Author: Honey Do

  • A Rare Hot Potato at HBR

    6 PAX were looking around at 5:30 perplexed by two unusual things: an open Q slot at Heartbreak Ridge and 65 degree weather on a morning where it was supposed to be snowing. Atilla took the reins and off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, HRMs, APDs, Helicopters. Mosey over to tennis courts: 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow to net, 10 Derkins each man. Pass Q to Handshake, who took us down to football field for a “Bea” or abbreviated beast of: Merkins, WWIIs, and Burpees. Q passed to Lighthouse: Head over to Jerkin Gym- fake, stop at end of field & partner up: 1 man runs lap while other does LBCs. 3 Laps.

    Q passed to Honeydo – 1 minute left so back to flag & some Heels2Heaven.

    NMS YHC knew the Q sheet was open last night but assumed some generous PAX member would step up. Instead we “Batteau’ed” it up with a Hot Potato. Atilla got us going. Handshake made the pax call out Burpees on the 3rd round. Lighthouse seems to like running by his short Q portion, pax be warned. Good to have Seymour back out, apparently boxing is a young non-professional man’s sport…

    Squeeker is fast, that is all.

  • Dumpster diving at Hoedown

    Eight eager PAX picked up a LoveSeat on the side of the road to make it an odd number 9 for some Merkins. We also did some other stuff:

    COP: SSH, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Hairy Rocketts, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins. Mosey over to 3P dark lot for 4 corners: 20 Merkins, 30 WWIIs, 40 JumpSquats, 50 LBCS. Alternate run & bear crawl.

    Over to Rite Aid lot: 4 Rounds of 10 Merkins, backwards run length then 5 Burpees. Back to TES, the blacktop: Broad Jump across, 20 Merkins then lunge back, 15 Heels2Heaven. Repeato x3. With parking lot lights finally on head over for: 5 Merkins per arrow, bear crawl around loop.

    Back to Flag for Upchuck APDs, Hello Dollies, Freddy Mercury, & finish with 20 merkins. YHC took us out.

    NMS: First legit cold morning of the fall with temps at 33. Long sleeve weather (SOP natch’) with some opting for hats as well. YHC was expecting more attendance with 5 am feeling like 6 am but 9 strong we were.

    Plenty of merkins this morning, total count was 280 for those in the challenge. YHC decided afterward to sign up at day 4. Never too late sign up! Good to see Ponch and Love Seat back out in the gloom. Now if we can just get Keymaster and Slurpee back out at Hoedown…

  • A Grossly uneven Triple Check

    Nine nimble warriors came out to find themselves wondering “is this fall” with summerlike weather at HBR. With a Q flummoxed by a late Loose Goose addition we did:

    COP: SSH (assymetrial optional), Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion Kics. Mosey to bus loop for Dora until PAX count was totaled to 9, scrap it off for Triple Check: Donkey Kicks, Reverse Cruches – full extension, run field & blacktop and back.

    Head down to football field for: Goalpost Pullups – 4 Sets of 6. Over to bleachers for Benchkicks & Box Jumps: 20×10, 30×15, 40×20. Over to grass for Pickle Pounders. Then Jerkin Gym: 3 sets of 8. Finish with 3 sets up HBH, 10 WWIIs, back down, & 10 JumpSquats. Back to flag for APDs and Freddy Mercurys. YHC took us out.

    NMS – Great morning to be out and to have 9. Handshake’s M has realized only morons run city/country streets in the dark at 5:30 so he was freed to post. Bodos made his maiden trip out to HBR and set the pace for the Hate-less crowd. Good to meet Squeeker, a double hater speedster who is also a W&M grad like Ronnie and YHC.

    The Triple Check pairings were badly aligned with Bodos, Handshake, & Squeeker on one triple with Atilla, Loose Goose, and YHC making up team Clydesdale. Has anyone ever been lapped on a Triple Check before?

    The PAX enjoyed the double arms dose of Pullups & Jerkins before we finished up on Heartbreak Hill. A varied mix of Mumblechatter this morning as Bodos learned about Garbage Plate’s favorite – Benchkicks, Ronnie shared about a case with sensitive appendage removals, and Atilla, unable to find a long sleeve shirt of his own, was undeterred and posted in his son’s Medium shirt, Aye!

  • A 45 Minute stroll around Godwin

    3 PAX, all in their early 40s, came out to temps in the low 40s to the Circus. We did:

    COP: SSH, Helicopters, IWs, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Grab bell then to back of school: 2 sets of 25 Donkey Kicks, bear crawl road then 40 swings. Mosey to soccer field – 2 Sets of Lawnmowers – 20 each arm. Over to Parking Lot of Shredded Gloves – 10 Lunges then 10 Merkin Rows across the lot. Then 3 rounds of Pullovers & Sit & Presses.

    Find some dry grass – Boat & Canoe. Back up and to front of school – Run front & back then exercise of: Overhead Presses, Halos, & around world. Run between each exercise. Then back to normal area to finish with 2 min of Mary of: Freddy Mercurys, LBCs. YHC took us out.

    NMS – YHC set double alarms to ensure he woke up for this Q. (Un)Luckily my dog woke me up at 4:00 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Atilla was also sleep deprived having watched the entire Nats game. With a small pax of 3, who are not the normal “Respect” aged CM’ers, we set off to cover a lot of ground.

    The correctly named Lot of Shredded Gloves next to the track was discovered to be paved with broken glass, not asphalt. Good thing to know from now on.

  • 27 Minutes for Partner work

    8 PAX were ready to go at 5:30 at Heartbreak Ridge on a beautiful fall morning. With one PAX needing to depart early we had a set time for some partner work to knock out:

    COP in the grass: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Heels2Heaven, Scorpion Kicks. Head to end of field: Partner up for Wheelbarrow across the field. Plank up & set of Pickle pounders at the end.

    Down to Heartbreak Hill: Dora 123 of 100 Merkins, 200 American Hammers, 300 Jump Squats (audible at 150). Then over to Jerkin Gym for 4 sets of 8 Jerkins, just in time for Handshake to finish and him head home to his waiting M. The rest of the odd pax now did: Benchkicks & Derkins: 30/10, 40/15, 50/20. Head over to end of track grass section for quick mary: LBCs, Hello Dollys, pickle pounders. Back to parking lot: Follow the Arrows – 5 HRMs at each arrow, alternate Bear Crawl & lunges around lot. Back to flag for time: Flutterkicks until 6:15.

    NMS: YHC arrived to see Handshake knocking out laps on the track. Asking him how much time we had with him there he responded an exact 5:57 so we had that much time with an even 8. We had to do the COP on the field since the ground was 100% dry with no dew, a rarity for HBR.

    Several groans were heard off the bat as the Wheelbarrow the field started. Atilla was a beast on his section not leaving much work for YHC. Good to see Cobal back out in the Gloom. P-Trap appreciated the Pickle Pounder work as he needs the practice for his upcoming nuptuals. Maybe a trip to the Honeymoon Suite (gloom style) is in order in the next month if he posts again soon.

    Garbage Plate was happy to get all of his favorites in: Scorpion Kicks, Benchkicks, and Bear Crawl. YHC always takes requests…

  • Testing the limits of the 2nd core principle of F3

    Fourteen strong came out to play under the full moon and see how the moonlight would fare against F3RVA’s darkest AO:

    COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, 6 Don Qs, 7 Merkins, 13 Flutterkicks, 3 Helicopters. Mosey to the field. Partner up: 5 Rounds of: Run field, 5 Pullups while other man does Donkey Kicks.

    Stay on field for schoolyard curb crawl sans the curbs: Bear Crawl between soccer goal, 1 Burpee, Lunge back, 2 Burpees. Alternate up to 6. Partner up again for 3 rounds of: 30 Boxing Roaches.

    Down to Triple check corner for namesake exercise: B2W, Reverse Crunches, & run loop. Head to parking lot. Around the parking arrows of the lot: 5 HRMs each arrow, crab walk between arrows. Back to Flag, YHC took us out.

    NMS: YHC loves the openness of this group and F3’s principle of “Workouts are open to all men” but the PAX were wary when a fully loaded clown car Mazda Miata gunned it into the parking lot at 5:25. Ronnie emerged behind the wheel and Lockjaw appeared from the passenger seat. Ronnie is quite proud of his 03 Miata with 20k miles. However Lockjaw did not leave with Ronnie at the end. Many a good laugh was had before we got going.

    The PAX spent most of the time on the field as the moonlight on the usual pitch black area was too good to pass up. Loose Goose had to bail soon in as he was not feeling well, he’s taking the 0-2 Steelers loss yesterday really hard. YHC wanted to cut down on the bear crawl at the end so switched to Crab Walk but the combo of that & HRMs burned out the shoulders.

    Strong PAX and numbers this morning, back to normal at Hoedown.

    Announcements: 5 Yr Anniversary led TYA beatdown at Dogpile this Saturday, retreat after.

  • Pickle pounding does not go side to side

    26 took on the last Dogpile of official summer and were welcomed to Vegfest. Many a pickle (pounder) was served up in honor of our veggie friends. We did that and:

    COP: Hairy Rocketts, Invisble Jumprope, Merkins, Helicopters, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Head down to bottom of Rugby:

    Alternate Bear Crawl & backward run up rugby, 40 Merkins at circle then back down. Pickle pounders then back up Rugby doing Partner Carry. 30 merkins at the circle then back down.

    Punch a Tree: 2 rounds of find a tree and do Boxing Roaches straddlin the tree. 40 reps first round then 50. After 2nd round head to Rusty Cage:

    4 Rounds of 5 Pullups, 10 Dips, 15 WWIIs. Then over to the bowl behind the theater. Partner up: 1st man runs across does 1 Burpee while partner does uphill WWIIs (or reverse crunches) then switch. Increase burpees each time up to 5. Over to Carillon field. 2 rounds of Wheelbarrow width of the field , 20 merkins, Heels2Heaven, then back to the flag. Finish with 5 Burpees. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Good to see 26 out at Dogpile with several regulars engaged in the Colonial 70. You know it is going to be a good morning when the New Market taxi pulls in fully loaded.

    It was tempting to use the various tables & chairs for some exercises but we steered clear of the props. Instead we tried some different stuff. Lots of groaning on the Partner Carry from the PAX. Only one of you had to carry YHC, Handshake drew that short straw. At the bottom of the hill discussion ensued on proper Pickle Pounding techniques. YHC believes to properly pound a pickle requires a up/down motion. Side to side is merely scraping the pickle on the ground.

    Props to Bodos for looking strong in the gloom after crushing the Iron PAX challenge yesterday. That sounded like a beast. Good crowd at ETs after as always.

    Announcements: Retreat next weekend, cornhole players needed. See Vinny. The weekend after the retreat Lab Rat’s Raise group is hosting a pancake fundraiser. Large families are welcome.

  • Repeat visitors must be a good thing

    4 regulars and 1 familiar visitor made it out to CM on a very humid morning. Lots of KB fun and white deer was quiet, and nice to our visitor.

  • A Properly constructed Dora

    7 HBR regulars and 1 visitor from TN posted to Heartbreak Ridge on a humid morning. Conspiracy coming in at 5:29 gave us an even 8. We got to work, some would say 43 seconds early:

    COP: SSH, Hairy Rockets, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks (per loose goose request), Don Qs. Mosey over to Heartbreak Hill for a:

    Dora 123: 100 V-Ups, 200 Merkins, 300 Jump Squats while partner runs up & down Heartbreak Hill. Plank and then over to Jerkin Gym:

    3 rounds of: 10 Jerkins & 20 PLTs

    Finish up with loop around Parking lot: Alternate Bear Crawl and Lunges with 2 Burpees at each set of Arrows. Call for time and back to flag.

    NMS: Good to be back on the Q at Heartbreak Ridge. YHC had to alter his tentative plan when Sample from Kingsport arrived, so we went right to the hill for the Dora. Several PAX members question the sequence of exercises of the Dora of 100 V-Ups and 200 Merkins but this ain’t YHC’s first Q.

    Good to see Loose Goose back out and Handshake in the gloom on his M’s appointed morning to workout. It was nice of the County to cut the grass on the hill and near the Jerkin Gym, however all PAX were covered in fresh grass clippings from the V-Ups, Merkins, and PLTs. The M told YHC I still had grass on my legs after the first shower so had to jump back in, always a good sign.

    Sample says he’ll be posting around F3RVA the rest of the week. We told him if he needs to take it easy for a morning be sure to post somewhere SOJ.

  • Sunday Slogfest

    Eight (?) runners took on the trails, or roads, in various directions. The main contingent took North Bank to Potts to Butter Milk. Temps and humidity made for a tough run for all.

    Although the run was a slog conversion was lively. YHC thinks there is a doctoral thesis to be had on F3RVA Big Data: Positive data and negative behavioral effect. Offshore threw out a light theological question of “Who Gets into Heaven and How?” Marco Polo failed on his assigned task of keeing Pink Lady in visual contact while crossing the bridge. Flipper is ready for BRR, Lab Rat brought an FNG who was not named but has some very inappropriate name potential. Saab did his normal roads route.

    There was a Bleeder sighting on North Bank. Lab Rat said he saw Hardywood on the trail at some point but no other pax did. Good times were had at ETs afterward. Talk of the BRR has the PAX dreaming of cooler weather as the end of summer approaches.

    Announcements: Congrats to Scrum on 7 Years married. It only gets easier from here! Prayers for TYA’s brother, Helix family, and Orange Crush family.