Author: Honey Do

  • The Q forgot his gloves

    Four faithful found their way to Circus Maximus to start February off right. Here is how it went:

    COP- SSH, merkins, LBCs, Don Qs, 20KB swings

    mosey to back of school. 2 sets of 30Donkey Kicks, lunges across, 20 Halos. Then 2 sets of Merkin ROws and Sit-up Presses. Head back to side for Boat-Canoe and Elbow Plank. 2 sets of Pullovers.

    Burpee Escalator- start at 8 Burpees pm, up to 11.  Finish with Mary. Atilla took us out.

    NMS- YHC realized pulling in to the AO he forgot his gloves, not good when lugging a freezing cold KB for 45 min. Luckily White Deer has a spare set.

    Mumbelchatter was light, most noise was of the non-verbal variety. yHC tried to broach the idea of poaching Jville from the SOJ Csaup team, with no luck. White Deer and Atilla were downright pleasant with each other.

     

     

     

  • Pre-Blast: Healing Place 10k training team signup

    Starting next Saturday The Healing Place 10k training team for the Monument 10k will begin. Every Saturday at 7:30 from 2/3 to race day on 4/14 volunteers will he helping these men get ready for the 10k.

    Our hope is to have 2-3 PAX go over to help each week. Go after Dogpile, or straight there. These men are starting from scratch so you don’t have to be a runner, just willing to help support these men.  Please use the sheet link below to sign up for date(s)

    Google sheet Sign up link:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10vnhdGp17bT8GJw0xpj_dGpAwRTSo6m0kA5Z-a0d6DY/edit?usp=drivesdk

    Address:  700 Dinwiddie Ave, Richmond, VA 23224

  • Beware the frozen track

    Four formidable fellows found their way to Heartbreak Ridge on a cloudy morning. We covered most of the AO:

    Msey to field between track and road. COP- Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins. Head to Honeysuckle Hill for Burpees and Hill Run.  Start at 5 Burpees, run up Honeysuckle hill then repeato all the way to 10 Burpees. Head to tennis courts.   Bear Crawl width of 2 courts, 10 Merkins at start, 20 halfway then 30 at end. 2nd round decrease merkins by 5 each stop.

    Head to track- bench fun. Alternate 20 Benchkicks, 20 Flutterkicks up bench. Repeato. Then carefully run on track over to Jerkin Gym. 3 sets of 8 each man. Run around track and finish with 3 Bernie Sanders and back to flag.

    NMS – pax were dressed for cold weather, with Atilla donning a ski mask out of the car. Humidity made it feel downright warm once we got moving, or maybe the Burpees helped with that.

    YHC had to move the COP location as Offshore was getting ahead of the Q. All 4 pax brought it this morning and YHC had to keep adding things.

    Once we got to the track it got fun as the pebble track was frozen and patches of ice had to be dodged. Mr Holland lamented the Merkin count on the tennis courts and Offshore wondered aloud whether we went a full hour in the gloom, always a good sign.

    Silent Assassin signing off.

  • You know it is cold when

    When you have 4 more PAX than degrees in the gloom you are in for a good start to 2018.  16 PAX (including 1 FNG) braved the cold to start out the New Year at Hoedown.  It went down like this:

    COP – Invisible Jump Rope, SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Helicopter.  Head to back field for:

    Beast – Merkins, Jump Squats, Heels2Heaven, CDDs, WWII, & Burpees (YES THERE WERE 6 ROUNDS)

    Partner up for Pullups – 3 Sets of 10.  Then Partner up (?) for Triple Check – Jerkins while 3rd man runs around Bus Loop.  Head over to bottom of school front.  Bear Crawl up hill, 15 Merkins, Crab Walk back down then 40 Copperhead Squats.  Repeato.

    Back to COP area for Mary:  Box Cutter, Windshield Wipers, Alabama Prom Dates, LBCs.  Mosey back to Flag.  Finish with 12 Burpees and Flatline took us out.

    NMS – YHC was unsure how many would post but was excited to see a half-dozen cars already at the AO when he arrived.  Splinter was there sans car, having chosen to run a mile from his house to the AO, Aye!  Welcome to FNG Ginger, posting in 12 degree weather means either the 2 PAX who EH’ed you really care for you or they don’t like you very much.  Also great to see Clavin back at it in the Gloom!

    When we arrived at the back field many PAX saw a football and wondered if YHC had placed it there.  Alas playing football on frozen ground is too stupid even for YHC.  There was confusion on the last round of the Beast as many PAX seemed to be wanting more rounds.  During the Beast there was discussion on Upchuck’s supposed completion of the Corporate challenge last week to close out 2017 but until the Gridiron BB is posted his feat will remain unofficial.

    We had to cut the Triple Check short with the Jerkins as that was too much arm work.  Offshore and Jenny Craig were dressed identically in grey pants and Blue Jackets along with facemasks making it impossible to distinguish between the two.  Speaking of pants only 4 bare knees were showing, well done Kubota.  Spit apparently double dipped having shown at River Run by himself this morning.  Respect!  All RVA regions were represented, with Clavin being the lone RP member to post.  Coffeteria was at Starbucks where Mr Holland treated everyone attendance, thanks brother.

    Happy New Year!

  • 2017 Year in Review

    20 came out to Dogpile to reflect on the year that was 2017 in F3RVA.  Some memories turned out to be fonder than others.

    COP in Amphitheater – Started 2017 there at our Frozen Triangle CSAUP.  SSH, Merkins, Helicopters, Invisible Jumprope.  Then up stairs we went 5 Dips per step.

    March – Belmonte 25k/50k.  Partner up for PLTs.  25 then 50. Head downhill to the bottom near water plant.

    April – Ragnar & Colonial 70.   Ragnar had 8 man team with 15 miles each so 8 Curb Crawls with 15 Merkins each stop.

    May – Launch of F3 Charlottesville.  Cville is 70 miles away so 7 rounds of WWII Situps run up & down hill in between sets.

    June – Launch of F3RVA.org & BIG DATA.  Dogpile averages most per week at 23 so 23 Burpees. Mosey to Jacobs Bowl

    August – SOJ Takeover    100 Monkey Humpers.  Then head to Rusty Cage

    September – BRR – F3 RVA had 2 11 man teams.  11s of Dips (real dips on bars) and American Hammers.  Back to COP Cirlce.

    October – 3 Year Convergence   44 Merkins

    November –  Devil Dog 100k.  64 Flutterkicks

    December –  F3 RVA closes out 2017 with 22 AOs.  22 WWII Situps.  Back to the flag and finish up with Heels2Heaven.

    NMS –  YHC has been slacking on his themes in 2017 and wanted to close out the year on a higher note.  Looking back on the year was a good way to close out Dogpile for the year.  Good to have Guinness and Sir Topham Hat out at Dogpile for our year in review.  F3RVA has definitely had quite a year, as one can clearly see in Big Data.  The PAX had fond memories of the Frozen Triangle and Belmonte as we ran through the first few months.  That went out the window when we hit April – Ragnar and took on the Curb Crawls.  15 Merkins each Curb is ambitious but the PAX took it on.

    Most PAX opted (smartly) for head above feet on the WWII Situps on the hill.  The 23 Burpees on the top had some groans, but compared to Shakedown’s VQ earlier this week it was nothing.  Mumblechatter abounded as the PAX took on Dips on the bars for what seemed like the first time in over a year.  Apparently Jerkins were all the rage in 2017.

    Sad to see only 6 bare knees in the Gloom, SOP challenge is definitely taking casualties.  Flipper sets a new record of LIFO by finding the PAX conveniently just after we finished up the Curb Crawls.

    Happy New Year PAX.  See everyone at 7:00 at Hoedown on Monday morning.

  • Plenty of statistics for Offshore

    Three 40 Year Old Pax came out to Heartbreak Ridge to begin to shed off the gluttonous excess of Christmas day.

    COP – SSH, Don Qs, LBCs, Merkins, Arm Circles

    Head to Benches for – Boxing Day Sets.  5 Box Jumps & 10 Box Cutters. Increase by 5 & 10 up to 20 & 40.  Mosey to parking lot. People’s Chair for 2 min.

    Line up for Bear Crawl across parking spaces. 2 Merkins each space. Head down to Pull-up bars. 6 Pull-ups then lap around track. Then more Pull-ups. Swing by benches for Bench Kicks- 40 & 50.

    Jerkin Triple check. 1 PAX runs up and down Heartbreak Hill while other 2 tradeoff on Jerkins. 1 more set of Benchkicks.

    Back to parking lot and try out Offshore’s new present- Exercise dye. Exercises rolled were: Jump Squats, plank, Burpees, Freddy Mercurys.

    NMS- According to Offshore there were 2 statistical anomalies in the Gloom this am: all 3 Pax were 40 yrs old and also we never repeated an exercise in the 10 or so throws of his handy new dye. Math is everywhere apparently.

    Offshore was prepared for the Boxing day sets. The benches were a few inches higher than the normal ones at NoToll which slowed the pax down. Kubota put in solid work as usual, glad to have him out at Heartbreak Ridge.

    The exercises dye definitely has 15 Burpees on it. Pretty sure this will make an appearance at a future Offshore Q. Happy Boxing Day Pax.

  • The 3rd 500

    20 strong (including 1 FNG) posted to an unusually warm last day of fall.  55 degrees and clear made several PAX throw off their long sleeve shirts and off we went for:

    COP – 40 SSH, 40 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Don Qs, & Arm Circles thrown in for Flashdance NOT being LIFO.

    Head to Amphitheater:  5 Box Jumps up each step up to 8 Steps.  5 Derkins heading back down. Mosey over towards Rugby road.

    3rd 500 –  Partner up for a total of 500 Flutterkicks.  1 partner runs up to circle, does 3 burpees then back and switches.   Then mosey off to Rusty Cage.    Stay with Partner – 40 Pullups and 40 Jerkins.  Head back to COP circle for:

    40 Burpees

    Finish up with some Mary: Box Cutters, LBCs, Alabama Prom Dates, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas.  Head back to the flag.

    NMS – Great to see 20 out to play on YHCs End of Hate Q.  We even had a Gumbo sighting during the week north of the James.  Maybe we’ll see him again NOJ in 3 years when EF Hutton does his End of Hate Q.  TYA even posted.  Most of the PAX had an idea we’d be doing 40 of most of the exercises.  The 40 Box Jumps got the blood flowing.  YHC wanted to save 40 Burpees until the end.

    During the 3rd 500 we had visitors join us briefly all with Offshore Lightup Laces.  They then proceeded to rip off the remainder of YHC’s Q by heading to the Rusty Cage after we left.  Not sure if they took on the 40 Burpees like we did.

    Good to have Wojo back in the Gloom.  He refused any help during the Pullups and insisted on good form.  He may be quiet but YHC is pretty sure there is a Form Nazi just waiting to breakout, just do lunges around him.

    Welcome Pick2.  He “overheard” some people at Panera yesterday talking about F3.  YHC assumes that person was Lab Rat.  As another fellow PAX member who just posted without anyone bringing them YHC knows that is not easy.  Hope to see you back in the Gloom soon.  Also it is great to see Bootleg staying behind and watching for the 6 when not long ago you were in that position.  A testament to the work you’ve been putting in, Aye!

    Bodos continues to post regularly now and is quietly angling for a new name.  Maybe we can recycle Blue Balls…

    Announcements – HDHH today at The Answer.  New Years day at Hoedown is at 7:00, bring a FNG.

  • Pre-blast: HDHH this Wednesday

    On 12/20 at The Answer Brewpub. I’ll be there at 5:00. Tacky sweater optional…

  • 12 Days travels well

    6 steady PAX posted to Heartbreak Ridge to enjoy the worst kept secret of the 12 Days of Christmas beatdown. Just because PAX knew it was coming did not stop it from sucking. 12 days on 12/12 has a nice ring to it.

    COP- 12 of everything – SSH, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Imperial Walkers.

    Mosey to baseball field for THE THANG

    1 Dozen LBCs, 2 Sprint of the field, 3 Diamond Merkins, 4 Imperial Squat Walkers, 5 Burpees, 6 Carolina Drydocks, 7 Lunges, 8 Plerkins, 9 American Hammers, 10 Flutterkicks, 11 Reverse Crunches, 12 Broad Jump Burpees.

    NMS- YHC thinks only Loose Goose and YHC had actually experienced this beating from Rosie in years past at NoToll. Why not try to import this beatdown to the West End. We ran 2 min long to complete the full 12 days ladder. All the Pax were glad YHC had obtained proper corporate approval from Rosie.

    The 12 Days took a while as our field is longer to run. Derkins were changed out for Plerkins as we had a lack of benches. Note to Pax when doing Plerkins find Ronnie.

    Lots of Mumblechatter about counting during various segments. Loose Goose had an opinion about every count somehow. Guess Steelers fans are going to be a little mouthy this week, God only know what will happen if they actually beat the Pats this weekend.

    Good to have Offshore back at Heartbreak Ridge. He had his own take on the theme by dressing as Mr. Snowmiser in all tight silver attire.

    During the 11 rounds of runs across the field nobody was able to find a dry path across. Plenty of soggyness at HBR, which made it all the more fun.

    Announcements – Mr Holland has Christmas Q at Hoedown. Be there.  HDHH at the Answer next Wednesday 12/20.

     

  • 100th time feels like the first time

    25 strong and 2 FNGs came out to 45MoM on a perfect November morning. Short sleeve and shorts weather although most pax opted for more layers. Here is what went down-

    COP on soccer field since we needed the space- SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Arm Circles, 10 Burpees.  Head to corner of track- 100 Merkins. As many sets as needed, run a lap after each sets. 3 sets (2 laps) for most. 10 more Burpees.

    Head to blacktop- Wheelbarrow width of court and back with partner. 15 more Burpees.

    Back to soccer field – 100 total PLTs and 100 Shoulder Presses. Polar bear across field then finish off with some Honeymoon Suite- APDs, Monkey Humpers, Pickle Pounders. Back to the flag.

    NMS- YHC knew it was going to be a good morning as the cars kept rolling in right before 5:30. 27 pax is great but can cause some changes in plans. In the COP Rosie carried the SOJ torch during the Hillbillies.

    Many pax began to wonder if the 100 theme would carry over to Burpees during the 2nd round, alas not enough time. 35 were still enough.

    The Shoulder Presses were merely thrown in to try to recreate some BT-Viral magic. Again this exercise is underutilized but form was terrible all around. Polar bears at the end got the Merkin count up to 150 or so. Many PAX were groaning as the pickle Pounders count got north of 10. Maybe a December Pickle Pounders challenge is in order…

    Welcome Syncro and Spicolli. Hope to see you both out next week at 6:00 at 45MoM to celebrate the first Thanksgiving that was just down the road at Berkeley Plantation.

    YHC had been wondering how many total Qs he’d done since starting 2.5 years ago. The podcast prompted a count and YHC noticed the count was conveniently at 99last week. Thanks for playing along this morning and all of these Qs. Q’ing is really a great way to channel your energy and work on your leadership skills. YHC hopes to see many more in the Centennial Q Club in the coming years. As an aside running Qs do count, but only 20 of them towards the 100 goal. Sorry Lockjaw and TYA…