Author: Honey Do

  • Only theme was rain

    Six strong stalwarts came out to 45MoM (with 2 auditors) wondering where Splinter’s lights were for the first day of the Tourney. Alas they were stuck with YHC as Q but soldiered on:

    COP in pavilion: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. 3 Rounds of: 20 Dips & 20 step ups, then 2 rounds of 25 PLTs.

    Mosey out into the rain:

    Dora 123: 100 HRMs, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jumpsquats. Mosey over to tree line next to Cary. Alternate at each tree 20 Reverse Crunches and Burpees (increasing from 1) with bear crawl & lunge between trees. Mosey back to dropoff loop on Grove: 3 rounds of 20 WWIIs and Squats. Finish with Wheelbarrow and 25 Irish Hammers.

    NMS: YHC toyed with a St Pattys Day theme but was the only one even wearing green. Glad that Splinter held off on his NCAA tourney theme as rain and soaked courts would not have worked well. Hitch and Oyster convinced YHC to take cover for the COP. Had we known the tomato quality to come out later we could have stayed and shared the pavilion. But this is F3RVA so we had to play in the rain. Although a soft rain in 55 degree weather is a lot better than the snow and freezing rain we’ve had the last week. TYA and Saab walked and joined us for the COT.

    Announcements: SPD-Happy Hour at Capital Ale House in Innsbrook this evening starting out around 5. YHC will be there for a while along with Gomer Pyle. Come out if you can.

  • Time to dust off the warm weather gloves

    Nine FW regulars posted to unseasonably warm weather for a holiday week beatdown. Rain held off so conditions were perfect for Scorpion kicks.

    COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks.

    Mosey over to PES for Triple check: HRMs, Reverse crunch, and run loop. Over to side wall for some Peoples chair fun. Then over to QMS basketball courts: 8 Squats at each hoop, lunge in between. Next round: 5 WWIIs and run between. 3rd round: 3 Burpees & bear crawl between.

    Mosey down to past Jerkin Gym – 3 rounds of 40 benchkicks & 10 Derkins. Then 3 rounds of 8 Jerkins and back to flag. 3 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Handshake requested a light on running Q from YHC. Not sure if that qualified this am. Felt strange to be in short sleeves and regular gloves in February. Good to have Pinto and Bacon Bits out. WWIIS on the basketball courts were not a fan favorite as the blacktop is quite rocky, not ice smooth like Hoedown. Nice morning with a solid PAX to push the Q.

  • Spreading the SOP gospel

    8 Amish and 1 southerner posted in Lancaster Saturday morning. Inspector had the Q and here is the BB: https://www.f3lanco.com/items/saturday-morning-beatdown

  • Welcome back Probation

    11 fleet footed warriors came out prepared for rain. The rain held off until the last mile, and by then we needed it with the heat and humidity. Routes were:

    4.5s:

    Left on Pump, go through Gayton light, past Lake then Left onto Waltham Dr.

    Left on Chauncey Ln.  Chauncey turns into Raintree across Gayton.

    Raintree all way until hit Ridgefield.  Left on Ridgefield then go past Pump, turn into Glen Eagles and go back on Old Prescott.  This hits 4.5 miles.

    5s:

    Same as 4s but take right into Eagles View off Ridgefield and go until hit Glen Eagles.  Head back Glen Eagles then Old Prescott.

    6s: 

    Same as 5s but add loop around Godwin to get your mileage target.

    Announcements: Service opportunity 2/26 with Gypsy. Charity needs help unpacking a donated trailer of goods for local kids. Looking for 10 PAX (including older 2.0s) to help.

    NMS: Great to have 11 out, even with some regular runners missing. Nice to have Probation come out and post, having not run in 6 months. He held up fine. PAX seemed to enjoy the ample hills on this route and EF Hutton and YHC were reminded of the Century Classic route we both ran for the duration of Raintree. Gypsy took off with a sub 6 minute mile on Pump with Homer in tow. Nobody seemed to get lost as the Qs instructions were meticulous. EF Hutton is an official Currahee regular now, at least once he creates his own route and Qs it soon.

  • Apparently the SOP rulebook is 18 pages

    5 faithful HBR regulars came out to see if Pigskin would be back in the gloom and we found he arrived back in RVA safely to join us. Standing around at 5:29 YHC called an early start with nobody else expected to get us moving:

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

    Mosey to the tennis courts: Bear crawl halfway, 10 HRMs, run to end. Repeato with Crab walk & burpees, Lunge and jump squats, Broad jump burpees and flutterkicks. Mosey over to DK wall: 25 Donkey kicks, run to end of blacktop, 5 burpees. Repeato with 15 HRMs, then jump squats. Head down to Jerkin Gym, grab a bench. 4 rounds of: 30 Benchkicks & 10 Derkins.

    Head over to field: Run to midfield, WWIIs, then other end. Repeato with Heels2Heaven, then Flutterkicks.

    Jerkin Gym time: 3 rounds of 8 Jerkins. Then over to Heartbreak Hill. Run up 10 HRMs, down then 1 Burpee. 2nd time up: WWIIs, then 3rd time up Pickle Pounders. Back to flag for 1 min of Mary. Atilla took us out.

    Announcements: SOJ HH tomorrow at new Triple Crossing soutside.

    NMS: Good to have Pigskin back in VA, sounds like he had a great time with Gomer on the mission trip. BB title comes from Handshake’s version of the SOP guidelines. YHC has been operating under the assumption that being SOP means just wear shorts in the gloom always. According to Handshake being SOP actually takes into consideration wind chill, number of top layers, hat size, and sexual orientation.

    YHC was prepared for sparks to fly with Atilla and Handshake next to each other on the HRMs to start but no takers. YHC tried to keep us moving as the PAX is ready for some above freezing temperatures. Still a good morning to be out with our F3 brothers.

  • Very little snow, too much wind

    Fifteen fearless warriors fought off the fartsack and snow to find a beatdown. Helix was dressed for a 70 & sunny good time so that is what we did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins. Mosey to the bottom of Amphitheater to avoid the wind: 5 Incline Merkins up, 5 Squats on way down. 2nd Round: 5 Dips up, 10 Pickle Pounders on way down, no audible.

    Save mosey up to stage for 3 sets of 25 PLTs. Mosey up to coupon drop zone. Parnter up: Murder bunny across field while partner does 5 burpees then runs to end then SSH until partner hits the line. Switch and back. So much fun so repeato.

    Stay with partner. 1 does block exercise while other runs to fence & back. 1st round: Squat thrusters, 2nd round: Block swings, 3rd round: Curls.

    Down to Rusty Cage to see if it was shielded from the wind. It was so we stayed a while: 4 rounds of 8 Pull-ups and 15 Dips. Then 4 rounds of Jerkins. Mosey up to Carrillon field: Bear crawl across, broad jump burpee back. Crab Walk across, lunge back. 5 Burpees then sprint the length of the field. Back to flag and 30 Merkins to finish on time.

    NMS: YHC noticed the Q sheet was open for Dogpile on Thursday so took the Q. Snow turned out to be a non-event but wind made it plenty cold. Was great to see 15 pax brave the conditions. YHC tried to keep the pax out of the snow and nobody slipped on the ice at the bottom of the amphitheater but Hitchhiker did try. Handshake broke his SOP streak while EF Hutton, Doublemint, and Helix remained true to the cause. There was lots of groaning about the pickle pounders down the steps, next time YHC will call Scorpion kicks in the snow. It was great to take the Q back at Dogpile, it’s been a while. Always a pleasure to lead. Coffeteria after at Libbie Market was well attended and a good time as usual.

    Announcements: HDHH at Triple Crossing in Midlothian. Bring your M to keep Doozy out of the doghouse.

  • Sunday Ruck

    4 Ruckers took to the streets around Mumford to find some hills and good conversation. Variations in footwear, ruck styles, and attire did not slow us down.

    Doozy got a good tour of the area in the light since he is only familiar with the 45Mom area in the dark. Main discussion centered around whether the ghost of Marcel Marceau still haunts the streets of Windsor Farms at night.

    Sunday afternoon ruck the afternoon of the Super Bowl is on the calendar. Come and burn some calories before the big game.

  • No black ice to be found

    4 runners took off wary of black ice and poor road conditions. All we found was bitter cold wind instead.

    Gomer did his Walking thing while other 3 did:

    pump to falconbridge all the way to Ridgefield. Ridgefield to Pump then loop around school.

    Handshake took us out.

  • The 3 Day Rule

    8 PAX became 9 when we had a First Watch first timer PAX drive into the COP, like literally, to make for a Triple Check friendly beatdown.

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey down Burpee Lane to covered area for Triple Check: HRMs, Squats, & run.

    Head over to main lot for Curb Crawl: burpees instead of merkins, up to 6. 3 Rounds of PLTs for Handshake.

    Over to other side of lot: Crab Walk across then lunge back. Mosey over to Coupon drop zone.

    Triple Check #2: Block Thrusters, Boat & Canoe, run the loop. Back to flag for quick American Hammers finish.

    Splinter took us out.

    Announcements: There is still time to get a generator before this weekends Snowstorm, just call Handshake.

    NMS: Lots of quality mumblechatter this morning as always. We were in the normal front of church COP spot when we had a car almost pull into the group. Turns out Steamer was determined to find us. He parked and then joined us for the fun.

    Lots of whining about the crab walk, even after the burpee curb crawls. Oversharer award goes to Bacon Bits, who beat out Handshake in a close call. As to the BB title, this may or may not pertain to a certain rule in Splinter’s household about length of time between when he can mention a certain ginger-Press Secretary. Happy Kiss-a-Ginger Day!

    Welcome Steamer, via Mimi, to his inaugural First Watch post. Glad to have you back out for 2nd time this week.

  • Finding your safe space at school

    Three PAX came out to Heartbreak Ridge to see who would be the fist to bite it on the ice. Instead we stayed safe and had some fun:

    COP in loading dock area, perfect for only 3: Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Mosey over to bus loading covered area.

    3 rounds of Donkey kicks & Merkins. Run length of school then more exercises on other side. Mix of Mtn Climbers, boxing roaches, B2W, Peoples chair, & other fan favorites. Finished with a bear crawl length with stop for merkins every pole. Back to COP with a safe mosey for some Derkins and Step ups. Then back to the flag.

    Announcements: It’s cold and time for a nap.

    NMS: HBR is not only a great AO 52 weeks of the year but it is a solid option in bad weather. Bus loading area is covered and plenty long. YHC guessed that we did more mileage than Spider Run this morning. Aye!

    Glad to have Pigskin and Handshake make it out. Roads were decent but parking lot of QMS was 100% ice. Handshake was hoping for some sledding on the namesake hill but getting over there would have been difficult.