Author: Handshake

  • Three for Currahee

    After a quick roll call last night it appeared 5-6 would be posting for Currahee but in the end it was 3. YHC had planned to Fartsack due to a busy week and having to work this weekend, but after waking up at 0400 wide awake YHC thought otherwise. Pinto confirmed he was going to be there, but Lighthouse rolled in with 4 minutes to spare. When YHC commented amount not knowing he was coming since he didn’t respond Lighthouse said, “I didn’t know what to say, you guys talk too much” or something along those lines. Regardless The Figure Eight Loop up to Broad and back was completed. Not much mumble chatter other than “car back” while we hopped between semi dry roads, snow, and puddles. Good news is Pinto’s shoes are clean after Roger Rogers mud party on Wednesday.

    No announcements, no prayer requests.

  • WTH, one week late

    A group of 5 convened for a running boot camp and this is what transpired.

    COP – Hard pass, if we were going to finish this thing then we didn’t need to waste time with a warm up

    Mosey from the school and take right on Three Chopt heading west. Corner 1 (Three Chopt and John Rolfe) 5 Burpess, 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 2-Count Flutter Kicks, Mosey north to Corner 2 (John Rolfe and Liesfeld Parkway), repeat exercises. Mosey east to Corner 3 (Liesfeld Parkway and Geese Landing), repeat exercises. Mosey south down grassy cut through to Corner 4 (Three Chopt and grassy path), repeat exercises. As we moseyed west again on Three Chopt it hit one mile. Repeat 3 times.

    Total:

    3 Miles

    60 Burpess

    120 Hand Release Merkins

    240 WWII’s

    360 2-Count Flutter Kicks

    Announcements: Probation mentioned he hadn’t seen Swiper since the first WTH, Gomer to check in on him.

    NMS: Gypsy asked YHC to Q WTF a few weeks back when he went out on his surgery, YHC obliged but then completely forgot about the workout. Yesterday when YHC called Gypsy to check in (Gypsy gets really quiet when he’s not actively posting in F3) he asked if YHC was going to Q. YHC likes his post First Watch naps but obliged because of last weeks failings. YHC doesn’t know the area so he took to Google Maps to get the satellite view of the area to design this route/workout. It was a very quiet morning, besides being together there was very little mumble chatter. I think Lighthouse said it best when he mentioned that it was his first time at WTH in which the run was the break and not the exercises. YHC thinks that pretty much says it all. YHC has redeemed himself.

  • 6, the perfect number

    6 of West Ends finest and this is what we did

    COP – various exercises

    Mosey over to the playground at Pemberton and partner up

    • Partner 1 -5 Pull Ups while Partner 3 does Merkins x 3 rounds each

    Mosey over to the track around the larger playground, partner up

    • Partner 1 – Bear Crawls while Partner 2 runs around the track. Switch when reunited until you make it around the track completely.

    Mosey to the Blacktown behind Pemberton. Partner up for a Dora

    • 100 Merkins
    • 200 LBC’s
    • 300 Side Straddle Hops

    Triple Check

    • Partner 1 – Iron Chair Partner 2 WWI’s, P3 Run to the far side of the Blacktop and back

    Mosey back to the flag:

    • 4 Minutes of Mary.

    Announcements:

    • Prayer for the United States and the Pax members currently suffering from Covid or any illness.
    • Prayers for Tryhard and Honeydo

    NMS – YCH enjoyed Qing today. We chatted about Covid procedures/concerns. YHC hopes that we can continue to exercise while putting a safety a top priority.

  • OTB

    Two of Tuckahoes finest gathered for a Hot Potato beatdown, this is what transpired.

    COP – exercises

    Mosey to Pull Up Bars at Pemberton Elementary

    • Round 1 – 5 Pull Ups then 20 WWII’s x 3 rounds
    • Round 2 – 5 Pull Ups then 20 2-Count Flutter Kicks x 3 rounds
    • Round 3 – 5 Pull Ups then 20 2-Count American Hammers x 3 rounds

    Mosey to Playground

    • Run Laps. Cant remember how many

    Mosey to Quioccasin Middle School

    • Run the Park Lot then Lunge back x 3 rounds

    YHC might have missed something, but cant remember.

    Announcements

    • None today, just prayers for our friends, families, country, world, etc.

    NMS

    • It was good to spend time with Bacon Bits. YHC was fortunate to connect with him months ago through work, and is very happy he’s locked in with us at F3.

  • Public shaming, middle school style

    7 bucks and 1 lil’ buck descended on Heartbreak Ridge, and this is what transpired.

    COP 1 in the Parking Spaces by the front door, disclaimer was made. AUDIBLE mosey to the darkness in front of the school for COP 2

    Mosey down and around the bus loop and up to Pemberton Elementary for a Triple Check consisting of Running, Flutter Kicks?, and Monkey Humpers.

    Taking advantage of the 28 Parking Spaces, 1 Merkin for every spot, then mosey back the start. Then 3 WWII’s at every spot and staying on all four’s between spots.

    Mosey to Tennis Courts. A bit of mutiny was attempted by The Clydesdales (Honeydo and Atilla), command was forcibly retaken with 10 Burpees *Insert, “I am the Captain now” movie quote*. Miscellaneous exercises were completed.

    Mosey to random wall by the Basketball Court. Partner up, Balls to the Wall, and 20 Hand Release Merkins, twice through.

    Announcements –

    Back Bits is having a baby, strike that, from when the announcement was made Bacon Bits has HAD his baby. A little girl, Mom and baby are healthy.

    January 1st non-Convergence run at Mary at 0700 New Years Day.

    NMS – Backblack title comes thanks to Probation. He rolled into the Parking Lot at 0531 just as we had set up at our designated COP location. He was waving gingerly to make sure we saw him, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to play a joke. The Pax moseyed over to the trees in front of the school which acted as a Cloak of Invisibility. The Pax whisper counted. You could see Probations face go from excitement to a mixture between confusion and sadness as he ran around the corner, apparently shaming was something he knew well in Middle School. That being said, we didn’t make it hard for him to find us and a good laugh was had by all.

    Thanks to the Pax for the opportunity for “Hand” to lead.

  • It was a block party

    12 of the West End (and one Da’villian) emerged from the Fartsack for a 59 degree Heartbreak Ridge and this is what transpired

    COP with various exercises

    Triple Check: P1 runs to far side of Parking Lot, P2 does Wall Sits, P3 LBC’s, repeat 3 times

    Mosey down to the Pull Up Bars. Guy #1 does 10 Pull Ups while everyone else does WWII’s, Guy #2 does Pull Ups while everyone does Flutter Kicks then repeat through the entire crew

    Mosey over to the Bleachers and each grab a Cinderblock

    Mosey to the field for the main event.

    Round 1: Murder Bunnie 30 yards, switch to Gorilla Shuffle facing left for 30 yards, switch to Gorilla Shuffle facing right for 30 yards. Then light mosey down the field and back

    Round 2: same as the first, but going back the opposite direction. Then light mosey down the field and back.

    Round 3: Partner Up, P1 Murder Bunnies down the field while P2 runs down the field and back, then switch until the end zone is reached.

    Round 4: P1 Gorilla Shuffle facing one direction while P2 runs down the field and back, then switch. Rotating facing directions each time.

    Mosey to put blocks away then over to the Jerkin Gym. Partner up for 6 Jerkins each, three times.

    20 OYO Merkins while Gypsy does 6 inches.

    Mosey to the Parking Lot for 1 minute of Freddie Mercuries until time runs out.

    Announcements: 1) Gypsy collected over 100 pairs of shoes, far surpassing his goal. 2) Pinto has the Q tomorrow at WTH. 3) Spit is finishing his F3RVA World Tour and is celebrating with Amateur Ramm Gears at Ramm on Friday, come one, come all.

    NMS – Garbage Plate introduced the Gorilla Shuffle at Hoedown yesterday it and was enjoyed by all. YHC thought it might be a good addition to the Murder Bunnie lineup. YHC thinks everyone enjoyed it. Have a great day everyone!

  • 13 for The Triple Lindy

    A band of 13 men abandoned the Fartsack to take over Tuckahoe and this is what transpired.

    Mosey down Forest to Spottswood, 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 SSH’ then continue up the road to the back parking lot of Bodos’ church for COP.

    Mosey back over to the teachers lot at Tuckahoe for The Triple Lindy. The group was broken in half and started on opposite sides of the lot. Everyone Bear Crawls on the top side of the lot between Parking Spots with 3 Merkins done at each spot (10 spots total), switch to Crab Walk and 5 WWII’s on the bottom side of the Lot. Repeat 3 times. Total of 90 Merkins and 150 WWII’s.

    Mosey to the top of the Blacktop/Recess Lot. Partner Up for a Dora. 100 Squats, 200 Single Count Flutters, 300 SSH’s while the opposite partner runs to Fence and back.

    Mosey to the Small Bus Loop. Triple Check. Partner 1 Wall Sits, Partner 2 LBC’s, Partner 3 Bernie Sanders around the Bus Loop.

    Announcements: Breaking Bread. 4th Saturday and Sunday night, but no openings until March unless you Tag Team with someone else.

    NMS – Not a lot of Mumble Chatter this morning, but definitely some residual jokes from Saturdays post beatdown breakfast. Despite a lack of sleep this was the best way to start my Monday. The Triple Lindy name comes from the 1980’s classic Back to School. Bonus points to Pucker for immediately recognizing the name.

    Welcome to FNG Road Rash! A solid nickname came out of the woodwork despite Bodo’s best attempts to neuter it.

  • Over the river and through the woods

    A band of 8 Stallions broke free of the chains of the Fartsack and took to the streets of Tuckahoe and this is what transpired.

    COP – Side Straddle Hops, Swirly’s Dead Man Hangs, Don Quixote’s, LBC’s, Inverted Scorpion Kicks, Merkins

    Mosey down Hepler Road to the corner of Paris and Paris Ridge. Partner Up. Round 1 – P1 runs to cul-de-sac and does 2 Burpess and runs back, P2 does WWII’s, Round 2 – P1 runs to cul-de-sac and does 2 Burpess and runs back, P2 does Merkins, Round 3 – P1 runs to cul-de-sac and does 2 Burpess and runs back, P2 does Jump Squats

    Mosey down Paris to Forest to Trinity UMC and partnered up. P1 held P2’s Legs and P2 did Wheelbarrow walks and switched as needed until they reached the road. Crabwalk back to original location.

    Next up at Trinity: Ascending and Descending Four Corners. Corner 1 – 10 Hand Release Merkins, Corner 2 – 10 Hand Release Merkins and 20 WWI’s, Corner 3 – 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 two-count Flutter Kicks, Corner 4 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 two-count Flutter Kicks, 40 SSH’s. Repeat Corner 4 and descend back to Corner 1 and 10 Hand Release Merkins

    At this point YHC asked if anyone knew the long way back and Splinter said he did. Splinter took us Rock Creek to Baldwin and then he asked YHC if he wanted to cut through the Park. YHC wasn’t thinking clearly about the Creek but agreed. We Forded the Creek to Lindsay Court and Bernie Sandered to the top of Lindsay Court and moseyed back to the flag.

    Announcements – Gomer is working with TYA to get a team for the CSAUP.

    NMS – Splinter has decided to take control of his destiny and has signed up to Q both Heartbreak on Tuesday and First Watch on Wednesday. After being skipped on multiple Hot Potatoes and having the entire Pax revolt last week and abandon First Watch for W-Dog he figures that he’d have better luck if he signed up for two days in a row. That being said if you liked crossing the creek in the complete darkness today then you’ll be in for a real treat over the next couple of days. On other notes, both Honeydo and Upchuck give YHC Flak for not Q-ing enough and neither showed today (and they both were well aware YHC was The Q).

    Cheers men, thank you for giving me the opportunity to lead.

  • The Q is always right.

    6 of RVA’s finest posted at Currahee on a beautiful Friday morning for a brisk jog (pronounced “yogg”)

    4/5 miles, bro-code style. Up Pump Road from the school, left as Pump Road changes and continue to Broad Street, hang a right and over to John Rolfe and another right and back to Pump and down to Godwin. Honeydo and Greenbow took a shortcut through Short Pump Park. 4.5 and 5.3 miles respectively for the group.

    Announcements: F3 Offsite Convergence (not “retreat” according to Gomer Pyle” Gypsy has the 3rd F Q this week.

    NMS: It was a nice morning with the crew. We talked about Gypsy being a lightweight and loving White Claws. Gomer commented about us running too slow. Spit was the Visitor of the Week and told us about the Daville Relay (congrats to that crew). Backblast title comes from a comment from Gomer Pyle about YHC and others parking in the “wrong spot” of the newly re-located meetup location at the Godwin parking lot. YHC parked where he saw other cars. It worked out too, Greenbow and Honeydo chatted with the other guys we saw in the parking lot on the run back, apparently they meet on Fridays to run. Hopefully Greenbow and Honeydo will be able will be able to EH the rando’s.

    YHC is really enjoying the mix of larger “more established” AO’s as well as the smaller tighter-knit AO’s. This has been a really good 6 months for YHC. It took a long time for YHC to fully meld into this crew, and YHC enjoys random texts and shit talking in group messages. Thank you all for the opportunity to lead.

  • So much for the Bloody’s

    three musketeers (not to be confused with the ACTUAL Three Musketeers) emerged from The Fartsack for Round 2 of Ironpax round 3 for two of them, and Round 1 for YHC.

    The Thang – Ironpax Round 3. A bunch of push ups and Squats while running 3 miles. No records were broken, we aren’t No Toll.

    Announcements – None.

    NMS – A group text in which YHC mentioned sadness to missing the IPC # 3 and then Gypsy responded something along the ways of “i’d be happy to do it again with you” GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN and here we were. Honeydo said he’d be there to watch and drink Bloody’s, but somehow that turned into Honeydo completing it again. This was a experience for YHC that showed how much a brotherhood F3 is. If there was ever a time that YHC felt like he was “in” to the brotherhood it was today. Re-doing the IPC #3 “just because” someone missed it. Thank you, gentlemen.