Author: Bootleg

Eleven men apparated out of the gloom looking for ready to get down to business. According to the AI agent taking notes and action items this is what transpired.

Sidle over to the Carillon for

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQs, IWs, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Soldiers, Dead Man Hang, Merkins, APDs, LBCs all IC

Hop, skip, and jump over to the field for Eye of the Hurricane. Perform exercises at each corner coming to the center for 5 HR Merkins between each corner. Corners: 1 – 5 Burpees, 2 – 10 Merkins, 3 – 15 Squats, 4 – 20 LBCs. Three rounds were completed before embarking for the Rusty Cage

At the cage, Triple Check: Knee raises while hanging, Jerkins, timer runs to the hydrant

Dispatch to Death Valley for Critter Crawls – climb the hill in the way of an animal and perform 10 Merkins and 10 WWIIs at the top, return to the bottom. Four rounds: 1 – Bear crawl, 2 – Crab walk, 3 – Duck walk, 4 – Cheetah (nod to Attila)

Return to the flag for Mary to complete the allotted time.

Numbers and names, YHC took us out.

Announcements: Come to 45 MoM for Thanksgiving Convergence – Learn the history behind the first colonists in North America settling near what is now Farmville, VA, traveling to Roanoke, VA to celebrate the first Thanksgiving, and then tragically, getting lost on their way back to Farmville, giving rise to the legend of The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Stories begin at 7am

Kubota is leading a group to The Bridge on 12/27 – Check with him to join

FYI – The Bridge is not near Wintergreen

Thanks for letting me lead.

Ten men emerged from the gloom ready to kill some time before Libbie Market opened. According to the squirrel gathering acorns, this is how they passed the time.

Mosey to the amphitheater for COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ, Ukrainian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBCs, APDs

In the amphitheater, Stairway to Seven: 7 exercises (Burpees, Squats, Merkins, Lunges, LBCs, Mountain Climbers, Jump Squats). Perform increasing sets of each exercise starting at 1 working up to 7 reps. Perform the first six exercises at the bottom then run to the top and do the appropriate number of jump squats, then return to bottom and repeat up to 7. It was a challenge to remember the 6 exercises at the bottom. It helped if you used the catchy mnemonic BSMLLM…

Slide over to the Carillon for Four Corners: Corner 1 – 10 Merkins, Corner 2: 15 Jump Squats, Corner 3: 20 LBCs, Corner 4: 25 Monkey Humpers. Four laps: Lap 1 – Run between, Lap 2 – Bear crawl, Lap 3 – Lunge, Lap 4: Run faster

Take a circuitous route back to the flag for Mary and some stretching lead by Helix.

Names and numbers, YHC took us out

Announcements: EF Hutton is leading a group to The Bridge on 11/15 – please think about joining him. Breaking Bread is open at the end of December if you’ll be in town. November is covered! A ramp was built Saturday afternoon for Friends of Barnabas.

Keep PAX members in mind as they work through relationship challenges and consider the prospect of parental units moving to the RVA metro area.

Thanks for letting me lead and pushing me to be better.

Six men converged at the Carillon ready to battle the elements and suffer through an hour in the pouring rain that did not materialize. According to the ducks in the boat lake, this is what happened while it was not raining.

Mosey to the former location of the police officer memorial

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ, IW, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, LBC’s, APDs, Planks

Migrate around the reservoir to Boat Lake for The Dirty McDeuce: Four rounds of three exercises, 12 reps each, followed by a quarter mile lap around the triangle. The exercises: Round 1 – Merkins, Squats, WWII’s / Round 2 – Carolina Dry Docks, Lunges, Flutter Kicks / Round 3 – Wide Merkins, Monkey Humpers, LBCs / Round 4 – HR Merkins, Jump Squats, American Hammers

Return to the officer memorial for a Mary/stretching interlude: Freddie Mercury’s IC, Inverted Scorpion stretch, Figure 4

Recover and continue back to the amphitheater circle for 11’s traversing half the circle between exercises: Merkins and American Hammers

Return to the flag for a minute in the plank position to finish out the time.

Numbers and names. Announcements:

Breaking Bread continues – Thanks to Vandelay and Gumbo for staffing the kitchen this weekend and to Oyster for making sure it happens.

The Bridge – Upchuck wants everybody in F3RVA to consider coming to The Bridge and new people to take on the task of leading – the catch is you need to have attended at least one workout as a PAX member to understand the protocols. The gist – carpool from a central location in the Richmond area to Buckingham, VA, which is out near Charlottesville, for a 7:30 workout with the residents of The Bridge Ministry on a Saturday morning. Share in coffeeteria with the residents and some PAX from the Charlottesville area, and head back to Richmond, typically by way of the Cumberland Diner. Expect to arrive back in town about 10:30 – 11:00am.

Reach out to Upchuck if you want to go or lead and start coordinating a trip. YHC is looking to lead a contingent to the Bridge towards the end of October and will be looking for a few good men to join.

YHC took us out.

Thanks to everybody who came out and let me lead even with the threat of heavy rain in the forecast. We showed up ready for the whatever came our way for 60 minutes. SYITG.

Eight men emerged from the gloom and followed YHC off to the Carillon, which is still unobstructed by construction materials and fences oh so many months later, looking for a place to circle up and tell stories. This is what they found:

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, IW’s, Copperhead Squat, DMH, Merkins, LBC’s, APD’s, all IC

Stroll from the Carillon to the opposite end of the field and do five merkins at every light pole down to Condie, plank for the six, cross the street, and perform a burpee at each light pole on the opposite side back to the field.

Meander over to the triangle for a couple trips along the vertices: 1 – bear crawl, 10 jump squats, 20 american hammers, 10 merkins; 2 – lunge, 10 dry docks, 20 WWII’s, 5 burpees

Hustle over to the amphitheater and partner up for Dora: 100 HRM, 200 american hammers, 300 SSH

Jog back to the flag for Mary and stretching

Numbers and names

Announcements: F3 RVA 11 Year Anniversary convergence at Dogpile on Sat 9/20 at 7:00am

Sippy Cup has the Dogpile Q next week, 9/13. Rumor has it he is having a birthday…

Continue praying for Charlotte and her family and Upchuck told us about his cousin Jimmy who left this world last week and by all accounts leaves behind a legacy of adventure, exploration, and living a courageous life and will be missed by everyone whose life was touched by him.

Thanks as always for letting me lead. SYITG.

Eleven young bucks emerged from the gloom this Saturday morning, most expecting a starchy start to the weekend but no, at the last minute the Q was taken and green, cruciferous vegetables were the dish of the day. According to the deer tending to the community garden, this is what went down.

COP: Helicopters, DQ’s, IW’s, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Soldiers, Dead Man Hang, the Merkin, LBC, all IC

Mosey to the amphitheater and perform one burpee on each step going down then we head to the Ha’ Penny Stage.

Partner up for three rounds of Touch-A-Tree – exercises were LBC, plank, burpees.

Slouch down the path past the rusty cage to the pipeline, find a partner and perform three rounds – exercises American Hammers and squats

Return back up the hill to the Rusty Cage for a triple check – exercises pull-ups and squats, timer checks on the fire hydrant.

Jog back to the bottom of the amphitheater and perform three merkins on each step to the top.

Coagulate on the turnabout outside the amphitheater for some Mary and stretching then back to the flag.

Numbers and names. Announcements: Upchuck and Bootleg are making a trip to The Bridge on Saturday 8/16 for anybody interested in an alternative to the Homegrown Half activities occurring SoJ the same day.

Handshake asked us to keep Charlotte and her family in our prayers as they go through one of the most painful experiences life can bring.

As always, thanks for letting me lead and giving me motivation to get out of bed before sunrise on a Saturday and do something to make myself and the world better.

SYITG

Six gentlemen arrived promptly at the designated time looking for an opportunity to push themselves and each other before the rest of Richmond got out of bed. According to the deer who make make the area around the Carillon their home and are rather annoyed to be disturbed by humans, this is what went down

Migrate to the amphitheater for COP

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ, IW, Copperheads, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, LBC’s, APDs, all IC

Linger at the amphitheater for Dora 1-2-3: 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats

Head to the rusty cage: three sets of pull ups AMRAP OYO, visiting a certain tree in between

Meander to the field for 11’s: American Hammers and WWII’s, lunging forward and backward across the field

Pause on the star in front of the Carillon for some Mary, stretching and savasana

Return to the cars for COT

Welcome FNG now known as… Gas Leak, who definitely dealt it! Great work and glad to have you.

Announcements: Pickleball on Mondays at Forest Hill, a convergence for July 4th is in the works, safe travels for everybody on Summer Tour

YHC took us out. 2nd F at Libbie Market as always.

Thanks for letting me lead.

Eleven men emerged from the gloom at the Carillon in search of truth and some pointy boots, and maybe a few snack crackers. According to the camels walking around the grounds of Maymont, this is what they found.

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, DMH, IW, CHS, Merkin, LBC, APD, stretching, all IC

Mosey to the end of the field – 3 merkins at each light post from Garrett down to Condie, 2 burpees at each lightpost returning to the Garret at the end of the field.

Slide down to the middle of the field for 11’s across the field – American Hammers and LBC’s

Take the show to the amphitheater – do 5 dips on each step to the bottom

Meander to the Ha’ Penny stage for Touch a Tree – Pair up – Exercises hand release merkins, monkey humpers, wwII’s

Wander over to the rusty cage, stopping on the way to relocate the widowmaker out of the fairway – OYO – do 3 (or more) pull-ups then run to a nearby tree and back, repeat 5 times

Traverse the fairway back to the amphitheater – do 5 incline merkins on each step to the top

Back to the flag for Mary – Freddie Mercury, APD in cadence, short savasana

Numbers and names. Announcements – CSAUP Century Classic Revisitied 5/2 – 5/3 – join a team to run or support; F3RVA contingents are going to the Bridge in Charlottesville 4/26 (Corned Beef) and 5/10 (Hermes).

Congratulations to Pigskin on the arrival of another grand baby!

It was fantastic to be joined by some irregulars to shake up the mumble chatter. Glad to see everybody. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

 

Ten men emerged from the gloom at the Carillon with hopes of answering the age old question – are you the spoon-er or spoon-ee? While each man contemplated his position in the world, this is how the time was passed.

COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, DMH, Copperhead squats, IW, Merkins, LBC, APDs – all IC

Mosey to the amphitheater, 10 dips on each step from top to bottom. Return to the top doing 5 incline merkins on each step, back to the bottom with 5 box cutters on each step.

Wriggle over to the ha’penny stage – partner up for touch a tree – 5 different trees each round – exercises: HR merkins, american hammers, LBCs.

Relocate to the triangle for three trips around with exercises at each corner: First – bear crawl/10 jump squats, run/20 american hammers, bernie or run/10 hr merkins. Second – lunge/10 monkey humpers, run/heels to heaven, bernie or run/10 merkins. Third – lieutenant dans/3 burpees, run/WWIIs, bernie or run/merkins

Move to the star in front of the carillon for some stretching…

Continue back to the flag for Mary and sravasana

Numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

The Bridge is starting up again – F3RVA is sending a group once a month to Charlottesville to workout at The Bridge – see the Q Sheet for details

CSAUP Alert – The Century Classic is targeted for May 2-3 – It is an overnight relay visiting many AO’s across the F3 RVA region. This was last held in 2018 and was a great event. Look for Rosie’s post on Slack with more information – when you are an HC, signup on the Monthly Challenge spreadsheet for a team or create a team of your own.

F3 Harrisonburg is starting up – Saturdays at 6:30 – Visit Bucees and stop by for a beat down if you can

Thanks for letting me lead. SYITG