Author: Fudd

  • Mosey around the neighborhood

    5 veterans showed up to U of R for this week’s iteration of the Spider Run and were joined by 2 other veterans late in the run.  Here’s how it went down:

    The plan was for the fast runners to run ahead of the rest and turn around at different points of the run to rejoin the slower runners.  Unfortunately YHC was the only PAX that was not in the fast group, which encouraged me to run a little faster this morning.

    Mosey down Lakeview Lane along the lake, cross the lake at the bridges over the island, take a right on the trail through the woods, take a right onto College and then a left on Baldwin to start the tour of Westham.  Right on Wood, left on Baldwin, right on Hollins, right on Woodberry, right on Horsepen, left on Devon, right on Ridge Top, left on Chandler, right on Gardner down the hill to a left on Wheeler and then a right on the path through the woods over to the intersection of Boatwright and Campus Drive.  Take Campus Drive over to a right on Gateway Rd. to re-enter U of R campus.  Left at the bottom of the hill to the path that leads to Roselawn.  Up Roselawn to a right on Ridgeway, back down the hill to campus.  Take Westhampton Way up the hill to Keller and then up and through the old “Westhampton” campus.  Take a right onto the path through the woods and disc golf course to return to the lake.  Run around the south end of the lake where we ran into Sippy Cup and Copernicus.  Back to the Virtual Shovel Flag for COT.

     

    Moleskin:

    We missed seeing some of the Spider Run regulars today, but understand that there was an effort to represent properly for Gumbo’s VQ at NoToll.  I’m sure Gumbo delivered a proper beatdown worthy of a Keydet.

    When asked at the beginning of the run what we were doing today, YHC replied that we were going to run some hills.  Saab commented at the end of the run that he did not remember running anything flat……we were either going up or down hills for almost all of the run.

    Early in the run it was noted that Lockjaw was not present.  This was a bit disconcerting as he had pontificated in the past that he was the “glue keeping the Spider run together”.  Thankfully we didn’t fall to pieces without the presence of “Captain Hook”, although I did miss having someone to run a “moderate” pace with me.

    Toga mentioned at one point that Offshore’s wife was upset about the fact that Offshore’s rear end was not as big as it used to be.  And she blames F3 for this.  She seems to be the female version of Sir Mix-A-Lot and likes Big Butts.  What is most troubling is the fact that this conversation took place at church with Toga this past Sunday…..YHC cannot imagine how you got on that subject.

    The PAX was met by Sippy Cup and Copernicus while finishing the run with a lap around the lake.  Sippy informed us that he reached the AO a bit late and even though Sippy glimpsed us running across the lake to start the run, he was not able to find the PAX after we took a right to run through the woods.

    Just after COT one of the groups that pays to work out ran past and I unfortunately did not get any “Hey Roger’s” like I was hoping for.

    YHC took us out.

    Good run.  Enjoyed it fellas.

    Announcements:

    Toga is trying to EH guys to run a Spartan race at Wintergreen on 9/24.  See him for details.

    There are still one or two slots open for the BRR……see TYA for details.

    Fudd out

  • Pre Blast – AFSP Golf Tournament – April 25

    Richmond PAX.  I am Co-Chair for a golf tournament coming up in April that will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  Details are below.  Great marketing opportunity for F3 (Swirly, this is where being “Corporate” comes in to play) as well as to enjoy a round of golf at a very nice private course. There will be an open beverage cart on the course and a reception afterwards with drinks and hors d’oeuvres.  Feel free to email me with questions at rogerhartjr@msn.com.

    Thanks for your support!

    Fudd
    The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Virginia Chapter and Willow Oaks Country Club are proud to host the 1st Annual AFSP Virginia Chapter Golf Tournament on Monday, April 25, 2016 from 11 am – 6 pm. Multiple sponsorships levels are available.
    AFSP is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization bringing together people nationwide to understand and prevent suicide and to help heal the pain it causes. Across the state, in Richmond and in the surrounding communities, we work with individuals, families, and communities around us who have been personally touched by suicide. They are the moving force behind everything we do. Tragically, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in Virginia. On average, one person dies by suicide every eight hours in the state. Over three times as many people die by suicide in Virginia annually than by homicide. With your support, we can change these statistics.

    Creating that change can begin with your support to make this event special and a success! Your
    sponsorship will contribute tremendously to our local Virginia Chapter Suicide Prevention efforts, and you will be acknowledged according to your level of sponsorship, with visibility and promotion of your company on event banners, using your company name and logo on our web pages, social media, email blasts and in other promotional/marketing materials on the golf course and in the community used to promote our event.

    We anticipate a full field of participants enabling you a unique opportunity to extend your overall business reach and visibility and to support our cause. We hope to receive most sponsorship applications by Monday, March 21, 2016 to maximize visibility for corporate sponsors. However, the final sponsorship deadline will be Monday, April 18, 2016 but with limited advertising exposure.  For complete details about our 1st Annual AFSP Virginia Chapter Golf Tournament and a list of sponsorship opportunities, please review the accompanying sponsorship information, list of corporate visibility opportunities, or go to our event web site at:

    http://afsp.donordrive.com/event/GolfAFSPVirginia2016/
    Sincerely,

    Ryan Newcomb
    Regional Director: DC-National
    Capital Area, Maryland, & Virginia

    Douglas Lamb
    Chair
    Roger Hart
    Co-Chair

    Shannon Weisleder
    Co-Chair

    P.S. If you want to know more about this year’s event, please contact Ryan Newcomb at 646-632-5189.

    Monday, April 25, 2016
    1st Annual Virginia Chapter Golf Tournament
    AFSP Sponsorship and Visibility Opportunities
    Title Sponsor: $2,500
    • Golf tournament naming rights
    • One foursome and four reception tickets (valued at over $720)
    • Company logo on spring AFSP Virginia Chapter e-mails (sent to up to 10,000 people)
    • Sponsorship signage at check-in
    • Two Corporate Tee Box sponsorships signs at designated holes (valued at $400)
    • Corporate logo on golf tournament goodie bag
    • Company logo on all individual and corporate sponsorship signs
    • Full page ad in tournament program
    • Exclusivity rights to title sponsorship
    • Display of company logo on primary banner and at check-in
    • Option for item insert into goodie bag
    Silver Sponsor: $1,000
    • One Corporate Tee Box sponsorship sign (valued at $200)
    • Half page ad in tournament program
    • Option for item insert into goodie bag
    • Display of company logo on primary banner Gold Sponsor: $1,500
    • One foursome and two reception tickets (valued at over $660)
    • One Corporate Tee Sponsor sign (valued at $200)
    • Sponsorship signage at check-in
    • Half page ad in tournament program
    • Display of company logo on primary banner and at check-in
    • Option for item insert into goodie bag
    Beverage Cart Sponsor — $1,000
    • Corporate signage prominently displayed on both sides of beverage cart
    Lunch Sponsor at Course — $1,000
    • Corporate logo on signage at Continental Breakfast
    • Signage at Check-in on day of
    • Option for item insert into goodie bag
    Banquet Sponsor at Course — $1,800
    • Corporate logo on signage at Lunch Banquet
    • Display of company logo on primary banner and at check-in
    • Option for item insert into goodie bag
    Golf Ball Giveaway Sponsor — $750
    • One sleeve of balls (personalized with your logo) for each golfer in goodie bag
    Golf Cart Sponsorship — $300
    • Corporate advertisement (5.5” x 8.5”) in each cart. Company can provide or we will print
    Tee Box Sponsorship (Corporate)— $200
    Tee Box Sponsorship (Individual)— $100

    To sign up, visit:
    http://afsp.donordrive.com /event/GolfAFSPVirginia2016/ or email
    Ryan Newcomb at Virginia@afsp.org
    Individual Golfer Cost ……$ 175
    Foursom e Cost …………….…..$ 600
    The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
    (AFSP), a 501(c)(3) organization, has been
    working to prevent suicide since 1987. Our
    Virginia Chapter was established in January
    2015 to raise awareness, provide education,
    offer survivor support services, and prevent
    suicide across the state of Virginia. AFSP
    is funding groundbreaking research and
    educational programs and is championing
    important public policies that will help prevent
    suicide. Half of this year’s golf tournament funds
    will go directly to groundbreaking scientific
    research for suicide prevention and public policy
    advocacy at the federal and local levels; while
    the remaining dollars will go to the state of
    Virginia’s educational and awareness programs
    for prevention and mental health.
    Every 15 minutes one person in the United
    States loses their life to suicide. During the time
    it takes to complete our tournament, 20 people
    will lose their lives. AFSP and the Virginia
    Chapter are working to shine a bright light on
    this national problem and your support for this
    golf tournament will help us!
    Monday, April 25, 2016
    1st Annual Virginia Chapter Golf Tournament
    Willow Oaks Country Club, Richmond, VA

  • Punisher lives up to its name….

    10 Faithful posted for a beatdown in the windy cold at Punisher.  Here’s how it went down:

    Mosey around the school to the back left corner for COP:
    Burpee x 1 OYO
    SSH x 20 IC
    Burpee x 2 OYO
    Don Quixote x 20 IC
    Burpee x 3 OYO
    Merkins x 10 IC
    Burpee x 4 OYO
    LBC’s x 20 IC
    Burpee x 5 OYO
    Mountain Climbers x 10 IC
    Burpee x 6 OYO
    Spiderman step up with reach x 15 IC
    Burpee x 7 OYO
    Hello Dolly x 20 IC
    Burpee x 8 OYO
    Slow bending squat x 15 IC
    Burpee x 9 OYO
    Flutter kicks x 20
    Burpee x 10 OYO

    Mosey back to the parking lot & partner up. First man does exercises while second runs to the “No littering” sign in the back left corner of the AO and back to parking lot. Switch and repeato until all exercises are completed:
    Merkins x 50
    Spiderman step ups with reach x 100
    Slow bending squats x 200
    Flutter kicks x 300
    when finished, do LBC’s until last team is done

    Mosey to the playground in the back of the school to turn our arms to jello:
    With the same partner, take turns doing assisted pullups. Each man does 10 pullups each and then both men do 20 LBC’s each. Rinse and repeat until each man has done 50 pullups.

    Mosey back to the flag for Numberama, Namerama, and COT.

    Moleskin:

    In preparation for today’s beatdown, YHC harkened back to long ago when I did my last Q. I admit it has been too long, as graduate school has sapped whatever limited brain power I would have otherwise have had to devote to conceiving diabolical ways to deliver beatdowns to the devoted PAX of Richmond. I remembered that the burpee ladder at COP was a great way to start a workout, and I was rewarded by a few whispers of mumble chatter this AM as we progressed through one of the harder COP’s that F3 can deliver. In YHC’s defense, the wind was whipping that cold air and I couldn’t really feel my buttocks by the time we finished our warm up jog, so I felt that we should bypass the standard warm up COP and jump right in to a full fledged beatdown, if for no other reason than to get warm fast! And I must say that this PAX responded with vigor! I had expected MUCH more mumble chatter than was actually heard, but about halfway through the COP I realized that without TYA or Toga there, and with me being Q (I can’t bitch about my own workout) the usual “mumble chatter” would probably not be heard. Despite TYA’s absence, it was observed that having Lockjaw there for the SSH’s was almost like having TYA, although it was less like a stork having a stroke (Toga’s description), and more like a walrus on the docks of San Francisco Bay, waving at the tourists for some tasty morsel to be thrown his way.  Heavy breathing was in abundance as the Burpees increased towards the magic #10, and the PAX pounded out each exercise with the power and confidence only seasoned F3 veterans can display.

    I’m not sure what to call the second round of exercises in the parking lot, although I do remember the first time I did them was at a Chumbucket Q at this AO. Jack Sparrow called it “the Murph”, although YHC admits complete ignorance as to why it should have been called that. If the PAX were tired after a hellish COP, no one showed it. Each man attacked the exercises with abundant energy and pounded out the runs to the sign as if TYA himself was there whispering jabs and insults into each man’s ear.

    After the last flutter kick was completed, there was just enough time left for one more evolution. YHC remembered someone mentioning recently that we don’t do enough pullups each week (maybe Swirly or Sippy?), so it was off to the playground to devote whatever energy we had left to making our “guns” bigger for the enjoyment of the M’s in our lives. YHC had to dig deep on that last set up pullups, and I think I remember BT talking about needing to “get angry” to pound out his last set. YHC was indeed proud to lead this group of men, as no one complained or displayed any signs of being too tired to continue, even though YHC layed down the hardest beatdown he could come up with. These are strong men, AYE!!

    Everyone agreed that Lockjaw needs to clean his brand new silver BMW 535i, as it looks like he drove it through a field of mud on the way to the AO this morning.  Perhaps a lesson from Bleeder is in order on how to maintain the appearance of our expensive rolling toys…..

    Announcements:

    Hump Day Happy Hour this Wednesday at Postbellum – DK is Q – Hope to see you all there!

    Bleeder is Q tomorrow at No Toll — the temp in the AM is forecasted to be around 12 degrees so layer up!

     

    Fudd out

  • Sunday morning Trail run

    1 PAX posted for the Sunday morning trail run on the Buttermilk.  Wondered what was going on for a while….standing out in the cold all by my lonesome (cue Roy Orbison), and then was reminded by a fellow trail runner that passed me 1 mile in that the Bear Creek 10 miler was the same morning.  Figures that the first Sunday trail run I’ve done since July is the one where no one else posts.  No worries……it was a glorious morning for a run along the river.  The sun was burning the fog off the water, and geese and ducks were out in abundance. Mornings like this are why I run….the beauty of God’s creation compels me to thank Him for the privilege of enjoying it.  Ran east along the north bank, across Belle Isle, and back along the south bank to the nickel bridge crossing.  Total time 1:09, distance 6.45 miles.

    Fudd

  • A bad haircut and the bridge to nowhere……

     

     

    6 Faithful and 1 FNG posted for a beatdown in the high humidity Northside Wonderland Ghetto that is…..the Punisher!

    THE THANG:

    Mosey from the flags (3) to COP on the Northside of the AO.

    • SSH x 20
    • Don Quixote x 20
    • Mountain Climbers x 20 (double count)
    • Freddie Mercury x 20

    Mosey to the median on Hermitage Rd heading north.  There were lampposts evenly spaced heading north in the median…..the count was nine by the time we reached Bellevue Ave.

    • Do 10 merkins and bear crawl to the next lamppost
    • Do 15 LBC’s and lunge to the next lampost
    • Rinse and repeat until you reach Bellevue Ave and plank up

    Mosey down the hill past Imperial Plaza, up the hill and across the Bridge to Nowhere, and through the gate to Bryan Park.

    • Run to the bottom of the first hill and team up:
    • One man runs up the hill and back to the bottom while the other does alternating Booyah pushups x 10 and LBC’s x 15.  Alternate when the runner reaches the bottom.
    • Each man does 3 hill runs for a total team count of 6 sets

    Mosey back to the shovel flag while each man rotates running ahead to the next block and then running back to the slowest runner.

    COT

     

    MOLESKIN:

    For those of you that decided to ignore your alarm and stay in the fartsack, you missed an especially enjoyable morning at the Punisher.  TYA made his debut appearance with his new haircut…….which involved a razor and resulted in ZERO hair. When asked the reasoning for this rash decision, TYA stated that “a friend told me that my hair looked bad”. The PAX proceeded to inform him that his bald head looked infinitely worse than his peach fuzz had looked formerly.  YHC thinks that he wanted to look like Toga…..though God only knows why one would subject themselves to that kind of ridicule.  Red spots that resemble the surface of Jupiter adorn this man’s illustrious crown.  And the elderly Yankee that everyone loves started to second guess the recommendations that he had been given concerning his “do”.  Not to worry…..it only takes a week to grow the peach fuzz back…….

    Some mumble chatter could be heard with the lunges on the median, given Sunday’s BRR run.   Of course, mumble chatter is ALWAYS heard when Toga and Conspiracy are around.  What’s the story with these two?……is Conspiracy ever on time?  I honestly can’t remember a workout when he made it there before the start.  Must be a product of working for the Federales.

    YHC admits to not putting a whole lot of thought into this beatdown.  Sometimes leading “on the fly” results in some pretty cool workouts. The only certainty was that we were leaving the Elementary School.  YHC has become convinced that some Norman Bates like person lives in the creepy house behind the school.  YHC searches the windows every time we run by for a figure in the shadows.  Wait……are the windows boarded up?

    Bryan Park, for all of the rumors that surround this place, is quite a unique and appealing AO. There are multiple running loops, hills, soccer fields, pull-up bars……all the acoutrements that make up the ideal F3 AO.   Hopefully the PAX can revisit one day.

    A big welcome to Circle K (aka Michael)!  His name originates from the multiple women in his family whose names start with the letter “K”.

     

  • BRR run – “Spidercrawl”

    9 Faithful gathered at the home of the Spiders for the first installment of the weekly BRR run training.  Here’s how it went down:

    Warmup lap around the lake.  Pause halfway through for SSH’s until everyone caught up.

    Mosey up the north hill to the entrance and back down to the lake for run intervals.

    4 hill runs on the south side of the lake, with 30 LBC’s at the end of each interval.

    Mosey back around the lake and reverse the northside hill run.  Mosey back around the lake to the south side for COT.

    Total distance covered = 3.64 miles according to Bleeder’s Nike app.

    Moleskin:

    YHC enjoyed leading these fine men for the first BRR weekday run.  Bleeder noted at the start that orange cones in the parking lot adjacent to the lake made parking difficult, although everyone seemed to make it OK.  In addition, the tomatoes working out on the island seemed to have no trouble finding spots in the parking lot.  Some discussion took place as to whether YHC was forceful enough giving direction today…..YHC admits to Q’ing a little looser than usual.  The intent was to focus on the running and to leave exercises in between at the discretion of each man.  YHC figures that the PAX gets enough arm and core work during the rest of the weekly F3 workouts.  If a “drill sergeant” persona is what the PAX are looking for in each Q, then we need look no further than Toga (where was he today?)  I am reminded of Full Metal Jacket whenever I participate in a Toga led workout.

    YHC intended to hold the COT inside the pavilion on the island in the middle of the lake.  Conspiracy, however, seemed intimidated by the presence of the tomatoes also working out on the island, and so we continued on to the south side instead.  It was postulated that perhaps there was someone there in particular that Conspiracy did not want to interact with…….???

    Next week, Sippy will Q the weekly BRR run on Tuesday at 5:30 at Dogpile.

  • Pre-Blast: Wed U of R Hill Run

    In preparation for the Blue Ridge Relay, we are starting an extra run workout each week that will alternate between Tuesday and Wednesday. All PAX are welcome to attend, although Source of Truth and NoToll will still be held at the regular times and AO’s.   This week, we will meet at U of R on Wednesday at 5:30 at the Pavilion in the middle of the lake at University of Richmond, Westhampton Campus.  Address for the parking lot is 47 Lakeview Lane, Richmond, VA 23226.  Walk over the bridge to the pavilion.

    I will Q this workout, and was told today that Sippy plans to Q next Tuesday.  Workouts will be different each week.  For this Wednesday, we’ll be doing some laps around the lake, along with hill intervals mixed in.

    See you in the gloom.

    Fudd