Author: Honey Do

  • Mood lighting at HBR

    Six sweaty studs were surprised to find the AO completely dry after yesterday’s rain. Humidity was still ample. Unfortunately for Seymour we were not doing Ultimate but instead a beatdown commenced:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey over to the blue-ish hue of PES for a Dora 123: 100 Merkins, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 Jump Squats. Over to playground for: 4 rounds of 8 Pullups and WWIIs. Head over to tennis courts. 3 rounds of Wheelbarrows and 10 Derkins each man. Followed up with 3 rounds of: 40 Benchkicks and 20 Squats. Finish up with one round of AMRAP Derkins. Head back to flag for 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

    Announcements: HDHH-ish at Snuff’s house tonight. See Slack for more info. Leadership Zoom tonight at 5:00, see Slack.

    NMS: Solid work by the PAX this AM. Felt like we all sweated out 5 pounds at least this morning. Nobody knows what color the new lights at PES are but at 5:30 it makes for a different vibe in the Gloom. Looks like we conned Seymour into Q’ing next week.

  • Solo trip to The Bridge

    YHC drove up to serve up a beat down for 5 pax at the Bridge.

    COP: Ssh, DonQs, IWs, Mertens, Flutterkicks.

    With 6 we did extensive partner work: Catch me if you can, PLTs, Dora, then some block work, including Block the Plank. Finish with some sprints and Ring of Fire.

    NMS: Solid pax and morning at the Bridge. Highly recommend taking a Q.

  • Far DR post

    YHC posted in Seattle at the end of a long hiking trip with his family. Showed up to AO The Pit and walked into a VQ from Disc Management. Always good to post when traveling and even across the country. Beatdown included coupons, extended Dora, and hill sprints.

  • Beware the flying Peacocks

    Ten strong came out to start of their June off right with a warm weather beatdown. It went like this:

    COP in church front: SSH, don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to back parking lot: Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Flutterkicks, 300 Jump Squats.

    Mosey back to Coupon drop zone and partner up again. 4 rounds of partner running loop while other did: 15 blocks swings, 20 Bench press, 20 Alabama Softball players. Switch partners and 3 rounds of everyone’ favorite: Block the Plank while other pax does 15 Heels2Heaven. Put coupons back, 2 min of Mary & Ring of Fire.

    Annoucements: Bridge this Saturday morning. Clown car from West end leaving around 6:00 at Food Lion on Patterson. Let YHC know if you are in. Prayers for IR group, especially Blue Moon on his surgery today.

    NMS: Plenty of sweat this morning. The 100 burpees for the Dora were met with applause. Shiplap is on his way to becoming a First Watch regular, and may be due an invite to the infamous FW text thread. Coffee afterward was 7 strong and where the BB title comes from. YHC had to audible on the coupon section since the site Q said we had ample coupons but not a consistent size.

  • Belle Isle Ruck

    4 Ruckers got some pre-beatdown miles in. Over to Belle Isle around and through then back over for the main course.

    NMS: Nice to get some miles rucked with these studs. Time to start getting ready for Growruck in Hampton Roads in October.

  • Getting our daily dose of 45 minutes of doing nothing wrong

    3 PAX were undeterred from the rain at HBR. YHC grabbed the Q to minimize the running but we still covered at good amount of the AO.

    COP at covered drop spot: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey over to covered area: 50 Boxing Roaches, alternate bear crawl and lunge. Head over to Pullup playground: 4 rounds of 8 pullups & 20 squats. Then grab a bench & do 25 benchkicks, 10 Derkins, then run a lap. 4 rounds. Over to PES parking lot: triple check of Donkey kicks, B2W, and run loop. Head on down to Jerkin Gym, with a quick stop for some Heels2Heaven and a highly motivated Turkish Getup. Then 4 rounds of Jerkins then 50 benchkicks and back to the flag. 3 min of mary and ROF. YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Bridge on 6/4. Pre-Ruck for Memorial Day, 6:00 AM before the main event at 7:00.

    NMS: Lot of PAX on the IR still but what a great morning to play in the rain. Offshore wasn’t a fan of the dry-covered COP and made some comments about the Q which will be reported to HR this Thursday (or next Thursday??) When Handshake is the voice of reason in the PAX you know you are in for some fun. YHC has been out last month with Sciatica and grabbing the Q to try some running worked with mixed results. Really sucks not being out in the Gloom.

  • Don’t pack up those cold weather gloves just yet

    Seven HBR regulars were unsure when to start since we were missing our HS arrival +30 seconds timer to launch at 5:30. Luckily the Q had his watch so off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Reverse Crunches, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to covered side. Grab a pole and do Boxing Cockroaches, man on end does 5 squats then to the end. Repeato all the way to end of poles. Way back same premise but do Stripper Poles & man on end do 5 Merkins then move up. Mosey over to front of PES for Triple check: HRMs, Heels2Heaven, run loop.

    Head over to pull-up zone. 4 rounds of 8 Pull-ups & WWIIs. Then over to basketball court: Lunge between hoops & 6 Hand Release Merkins at each hoop. Finish with 4 rounds of 40 Benchkicks and 15 Squats then back to flag.

    Announcements: 6/4 Blood Drive – See Slack/Pigskin for more info.

    NMS: Quiet group this morning without Handshake to ask inapproriate questions to stir the mumblechatter pot. Stripper Poles were a hit and were definitely Offshore’s kind of thing. YHC should have veto’ed the pairings in the Triple check since the Pinto/Offshore/Lighthouse pairing against the Atilla/Bacon Bits/YHC/Pigskin made for some lopsided loops. YHC tried to keep the pax relatively dry and stay off the grass. Hopefully the sub 40 degree temps in the Gloom are behind us soon.

  • Hills either direction

    7 runners took to the reverse route of what YHC last Q to see if Raintree is easier running the other direction. Turns out the whole of raintree sucks either way you run it.

    4s: R on Pump, R on Ridgefield, R on Raintree. Stay on Raintree all the way until it crosses Gayton then follow it until that road ends on Pump. Pump all the way back to Godwin.

    5s: Same as 4s but take Old Prescott loop once back at Godwin and add that extra mile. No 6ers.

    NMS: Pinto led an insurrection with the 5s and added mileage heading back Pump before Godwin. This was likely a response to when YHC did the same thing when he pitched an 11-mile “Brocode” route a few weeks ago. Well played Pinto. Good running with Gypsy and Whitesnake. Dingy hung with the 5ers and Link was there at the end of the COP having missed us at the start. No EF Hutton here at this morning but YHC sure he posted somewhere to draw even with Handshake YTD in Big Data.

    Announcements: Looks like April West-End lunch will be at Firehouse Subs next Tuesday. Gypsy is the Q for this. Prayers for DTH’s sister.

  • Soul Train Answers the call

    Three runners of varying speed posted for some miles before beers where several other PAX members met up at the Answer. No partial credit awarded to GP who announced the HDHH and then had to pass off because of work. Big thanks for Soul Train for stepping up and taking the Q to make sure this HDHH happened. Topics after the run centered around the Beer Mile, including Handshake’s 2021 RVA beer mile title. Faceplant was looking to nudge the PAX up to the 30/30/30 challenge but no takers.

    Announcements: West End lunch group resumes starting next Tuesday. Let Gypsy know your feedback on locations.

  • Not spring at HBR

    Six stalwarts of the gloom took on the cold this morning. The Q promised to keep the PAX warm, with mixed results:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins.

    Dora 123: 100 HRMs, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats. Over to basketball court: Bear Crawl between hoops with 10 WWIIs at each one. Mosey down to football field: 3 rounds of 30 Benchkicks and 15 Derkins. Jerkin Gym with 4 rounds of 8 Jerkins.

    Back flag for 2 min of Mary. COT and YHC took us out.

    Annoucements: HDHH next Wednesday at the Answer. West End lunch being restarted, see Gypsy/Slack for more details.

    NMS: Some days the only reason you post is you signed up to Q. That was case for YHC this morning. But once we got moving we had fun. Handshake shared he hates Doras but with a perfect pax number of 6 it took a good while. There is still debate about what proper Atilla Release Merkins look like but it is still to dark to tell in the gloom. Congrats to Offshore’s 2.0 on his specialty school choice. We also learned Atilla’s in-laws sound super friendly.

    Handshare shared that with spring here and COVID concerns dying off PAX should re-EH guys we have not seen in a while. YHC agrees. There are a lot of guys we have not seen in the gloom for various reasons. Reach out to someone and see how they are doing.