Author: Bootleg

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

Eight men emerged from the gloom thinking it was a Saturday in October but apparently it was a Saturday in April. In any case, according to the equally confused deer this is what transpired…

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ, DMH, IW, Copperhead Squats, Merkin, LBC, APD all IC

Mosey to the end of the field for a down and back on the boulevard, turning at Garrat. 2 Merkins at each lightpost down, increasing burpees at each light post on the way back.

Saunter down to the opposite end of the field for The Beast (6 modes of movement, 6 exercises, 6 sets): 1 – Run/Arm Circles, 2 – Bernie/American Hammers, 3 – Karaoke/LBC, 4 – (Half field) Bear crawl/Squats, 5 – Walk or lunge/SSH, 6 – Run/monkey humpers (YHC: This is what I wrote down but seems like it was actually different. Serves me right for not getting BB written sooner)

Head over to the good ole amphitheater and perform 5 dips on each step on the way down, on the way back up perform two V-Ups on each step.

Return to the flag for Mary: 20 LBC’s in cadence, 10 APD’s in cadence, short savasana.

Happy Birthday to Gambler! Reminder to look for opportunities to support Breaking Bread. Groups are making trips to The Bridge – all are welcome.

Prayers continue for Fudd’s sister and family and wishing a speedy recovery for Faceplant’s M.

It was great to see Goldberg found the opportunity to join us and we got to catch up at Libbie Market over cheesy eggs.

Seven young men congealed from the gloom wondering if the stairs up the side of the reservoir were accessible despite the construction obstructions. Spoiler alert: they’re not. According to the folks trying to setup for a 5k race around the boat lake in the early morning hours, this is what transpired.

Warmup jog do the former location of the police officer memorial for COP.

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, Dead man hang, IW’s, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC’s, APD’s all IC

Mosey along the edge of the reservoir to see if there are stairs to include in an exercise set: nope, not on that side so continue on around to the other side of the reservoir and confirm that the paved walkway is inaccessible due to construction barriers and on down to boat lake.

Starting near the boat house – alternate 10 merkins and 10 WWII’s at each lamp post to the bench at the far side where leaders return to meet the 6. From the meeting point continue around the lake alternating 10 american hammers and 10 lieutenant dan’s at lightposts to the point about a third of the way around. Finish the trip around the lake with incrementing burpees at each lightpost ending with 8.

Continue our tour of the reservoir to see if the stairs can be gotten to – nope. Onward to the corner of Westover Rd and Trafford Rd for 11’s – LBC’s and Merkins between the corner and alley between the houses as you head down Trafford and back.

Return to the flag for LBC’s and stretching and savasana to close things out.

The 10 year anniversary is coming up Saturday 9/21: Workouts at Dogpile starting at 5am, 6am, main convergence workout is at 7am with awards at 8:20. Family inclusive potluck cookout Saturday at 1:30p at Huguenot Park.

Mr Rogers reminded us that September is Suicide Awareness Month and shared that clinicians report that a high percentage of patients will not acknowledge they are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm even when they are and then act on those thoughts. Remember that people may be suffering silence and not sharing the pain they are experiencing. Have compassion and look for other signs that people are struggling.

Flatline is organizing CPR classes. Sign-up! You never know when it can save a life.

Handshake share the his niece’s dog got scared and ran away and the family was hoping to be reunited. In an update since Saturday morning Handshake let me know that the dog had been found!

OBT is looking for a location to start an AO he was fond of in Charlotte called T3 – Tabata / Track / Tuesday – coming to a track in the RVA area soon.

Keep Fudd’s sister Mary and her family in your prayers as she continues to battle cancer.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. SYITG

4 Dogpile veterans emerged from the gloom get a status on the Carillon renewal project which has appeared to be without end. Today, however, behind the fence it appears much of the extra material and equipment has been removed. Could they possibly be nearing completion? Nobody appears to be holding their breath.

The workout went like this:
COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s (nice and slow), IW, Dead man hang, Copperhead Squat, The Merkin, LBC, APDs all IC

Mosey to the end of the field and perform incrementing merkins at each light pole down to Condie. Cross the road and do incrementing WWII’s at each light pole coming back

Saunter to the Amphitheater and do 5 dips on each step going down

Navigate through the set of Rapunzel down to the Pipeline for a four person triple check, err, quadruple check with three cycles, something like that. One person ran while the other three cycled through American Hammers, Lunges, and Squats

Back up the hill to the Amphitheater: starting at the bottom alternate 1 merkin and 2 merkins to the top.

Back to the flag for Mary, stretching, and savasana.

Numbers and names. YHC took us out

Announcements:

• 3 RVA 10 Year Anniversary Convergence 9/21 at Dogpile – Main workout starts at 7am / Check the pre-blast for all of the other related activities including a family friendly potluck/cookout at Huguenot Park at 1:30p
• 9/2 Labor Day Convergence a new AO – To Be Named at Nuckols Farm Elementary off North Gayton Road

It was great catching up with folks I haven’t seen in a while with summer trips and what not. Very glad to see Swirly back in action.

SYITG

Five men emerged from the gloom in search of bright sunshine and a balmy 70 degrees under which to engage in scholarly analysis of online dating evaluation criteria. After careful deliberation and cases made for evaluating political compatibility, alignment in progress through life’s accomplishments, fiscal responsibility, and accounting for quality of character it was agreed that when it comes down to it, go with the one that’s more physically attractive. Literally never fails. These studs also worked in some exercise during lulls in the debate. That part went like this:

COP: SSH, Helicopter, Dead Man Hang, DQ, IW, Copperhead Squat, Merkin, LBC, APD, Box Cutter all IC

Mosey to the Amphitheater: incrementing dips on each row starting at 1 at the top ending at 18

Amble down to the pipeline: a group of three and a group of two – one group runs the pipe loop while the other does exercises: Exercises were WWII’s, American Hammers, plank

Ascend the hill to the rusty cage: individually perform a cycle of two exercises and run to the hydrant and back: Round1 – 5 pull-ups, 5 jerkins; Round 2 – 5 Jerkins, 5 dips, Round 3 – 5 dips, 5 pull ups

As the rain picked up migrate to the triangle: First round – Bear crawl, 10 carolina dry docks, run down the hill and do 20 WWII’s, run up the hill and do 10 merkins. Second round – lunge, 10 jump squats, down the hill and do 10 double count american hammers, up the hill and do 10 merkins. Third round – lunge, 5 lieutenant Dans, 20 LBCs, up the hill and finish with 10 merkins.

After making sure Mr Rogers had both contact lenses still implanted someplace his head, saunter back to the flag and fill the remaining time with part of a round of 11’s between the light posts: start with 10 squats and 1 SSH. Called when time was reached.

Count off and identify yourself.

Announcements: Some voiced and some pulled from other backblasts – there’s a lot going on!

• Pickleball tournament is Saturday 8/17 – Find a partner and start praciticing!
• Summer Tour is in full swing!
• F3RVA 10 year anniversary 9/28
• Find a weekend to sign up for Breaking Bread

Coffeeteria at Libbie Market rounded out the morning.

As always, thanks to everybody who came out in the rain to join in some wholesome fun. It’s great see Dogpile regulars and catch up with an irregular fella like Honeydo. SYITG