Author: Honey Do

  • Ok, Ok we will stay off the field

    Six strong, including a FNG, made it out to HBR to see if the fields are in better shape. We did:

    Mosey to top field, botched disclaimer then COP of SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks Scorpion Kicks, and Imperial Walkers .

    Head over to DK wall for Dora 123. 100 Donkey Kicks, 200 Jump Squats, 300 LBCs. Head down to Jerkin Gym. 4 sets of 8 Jerkins. Then over to benches for 3 sets of Benchkicks and Derkins. First set: 40&10, then 35&15, 30&20.

    Head back to Heartbreak Hill – Up, 15 WWII situps, then down. 2 more times up, decreasing WWIIs by 5. Then Jerkin Gym again: 4 sets of 5.

    Back to flag for mary, then Atilla took us out.

    NMS – YHC wasn’t sure what kind of pax we would have with several regulars out but ended up with perfect 6 Pax number. Welcome Kasem, our FNG who EF Hutton EH’ed. Nice work this morning, all without losing your keys.  YHC was sure to avoid the football field that now has 2 signs on it saying stay off unless approved. Not a lot of mumblechatter as the temperature was in charge. At least with the lack of rain the grass was dry and no bugs were out.

    YHC screwed up in the COP by welcoming everyone to Hoedown, wrong day. Then apparently on the hill runs YHC said only 2 times up but when we did a 3rd time Hutton said he appreciated the challenge.

    Garbage Plate still hates Benchkicks. Bromance put in good work and Atilla was his steady self.

    Announcements – Convergence tomorrow. Be there at 7 at Tredegar.

  • Good morning for a dip

    5 fleet footed trail runners took off at 7 wondering where the other 3 F3RVA car owner’s would be on the trails.  Main PAX did:

    • Northbank to Pottersfield bridge, across to buttermilk, then down train tracks, hop in for a quick dip in James River before finishing up back across Nickel Bridge.

    NMS – YHC rarely can make the Sunday trail runs with family Sunday schedules but since YHC is a bachelor the next several days the first thing that came to mind was hitting the trails this am.  We started with just Ollivander and YHC but Hardywood pulled in at 7 and off we went.  Phonics and Betsy Ross caught us as we were getting started and our 5 PAX was cruising.  Ollivander forgot his socks but pushed through it.

    Nice conversation along the way with varying topics and all PAX were amazed how Rosie and Shakedown crushed the 50k in these warm temps.  Hardywood directed us down the river trails to his hidden spot where all 5 of us took a dip in the James for a few minutes.  Man that felt good.  Of the 4 dads in the main PAX 3 have 4 kids, or soon will.  Step it up Ollivander.  T-Claps for Prodigious Procreators!

    Arriving back at the parking lot Saab and TYA were waiting for us having hit the trails early.  Circle K came in on the bike at 7:05 with his watching saying he did 21 or so miles.  Hardywood took us out.

    Annoucements – TYA’s F3RVA Ultra is a go for 10/20. 3 mile loops, kryptonite, and fun.  What more could one want?  Also Hardywood’s Cap2Cap Bike&Run relay will happen, we just need to pick a date.

     

  • CAPS theme is back on at TT

    2, no 3, no 4 arrived at different times to celebrate the Caps Stanley Cup victory at Twin Team. We did:

    Lap around Parking lot for stragglers, picked up Boudreaux and then COP of: ssh, Don Qs, Merkins, Lbcs, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers.

    Triple check: Elbow Plank, Bunny hops over planker, 3rd guy runs field & back. Flipper arrived halfway through to throw off our numbers.

    Head to playground: Caps won 4 games in 4 playoff rounds, 4 sets of 4 Pull-ups.

    Head to baseball stands. Caps point total for regular season was 105 so 105 Benchkicks, broken into 3 sets with 10 Derkins between set. Then 16 Box Jumps for the 16 total playoff wins.

    Head around back to field: 3 sets of 25 PLTs. Then 8 sets of parking lot Sprints. Bear Crawl field, some Mary then 8 Burpees for the Great #8.

    NMS- YHC forced himself to post by signing up for the Q. YHC had a Caps theme planned but when Vegas went up 3-2 in the 2nd chose to head to bed prematurely. YHC was pleasantly surprised waking up from a text from Vinny at 5 am as he was aware of the Caps fun. Theme back on!

    Few things are as scary as a Q with just Rosie the solo Pax. What can a Q do to challenge or slow him down? YHC was mentally preparing to resort to 45 min of bear crawl as we 2 started then Boudreaux arrived to give us 3. Boudreaux put in solid work a day after spilling Merlot at Lab Rat’s Q.

    Mumblechatter was on the Caps win of course, Flippers weight loss, and Crossfit’s change to gear and equipment. Looks like Flip Dog is down 3 Lbs, you’re welcome!

    Small crowd at Twin Team but betting Pax chose RAMM to see what Upchuck had in mind as he is a real CAPS fan.

     

  • Downrange in FL

    2 travelers posted at the normal F3 Ft Lauderdale spot for a Nomad beatdown. We hot potatoed it up:

    Upchuck:  COP, 10Merkins at light post, Partner up for B2W and Touch a Tree.

    Honeydo: Run to parking deck. Bernie Sanders up deck, 2 Burpees each light. 3 sets of 20 PLTS and 10 WWII situps. Run deck, then back down. 3 sets of 10 BoxJumps, 10 Derkins.

    4 more sets of Derkins on Flower Pots. Then some Mary and out.

    NMS – YHC hooked Upchuck  on this nomad workout by reminding him last time we did this in FL his Cubs won the WS. Upchuck always the superstitious CAPS fan posted on minimal sleep.

    The FL humidity made us pine for the cooler temps of back home. There was discussion of those in the RVA tour challenge getting bonus Nomad points this summer posting out of RVA.

    Always good to see a friendly face in the gloom when traveling, make the chaos of business travel much more tolerable.

  • New Nano-AO: Zong Fit

    16 strong came out to soak in the cooler temperatures at Hoedown. Here is what went down:

    COP – SSH, Helicopters, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Don Qs. Mosey over to Tuckahoe Shopping Center. Partner up:

    Wheelbarrow across lot, 10 Shoulder Presses. Switch partners going back. Repeato x3.

    Cross street to Church lot for 4 Corners. Reps of 10, 15, 20, 25. First round: backwards run & merkins. 2nd round: karaoke & Heels2Heaven. 3rd round: High knees and Mtn Climbers.

    Mosey to back of TES. Partner up again. Donkey Kicks & partner runs field & 5 Pull-ups. Repeato x4.  Then Elbow plank, 4 sets of 20 PLTs. 10 Burpees then back to flag. Finish up with Freddy Mercurys & American Hammers.

    NMS – YHC had wanted to try out the Shopping center lot for a Q for some time just to change things up. All started well until several tomatoes pulled in for their workout at Zing Fit. we must have been quite a sight at 5:40. Fudd was disheartened for not a single tomato gave a ” Hi Roger” as they moved past us.

    Saab was warned before the start his choice to go glove less might not be wise. We also used the other church lot for the first time. A lot easier to try things out in the light of June mornings. Also good to see Gucci back in the gloom, now a regular again.

    Please pray for Ronnie and Kubota as they both are on IR for a while. The Hoedown Q is open next Monday with Kubota out.

    YHC was glad he could Q on his 3 year Anniversary of his first post. Amazed at what great friends I’ve made and how you PAX have made me a better man.

     

  • Shakedown joins the circus

    4 Circus Maximus veterans and 1 Kettlebell F3 Virgin came out as White Deer took the Q. We did:

    COP – SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, and Burpees. Boat & Canoe right off. Then off for:

    Modified Beast:  Reps of 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5. Exercises were: Swings, Sit &Press, Merkins, Lawnmower, Halos, and Overhead presses.

    Finish wth skull crushers and Pullovers.

    1. NMS- Good to have Shakedown out and sporting a 35 lb bell no less. White Deer took the Q and wrote the BB. But unfortunately he saved them on floppy disk and gave to me to post so forgive the delay, #bigdata

  • 6 Pax and 6 Billion Gnats

    six studs took off without a named Q to tour Heartbreak Ridge. Here is what transpired:

    COP – SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, LBCs. COP was ed by Mr Holland.

    Q to YHC. 3 Trips up Honeysuckle hill via Bear Crawl. 5 WWII situps at top, run down then 20 Jump Squats. Head to tennis courts: Sprints across & 15 Merkins. 2 more times then Crab Walk across.

    Q passed to Flipper- down to concession stand for Triple check – B2W, Flutterkicks, run to flag & back.  Handshake took Q over to Jerkin Gym. Descending Jerkins from 7-1. Then 30 WWII situps. Garbage Plate took us home with Triple check again of Inchworm, Dips, and Star Jumps .

    Back to flag for Mary, 10 HR Merkins and COT closed out by Handshake.

    NMS – Great to have Tubbs out for 1st time at HBR. He posted as FNG at Circus Maximus last week. Way to hang in on a humid hot potato Q.

    Mr Holland started us off but could not recall a historic event from 5/29 date to muster a theme so we passed the Q along. As we made our way to the concession stand the gnats hit us full force. It only got worse when we hit the Jerkin Gym. YHC has worked out in some terrible conditions in these last 3 years but the gnats at the Jerkin Gym were unbearable. A few pax almost gagged up onto their partner while holding their legs on the Jerkins.

    Garbage Plate and Handshake handled their Q part fine and are both ready for a full Heartbreak Ridge VQ soon.

    Silent Assassin signing off.

     

  • Another great Memorial Day beatdown

    45 from around VA came down to Belle Isle for a Memorial Day convergence. Weather was 70, sunny, and plenty humid.  We did:

    Head to Browns Island for COP:  Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, & 10 Burpees.  Split the PAX into 2 groups:  Gumbo took one group and Spit the other.

    YHC stayed with Gumbo and we did Triple Check: Dips, JumpSquats, and Run bridge.  Then run around Island and stop for 2 burpees every lightpost.  Q was passed to Flatline.  We did Buddy carry and PLTs across field.  bOB took Q and had us Bear Crawl across field (his apparent superpower) and stop for WWIs.

    Oyster took Q and dropped another Triple Check of Derkins, Squats, and run across island.  Saab then gave us 11s of HR Merkins and Heels2Heaven.  Head back over Bridge then stop for Crab Walk down street & 10 reverse Crunches until audible back to flag.  Then up hill to VA War Memorial.  20 Merkins up top.  Back down and Gomer Pyle took us out in COT.

    NMS – This Memorial Day tradition keeps getting better each year.  45 PAX strong.  Looks like Swirly played nice and passed the Q along with his PAX.  I’ll let those guys detail in comments.  Great words from Gomer Pyle in the COT and nice to remember by name those fallen in the line of duty for us and our country.

    The CVille PAX was fiesty as they stayed in our split PAX.  Beedle put us all to shame but good to find out he is a 26 yr old Army officer. For some reason our PAX stayed on Browns Island and got totally filthy rolling around on the dirt.

    Great work by our 2.0 FNGs Timex & Van Winkle.  Also good to have Sippy’s 2.0 out and Bootleg’s 2.0 who was the only female present amongst our 45.

    Enjoy the rest of this Memorial Day and take a moment to remember how lucky we are as Americans thanks to those who sacrificed their lives for this great country.

    Announcements:  Tour De RVA has strarted, sign up on the spreadsheet.  Also Puppy Pile is back on for 6/23 at Dogpile with Sippy taking the lead.

  • Pre-blast: Memorial Day Convergence at Belle Isle

    All PAX in town should be there Memorial Day. 7:00 am start so get some extra sleep and be ready for a Hot Potato Q, nobody pass the Q to Swirly!

    Meet at Tredegar lot on north side of Belle Isle.

    Let’s get 50+ Pax this year!

  • There are fields at Circus

    Four regulars brought out their Kettlebells to enjoy the perfect weather at Circus Maximus. Here is what went down:

    COP – SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Flutterkicks. Mosey to back of school.  People’s Chair with bell. 20 Swings then lunge across. 20 Sit &Press. 20 High Pulls, Backwards lunge, 20 Calf raises. 20 Donkey Kicks and 20 Lawnmower. Several more rounds of People’s Chair thrown in.

    Mosey to back field. Bear Bell Crawl 10 times, 10 Sit &Press, run end of field and back to KB until across the field. Then Weighted Crab Walk back. 3 minutes of Boat-Canoe. 25 Overhead press.

    Carry back to back of school. 15 Lawnmower each arm, Peoples chair. Back to flag for some arm work: Swings, Skull Crushers, Halos, Overhead press, high pulls. Finish up with American Hammers.

    NMS- YHC wanted to take this Q to the back fields to change things up, as Loose Goose l, Atilla, and YHC talked about it last Friday at lunch.  Alas non Loose Goose to enjoy the change of scenery today. The field was perfect though. The Bear-Bell Crawl across was a hit, the weighted Crab Walk back was not.

    White Deer was in stealth all-black mode ala Flashdance this morning. Apparently his emissions were all used up at Cinco De Mayo last Saturday. Jville did his best to make up for it with in-cadence flatulence.

    Announcements – Memorial day convergence at Belle Isle again this year. Also Puppy Pile is next Saturday after Dogpile.