Author: Honey Do

  • Gimpy foxes, sexist cops, and childhood cross dressing

    All in a mere 45 minutes at First Watch this morning as 6 regulars were met with clear skies and perfect 60 degree weather.

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to main lot for Dora 123:

    100 Derkins, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 Jump Squats while other runs the lot & back. Mosey back to Cinder block drop area and retrieve all 6. Head over to River Rd for an ill-advised Lindsey: Bicep Curls & Squats with run across road between.

    Partner up again for 3 sets of 20 PLTs then 100 block presses & 50 Block swings. Overhead carry blocks back to drop zone.

    4 rounds of sprints down the road then back to flag for 1 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Lots of mumblechatter before, during, & after this am. First off kudos to Upchuck who was hauling on the Dora. Like hella fast, like way faster than Splinter fast. He rightfully was beaming on this newfound speed.

    EF Hutton warned the pax upon arrival that the other end of a lot had a mangly fox who did not move for his car while pulling in, YHC thought it best to avoid that side lest we end up with someone getting rabies shots later today. At the end we were greeted by one of Henrico’s finest who shouted at us to get out of the road.

    This morning’s weekly “Oversharer in the Gloom” Award goes to Splinter, wrestling the title from Handshake for last week. Only those who post will get the joke. Kubota reminded us that First Watch is coming up on 1 year. This little experimental AO has turned in to a favorite for YHC.

    Announcements: Retreat this weekend, cornhole spots are still available. October we are gathering gently used shoes to donate. YHC will be the West end collector – see Gypsy pre-blast & Slack announcements. Malpractice posted on Slack about another opportunity to help Crossover Ministry. check it out. Also Upchuck posted about Breaking Bread starting back up – see Slack. LOTS of opportunities to help out right now with F3RVA – pick one or more and dive in!

  • Welcoming the IPC to fall

    A dozen strong came out to tackle the last week of the Iron Pax Challenge. A brisk 46 degrees and soggy fields met the pax on the upper baseball field as we have offically hit fall this morning.

    Week 4 was: 10 Block Burpees, 25 yard Murder Bunny, stop for 25 Thrusters, carry block back.

    Round 2: 10 more burpees, 50 yard Murder bunny then 50 Alternating Merkins. Carry coupon back.

    Round 3: 10 burpees, 75 yard murder bunny then 75 Curl-Presses. Back to start.

    Final Round: 10 Burpees, 100 yard muder bunny then 100 Heel touches. Back then finish with 10 final burpees.

    NMS: Glad this and all 4 weeks are over. This one at least kept us on the field and allowed for some mumblechatter. The HRB-IPC setup committee deemed the murder bunny too destructive for the main football field so we opted for the upper field, with less light and taller grass.

    Shiplap set the pace with 26:25 and several others bested 30 minutes. Greenbow knocked it out in 38 minutes wanting to find out what all this IPC stuff was about. The smoker of the day was the 50 alternating merkins. Those ate up a lot of time. Doing them with soaked shoes and cold hands made them all the more fun.

    Several of the PAX made it through all 4 weeks of IPC at HBR. Atilla took a day off since his back was already protesting the Murder Bunnies after watching the video. YHC did not do the IPC last year but was glad so many RVA took it on this year. Besides the DaVille guys using bricks for cinder blocks and NoToll calling the Soccer field a 1/4 mile this was fun to push across the region and F3 nation as a whole. Here’s to the IPC again next year!

    Now who has the guts to take the Q next week at HBR and make us carry around our new Cinderblocks around the AO for 45 minutes?

    PS – No Cinder blocks were harmed in the week 4 IPC or the writing of this backblast.

  • Full parking lot at Hoedown

    18 eager PAX got their week started off right at Hoedown on a muggy 70+ degree morning. We did:

    COP on blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

    THE THANG: Start with 4 Corners: 10 Burpees, 20 Hand Release Merkins, 30 V-Ups, 40 Jump Squats. Run the long way and bear crawl the width. Repeato but add 5 reps on all 4 corners.

    Partner up & head over to Jerkin bars. Too many PAX so split up groups – 3 sets of 20 PLTs with others do 3 sets of 10 Jerkins. Mosey across street to 3rd. 50 Reverse Crunches OYO.

    Partner up again: Wheelbarrow across then back. 60 LBCs. Wheelbarrow there & back again. Mosey back to Triple check alley: Triple Check of Donkey Kicks, Flutterkicks & run the loop.

    NMS: There were 5 PAX at 5:26 and YHC had a few ideas for what to serve up. 12 cars later in 3 minutes and those plans changed. Kubota last night asked about 27 burpees to honor the win of the Formerskins. With Gypsy and Fireman Ed nursing their teams losses YHC opted against that.

    Now that we are in mid-September Hoedown is back to form as the Darkest AO in RVA. Great to have 18 out to start the week. Been a while since we had that out at Hoedown. Good to see Huggie Bear post at Hoedown and to have Shiplap back from his Honeymoon. We did some pickle pounders at the finish in his honor.

    Announcements: Iron Pax tomorrow will be 3 miles of running + 300 Merkins and 250 squats. Bring your running shoes – tomorrow at heartbreak ridge, noToll, or Daville. Also 3rd F Zoom tomorrow night at 8:00.

  • IPC Week 2 at HBR

    A full dozen came out to Heartbreak Ridge. Most knew what was in store while Scrum was hoping for a chance to ease back into the Gloom – clearly picking the wrong day to Kotters. No COP, straight into the fun:

    IPC Week 2: Run a lap. 10 Thrusters at the flag then off to Spot 1: 25 Derkins. Rifle carry between all stations. Alternate to flag & 10 Thrusters then stations 2-5 were: Block Burpees, Squats, Block Swings, Vertical press, Alpos – high pull variation with block. Finish back at flag with 10 thrusters. That is 1 round and 220 Reps. Repeato until time called at 43 minutes. Deposit coupons under bleachers for future use. Atilla then took us out.

    NMS: Strong work by all this morning. Gypsy took off from the start and set the pace. All PAX pushed it. Most PAX hit 2 full laps so 440 reps or more. Gypsy hit 502. YHC gladly was on the Thrusters right before Block burpees when time was called since another round would have killed YHC. Good to have Splinter join us, he was super excited for this IPC beatdown while Scrum showed up after a posting hiatus having no idea what he was walking in to.

    Bodos was the first and only PAX member to break his coupon, but manned up and switched with someone to keep up the challenge as he was on Gypsy’s heels. No Tater this morning as he took the morning off after leading yesterday. T-Claps to Gypsy for arriving early to help YHC setup.

    Announcements: Drive Shack HH this Friday at 6:00. Ms welcome. F3RVA retreat 10/3 weekend.

  • Week 1 Fun

    10 PAX came out to Heartbreak Ridge, some knowing what was in store – others forced along for the ride. We did:

    No COP

    Front of school and instructions given. No Proctor (Conspiracy was unavailable) and we set the timer and were off:

    3 Burpees to start then 3 more Burpees Every Minute thereafter on the minute (EMOM). Exercises were:

    • 50 Hand Release Release merkins
    • 100 Leg Raises (Heels2Heaven)
    • 150 Jump Squat / Star Jumps
    • 200 WWIIs
    • 250 Lunges (single count)

    Back to flag then Announcements & COT.

    NMS: Well that sucked but PAX pounded it out. YHC was doing OK until we hit the 200 WWIIS which alone took 10+ minutes. Tater flew through and set the pace at just at 30 minutes. Rest of the PAX were clustered around 36-40 minutes. With no clipboarding allowed here in F3RVA (IronPAX actually suggested someone sit out and do this) it was you vs. you on form but as Gomer Pyle said most of the exercises don’t give you much option to cheat too much. Not sure if the 2nd part of the HRMs had a purpose but to annoy but hopefully no more of those. Worst part about all the counting and EMOM is no room for mumblechatter at all.

    Hopefully Week 2 gets the pax moving somewhat but the 100+ Burpees along with everything else Week 1 was definitely a challenge.

  • Shiplap will be getting a haircut

    Seventeen strong braved the rain and fog and were pleased to find freshy cut grass across the AO, albeit not bagged.

    COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Merkins, Arm Circles, LBCs, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to end of street for:

    Burpee Road: 2 Burpees at every light up & back. Then over to Carrillon field. Partner Up – Wheelbarrow across and back 2 times. Stay together for PLTs: 3 sets of 25 each.

    Rusty Cage: 4 sets of – 6 Pull-ups & 10 Dips. Over to the bowl behind Amphitheater: 5 rounds of up & back with 10 upside down WWIIs and 15 Merkins on the side.

    Amphitheater: 5 Box Jumps each step – all the way up. Finish with some time in the Honeymoon Suite to honor Wojo’s big day today.

    Announcements: Hardywood’s Alpaca-palooza for today has been CANCELLED and will be rescheduled. Iron PAX will be Tuesday’s at all AOs except for Spider Run. So if you want soccer arms go to Spider Run, otherwise sign up for the next 4 Tuesday and particpate in the IronPAX challenge, see Boberry’s Pre-blast

    NMS: A lot of sore pax from the 10k yesterday slowed or kept PAX out this am. Still 17 in the rain were ready to go, including Bone Thugs, aye! DTH double dipped, leaving at the Rusty Cage to go take the Q at Gridiron. Not sure that has been done before.

    On the initial mosey Malpractice mentioned he had never attended a Honeydo Q before which doesn’t seem possible. Been a while since we did a Burpee road but the darkness at 6 is back.

    The field for PLTs was good with all the newly cut grass as everyone was properly covered in grass clippings. At the Rusty Cage we were met with a Box Jump box at the bottom along with several huge boulders, like too big for Swirly to pick up….

    Box Jumps seemed to take it out of everyone but spirits picked up when we earned our time in the Honeymoon Suite. YHC was hoping Wojo would post so he could have some last second practice.

    Good times at ETs including at Circle K sighting.

  • First Watch joins the block party fad

    An elite 3 found coupons waiting in the COP. We did:

    COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Flutterkicks, merkins, IMperial Walkers. Grab a coupon next to the road. Setup for Triple Check: SitNPress, Curls, and Lunge with Cinder block. 60 Block bench presses. Some Alabama Softball players, then leave block behind.

    Mosey over to Cameron St and down. Way back 10 Merkins on mailboxes on left side, 10 WWIIs on right. Back to HSP (Henrico’s smallest park) and pick up coupon: KB Swings alternating hands, Squats. Over to RRB lot: Bear Crawl half lot, jog rest. Sprint length back to blocks in HSP. Some more Bench presses and Squats. Back to flag for 2 min of mary, shift 20 yards upwind thanks to EF Hutton. LBCs, Heels2Heaven, & American Hammers.

    Announcements: 10k Friday morning at 5:15 or whatever your anticipated 10k finish time will be to get there at 6:15. Iron PAX week one starts next week, still plenty of time to sign up.

    NMS: With 2 of our “softer’ regulars for First Watch at the beach this week YHC wanted to bust out some cinder blocks for a more challenging workout. Last Call and Hutton made it look easy. During the Block curls some of the PAX got flashbacks of Marmaduke’s bicep burner at Dogpile.

  • Predictable Pax

    A total of 9 PAX eventually made it out to Hearbreak Ridge on another muggy morning. Fireball from Houston joined us for:

    COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Helicopters, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

    Triple Check: Chicken Peckers, WWIIs, & run the loop. Mosey off to basketball courts in back. 10 merkins at each hoop, with bear crawl between all 6 baskets. Down to the Jerkin Gym: 4 sets of 8 Jerkins.

    Over to the benches: 30 Benchkicks & 20 Squats. 2 more rounds increasing both by 10 each time. Head over to namesake Heartbreak hill for Fireball:

    Run up 3 burpees, back down. Up & 5 burpees at top, back down. Up again 10 WWIIs, back down. Finish back up with 20 Merkins. Back to flag for 2 min of Mary. Atilla took us out.

    NMS: At 5:28 with 6 PAX waiting to start Fireball asked how many PAX does HBR normally have. Atilla responded “6-10” and said in the next 90 seconds Lighthouse would pull up soon followed by Handshake as we would hit 5:30. True to form Lighthouse pulls in at 5:29 and Handshake is getting out of his car as we start our mosey at 5:30. Not wanting to be outdone Probation arrives 2 minutes late and tracks us down in the COP. It is nice to know some things you can set your watch to in these uncertain times.

    YHC did not realize half the PAX didn’t have gloves until the end of the bear crawl across the basketball courts, sorry. Fireball seemed to enjoy his introduction to Jerkins and said Heartbreak hill would be the biggest hill in all of Houston. Someday YHC hopes to be able to run with reckless abandon like watching Howler run down Heartbreak hill.

    Announcements: Bone Thugs VQ thursday, Fall retreat and cornhole Pre-blasts are up. 10k next Friday at RAMM. Also Iron PAX signup still open – join in on the fun, see Slack for details.

  • A welcome visitor

    13 came out from across the area, including our visitor from Nashville, to Hoedown to see how much bear crawl YHC would serve up. We did

    COP on blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soliders, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks. Down to bottom of Lindsay.

    Partner-up: 1 PAX start bear crawling up hill, other does 15 HRMs then run to catch up & flap-jack. Mosey to field at back of TES. Partner up again: 3 rounds of 10 Pull-ups & step ups.

    Over to 3rd parking lot. 4 Corners: 10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIs, 40 Jump Squats. 2nd round increase all by 5. Back to Triple check loop: Balls2Wall, LBCs, run loop. Call time and back to flag. Toga took us out.

    Announcements: Probation VQ tomorrow. Hill run and HDHH at 5:30 at YHCs place.

    NMS: PAX just kept rolling in steadily from 5:20 until 5:30. We were at the perfect pax # of 12 until Garbage Plate pull in to give us a prime number PAX of 13. YHC didn’t realize an F3RVA OG Toga was in the pax until the COP, as Hoedown is getting darker by the week. COP on the blacktop was a mistake as it felt like we were on a hot plate.

    Any PAX who were at Dogpile on Saturday must have hated the pull-ups since their arms were still sore. There were ample groans from the PAX on the 2nd round of 4 corners so much so that YHC debated a 3rd round with another increase but we were short on time at that point. Roger Roger took a break behind the dumpster during that 2nd round but said it was to stretch his back not spill Merlot.

    Lastly so good to have Toga back in the gloom at F3RVA. His ability to dish out and take Mumblechatter is top notch. Hopefully we’ll see him back in the gloom at other AOs this week.

  • You vs. You vs. Humidity

    A fearless five emerged from the fartsack for First Watch. Somehow the rainstorm last night made things even more humid but we fought on:

    COP: Invisible Jump ropes, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs (no time for Scorpion kicks)

    11s: HRMs and Box Jumps. 50 Reverse Crunches. Run length of front of church between. Lunge alleyway to back entrance:

    Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 LBCs, 300 Monkey Humpers. Mosey to other entrace: 20 Derkins, Bear Crawl then run rest of lot & LBCs. Crab Walk back. Mosey back to front of church for few min of Mary: Freddy Mercurys, Flutterkics, Heels2Heaven. Back to flag.

    Announcements: Hill Run & HH next Wednesday 7/29 at YHCs place, see slack for info. Capital Trail CSAUP is coming but nobody knows any details…

    NMS: Truly the dog days of summer, PAX was drenched in sweat in the COP. We had a perfect 4 PAX at 4:59 until Handshake rolled in to give YHC a prime number PAX.

    Hardest part about the 11s to start was the bog part of the field right next to the bricks. Several PAX got stuck in this Swamp of Sadness but nobody was overcome by the sadness and sank in like Artax from the Neverending Story did.

    The veteran PAX of First Watch is always game for a challenge but there was a hint of mutiny in the air when the 100 burpees were called. Luckily we got started and knocked them out. Worse than burpees are high volume Monkey Jumpers then having to run. Hutton did remark Monkey Humpers are harder when not done in Saab’s driveway.

    Good to see Last Call knows how to find the AO and he is now a regular, especially impressive as he has to cross the James to get to the AO while other Tuckahoe vets who live a 7-iron golf shot away from the AO stay in the fartsack.