47 Colonials attacked the Independence Day F3RVA Convergence this morning on the 242nd anniversary of our ancestors telling King George III to “Shove It!” Conditions were 70 and Sunny after the sun appeared from behind the great RVA skyscrapers. 7:00am and BOOM! time to roll!
Mosey from Tredegar parking lot to Brown’s Island for:
COP:
Helicopters x 15
Don Quixote x 10
SSH x 20
Merkins x 10
Crab Cakes x 10
Recover and half the PAX go with Assistant Q Lockjaw and other half go with YHC. Hot Potato Q is in effect for both groups.
Kubota PAX:
Mosey across the footbridge to the WestRock Building. Stare down the mighty steps on the side of the building and commence a Triple Check. Partner 1 runs up and own all steps, Partner 2 performs merkins, Partner 3 performs LBC’s. Three times through. Al Gore to wait for the six.
Kubota passes Q to Hardywood
Mosey back to Brown’s Island and pick a nice spot on the concrete like “grass.” 21 rounds of escalating merkins and WWII sit-ups in cadence! One of each, then two of each, then three of each, etc., etc., etc. AUDIBLE! 11 rounds(that was plenty!!)
Hardywood passes Q to EF Hutton
Mosey back to the hill under the Virginia War Memorial. Four Corners on the Hill(WOW!) Corner One 10 x Burpees, Corner Two 20 x Box Cutters(time to catch your breath a little), Corner Three 30 x Carolina Dry Docks, Corner Four 40x Jump Squats. EF Hutton wanted more! REVERSO!!
EF Hutton passes Q to Flange
Partner Up! Partner One does 15 merkins while Partner Two Lunges toward tree line on hill. Partner One runs and catches Partner Two and switch up. Continue and end at Gravel Path on hill. Same thing on the way back except each partner does 15 Partner Leg Tosses upon switching. Back at starting line, round three is Partner One does Mt. Climbers while Partner Two runs to grave path and back. Three rounds each partner.
Flange passes Q to Honeydo
Mosey around parking lot and down Canal St and back up path to the North Bank Trailhead. Partner up. Partner One performs reverse crunches while Partner Two runs up trail, crosses first footbridge, avoids someone’s underwear on the bridge, and comes back. Two Rounds each partner. Al Gore for one minute and TIME UP! Back to Flags!
Lockjaw PAX:
Lockjaw Q
After COP, mosey back to Shovel Flags and up the hill to the canal. Using the large wall, the PAX did a Triple Check. Partner One does Balls to the Wall, Partner Two elbow planks and Partner Three Crawl Bears down the hill to the path and Bear Crawls back up the hill. Three Rounds. Next the PAX went higher up the hill across the canal for Touch a Tree. One Partner touches the appropriate number of trees while the other Partner performs the following exercises: Trees 1 and 2 – Mountain Climbers. Trees 3 and 4 – Monkey Humpers.
Lockjaw passes Q to Flipper
Mosey back down the hill to the Shovel Flags. Five Shovel Flags, so five Burpees at each of the seven light posts on Tredegar St. to the turn-off to Brown’s Island for 35 total Burpees! Performed some Mary while waiting for the Six (6 inches, Flutter Kicks, Rosalitas.) On the return trip down Tredegar St., Bear Crawl to the next light post and run backwards to the next two light posts. Repeat until the PAX is back to the Shovel Flag intersection.
Flipper passes Q to Spit
Mosey down the ramp leading up to the bridge to Belle Isle. Merkins and LBC’s while PAX waits for foot and bike traffic to depart the bridge. Run backwards up the bridge, 5 merkins, bear crawl, 10 merkins, run backwards, 15 merkins, bear crawl, 20 merkins, run backwards, 25 merkins. Reverso down to the bridge with 20, 15, 10, and 5 merkins to the bottom of the bridge. Mosey back to the Shovel Flags for some Mary including: Bird Dogs, American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, and others. TIME UP!
COT, Numberama, Namearama, and Fudd, Honeydo and YHC took us out!
Announcements:
PuppyPile is July 21 at 7:05am
Breaking Bread needs a Q for July and August
I missed a couple others, so put in comments please.
NMM:
Wow! What a morning! Nice to see this turnout. YHC did not expect so many, so YHC needs to stop underestimating this PAX. Everyone worked hard and got it all out. As for YHC’s group of PAX, mumble chatter ceased after the first round of the Triple Check stairs on the WestRock building. Then Hardywood just made sure there was no more mumble chatter with his 21 audibled to 11 rounds of merkins and WWII’s. Audible definitely had to be called on that one! Four corners was definitely tough and the partner work at the end finished us off. Lockjaw’s group had light mumble chatter but ceased because of the heat. A consistent theme from Fudd was his possibility of splashing merlot since he drank a bit of wine last night (what happened to the Scotch?) There was plenty of coffee, water, fruit, sausage and fellowship afterward! There was also sausage from the grill to eat. (see what I did there?) Welcome to Water Wing visiting from Cary, NC. Welcome to FNG – King George from Powhatan. YHC changed his name after a suggestion from Lab Rat that any FNG that posts on the July 4 Convergence should be named King George. Next year, any FNG’s will be named Cornwallis or Benedict Arnold.
YHC would like to especially thank Lockjaw for leading the second group of PAX and all the Q’s that had the Hot Potato tossed to them. Thanks for the coffee, Hardywood!
I know I missed a lot of mumble chatter before, during and after the workout, so please add in the comment section. Several PAX jumped in the River during the coffeteria.
TO all PAX that came this morning and to the PAX who are out of town on vacation, have a Safe and Happy 4th of July!! Thank God for our Freedom!
Kubota
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