kicks

    Mosey back to VSF

    Mary

    • LBC-orama

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    During the long mosey down to the end of Culpepper Handshake questioned if this was Spider Run or First Watch.  YHC had planned some extra running today to match whatever Handshake had planned for the gang at WTF.  Apparently, that was zero since he showed up at First Watch.  Shoutout to Bacon Bits on his progress, keep it up Bro.    

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Prayers for Bodos’ friend spearheading Virginia vaccine effort

    Prayers for our Country

    Prayers for Splinter’s 2.0 (elbow)

    Forgot to mention – continued prayers for TYA and my aunt undergoing Triple Bypass tomorrow

  • Hitch’s Karaoke Bar

    Having confirmed that biscuits would be ready and waiting, 4 men earned them the hard way. Run to and from DogPile. Hitchhiker saved Handshake’s life along the way and revealed plans to have a karaoke bar in his new home once purchased.

  • Bodos’ Revenge

    Potatoes were passed, as well as pinecones, some at faces.  The PAX exercised along the way.

    Here’s what transpired:

    UpChuck Q

    Mosey to the church patio. 

    COP

    • SSHs
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Good Mornings
    • Hand Release Merkins
    • Flutter Kicks
    • Hello Dollys
    • Don Quixotes
    • Dead Man Hang

    Tripleish Check

    P1 – Run to Lightpost and back

    P2 – Exercise (Derkins, Squats, WWIIs)

    Bodos Q

    ?

    Handshake Q

    Mosey to parking lot

    Compounding 4 Corners

    • 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIs, 30 FKs, 40 Jump Squats, reverso w/o compounding

    Back to Bodos Q

    Mosey behind Church

    Burpicides

    • Run to ¼ mark for 1 Burpee, back to start 2 Burpees, up to ½ mark 3 Burpees, back to start 4 Burpees….finish at 8 Burpees

    Kubota Q

    Mosey to Garbage Shelter

    • 10 Merkins?, Bear Crawl to Curb, 10 Merkins, Crawl Bear back
    • 20 Donkey Kicks, Lunge, 10 Reverse Crunches, Lunge
    • 20 Donkey Kicks, Russian Soldier, 10 Merkins, Reverse Russian Soldier
    • 10 Chicken Peckers

    EF Hutton Q

    Mosey to oddly place guard rail, proper stop for Speed Bump Burpees along the way

    • Jack Web until time – Derkins/ Dips

    Mosey back to flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    A hot potato was the soup du jour.  Bodos’ soup was cold and sent back, then returned piping hot.  The PAX took extra precaution in staying the prescribed 6+ feet apart today.  Handshake encouraged such with remnants of lasagna and bourbon.  Bodos wielded pinecones against any encroachers.  UpChuck told a joke about f*ckin broccoli.  Ask him to repeat it to you sometime. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Stay safe out there

  • The Green Pill

    Like the notorious villain Jigsaw, YHC wanted to play a game.  UpChuck refused, Last Call opted for the Green Pill.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Mosey to the church patio. 

    COP

    • Invisible Imaginary Inaugural Jump Rope
    • DQs
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Jazzercises
    • Merkins
    • Plankorama
    • LBCs

    Mosey back to rear of SF parking lot

    Endless Escalator – Exercise 1, Run a Lap, Exercise 1 + 2, Run a Lap, Exercise 1+2+3, Run…..Exercise 1-10 and Run a Lap (20 reps of each exercise)

    1. Merkins (200 total)
    2. Imperial Squat Walkers single count (180)
    3. WWIIs (160)
    4. Carolina Dry Docks (140)
    5. Dips (120)
    6. Crunchy Frogs (100)
    7. Block Curls (80)
    8. Block Thrusters (60)
    9. Heels to Heaven (40)
    10. Burpees (20)
    11. Reverso from 10 to 1, if necessary

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Call it lazy, call it last-minute, call it chance, call it what you want, but you won’t call it easy.  Kubota even offered to get Covid again to avoid in the future.  Congrats to Bodos for completing all 10 rounds, and starting to reverso.  Handshake finished all 10, while UpChuck and YHC fell a lap short.  While plied to overshare, Bodos kept it classy, but one does question the emphasis on the word Woman.  Happy New Year. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Harmonic Convergence Friday

    Prayers for many

  • Homework Assignment

    Ten runners took off, somehow eleven returned.  Here’s where they went:

    The Route

    All Runners:

    • Around baseball field
    • Through fraternity row fence
    • Hampshire/ Horsepen
    • Left on Normandy
    • Dogleg across to Sweetbriar
    • Left on Baldwin

    4s:

    • Continue on Baldwin across Westham and Wood
    • Through fraternity row
    • Pass the baseball field
    • Back to flag

    5s:

    • Right on Westham
    • Left on University
    • Left on College
    • Right on Campus
    • Right on Gateway
    • Back to flag

    6s:

    • Same as 5s but stay on Campus
    • Right on Roselawn
    • Left on Ridgeway
    • Back to flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    No telling what was discussed on the 4s and 6s routes, but the 5s focused on NCAA football and basketball at Tennessee, Virginia Tech, VCU, Bluefield College, Duke, Army, and UR.  Swirly has been breaking down film of all of the above.  When prompted for input on Yahoo hoops Bodos shamefully admitted he knows only that there is a team and that that jazz singer Tony Bennett is their coach.  Swirly assigned Bodos a homework assignment.  Presentation and diorama are due next Tuesday.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Prayer requests for TYA’s niece hospitalized, the family of the 43 year-old whose funeral Bodos officiated last week, as well as Fudd’s family having lost his aunt recently all due to Covid.

    YHC is out of words for the week.

  • Ode to Saabski

    Twelve PAX and no Q, up until 0525.  YHC likes this Saab classic and dislikes a Grove out’n’back. Thus here was the route: 

    All Runners:

    • Out the icy Batcave, across the shopping center, down Westham Station to S. Ridge, dogleg across River to Gaymont to University.

    4s:

    • Right on University, left on Westham Pkwy, Right on Lakewood, Left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

    5s and 6s:

    • Left on University, quick right on Ralston, Left on University to Ziontown.

    5s:

    • Right on Holmes, dogleg across Ridge to Sunset to University, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

    6s:

    • Continue on Ziontown to Ridge, quick right, then left on Forest, right on Lindsay, left on Westham Pkwy, right on Waveny to Wood, left on Lakewood, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Cold temps make for faster runs.  The 5s arrived back at the flag with 5 minutes to spare.  With black ice through the Batcave thoughts of a quick trip over the bridge around the lake were quickly dismissed.  No idea if the 6s followed the route prescribed as they arrived back from different directions, but YHC will assume they were not left dissatisfied.  The 4s made it look easy.  Apologies to Saab for jacking your route.  Oh and Hail to the Washington Football Team.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    3rd F tonight, see Slack channel – Honeydo Q

    2nd F HDHH next Wednesday at Hardywood West Creek

  • Demonstration Please?

    YHC arrived to find BK had already secured the AO.  Flag was planted and twelve others joined the fun.

    Here’s what was done.

    Quick bit of SSHs for the LIFOs.

    Warm-up mosey down Lindsay, right on Forest, scare the S out of Forest Ave resident, right on Paris, continue on Hepler, left on Lindsay, and over to soft field behind the blacktop and parking lot.

    COP (IC)

    • Imaginary Invisible Jump Rope
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Russian Soldiers
    • Jazzercises
    • HR Merkins
    • Suzanne Somers L
    • Freddy Mercurys
    • Suzanne Somers R

    Mosey to the parking lot hill

    Dora (P1 exercise; P2 Bernie x 2)

    • 100 Merkins
    • 200 SSHs
    • 300 LBCs

    Mosey to blacktop behind basketball hoops

    Triple Check

    P1 – Dips

    P2 – Shoulder Taps

    P3 – Bear Crawl to fence and run back

    Mosey to cafeteria

    Wall Work (P1 exercise; P2 run loop)

    • Wall sit
    • Wall climb
    • Balls to the wall

    Mosey to the Flag

    Scissor Sisters (no explanation, ask for a demo) – 3 rounds

    Ring of Fire

    Burpees for time

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    The Pax was greeted by a beautiful cool morning with a few snowflakes floating to the ground.  All was fine and well until YHC pulled the Scissor Sisters routine from the anals of his Q playbook.  Yep, YHC said anals instead of annals because he’s quite certain the Pax would invite him to shove that one back up his anals.  Haven’t heard that many moans and groans since the instructor tried out his stand-up routine at last year’s annual CPA tax conference.  Thanks for sticking with me, YHC still had fun. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    None of note

  • Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs…

    ***ing up the scenery, breaking my mind, do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? 4 Pax followed the signs to Punisher. Here’s what followed:

    EF Hutton Q

    Mosey a couple of laps around the parking lot. 

    COP

    • DQs
    • IWs
    • Helicopters
    • SSHs
    • Freddie Mercurys
    • Flutter Kicks
    • HRMs

    Mosey to tree at intersection of Laburnum and Hermitage

    Tree Line Escalator – Exercise at 1st Tree, Run back to start, Exercise 1st Tree + 2nd Tree, Run back to start, Exercise 1+2+3, Run…..Exercise 1-7 (20 reps of each exercise)

    1. Merkins (140 total)
    2. Squats (120)
    3. WWIIs (100)
    4. Monkey Humpers (80)
    5. Carolina Dry Docks (60)
    6. Flutter Kicks (40)
    7. Burpees (20)

    Quick bit O’Mary

    UpChuck Q

    Tesla’s Signs (Yes, YHC knows someone else sang it first)

    • 5 WWIIs per Sign (Adjust to Freddies and Reverse Crunches with a Crabwalk between)
    • 3 Burpees per Pole
    • 5 Lt. Dans per Handicapable Sign
    • 10 2ct. Flutter Kicks for Sign with color?

    Mosey around parking lot

    Quad Check (3 maybe 4 rounds)

    1. Run
    2. Monkey Humpers
    3. HRMs
    4. Bama Prom Dates

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    With Chum off in parts unknown, YHC stepped up and roped UpChuck into a hot potato Q.  With Animal’s transportation at risk for Grant Theft Cycle the Pax kept it close to the parking lot.  Holton Elementary sure loves their signs.  And UpChuck is starting to believe YHC may be a one trick pony.  As always, good to see the Triple Haters out pushing themselves, but not hurting themselves.  Chum, come back soon.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Animal and Flea’s band Wrong Worshipers will be recording an album soon– Congrats!

  • Mr. Do No Right

    With 2 newish regulars added to the mix, First Watch numbers remain consistent despite some of the original Redwoods’ absences.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Mosey to the church patio. 

    COP Hot Potato Style

    • SSHs
    • Cherry Pickers
    • DQs
    • Merkins
    • Reverse Crunches
    • LBCs
    • Suzanne Somers
    • Jazzercises

    Mosey back to rear corner of SF parking lot

    Endless Escalator – Exercise 1, Run a Lap, Exercise 1 + 2, Run a Lap, Exercise 1+2+3, Run…..Exercise 1-10 and Run a Lap (20 reps of each exercise)

    1. Merkins (200 total)
    2. Imperial Squat Walkers single count (180)
    3. WWIIs (160)
    4. Carolina Dry Docks (140)
    5. Dips (120)
    6. Crunchy Frogs (100)
    7. Block Curls (80)
    8. Block Thrusters (60)
    9. Heals to Heaven (40)
    10. Burpees (20) – No finishers, UpChuck came closest on the Burpees

    Mosey back to SF

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    YHC’s typed exercise list generated some snickers from the PAX, but after a few rounds the routine proved no laughing matter.  Groans, moans, grunts, farts, and many other intimate UpChuck sounds say this workout was a smoker.  No one was able to finish, a slightly briefer COP next time will put the PAX right on time.  No official OSOTW award, however Handshake did recently enjoy the same cinema classic as Mr. and Mrs. Bone Thugs.  Praise that UpChuck’s MIL is doing pretty well, despite what she’d say about his FIL.  Great job by the youth movement and Last Call was never more than a few steps behind the lead PAX.  Solid 2nd F coffeteria with UpChuck and Handshake centered around ring tones, publications, and toll roads.  You had to be there.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Convergence at Mary Munford Thanksgiving – 6am

    CSAUP Forest Hill Loops Black Friday – 7am, 8am, 9am, whenever you want to join