Author: Honey Do

  • HBR keeping Spider Run legal

    6 HBR stalwarts and 2 Spider Run regulars made it an even eight on a perfect spring morning. We did:

    COP in fueling area: Invisible Jump Rope, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, HRMs, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to DK wall for Dora 123:

    100 HRMs, 200 Jump Squats, 300 Donkey Kicks. Runner goes length of blacktop and back. Atilla gave us a textbook 20 Count.

    Over to covered area for Totem Pole Smokers: Hold 6 inches & last man does 5 Heels2Heaven. Then over to benches in front of school. 3 Sets of: 20 Dips, 10 Box Jumps, & 15 Derkins. Down to Heartbreak Hill. 3 times up, 10 V-Ups, 5 Jump Squats at the bottom. Back to flag for some sequential mary – American Hammers, APDs, Pickle Pounders.

    Announcements & YHC took us out.

    NMS: Another week another Spider Run regular makes his way out to Heartbreak Ridge. Today was unintentional as EF Hutton’s car was hit yesterday so he ran to the nearest AO which happened to be Heartbreak Ridge, aye.

    Lots of groans on the Dora about the 300 Donkey Kicks. The Dora did take up a good while. The DK wall has just enough space for 4 sets of men on the wall in a safe distance range so might as well use it up. YHC was planning on another prison cell time on the tennis courts but with 8 PAX and only 3 full courts the audible to Dora was the call.

    Mumblechatter centered on the lack of Dogpile backblast as of this morning at 5:29 am. Probation is living up to his name but YHC is sure he is working on a Marv’esque masterpiece. Still Probation might find out that his Corporate File is already overflowing when he learns that the Corporate file does indeed exist.

  • Gridiron goes to Prison

    A perfectly legal 10 PAX came out to Gridiron expecting rain. Instead we got perfect weather. Here is how it went:

    Ample Distance COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to Pickle Ball courts:

    Pax take a half of pickle ball court for Prison Cell workout. 4 sets of each exercise with runs and Peoples chair in between

    1st Round: 4 sets of 20 Jump Squats, 15 Merkins.

    2nd Round: 10 WWIIS, 15 2ct Mountain Climbers

    3rd Round: 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 15 Heels2Heaven

    4th Round: 20 Ball Dippers, 20 Pickle Pounders

    5th Round: 5 Burpees & 5 Burpees

    Back to football field – Full field suicide, then bear crawl to mid field then run rest, repeato. Down to bottom field: 4 sets of 5 Pullups.

    NMS – There was talk of splitting the PAX as we had 10 and wondered if 1 more would how, 7:00 came and we had the legal limit 10 PAX. The pickle ball courts divided everyone up to appropriate distance. The overall sets and rounds took up most of the time. Glad Chum was there to enjoy the prison cell time.

    Welcome FNG Gremlin, son of Pinto, who put in solid work. Atilla is well into his playoff beard. Fireman Ed looks to be back to 100% after his injury recovery.

  • OTB – Rucking style

    3 PAX took to the trail loop under weight. Proper distancing was observed by ruckers but not by everyone else on the trails. Great Mumblechatter and time this morning. Shakedown needs to take the time at home to start his book about his 20s – put me down for an advanced order.

  • Nothing gets the numbers up like a Quarantine

    Eight PAX came out HBR wondering if a St. Patty’s Day theme was in store. Actually most pax forgot what day it is but we stayed safe and found a beatdown:

    COP: Wider distance of SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks – real ones that loosen your back up

    Mosey to the Honeysuckle hill for 11s: Burpees at top, WWIIs at the bottom. Head over to Donkey Kick Wall for: 4 rounds of: Donkey Kicks, run blacktop, HRMs. Increase #s each round. Down to the Jerkin Gym.

    4 Sets of 8 Jerkins. Circle up for some Mary then 2 times up Heartbreak hill with Jumpsquats at top and WWIIs at bottom. Back to flag. Safe Space COT and out.

    NMS: YHC received a lot of grief from the other regulars (Atilla & Handshake) since his attendance at the home AO has been sparse with the winter tour. It was good to be back.

    It was great to see Howler out with his dad. Not a bad idea to get kids out of the house and tire them out in a supervised manner. Ronnie seemed to love the Scorpion Kicks. Pucker’s knee was feeling sore so he opted for a good Bootcamp rather than his normal Spider Run.

    YHC did the math in his head and Jerkins at the Jerkin Gym were reasonable distance partner work. Lots of mumblechatter on Pucker’s relative bone density. Probation, Garbage Plate, and Handshake set the pace. Stay safe all.

  • A bagel free trail run

    Five fearless trail runners plus Sally went to to see if the trails were empty. Nobody else on them on Northbank, we had them to ourselves until reaching Belle Isle.

    Helix version of social distancing was to just crush the trails and stay well ahead. Pavaratti pulled away at Forest Hill and kept up a brisk pace will the 3 Tuckahoe runners kept it Bro Code. We waiting a few minutes past 7:00 for the ultra-rare Sunday morning Bodos post but alas it was not to be.

    Congrats to the Belmonte finishers who normally hold down the Sunday Funday run. Had to have been the best weather ever.

  • No snow but plenty of wind

    Eleven eager PAX made their way to Twin Team to look for some snow. A thorough investigation of the AO yielded zero snow on the ground but we found a beatdown on the way:

    COP: SSH, 10 Burpees, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Down to track/stadium: DORA of 100 Merkins, 200 Jumpsquats, 300 LBCs.

    Stay on field – Bear Crawl width of field, 20 Burpees, Bernie Sanders across. Pickle pounders. Mosey to stadium entrace gazebo: 3 rounds of 30 Donkey Kicks & B2W. Head up to BWES playground – 4 Rounds of 8 Pull-ups & 10 WWIIs.

    Back to front of BWES under cover partner up – 2 sets of 30 PLTs. Back to flag, YHC took us out. Prayers for Wild Thing & his family, DTH mission trip, and YHC FIL.

    Annoucements: Wild Thing M’s memorial service is tomorrow morning in Daville, see pre-blast. Also Poker at Orange Crush place tomorrow night.

    NMS – In order to keep progress on Winter Tour going YHC signed up for Q today. Woke up early in anticipation of ice on car & nasty roads. Instead YHC found himself at AO at 5:10. Luckily Doublemint prepared for the non-existent weather as well and arrived early. Plenty others came in hot right before 5:30 and we were off.

    Although there was no snow to be had the wind made this maybe the coldest morning so far in the gloom this winter, at least for YHC. Several PAX members were SOP while others were more covered up, you know who you are. Wilson appeared to be 4-5 layers in under his jacket.

    Dora on the field got the pax warmed up. One team needed some help on their math in the Dora, can’t remember who that was. Donkey Kicks under the roof were nice but someone ripped one and blamed it on Cooper.

    The more veteran pax members took advantage of their experience on the WWIIs on the playground as they opted for grass instead of the sand or mulch areas. Doublemint had to shake out a ton of sand on the final mosey.

    YHC hopes the SOJ pax enjoyed their soft 2 hour school delay.

  • Do not let Handshake play poker

    Six strong warriors made their way out to HBR to wonder if anyone grabbed the Q overnight. Hot Potato was announced and we went about our way

    Handshake: COP – SHH, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, HRMs, Incorrectly done Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to pullup bar for morning call – 5 Pullups per man while others do 5 Merkins. Jump the fence and commence with a mini-beast of: HRMs, WWIIs, & Squats. Pass Q to YHC

    Mosey to PES back lot to find coupons. 35 Overhead presses, run loop. 30 Squats run loop, 20 Sit N Press & loop, 25 Swings. Deposit coupons back and hand over Q to Lighthouse. Down to Heartrbreak Hill.

    Run up hill, 5 burpees, back down & 1 burpee. Repeat but 2nd round Bernie up then 3rd round Crab walk up. Boberry gets Q, aka “It’s Bo time…”

    Triple Check – Donkey Kicks, Dips, & run up to dugout. Call for time back to flag – 90 seconds of mary. Lighthouse took us out.

    NMS – Great to have Loose Goose back out at HBR and some Winter Tour visitors. BB title comes from Handshake trying to trick the pax with a called cumulative burpee beast call of which the PAX was not falling for it. Not much of a poker face on Handshake… Mumblechatter ensued as of whether an All Burpee Beast can be done to which YHC said yes it’s happened at 45MoM, Toga took that Q on a few years ago.

  • Garbage plate is a Gentleman

    3 pax defied the weather to take on Punisher: one regular, one semi- regular, and one Punisher Virgin stamping his Winter Tour card. No Q in sight so we set out to give GP a tour:

    Cop- SSH, Don Q, imperial walkers, Merkins, flutter kicks.

    Over to side wall- 3 sets of 30 Donkey kicks and run to sidewalk 10 Merkins.

    Dial up did- block spaces – 10 lunges, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins. Repeato 6 sets. GP- triple check over at Gazebo: bench kicks, Shoulder Taps, run. HD- back to rubber top- 3 sets of 20 WWII & 8 Pull-ups.

    Dial-up – lunges around planter boxes. GP- 3 sets of Burpees at soccer goals- 10 for 1st round, down to 5 for sets 2&3.

    HD- Curb crawls then back to front of school for dry spot Mary quick audible on APDs as teachers leave to more respectful Flutter kicks. Back to flag.

    NMS -YHC was worried he would be solo with Chum out and other on Punisher text chain but Garbage Plate arrived at 5:55 and Dial-up emerged from the rain at 5:58. Good times keeping Hot Potato moving.

    We all laughed as we started APDs in the dry cover at the school front but a teacher walked out the front and Garbage Plate immediately transitioned us to a less obtrusive exercise to keep us in the LHES good graces.

  • Lab Rat wants your Jetta

    Nine PAX posted to see why YHC made the drive and took the Q at Daville. No theme just stamping my Winter Tour pass but we did have fun:

    COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Arm Circles, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to bus loop: Lindsay of Merkins & Jump Squats. Run width of circle between. Then head over for triple check against the wall: Donkey Kicks, V-Ups, run field & back. Head over to tennis courts: Broad jump 1st court, crab walk 2nd court, bear crawl 3rd.

    Grab a bench next to tennis courts: 3 sets of: 40 benchkicsk & 15 Derkins. Mosey to road: 2 rounds of sprints then WWIIs. Back to the flag then some mary to finish.

    NMS – Good to see familiar faces at Daville. Lots of questions by Davillians what YHC was up to taking the Q, but signing up to Q ensures YHC will post in the far flung AOs for the Winter Tour. Lab Rat and Rounders did their best to talk the entire beatdown.

    Bulkhead, Fannie Mae, and Spike ran to and back from the AO. YHC wasn’t planning on more Donkey Kicks after last night at Punisher but Carpenter would have been disappointed if those did not end up on the menu. Good to see Trout here at Daville since YHC was certain he was at Punisher last night.

  • Where did Trout go?

    6 PAX were unable to lose Jville so we ended up with a prime number 7 after we got started. Instead of pounding some beers we pounded some pickles & more:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Reverse Crunches

    THE THANG: 2 Burpees per lightpost on side street, Jville joins us, then over to Blacktop: Polar Bear across, 20 merkins, crab walk back. 3 sets of 25 PLTs.

    Over to swing set: 3 sets of 10 Chazz Michael Michaels. Over to side of school without doors: 4 rounds of 30 Donkey kicks & 20 Jump squats. Over to benches – 3 sets of 30 dips & 10 Box Jumps.

    Head up a block with 5 merkins each light. up and back. then finish with some mary: Pickle pounders, APDs, LBCs, and American Hammers.

    NMS – Nice 50 degree temps and strong pax. Rumors from SOJ are that Punisher is a Happy hour workout light on exercise, YHC wanted to dole out a good ground & pound workout. Its been a while since Chazz Michael Michaels came out but PAX enjoyed them.

    BB title comes from a winded Q calling for a 20 count from Trout when Trout was not in the PAX. To be fair it was dark and Scrum joined us in the COP so the Q couldn’t see him clearly. YHC considered adding him to the PAX list regardless. YHC was worried about Jville’s mobility with his injured calf but then he proceeded to tear up the beatdown. True to form Chum hurt his shin on the Box Jumps ensuring that one of the Glouchester boys is always on the mend.