Author: EF Hutton

  • Mrs. Wojo and Big Blue

    In the absence of Kubota’s figurative Big Green Machine there sat Big Blue as YHC arrived.  In came Wojo and Handshake flaming hot.  Here’s what transpired:

    Mosey to the common area. 

    COP

    • Freddie Mercurys
    • Scorpion Kicks
    • Merkins w/ Hooooold It
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Helicopters
    • Copperhead Squats

    Mosey to bottom of S. Ridge

    Love/Hate Hill

    • P1 – Run uphill to first street and back
    • P2 – Exercise (Lunge, Polar Bear, Broad Jump Burpees)

    Alternate until both partners reach the street

    Bernie to Ross

    Catch Me If You Can

    • P1 – Bear Crawl, High Knees
    • P2 – 3 Burpees and Chase

    Mosey to Parking Lot

    Ails of Rails (IC)

    • Derkins x 10, Dips x 10, Pole Smokers x 10, Repeato, Repeato w/ Incline Merkins

    Mosey to Church side lot

    Honeydo Heaven (3 Rounds)

    • P1 – Wall sit
    • P2 – Donkey Kicks x 10, Karaoke over and back

    Mosey out front

    Mary

    • Flutter Kicks
    • American Hammers
    • Alabama Prom Dates

    Mosey to SF

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    One of the great things about First Watch has been the revolving door of PAX. Apart from the constant of Kubota and perhaps YHC, the numbers are consistently between 3 and 7 PAX, but seemingly never the same 3 to 7.  Several post enough to be called regulars, but there always seems to be a couple of PAX that are new or have only been out once or twice.  Awesome to have Swirly out for his 2nd visit to the earliest and perhaps now darkest AO in RVA today.  Always fun when 2 lunatics in dark clothing highkneeing down the street can scare the heck out of a dog walker.  Welcome back to Mrs. Wojo.  Married life seems to have been good so far, except for that 1% of control he’s now lost. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    CORNHOLE!  Anyone have some boards they can lend?

  • Preblast – Cornhole Tourney – Spread the Word

    Gents,

    Lots more info will follow regarding the 2nd Annual Inaugural Retreat, but wanted to get the word out now about the associated Cornhole Tournament to be held that day, October 3rd, as well. We will plan to start the tournament slightly earlier than last year, shooting for a 2:00 pm start. The rules are the same as last year, see YHC with questions. Double elimination bracket style tournament. It is highly encouraged/ mandated that you find a partner from a different nano-region than your own and come up with a great team name. Please sign up on the monthly challenge google doc on the tab CORNHOLE 2.0 here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit#gid=1886940921

  • Anti-UpChuck Q?

    A cool nine regulars attacked the day with nary a triple check to be had, but plenty of questions.  Here’s what transpired.

    Mosey to the near Third Church parking lot.

    COP (IC)

    • Dead Man’s Hang
    • DQs
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Monkey Humpers
    • Jazzercises
    • SSHs
    • Merkins
    • Suzanne Somers L
    • LBCs
    • Suzanne Somers R

    Mosey to the far Third Church parking lot

    Matriculating Down the Parking Lot

    • Merkins + 1 at each parking spot (1,2, 3…14)
    • Reverse Crunches (1,2…12)
    • Jump Squats (1,2…18)
    • 2ct Mountain Climbers (1,2…11)

    Mosey to Silverspring Dr

    Burpee Road – 1 Burpee per SUV (liberally classified)

    Cross Forest to Paris Dr

    WWII Highway – 1 WWII per SUV up to Lindsay Dr

    Mosey to TES parking lot hill

    Clockwork Merkins – 12,1,2….11

    Mosey to Flag

    Mary

    • Flutter Kicks
    • Wilson’s Spaghetti Party
    • Heals to Heaven
    • Hello Dollys
    • American Hammers

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    YHC mistakenly claimed that doing an exercise and adding one repetition at each parking spot while moving from one end of the parking lot to the other was foolproof and the antithesis of an UpChuck Q.  WRONG.  Questions abound, and they didn’t stop there.  The PAX finally caught on halfway through the Jump Squats.  YHC should expect no less.  Greenbow suspected an 80s theme with the inclusion of Jazzercises and Suzanne Somers in the COP, but legwarmers and leotards will be reserved for another day.  More questions were raised regarding crossovers qualifying as SUVs, particularly Subaru Outbacks.  Most were included just to be safe.  Bodos questioned the Q calling for only 1 merkin per hour of the clock, you vs. you buddy.  Last question of the day was about Wilson’s Spaghetti party, that one will mostly remain a mystery.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Bone Thugs VQ and 10k upcoming

    F3 RVA CSAUP and Retreat coming this Fall

  • Working Up a Lather

    5 hit the pavement early to get the sweat going before the sweat. 4 miles and some change, medium pace. Watermelon fueled the return trip.

  • Wilson and #BigData Sitting In a Tree…

    Wilson is keeping it no secret that he’s atop the heap for #BigData through July so far. Well done! On this day he and 10 other seasoned vets put in work before and after the main event. 3.7 miles according to YHC’s tracker. Keep it cool out there.

  • Glad That’s Over

    Four strong hit the trails for 7-8 miles, depending who you ask. It was miserable, we finished and that was that.

  • Glad I Shaved For This

    Four Horsemen entered the squared circle at First Watch.  Here’s what happened.

    Mosey down River Rd to the UR Intramural Field, pit stop to tell Saab hello.

    • SSHs
    • Russian Soldiers
    • Hairy Rockettes
    • Jazzercises
    • Reverse Crunches
    • Hand Release Merkins

    Dora (P1 Exercise/ P2 Bear Crawl up hill to fence and run back)

    • 100 2ct Mountain Climbers
    • 200 Suzanne Somers
    • 300 SSHs

    Mosey over to long-jump area

    Quadruple Check

    • Dips
    • Step Ups
    • LBCs
    • Run to giant Pack’n’Play and back

    Mosey around to the hill behind the fields on Crenshaw

    11s – Merkins/ Jump Squats (Bernie up between sets)

    Mosey up Crenshaw to College to Club Vista to Westham and back to flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Good to have some company this morning, though thoughts of a “solo Q” crossed YHC’s mind when First Watch Captain Kubota let YHC know he wouldn’t be able to make it this week. 

    Things YHC learned this morning:

    • Honeydo chooses his car in the morning based on which one of the four actually starts. 
    • Handshake can hyper-extend his knees 3 or 4 times and keep on plugging away. 
    • Splinter must have known we’d find the tall grass and possibly some ticks this morning, so he made sure to shave his….

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    None of record

  • Lukewarm Potato

    Lukewarm Potato

    With such a plethora of AOs it seems the Q sheet isn’t nearly as full these days.  No problem, let’s pass the Q.  Here’s what transpired.

    Handshake

    Mosey to far Third Church parking lot.

    COP (IC)

    • SSHs
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Touch the Sky
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Don Quixotes
    • Inverted Scorpions
    • Merkins
    • LBCs

    4-Corners around perimeter of parking lot

    • Merkins x 10/ Squats x 15/ WWIIs x 20/ SSHs x 25
    • Reverso while dropping last exercise each corner, bear crawl short sides

    UpChuck

    Mosey to back Church lot

    Mega-Dora (See UpChuck for instruction)

    • 200 Merkins/ 400 Reverse Crunches/ 600 SSHs

    EF Hutton

    Burpee Road – Mosey down Silverspring Dr, 1 Burpee per SUV

    Cross Forest to Paris Dr

    Flutter Kick Road – 10 2-ct FKs per SUV up to Lindsay Dr

    Mosey to Grassy Circle

    Mary

    • Heals to Heaven
    • Crunchy Frogs
    • Freddy Mercurys

    Ring of Fire

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    YHC arrived first to secure the AO.  UpChuck came next and greeted YHC saying “Most Improved Smell.”  No idea what to make of the comment, YHC gave the armpits a quick sniff before realizing UC was referring to Hardywood’s Saturday superlatives.  Thanks?  Handshake, fresh from the California Penal League, arrived third followed by the rest of the PAX, then Probation at 6:11.  First 3 got dibs on Q, Handshake started us off with some classics, UpChuck did his Harvard thing, YHC kept it simple with the lesser known John Denver tune Take Me Home Burpee Road.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Home Run Derby Huguenot Little League – Tuesday

    3rd F Bible study Tuesday night 8pm, virtually – Spit Q

    Rumors of possible upcoming CSAUP maybe

  • Who Wants To Be A Proctologist?

    Who Wants To Be A Proctologist?

    Seven arrived in time for clear, concise NASCAR approved directions. 

    The Route

    All Runners:

    • Left on Gateway
    • Left on Campus
    • Right on Boatwright
    • Left on Edgehill
    • Right on Bandy and continue on Three Chopt
    • Left on Patterson
    • Left on Westham Pkwy

    4s:

    • Left on Lakewood
    • Left on College
    • Right through Robins Center lot

    5s:

    • Left on University
    • Left on College
    • Right on Campus
    • Right on Gateway
    • Lap around Lake

    6s:

    • Left on Club Vista Ln
    • Left on College
    • Right on Campus
    • Right on Gateway
    • Lap around Lake

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Turns out YHC’s directions were too clear, so the 6’s opted to complicate the route just a hair and turn left on Horsepen, add a turn or two, then re-emerge on Westham.  Splinter can nearly fill a bucket with lost water weight.  As the PAX stood around comparing Joe Biden’s best chances of winning in November to Weekend at Bernie’s, Saab’s proctologist ran by and said hello.  Somehow, he knew Saab by face as well.  Naturally, the conversation took a turn and many a laugh was had as we pondered how one decides on that career trajectory and what a typical day is like. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Convergence – Saturday NoToll

  • Evaporating Sweat

    Three gloom vets opted for the seemingly harder north to south loop, while the albino deer launched from Reedy Creek and meandered through the hills of Tennessee. Fudd traveled across the country in search of humidity. He found it. Apparently when you sweat in Colorado you cool off and you’re still dry. Not how it works in good old RVA. At least here it’s always sunny and 70. Have a blessed Father’s Day to all the men of F3RVA.