Author: Honey Do

  • A beatdown that will live in infamy

    14 faithful found their way to WDog on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  So there is the theme for the day, here is what went down:

    COP – SSH ,  Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Arm Circles.

    Down to Amphitheater. In honor of 75th Anniversary:  75 Burpees, 5 each step on up 15 steps. Mosey to Carillon.

    Partner up. 110 Merkins and 188 Box Cutters. 1 partner runs up and down Carillon. Finish with APDs  – Arizona Prom Dates.

    Mosey to Rusty Cage.  3 Sets of 7 of: Pull Ups and then Jerkins. 7 being # of battleships sunk, 21 total ships sunk.

    Mosey to field- Broad Jumps across, 21 Flutterkicks. Lunge back. Bear crawl acrossand back. lastly Wheelbarrow across and back, with 10 Derkins at end. Mosey back to the flag.

    NMS – So YHC ran out of stats after the Rusty cage since the pax crushed the 75 Burpees. On the bright side after that start YHC may not be seeing TYA at any Qs in the near future.

    Glad to have Lab Rat there to shore up any naval references.  the Arizona PDs were lost on some…

    We learned that EF Hutton can broad jump faster than he can run.

    Glad to see Toga back in the gloom with all he has been dealing with. You are still in our prayers brother.

    Announcements – Weekly Thursday lunch is tomorrow, on Thursday…  Location is Pop’s Market on Grace at Noon.

    Pleasure to lead this am. YHC loves WWII history and tried to keep this theme reverent. We are lucky as hell to be Americans and can always do more to remember those who fought for the blessings we take for granted.

  • Flipphone saves the day

    A PAX of 1 initially posted to Circus Maximus on an unusually warm December morning. 10 minutes in another pax arrived later to push YHC.

    Solo pax- 200 burpees, 150 pull ups on a tree branch, 500 Donkey kicks. Elbow plank to rest, Flipphone arrives.

    Farmers Carry around loop. Cop- ssh, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins ,  Helicopters.

    Parking space escalator – Start at 1 spot, 10 reps, lunge to next spot, increase by 10, up to 30. Exercises were : Swings, Halos, Squats, Cleans.

    Mosey to grass. Boat/Canoes w/ KB for 2 mim.Elbow plank for 1 min. Run lap around loop. 30 Swings, 20 Tricep Press, 20 Rows each Arm. another set of Boat/Canoe. Alabama Honeymoons. American Hammers, 20 Situp presses,  10 Burpees to finish.

    NMS- YHC estimates the solo part, not sure as he descended into madness quickly. YHC chose to forgo KB exercises, instead leaving it to rest as an inanimate PAX, ala Wilson from Castaway. Just as YHC was thinking of ways to draw a face on the KB Flipphone arrived, with his own (albeit borrowed) kettlebell.

    From there we got down to business. YHC enjoyed getting to know Flipphone better. The boat/Canoe with the kettlebell was tough. that gets a burn going fast. Definitely need to add that to the CM rotation.

    At 5:35 YHC was tempted to hop over to 45MoM but glad I stayed so Flipphone would have not been alone.

     

  • Beware of falling objects

    5 RVA regulars and 1 from CLT – Huntersville posted to RAMM on a foggy and warm morning to jog of some of the Thanksgiving excess.  Temps were 50 degrees at the start.  Same route as last week.

    5 Milers – Commonwealth to Monument, Right on Davis, Right on Cary back to MM.

    6 Milers – Comm to Monument, Right on Allen, Cary back to MM

    NMS – So YHC took Q again at RAMM hoping to put in some extra miles in preparation for Bear Creek.  Unfortunately YHC’s legs were not in agreement with this plan and neither were any of the other PAX interested in some extra miles past the 45 minute timeframe, excluding Sippy who jogs out & back anyways.

    Glad to have Megaphone along for the run. He lived up to his name and made for good company for the 5 miles.  Even Lab Rat said he was chatty.  Hope to you can make it out to Dogpile tomorrow  while you are in town.

    On Monument with the 2 other 5 mile PAX running on one side of the street we heard a loud crash on the other side of the street, right where TYA was running.  Believing he had finally spontaneously combusted we stopped to make sure all was right.  Turns out a large limb had fallen off a tree 50 feet in front of TYA on the sidewalk.  Who knew running on the sidewalk on Monument Ave is more dangerous than the RVA trails.

    Sippy and Saab blew past YHC and Megaphone on Cary and made the 6 miles look easy as usual.

     

     

  • Who else drives a WDog truck?

    A determined dozen posted to the cold, but dry, fields of NoToll on a brisk 26 degree morning. The PAX got right to it to get warm:

    COP – SSH, Merkins ,  DQs, Freddy Mercurys   (done in Flutterkick variant style), Merkins again

    Plank line up for Human Centipede. Elbow plank while end PAX Broad jumps up and over pax. 2 rounds.

    Mosey to covered benches. 10,20,30 of 3 exercises. Dips, Derkins, and Box Jumps. Run field in between. mosey to bleachers. partner up. 1 runs field and back while other does bench kicks.

    Mosey to new fence. 20 Donkey Kicks and 8 Polar bears, 3 sets. head to tennis court. Bear crawl 1 court, 5 Burpees, run next court 5 more burpees. 2 sets. Then Crab walk court, 5 Burpees, lunge next court. 2 times. mosey to Basketball court for mary: Freddy Mercurys  (traditional) & American Hammers.

    NMS – A strange vehicle for NoToll was there when YHC arrived- a Woodfin truck, hmm, who else do we know who drives one since Swirly doesn’t post to NoToll since Spider Run began? Rosie and YHC pondered this  we waited for  the other pax to break the seal on their warm car and enter the Gloom. after some discussion Swirly emerged, good to have you back at NoToll.

    Attire again was varied, some in shorts, some in layers. Gumbo had so much on YHC could not tell it was him until he spoke. Hardywood pussed out and wore a vest finally. Seriously no sleeves in 26 degrees? Did you give all your sweat shirts to Lost & Found?

    YHC has been wanting to break out the Human Centipede at a larger Q but felt doing it at the 2.0 Gridiron was possibly inappropriate so the PAX got to try it with a dozen of us. 2 rounds of that got us going. YHC was out of breath for pretty much the rest of the beatdown.

    Good to see Sin Bin out again, Rosie must have a special EH power since he texted him to come back out on a cold A$$ morning and he actually posted.

    YHC did brain fart on the Freddy Mercurys in the COP, or maybe it was a test to see if the Pax are watching the Q. Consider this a pass Pax .

    Mumblechatter focused around the need again for Winter Gloom gloves. it’s that time of year again where the hardest part of posting is the evening attire prep the night before…

    Announcements – 60mom at Mumford at normal time on Thursday. YHC expressed interest in longer routes for RAMM this Friday with the lack of school and reduced work schedule for most. Chime in if you are game. Lab Rat?

     

  • 2.0 friendly, but not 1.0 friendly?

    A tenacious ten took to Gridiron, including 4 2.0s.  With an age gap from youngest to oldest of 50 years a diverse PAX moseyed forward with:

    COP –  SSH, Don Qs, Freddy Ms, Merkins, Hillbillies.  Mosey to front of school.  Balls 2 the Wall for 30 seconds.

    Partner up- 1 partner runs loop while other does exercises:  Situps, Merkins, Squats.

    Mosey to covered drop off zone-  Totem pole run.  PAX holds feet 6 inches while end person does 5 Leg tosses.  2 rounds through all.

    Mosey to baseball field, plank up in line for human hurdles across width of outflied. Then head to home plate for Left, Right, center.   Stay with partner.  1 does AMRAP exercises while other runs to right field fence & back.  Switch when runner gets back.  Rounds were:  Merkins, Donkey kicks, Peoples chair, and LBCs.

    Mosey back to drop off zone for quick Bermuda triangle:  Bear crawl 1 length, then crab walk, finish up with broad jumps.  Back to football field for 10,20,30.  Start on goal line, run to 10 yr line do 10 of exercise, then run back and to the 20, do 20 of exercise,  Same to the 30.  Rounds were:  LBCs, Jump squats, and Merkins.

    Back to flag, Earthworm took us out.

    NMS – YHC really enjoyed seeing 3 new 2.0s out at Gridiron.  Emmylou Hoo was slow to warm up as it must be intimidating to be a 6 yr old girl out in the cold with a bunch of boys.  Once she got going though she put in a ton of work and gave Nightcrawler a heck of a time keeping up with her .  Joey Chesnut and Pit Stop being 8 were both game for anything YHC threw at them.

    There was some mumblechatter from the Respect crowd about the difficulty of this 2.0 friendly beatdown.  YHC’s only goal from this 2.0 Q was to avoid any awkward discussions about exercises with Ms later so stay clear of APDs, Pickle Pounders, Monkey humpers, etc.  Merkins were on the menu since the November challenge and also the reference is obscure enough to stay safely hidden from impressionable minds.

    White Deer persisted with his normal instigating but with the 2.0s.  Lots of laughs.  The PAX all did a great job of encouraging the kids.

    Cecil did a great job with the pre-game.  My 2.0s dug the armor references, that is bible study that can keep them interested.

    Both Pit Stop and T-Swifty talked about the beatdown the rest of the day at YHC’s house.  YHC’s boys are already EH’ing their sisters to come and give it a try.  YHC greatly enjoyed leading this beatdown although T-Swifty immediately remarked his first post with Wedding Singer was much harder.  With a 7:00 start time at Gridiron and consistent 2.0s like Jolly Rancher YHC would love to see this 2.0 friendly become monthly event.

  • The PAX has voted… with their attire

    Ten tightless travelers came out to run on a beautiful morning. 39 degrees made shorts routes only needed so:

    4 Milers:  Commonwealth to Monument, Right on Belmont, Right on Cary

    5 Milers: Monument to Davis, Cary back

    6 Milers: Monument to Allen, Cary back

    NMS: None of the TLM movement were in attendance so the normal 456 routes were offered. Lugnut asked before the start the 4 mile route so he could arm himself with an appropriate weapon against those pesky Pinecones. He opted not to bring his shotgun or broom, instead chosing to run carefully. Good to have you back Lug! YHC forgot to ask if Lugnut opted for the Zamboni feature on his new ride to sweep SOT of cones.

    As soon as the PAX hit Commonwealth Saab took off with the normal 6 Milers Sippy and Marv keeping pace. Saab mentioned he got a tune up this week and said his mechanic gave him the all clear for higher mileage. YHC supposes being of Swedish origin Saabs are designed to run better in colder temperatures.

    Splinter left YHC, Rosie, and Swirly on Monument and got some extra mileage in.

    All 10 made it back safely again today, taking the count of weeks since last directional incident to 2. YHC was somewhat concerned about BackBay but he made it back fine.

    Announcements- 45Mom is a full hour on Thanksgiving, normal start time. RVA shirts are up on the F3 Mudgear site.

  • Pre-blast: 2.0 Friendly at Gridiron this Saturday

    Bring your kids along to Gridiron this Saturday for 2.0 friendly beatdown. Milk and Cookies may be provided after.

  • HalloGloom

    A frightening four came to Batteau on a warm Halloween morning. 58 degrees and breezy, perfect weather to sweat off the extra candy to be consumed later today. it went down like this:

    COP – SSH, IPs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, DQs

    Mosey to other side of stone house. YHC demo’ed the newly dubbed Human Centipede:  pax elbow planks in a line, last man broad jumps up then over pax until reaching front, keep going like Indian Run across field.

    Team up for Dora. 100 Box Jumps, 200 Dups, 300 LBCs. Add instead of running runner bear crawls to tree and back.

    MOSEY to tennis court.  modified beast- 2 stops across court, 8 reps:  Burpees, WWII Situps, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Mtn Climbers ,CDDs.

    MOSEY down the hill. Run up hill 5 burpees at light, jog down. Repeato x3. hit 6 for Box Cutters and Heels 2 Heaven. Mosey down to bottom for Box Jumps and Derkins. 10, 15, then 20.

    Back to the flag, American Hammers to finish.

    Flipper took us out.

    NMS – Although YHC is a horror movie fan he has not seen any of the Human Centipede movies, so some of the PAX were wary of the initial  mention and demo. The exercise itself seemed to work and with more pax than 4 could be even more fun.

    The Dora with bear crawl took a lot of time. The audible from incline Merkins to LBCs was applauded.

    Hardywood was fighting off a sore hip the entire beatdown. Flipper enjoyed his chance to outrun  him during the hills.

    Stay safe tonight, be sure to post tomorrow to burn off the sugar this evening…

     

     

     

     

  • Salmon: Healthy, but not Gloom friendly

    A fearsome four posted to Circus Maximus on a beautiful fall morning. Temperature was 48, in between short sleeve and long sleeve temps.

    COP:  SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Hillbillys (w/Jville flair optional)

    THE Thang-  Mosey to back of school. attempt Merkin Rows into Side plank, audible to side palank with KB. then 5 sets of: Donkey kicks, 20 Swings, lunge, KB Hops, and Halos. 30 seconds of plank with KB drags.

    MOSEY to field- Triple check. Run, Situp press, Cleans. alter to Dora- 50 Situp presses, 100 Swings, 150 Tricep presses.

    Mosey back to parking lot for Chiabattas- Rows and Alabama Honeymoons. Finish up with American Hammers. Atilla took us out.

    NMS- It was a PAX of 3 until 5:30 when Chum arrived to make us an even four. mumblechatter broke out immediately from the Gloucester gang during the COP, but subsided when Jville had to make a facility run 5 min in. Apparently he had Salmon last night and that did not go well with tossing around a kettlebell in the gloom. YHC thinks this after Wilson’s digestive issues at Dogpile last week means PAX should avoid Salmon before posting. Stick to Ribs and burritos, but I digress.

    The side plank with KB high might be a keeper although getting it up repeatedly is unwise. YHC felt at liberty to tinker with KB variations with a small and veteran KB PAX.

    Jville arrived back refreshed during the Triple  Check, moving us into a Dora.

    Mumblechatter at the end was about how Atilla has a future in radio with his gruff and low voice. If we ever have a F3RVA event to broadcast a pairing of Marv and Atilla would be gold over  the airwaves.

    The Circus Maximus regulars were missed today, even Toga.

     

  • Glowsticks, baseball, and Orion’s Belt

    13 Regulars and 4 FNGs posted to Daville to gaze upon a star filled sky, play some baseball  (F3 style) and enjoy the gloom. Here is how it went:

    Circle K pointed YHC to a field, Mosey over to field

    COP: SSH, Merkins, Heels 2 Heaven, Don Qs.

    Break out glowsticks to make a baseball Diamond. 4 stations, where the numbers added up to #  of years since World Series appearance. Count was 27 on 1st, 17 on 2nd, 17 on 3rd, 5 on home.

    Game 1- Merkins, American Hammers, Shoulder Press, Burpees.  CUBS WIN

    Game 2- PLTs, Mtn Climbers, Heels 2 Heaven, Burpees.  INDIANS WIN

    Game 3- Jump Squats, Plerkins, Alabama Prom Dates, Burpees.  CUBS WIN

    Game 4- CDDs,  Freddy Mercurys, WWII situps, Burpees. CUBS WIN

    Game 5- Merkins, AmericanHammers,  Shoulder Press, Burpees. INDIANS WIN

    Game 6- PLTs, Mtn Climbers, Heels 2 Heaven, Burpees. CUBS WIN.

    Celebrate with 15 Burpees!

    Mosey to parking lot. Polar bear 50 yards. Mosey back to flag, Ring of Fire Merkins. YHC took us out and Tigger did as well.

    NMS- YHC tried to make his maiden voyage to Daville count. Whether the PAX did 4 to 7 “games” depended on time, 6 was about right. It has been a year since glowsticks made it out on a Honeydo Q but Circle K remembers from past beatdowns and knew the PAX was in for some fun. After YHC declared game 1 for the cubs some pax began to root for the 4 game sweep, alas the Indians made it a series.

    It has been a while since Partner Shoulder Presses made it into the gloom, and Plerkins are a hit in Daville now too. YHC lucked out to partner with Chapstick on the presses as he weighs at most 130.

    Welcome FNGs Atlas, Hurst, Tigger, and Sparky. Each of you put in a strong effort today. As well be warned if you ride a bike, or even just own one, in Hanover Abacus WILL EH you.

    It was a pleasure to come out and Q this fine group of men. YHC has not met some of this PAX enjoyed the warm welcome. Tigger’s words at the end were a great way to start my day, it is powerful to see someone new articulate what an awesome thing we have here in RVA with F3, Aye!