Author: crabgrass

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    3 HIMs awoke to a full moon and meandered to the stop sign. Attendance was impacted by HIMs staying up past their bedtime to watch the legend himself stay up past midnight and survive 8 rounds in the ring. The show must go on!

    went our usual route over to the gas station, played frogger across the street and hit the hills. Structured the route to avoid Rudy’s tree and made our way over the hills and back to the start. 4 miles in 67 minutes.

    we discussed Tarantinos genius, Dave Mishevitz’s illustrious career, and the joys of fatherhood.

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    6 HIMs came out for a lovely jaunt throughout RounTrey. According to the stars on a clear morning this is what happened.

    Meet st the stop sign, no sign of Fandango so we swing by his house. Discussions about revving our engines occurred but we carried on through the new section, up Enmore and around to McGruffs house. Circling back we swung by the reservoir and took advantage of daylight savings.

    Discussions centered on the Commanders running the East despite our token Eagles fan objections. It’s good to get the group together and share coffee, conversation, and exercise

  • Ruck with a side of fog

    7 HIMs embraced the gloom for our monthly ruck (first Tuesday of each month). According to Michael Myers, here’s what took place…

    Trail head starts in Foxcroft and cuts down by the reservoir for 3/4 of a mile, and the pax was met with a nice hill to get the blood going. Few loops throughout the neighborhood, ending with one of the more serious hills in SOJ.

    caught our breath and back into the woods. Just under 3 miles of cutting through the fog. James and numbers, then off to Starbucks (the other one Swoop) for some quality 2nd F.

  • Beast Mode Monday

    9 HIMs needed to shake off the cobwebs from a weekend full of Halloween spirit, so YHC came with a beast mode Q for this chillier than normal 70° morning. According to the pumpkins, here’s what went down.

    Mosey to end of street and back, circle up by tennis courts and jumped into the warmorama. Cookie let out a battle cry during the stretches and got the crowd going.

    The Thang

    Beast in the parking lot, making 6 stops along the back-and-forth. Round 1 – firecrackers, Round 2 – squats, Round 3 – heels to heaven, Round 4 – Copperhead + Imperial Walkers, Round 5 – mountain climbers (double count for Cookie), Round 6 – jump squats.

    Up to clubhouse for a Triple Check – runner up the hill, squats, heels to heaven

    Indigenous run to end of street, person in back drops at each pumpkin and does 5 squats.

    Circle up for a squat-o-rama that turned into a merkin-o-rama that turned into a stretch sess. One eager HIM called for 10 burpees, but with only 8 seconds left on the clock, his dream was cut short.

    Announcements – Daddy Daughter Dance, VQ week starts on Friday with Satan’s Hill. Prayer Requests – Dumars Dad and family friend, Crabgrass mother-in-law recovering from surgery.

  • Ruck-a-ccino

    The Hunt For Red Octagon led 5 HIMs to gather at the stop sign at 0530 with weight on their back and coffee in their hands. Off we went. Heist brought some energy this morning and set the pace out the gates. Discussions on fantasy football, the proper placement of a front door on a house, and if we should adopt a battlecry by saying three FFFs in succession (yes).

    moving and grooving this morning. Good to get out with the group as always.

  • Shortest 4 Corners

    6 HIMs came out of the gloom on a 70° morning to partake in some exercising. According to the man who wasn’t lured in by our “Free workout!” shouts, here’s what took place.

    Quick mosey around the lot down to the bus lane for warmarama – SSH, DMH, cherry pickers, arm circles, imperial walkers, merkins, LBC, alabama prom dates, rosco’s mom.

    Mosey over to Bus Lane #1. Run to 18, 18 merkins, run back. Run to 16, 16 merkins, run back. Repeato until all even numbers were hit.

    Mosey to back of school, OG triple check from our first Green Mile – Runner, dips, step ups.

    Mosey behind school to the basketball court of 4 corners prostitute style – 10 jump squats, 20 LBC, 30 mountain climbers, 40 plank jacks. Note: Green Mile does not have a regulation size basketball court, it’s smaller than what I expected (that’s what she said).

    Over to brick wall for wall sit > 10 donkey kick > wall sit > 10 I am not worthy > wall sit > 10 donkey kick > wall sit > 10 I am not worthy.

    Mosey to side of school for a mini-Dora: 50 merkins, 100 jump squats, 150 SSH.

    Finish up with an indigenous run around the front lot. McGruff and Dumar turned on the jets and made Big Herm work for it today!

    YHC took us out. Announcements – VQ week, Daddy Daughter Dance, Camping, Big Herm’s Halloween bash. Prayer Requests – Futon co-worker’s dad had a stroke recently, Dumar has two family friends battling pediatric cancer.

  • The Ruckettes

    6 intrepid HIMs decided to wake up today and walk in unison. According to the trash man, here’s what took place.

    Meet at the stop sign at Camdale Dr & Bellstone Dr at 0530 and was glad to see Cookie took us up on the free parking at Rudy’s house. After a brief huddle to decipher what Rudy was dreaming about, we got to steppin’.

    Same route as last week though this time Merman and Blacktop set a tepid pace for the group. Items of discussion today were whale migrations and the impact that marine construction projects have on them, how people like Rudy can rest easy knowing we’re rucking these streets and keeping them safe, and The Righteous Gemstones is not for kids.

    The group was elated that we were able to pass the trash man prior to arriving back at the stop sign.

  • Sandbags in the Gloom

    3 HIMs showed up for a low intensity/high spirits 0430 graveyard shift. According to the construction workers, here’s what took place.

    Carried our sandbags down to the track and did a quick warm-up. YHC confused some when he called helicopters but started doing arm circles, but we figured it out. Feeling loose, we got to work.

    1. 20 Squat Thrusters
    2. Sandbag carry 1/4 mile
    3. 40 Zercher Squats
    4. Sandbag carry 1/4 mile
    5. 60 plank walk-overs
    6. Sandbag carry 1/4 mile
    7. 80 walking lunges
    8. Sandbag carry 1/4 mile
    9. 100 mountain climbers with clean and press every 10 climbers
    10. Run around the track once and back to the start

    Good conversation and a low-key but good workout. Enjoyed the workout this morning with Warby and Big Rig!

    YHC took us out, prayers for those in FL and those in Appalachia. Prayers for Warby and Boberry with their ailments.

  • Ruckuccino

    Somme HIMs got really excited about cheering on Trav and Tay-tay last night and that enthusiasm drove 7 of us to meet at the stop sign at 0530 and ruck for an hour. We traveled throughout RounTrey for 3.5 miles. Coffee was consumed, conversations were had, world problems have been solved (theoretically).

    Nice morning to put some light work in between Alamo and the other AO’s we will conquer this week. There is interest in doing this consistently, so in between our First Tuesday of the Month Rucks, we will meet at the stop sign on Camdale Dr & Bellstone Dr in RounTrey at 0530 for those interested in coming out! Message me for more details. Free parking @ Rudy’s

  • Cornhole: Breakfast of Champions

    11 HIMs kicked off Rosh Hashanah with a bang. YHC looked at his watch and saw it was 5:29:55 which meant two things – Tzatziki was pulling in the parking lot, and it was time to mosey. Indigenous run with 5 squats, did one lap around the track. Hermey thought it was Wednesday and he had mistakenly showed up to Miles of Truth. YHC put him at ease and let him know it would all be over soon. Headed to the other side of the school in the bus loop and arrived at the main event. Quick warm up to get the shoulders going.

    The main event – Cornhole!

    First half was the Individual Event of 1-v-1 cornhole, the second half was a Team Event of 6-v-5. A lucky PAX member would roll a dice twice, first roll decides the workout, second roll decides the scoring. PAX went with the Luck-of-the-Irish and had Rudy roll. Here were the options:

    Workouts
    1) Winners run to bball court and back, losers run around the school
    2) Winners 25 merkins, losers 25 merkins with a band
    3) Winners 20 squats, losers 20 squat thrusters
    4) Winners 100 single count toe taps, losers 100 double count toe taps
    5) Winners 10 8-count Shazams, losers 20 8-count Shazams
    6) Winners run to bball court and back, losers run around the school

    Scoring Methods
    1) one bag toss only, closest to hole wins
    2) three bag tosses, most points wins
    3) three bag tosses, most in the hole wins
    4) two bag tosses, most points wins
    5) Long distance. Take 5 steps back, most points wins
    6) three tosses bag furthest away from hole but on the board wins

    We squeezed in several individual events and two rounds of team events. Swoop’s Eagles-branded cornhole boards were often blamed for poor performance, but YHC witnessed a lot of tosses that looked like a Hurts pass over the middle…

    Punishments were evenly distributed, the PAX was glad to not have any rain today, and fun was had by all.

    Announcements – VQ Week, Daddy-Daughter Dance, Father-Son Camping, The Bridge – check Slack for details

    Prayer requests – Boberry’s brother and everyone else impacted by the hurricane, State Farm and his wife as they get ready to move to Pennsylvania, the students, parents, and faculty of Tomahawk Creek Middle School.

    Next week at Timberwolf is Rudy’s rendition of Thursday Morning Lights, see you all there!