Author: Lighthouse

  • Baby it’s cold outside

    Three gloom warriors showed up this morning. Pigskin reported coming up with cold (we were not sure if he is coming up with cold, or just complaining that it is cold), we missed him. Whitesnake got injured his rib playing flag football with 10-year olds. We tried not to make too many jokes.

    Pinto suggested that Parking deck is warmer, so this is where we went. Here is what happened: we stopped for a warm up and some stretching on the way. First round we did 20 Merkins at every turn for a total of 120. Second round, we did 20 American Hammers at every turn. Then, we went to the lake stopping for 20 Bolgarians, 20 Dips, and 20 Derkins. After that, we went back to the Flag, with few minutes on the clock did more Hammers and the time was up. Overall, great if chilly morning with 3.5 miles of running.

  • Trying out new kind of Merkins

    Five showed up today early morning. Pigskin and Blue Moon did things around the School. YHC asked if remaining wanted to spend fun time with Pigskin, they refused. So, we ran around neighborhoods. After some warm up, we started with 20 Merkins and 20 Freddie Mercuries. After that we kept the same 20 Freddies, but changed Merkins at every stop keeping number at 20 to Diamonds, Wide grip, Merkin with right leg off the ground (Scorpion may be?), same left leg up, Spider Monkey (only 15 of those on account of them being harder), Carolina Dry Docks. And the time was up to come back. Overall, ran 3.5 miles. So much fun!

    YHC will appreciate any help with the name of Merkin.

    Whitesnake: We are registering official complaint about dogs barking in your neighborhood. It was the first time in several years, so we understand, still… we expect a more friendly attitude toward strangers who show up at 5am in the morning.

  • Where is everyone?

    After going all the way to five last week, this week we fell back to two, and it would be one if I would not drive Tonka with me. Where is everyone? Pig Skin had grandkids to take care of, but what about everyone else?

    Anyhow, we went in opposite direction this week to the end of Three Chopt road, but still did 11s: Hand Release Merkins on one side and Squats on the other (sorry, I am not very original). By the time we got back to the Flag the time was up. Total distance 3.5 miles.

  • So many people

    We had a crowd! Five instead of regular three. We have not done 11s in a while, so this is what we did after some running: Merkins on one side and Squats on the other. On the way back it turns out we had extra time left, so we went around the lake and did three rounds of 20 derkins, 20 dips, 20 Freddies. Back to the flag with total distance around 4 miles. Great job everyone!

    Sorry for a delay… I am working on it.

  • Stretching time

    The usual three turned up early Wednesday morning. Not to hot, not to cold. Pigskin stayed to do his usual circles around the school. Pinto and I ran to retirement community at the end of Three Chopt road. We did Dora there with merkins, squats, and LBCs. After finishing Dora YHC was surprised to discover that there were still 25 minutes left on the clock. Trying to stretch out the run back to the flag we stopped at every sign on our left and did two burpies (inspired by Gomer). That helped a lot with time.

    My usual apologies for the delay (I gave myself a promise to do backblast right after, but the promise is not working yet).

  • Three Amigos

    Three turn out on Wednesday morning. Thanks to Lockjaw for coming over, otherwise it would be just the two of us. We ran a large Trader Joe’s loop with four corners: 20 Merkins, 20 Heels-to-Heavens, 20 squats, 20 APDs. We did four of these loops and came back around the Lake. Overall, we got 3.9 miles with positive attitude. Lockjaw finished a bit earlier with running to get some rucking in.

    As usual my apologies for a delay.

  • Lucky Loop

    Seven turned out on a humid summer morning to play with kettle bells. After a quick warm-up we did the cumulative Lucky Loop. First loop was 15 Lawnmower Pulls (each hand), 15 Curls, 15 Sit-and-Presses and 15 Squats. On the second loop we added 15 Upright Rows, 15 Halos, 15 American Hammers, and 15 Swings. On the third loop we had time only to add 15 Overhead Pulls and that was it. By the time we came back to the Flag the time was over. We missed few regulars and their jokes.

  • Brunch club is still alive

    After many days of just me running along, the participation tripled! Three came before Gridiron to do a little pre-run. Gypsy requested 3 miles, so this is what we did. A very nice 3-mile route. There was a little debate about Homer speed. He is usually starts slow, so will he be slow all 3-miles, or will he go faster by the end. It turns out that he does go faster at the end no matter how short the distance is. That settled out debate.

  • Just the two of us

    Gypsy said he is coming, but the late night talk with daughter interfered with his plans. Unexpectedly Homer showed up. We had a pretty pleasant five-mile run. It was light outside and still pretty cool. We chatted along the way about this and that (mostly work staff). So much better to run with someone else then just by myself.

  • Five brave souls showed up on a dark, early, wet morning with bright stars. We did one of the usual culdesacs routs. After a warm-up in the first culdesac, we did 15 Hand-Release Merkins and 30 two-count Flutterkicks on one side and 10 Carolina Dry Docks and 60 LBCs on the other side. Didn’t have time to run around lake, so went directly back to the Flag.