Author: Kubota

  • Florence Griffith Salvucci

    YHC thought that it was just going to be he and TYA for the Roller Coaster run this evening, but as YHC pulled into the parking lot behind Palani Drive, he was happy to see Posh already parked and ready to go. Not far behind, Ronnie showed up ready to go and then, the man himself, TYA pulled in and met us at the corner ready to start, except, his running shorts were on inside-out. Now, if you don’t already know, TYA has some challenges with running attire. Well, this attire looked like Florence Griffith Joyner with her underwear outside of her running shorts. After realizing his mistake, TYA hid behind the bushes and made things right.

    The route was Palani Drive to Granite south to Cary St. Crossover carefully and proceed to the hills Tempsford and Kennondale. Only this time it was going to be Kennondale only. Continuing the interval theme from Splinter and Spider Run yesterday, YHC called out intervals up Kennondale after we got to the bottom of the hill. Two minutes up as hard as you can and three minutes down to recover. Five repeats were had and then we proceeded back to Palani Drive. YHC saw a Kennondale local and thought he knew her from college, but it turned out to be someone else. Kinda embarrassing.

    Back at Palani Drive, the four runners met up with Handshake, Lockjaw and Vinny who had secured the big table on the patio. YHC is proud to announce that Lockjaw still has 100% attendance for F3RVA HDHH’s! Well done, LJ!

    Some of the topics discussed during HDHH were as follows:

    -Saab

    -William and Mary stuff

    -BRR

    -Kayaking the James

    -Summer Tour

    -Lab Rat’s devil horns

    -Saab

    Great time tonight and we will do this again soon!

    Please keep Swirly and his M in your prayers and be ready to help them out with whatever they need. We are here for you, brother!

    Kubota

  • PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH Wednesday May 15

    PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH Wednesday May 15

    We will be moving the Wednesday May 15th Roller Coaster hill run to the parking lot behind Palani Drive (401 Libbie Avenue). We will meet in the parking lot and have a hard start at 5:30pm. We will then run up and down some nearby hills and then retreat back to Palani Drive for HDHH! If you cannot make the run, please join us at the restaurant. Runners should be back by 6:15pm or so. There is outdoor seating at Palani Drive, which will be key for those that do not smell the best after a run. This will be good training for BRR 2019 (the running part and the beer drinking part afterwards.) See ya there!

  • Only 15 More Miles to go…

    13 strong hit the streets for the Pre-Field Day Breakfast Club run. Several flags flying including the VMI flag (Ra VA Mil!)

    2 miles there/1.5 miles back.

    Some thought Swirly’s truck had been stolen and an imposter was driving it.

    Highlights of the run were the gentleman on the sidewalk yelling “Only 15 more miles to go!” and the family eating breakfast at Can Can watching us from the front window run back to ET’s looking like we had just played in wet, red clay.

    Nice run and time fellas!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Chilly Breakfast Club

    11 strong hits the streets of Carytown in order to make their way to Dogpile and made their way back in order to earn breakfast. 2 miles out and 1.5 miles in. Kind of chilly this morning which equals great running weather. YHC took us out.

    Helix was feeling it this morning! Led the way there. Totally destroyed Dogpile and led the way back. Saab told us about a new show “I’m Sorry.” Interesting sounding show to say the least. Nice showing from all nano-regions this morning.

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Maundy Thursday

    19 strong (4 Attorneys/15 Non-Attorneys) posted in the gloom this fine Maundy Thursday morning for a Kubota beatdown. This is what went down:

    Mosey over to the NW corner of school yard for:

    COP:

    10 x Don Quixotes

    15 x Helicopters

    15 x Russian Soldiers

    15 x Cherry Pickers

    15 x Hand-Release Merkins

    20 x LBC’s

    Mosey to bus loop for:

    Curb Crawls:

    Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear curb to curb. 1 Merkin/2 Merkins/3 Merkins/4 Merkins/5 Merkins/5 Merkins/4/3/2/1 Al Gore for the 6 six.

    Mosey over to field for:

    Suicide 11’s:

    Using the 10 trees on Cary Street, perform 11’s suicide style. 10 WWII’s at first tree/1 Jump Squat at baseline. Repeato until all trees have been covered and finish with 1 WWII/10 Jump Squats. Plank for the six.

    Stay on field and partner up for:

    Touch-A-Tree(fence) Dora:

    In rotating fashion, Partner 1 runs across field and touches new fence.

    Partner 2 completes: 100 x merkins, 200 x LBC’s, 300 x SSH’s

    Stay with your partner for:

    2 x 25 Partner Leg Tosses each

    Circle up for:

    Burpee Shuffle:

    PAX member calls out 1, 2 or 3 Burpees. Cannot repeat number before you. Shuffle feet while waiting. About 40 Burpees completed.

    Time Up! Back to the flag!

    COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Bodo’s VQ is May 8th at WDOG.

    Don Draper had his VQ this morning at The Forge.

    Gomer Pyle week continues at RAMM tomorrow.

    Upchuck has Breaking Bread next Sunday the 28th. Please see if you can help him. Need someone to sign up for May and the rest of the year.

    Today was “Swirly has his Annual Physical Day” I’m sure he and the doctor banged out some PLT’s or Wilson’s Dying Cockroaches together.

    NMS:

    It was nice to get back in the saddle this morning with you men. YHC has had a rough couple of weeks with the Flu, kid’s being sick and work functions. This was the longest that YHC has gone in between posts since YHC started. YHC didn’t know if he would be fresh and ready to roll or feeling out of shape this morning. Let’s just say it was both. The rest of the PAX looked like they were in great shape and killed the workout. Well done!

    When YHC returned home this morning, he looked at his Garmin App and checked out the map of what had been accomplished this morning. Let’s just say that YHC was amazed at what he saw. Unintentionally, we mapped out a perfect CROSS on the field with the Suicide 11’s and the DORA. With today being Maundy Thursday and tomorrow Good Friday, let’s reflect on the pain and suffering that our Savior Jesus Christ went through to save us from our sins. Also, there always seems to be a certain peace that we can enjoy during this Holy Week, so let’s try to soak that peace in.

    Welcome to FNG – Time Out (Eric). Time Out is a Litigator at Hunton and Williams and works with Gumbo. Being from Michigan and a Michigan Wolverine’s fan, Chris Webber’s mishap in the NCAA Final against UNC was a fitting name. Plus, he ran to and from the workout and killed it! Great job and come on back!

    Enjoyed it fellas and have a great rest of the day!

    Kubota

  • Hill Repeats and Pilsner Repeats

    Some ran, Some ate, Some drank, Some ran and ate and drank.

    The Route: Palani Drive parking lot to Granite Ave south to Cary Street. Crossover to Tempsford/Kennondale. Complete as many hill repeats as you like. Mosey back to Palani Drive.

    Apologies to Upchuck. He didn’t realize we were meeting behind the restaurant and didn’t see us when we took off. He ran his own route, though. Chum Bucket hit the trails and then met us for HDHH. He is training for a 50k with Johnsonville that will happen at the end of April. EF Hutton, Greenbow and his new 2.0 joined us for HDHH. Good times!

    We may try to do this again in May and June and July….stay tuned! Good BRR training.

    Enjoyed it fellas!

    Saab Q tomorrow at 45MOM and DTH Q at the new AO The Forge tomorrow.

    Kubota

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  • Inaugural Hoedown Old Glory/Q Sucks Wind

    Old Glory flew around parts of Westham this morning as 7 able bodied men attack the Inaugural Old Glory workout at Hoedown. The following is what YHC could remember:

    No COP! Grab Shovel Flag and complete a 1 mile run from TES to Trinity Methodist by way of a route through Westham.

    Plant Shovel Flag at the corner of Forest and Rock Creek and identify the following four corners to the PAX:

    Corner 1 – Forest and Rock Creek complete 20 Merkins

    Corner 2 – Back parking lot corner to the rear right of church property complete 20 Jump Squats

    Corner 3 – Back parking lot entrance to the left rear of church property complete 10 Burpees

    Corner 4 – Forest and Stuart Hall complete 20 WWII Sit-ups

    Complete as many circuits as possible in the allotted time frame which was 20 minutes or until 6:00am.

    Grab Shovel Flag and reverse the 1 mile route back to TES.

    Circle up for 5MOM:

    Upchuck – 16 x Reverse Crunches

    Gomer Pyle – 15 x Hello Dollies

    EF Hutton – 15 x APD’s

    Bodos – 15 x American Hammers

    Handshake – 15 x Flutter Kicks

    Garbage Plate – 15 x Back Arches

    Kubota – 15 x Scorpion Kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements and YHC took us out

    Announcements:

    Roller Coaster/HDHH is this Wednesday at 5:30pm sharp for the run. Meet behind Palani Drive Restaurant at 401 Libbie Ave. Run hills until around 6:15pm, then go inside Palani Drive for HDHH.

    Faceplant has his Run VQ tomorrow at Spider Run.

    Need someone to Q Breaking Bread for April. Sign up on the Q Sheet. Thanks to Slurpee for handling February and March by himself!

    NMS:

    Old Glory seemed like a good call this morning in order to keep the PAX guessing beforehand whether there was going to be some April Fool’s shenanigans or not. No jokes, only fools, but we are better fools for completing an Old Glory workout. We clipped a nice pace on the way over and attacked the stations with precision and speed. All except YHC. Urination break and trouble breathing kept YHC lagging behind the rest of the PAX who absolutely crushed it! The circuit distance was about as close as you can get to the No Toll Old Glory circuit distance. Just a small fraction less. The run back was were YHC had to give the shovel flag up to Gomer Pyle because the flag should fly in front of the PAX, not behind where YHC was hanging out/struggling. A nice round of Mary completed a great way to start our week. Upchuck noticed that Bodos calls great cadence and then made a comment about Bodos maybe Q’ing soon……???

    A column has been added to the Old Glory tab on the Q sheet to record how many circuits you completed. YHC will Q this again at an unknown date to see if anyone can improve on this morning. YHC sure hopes he can improve.

    Have a great day, fellas, and it was an honor to lead this morning!

    Kubota

  • PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH 4/3/2019

    PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH 4/3/2019

    We will be moving the Wednesday April, 3rd Roller Coaster hill run to the parking lot behind Palani Drive (401 Libbie Avenue). We will meet in the parking lot and have a hard start at 5:30pm. We will then run up and down some nearby hills and then retreat back to Palani Drive for HDHH! If you cannot make the run, please join us at the restaurant. Runners should be back by 6:15pm or so. This is the week of most public school’s Spring Break. Also, there is outdoor seating at Palani Drive, which will be key for those that don’t smell good after a run. This will be good training for BRR 2019 (the running part and the beer drinking part afterwards.) See ya there!

  • Breakfast Club

    At least 27 strong arrived at Elwood Thompson’s parking lot for a different kind of beatdown. Some arrived at 0530, some at 0600 and some at 0630. At 0600, this is what went down:

    Kubota Q:

    COP in front of The Hall Tree which is closing shop:

    Helicopters x 15

    Don Quixotes x 10

    Cherry Pickers x 10

    Russian Soldiers x 15

    Progressive 4 Corners (Bro-Code Style) in the parking lot:

    Corner 1 – 10 Merkins

    Corner 2 – 10 Merkins, 20 Monkey Humpers

    Corner 3 – 10 Merkins, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 LBC’s

    Corner 4 – 10 Merkins, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 LBC’s, 40 SSH’s

    Upchuck Q:

    Some kind of parking space “hop, scotch” exercise that was audibled to 10 Burpees OYO. Circle up and Upchuck led us in a quick prayer for God to officially quash the “hop, scotch” exercise.

    Bleeder Q:

    Find your own parking space and plank up at the top line of the space. Plank walk and trace the lines to the left and 5 merkins at end of the line. Plank walk back and 5 merkins. Plank walk to the right and 5 merkins at end of line. Plank walk back and 5 merkins.

    Hardywood Q:

    Parking Lot Suicides: Running using first 5 lines. Bear Crawl light pole to light pole. Crawl Bear light pole to light pole. Lunge light pole to light pole.

    Swirly Q:

    Grab your own parking space at 3 rounds of the following:

    10 Incline Merkins on parking stop thing

    10 Decline Merkins on parking stop thing

    10 Dips on parking lot stop thing

    Al Gore-o-rama and Plank-o-rama

    End of Bootcamp

    Gather everyone up with Shovel Flags ready and at 0632, begin the 2 mile Glory Run. Cary Street East to Boulevard. Boulevard South to Columbus Statue. Take Group photos. Run down by lake and make a quick loop to kill time. Gather up forces and commence to Dogpile. Arrive at Dogpile parking lot at 0655 and plant flags.

    NMS: It has been decided by many that Breakfast Club will became an official AO soon. It is 45 minutes long. 30 minute run to Dogpile and 15 minute run back to ET’s after Dogpile. Good way to loosen up for Dogpile festivities and to earn your bacon and eggs.

    What a nice crowd this morning! Lots of mumblechatter and lots of pictures and videos taken. Running with your brothers and with Old Glory just makes everything seem right. Big Black F3 Flag and Ghost Flag were also hoisted this morning. F3 Flag is a beast. Running with that will give you a good workout. Enjoy your day men!

    Kubota

  • Super Circus Maximus

    Four Gladiators converged on the parking lot at Godwin High School in the gloom this morning ready to see what Kubota had up his sleeve for his second ever KB Q. Here is what we did:

    COP:

    Helicopters x 15

    Don Quixote’s x 10

    SSH’s x 30

    Russian Soldiers x 15

    Arm Circles (Big) x 10 Forward & Backward

    Copperhead Squats x 15

    Merkins x 10

    LBC’s x 25

    Kettlebell Carry from parking lot to the front of the school. Find a nice, comfortable place on the grass or asphalt and begin:

    SUPER 21’s

    1 x American Hammers w/ KB (2-count), 1 x High Pull, 1 x Halo

    Lunge walk to other side of road and back in between each number group of exercises. 2x, Lunge Walk, 3x, Lunge Walk, 4x, Lunge Walk, 5x, Lunge Walk, then run down to the other end of school building and back. Then do 6x, LW, 7x, LW, 8x, LW, 9x, LW, 10x, LW, and run again. Then 11x, LW, 12x, LW, 13x, LW, 14x, LW 15x LW, and run again. Then 16x, 17x, 18x and run again. Then 19x, 20x, 21x

    KB carry back to:

    COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    7:00am Dogpile next Saturday March 23 led by DREDD. Breakfast Club will meet at ET’s at 6:30am and run with flags over to Dogpile. This is Growruck weekend!

    Roller Coaster/HDHH will be at Palani Drive on Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30pm. See PreBlast.

    NMS:

    Johnsonville and HoneyDo fartsacked this morning. The four that were there really worked hard and pounded out the exercises with great form and precision. Running in between the sets was definitely necessary in order to keep the arms loose. YHC was the only one doing the American Hammers on turf while everyone else was on asphalt. Hope that doesn’t hurt you three later today! YHC was told a couple times that he needs to move up in KB weight, so that may happen soon. Thanks, Whitedeer! If I can find a 26lb KB, will that suffice?

    Enjoyed leading again at CM and way to work this morning, men! Have a great rest of the day!

    Kubota

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