Mid-60’s and breezy for another extremely peaceful Morning Wood – ample time to think, pray, and reflect on a missions project we’re partnering with in Papua New Guinea. After 30min rucking, returned to the Taco for some water and Woodsman arrived to drop a load of coupons on the grass hill. YHC convinced him to join a run of the green loop circuit, and he gamely participated in 2 loops while YHC (feeling no IT band pain) went for a third loop, total of 2.14mi with an improved VO2 Max of 54, up from last weeks 2-loop run. Overall excellent Morning Wood warmup for the Woodsman Beatdown to follow. Plenty of room for growth in this running game – maybe will shoot for 4 loops next week and just keep going up to see if we can outgrow this IT Band problem. Yours AYE! ~DTH
16 HIM’s & 2.0’s assembled at Rockwood Park for a School of RUCK. The DTH Tacoma was heavy laden with extra rucks, bags, and bricks, and all warriors were loaded down before setting off into the woods. YHC found a couple nice cabers in the woods for the kids to take turns carrying. On our 1.5 mile trek we made it down to the lake and back, and there were a couple brief COP’s for squats and lunges along the way. We even attempted teaching and implementing the GrowRuck exercise of a thee-man team carrying one wounded warrior. It was challenging for the kids to grasp but we gave it a solid effort. We also had some kids loaded up on shoulders along the way for Dad’s to win a little extra 1st F. After about 45 minutes the PAX returned to the start for COT and we named our single FNG, Caleb (Ponch’s son) who loves baseball. Welcome OHTANI !!! We concluded our time with a lot of fun on the slip-n-slide and yummy watermelon. TClaps to all these victors for choosing the hard thing today. Yours AYE! ~DTH
Welcome to 1000% humidity and the first ever AO where Porch noted a majority of Brown guys – which followed with interesting mumble chatter about preferred Spanish pronunciations and the like. Here’s how we won the day:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
Mosey to the basketball court and circle up
Welcome & Disclaimer
Usual DTH warm-up IC Reps
COP # 1:
Mosey to the Tennis courts
BUDDY LADDER
Count down from 10–>1 Booyah Merkins, with partners alternating running the courts perimeter while the other remains for chain smokers
COP # 2:
Mosey to the playground
WHEEL OF DEATH
Plank up around the spinning wheel, painfully plank walking first Left and then Right
Mosey back to the vehicles for a 2min water break
COP # 3:
Grab rucks from the truck (all PAX wearing a ruck except one)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (modified) – all PAX lunge walk wearing rucks while one PAX runs lot perimeter then takes a ruck to let the next man run. Entire perimeter lunge walked wearing rucks.
COP #4:
Mosey to the WALL (shady side)
Dirty Hookups IC, both sides
BTTW Hip Slappers IC
Donkey Kickoffs up to 20
Hoedowns IC x2 rounds
Mosey BTTF:
5min of Mudslide Broga
COT:
Counterama # 5
Namerama
Announcerama (see Below)
BOM Prayer
NMS: Brutal temps with badass HIM’s, what more could a Q ask for?! Low numbers with lots of guys on vaca, and a few SH guys who can’t wake up after a Bourbon night. Props to Ponch being the only one! We did some hard stuff and got a great workout. Well done fellas. Yours AYE! ~DTH
Announcements (SEE SLACK!)
Summer Tour Ongoing
7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck)
8/16 Homegrown Half
9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC
Ask Mudslide about some other CSAUP races coming up!
Only way to be the heat and humidity is getting out there early! Solo Q at Morning Wood for YHC started with rucking the perimeter loop walking track which is now painted brightly green. There’s been a lot going on of late, and the quiet time rucking with Jesus created space for some good mental mumble chatter. Ended up thinking about how I hadn’t run in a while and the green loop track could be a nice distance to set a Base time with my Garmin. Rucked back to the truck and ditched the bag. Garmin set to go. Two laps completed for 1.43mi total, with a mile time of about 7:40 and VO2 Max at 53. Not bad, but despite great efforts to monitor my stride and keep the Right foot pushing properly off my right Great toe, my IT Band pain still started up pretty quick, about a mile into it. Well, at least now I have a base to compare to in future. ~DTH
27 SOJ warriors met on the pristine NoToll fields of battle for a first ever NOS vs SOS (North of South, South of South) Rivalry matchup. The ultimate disc was the weapon of the day and both sides of Midlothian were ready to do battle. Here’s how first blood was not just drawn, but gloriously spilled without mercy.
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
Mosey lap around the field and circle up
Welcome & Disclaimer
Brief smattering of IC Reps
SPLITTING TEAMS:
SOS brought 11 PAX and a fancy LED frisbee
NOS brought 16 warriors, and two HIM’s who live at or just on the other side of Midlothian were sent over to balance the teams (originally we had 15 so after sending two over it was an even split 13 vs 13, then NOS had a latecomer join during the first game)
With NOS and SOS split, Crabgrass and DTH split their PAX in halves, so each playing team was either 6 or 7 guys
Rules explained – two 15min games for each team to play the opposing two teams. Final score cumulative.
GAME 1:
The 6v6 teams took the further field, while the 7v7 remained on Field 1
LIFO Destiny’s Child arrived during Game 1 and joined the NOS 6 man team as a sub
The 7v7 was a fairly even match-up with NOS pulling ahead to win 4-2
The 6v6 was reportedly “excellent exercise” with a score of 0-0… YHC was to later learn this was the score Crabgrass wished for, but was in fact a massive victory for NOS of 7-0
Total points: 11-2 with NOS well ahead
GAME 2:
Teams switched opponents
For the 6v6 game, the extra man team used a sub to keep it even, and NTB even played for the SOS and got them a TD
Final score for both games was 7-1, with NOS proving to be the clearly superior PAX when it comes to Ultimate Frisbee
Total points: 14-2 with NOS on top
FINAL SCORE: NOS 25, SOS 4
TClaps to the NOS Warriors!!!
Challenge thrown to SOS to host and choose their preferred sport for the next matchup.
Circle up at the Fieldside SF for COT:
Counterama # 27
Namerama
Announcerama (see Below)
BOM Prayer
Prayer Requests:
Pad Thai and his M have reached the Delivery Day today for their second child, prayers for peace and safety for mother and child
NMS: Well WELL, that was quite fun to trounce the boys of the deep South! So far the young pups are all bark and no bite. We’ll just have to wait and see what they can do for a comeback match hosted on their own SOS turf. Honestly there were amazing plays for both sides in all the games, but the NOS PAX have a few ringers and were able to get the passing game to work well. Look forward to the next one. Yours AYE! ~DTH
Announcements (SEE SLACK!)
Summer Tour Ongoing
7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck at Rockwood Park)
The usual Ruck warriors welcomed Dry Rub to speed ruck the mean streets of Bon Air, clocking 3.5 miles with the encouraged topic of Doomsday Prepping livening up the usual discussion. Coffee and deep philosophical thoughts occurred after at Einstein. Always a pleasure gents! Yours AYE! ~DTH
10 gloom brothers of the F.O.R.G.E. embraced the suck this morning, pushing beyond the boarders of the AO and the standard comfort of carrying just their own body weight. Here’s how the PAX embraced some fresh coupons:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
Run to bottom of hill, Bernie back to top
Someone remarks “UH OH, DTH IS MAD…”
Circle up at the Flag
Welcome & Disclaimer
A smattering of many usual DTH warm-up exercises, but fast paced with only x5 reps IC each
COP # 1:
ELEVENS at the topmost grass slope of Mt Chaplain
Incline Merkins at the bottom 10–>1
WWII’s at the top 1–>10
COP # 2:
FIELD TRIP – mosey off post into the hood, only about 200 yards to Casa-de-DTH
Form up around the trailor and walk it up to park outside garage
Now with trailer moved, return to a lovely pile of fresh cabers of various length and girth, and organize PAX into carrying teams
x4 PAX under the behemoth 12’ trunk
x2-3 PAX on the medium sized 8’ log
x2 PAX on the smaller medium 7’ log
x1 PAX carrying the smallest 5’ log
COP # 3:
Shoulder carry the logs back to the road and down to the bottom of Love Hill
Put down logs and complete x5 perfect form burpees OYO
Loosen up with Michael Phelps and Windmills
Switch carrying teams
COP # 4:
New teams under logs carry back up Love Hill and back down to bottom
x5 more perfect burpees OYO
Some other strecthing
Switch carrying teams again
COP # 5:
New teams under logs carry back up to the top of Love Hill
Ground logs and circle up for Scrunchy Frogs IC
x5 perfect burpees OYO
Switch carrying teams and return logs to DTH’s place
5min Mosey BTTF for COT:
Elbow Plank it up for F3 Review of Mission, Credo, and 5 CP’s
Counterama # 10
Namerama
Announcerama (see Below)
BOM Prayer
FLATTY honks as he passes by – HEYO!
Officer FLORENCE shows up in time for high fives and a group picture
Prayer Requests:
Dealer’s cousin getting married
Snip’s friend with a very premie Baby A. in NICU fighting or life
DTH stressors with work/life
NMS: The PAX knew they were in for a sweatfest when we started out with a run and bernie on the hill, and the fun didn’t stop there! YHC had a couple trees come down over the winter and had recently chainsaw-smoothed a number of new logs of variable size – today was the day to take them for a walk and the PAX was more than enthused to take on the challenge. Solid effort invested by all and we made it back to the SF just in time. Fun to see Officer Florence roll up between coming off a night shift and heading to a jiujitsu workout. We miss having you around bro! Keep posting and pushing fellas. Yours AYE! ~DTH
Announcements (SEE SLACK!)
Summer Tour Ongoing
7/19 Bridge
SOJ GHOST FLAG is on the move
7/22 Ultimate Tourny
7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck)
YHC arrived early to set up the field and appreciated the assistance of House Party who was already on site getting some miles in. Moseyed back to the parking lot to collect 11 eager frisbee lovers and returned to the field for warm-up and a slightly late arrival of ringer Snuff. Here’s how we ran into Destiny:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
Mosey to the perfectly manicured Field #1 and circle up next to the shovel flag
Team 2 (No Pinnies) – Snip, Tin Man, Belay, Bodos, Singer, Crash, DTH
THE MATCH:
Team 2 scored early and Team 1 answered quickly. Again a point for Team 2, and again a resounding answer from Team 2. Truly neck and neck, never more than a point apart, the teams battled it out. Clearly YHC actually picked decently matched Teams. There were some phenomenal picks and blocks and amazing long throw end zone TD’s. Team 1 was clearly better with short passes, and it began to feel like Team 2 was only barely holding onto the lead. Then a random guy came and sat on the bleachers and was quickly invited to join Team 1 to even up the numbers, 7v7. At that point Team 1 took the lead and Team 2 was really struggling to keep up, but we ended the game with the points beautifully tied up 8-8.
Circle up at the Shovel Flag for COT:
Counterama # 15 (includes HP)
Namerama
Announcerama (see Below)
BOM Prayer highlighting what we’re grateful for
Prayer Requests:
Lifting up Snuff and family for the loss of his Father in Law
NMS: Awesome matchup today with both Teams hammering hard to win. Awesome to have a surprise FNG, a neighbor of Machismo and Belay, happen to be in the park and come over to join us. It was clear DESTINY was with us, hence his fantastic nickname “Destiny’s Child!” Haha, welcome bro! See ya’ll out there again soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH
7 HIM’s converged at Rockwood for a ride on the pain train, which in YHC’s estimation isn’t nearly as brutal as in past years, BUT plenty of reps nonetheless. Here’s how we crushed the comfort zone for the day:
The THANG:
WARMERAMA:
Mosey loop around the lot and circle up
Welcome & Disclaimer
A myriad of IC Reps to get all body areas sufficiently warmed up
KILODORA:
Partner Up, with one HIM doing reps while the other runs the lot and back to switch
x100 No Cheat Merkins
x200 Heels To Heaven
x300 Squats
x400 LBC’s
CABER SPRING CLEANING:
Mosey to the Pit
Remove all 8’ cabers, and PAX individually flipped cabers to end of pit and back
Pull out PAIN and CHAOS (14’ logs used for GTE #47), carrying out to dewy grass to roll and clean
Mosey BTTF:
DORA wanted a little race up the gravel road, and while he was fast, he wasn’t fast enough! 😉
COT:
Counterama # 7
Namerama
Announcerama (see Below)
BOM Prayer
Prayer Requests:
RC’s mother – healing and peace
DTH’s business – wisdom and peace
NMS: Absolutely perfect weather and a wonderful group of brothers to get after it with. Always amazing how much longer it takes than expected to get through the Kilodora. Appreciate you guys putting in the hard work! Yours AYE! ~DTH
