Author: Lockjaw

  • Car Bombs

    17 of Friday’s Finest and 1 FNG showed up for some miles, but left with so much more.  YHC switched things up today with a scavenger hunt with a St.  Paddy’s Day theme.

    Pax divided into Team Honey Do and Team Sippy Cup.  Each team was given their clues and they needed to map the most efficient route to the way point, find the prize, perform an exercise, and move on.  First team back to the shovel flag with all four prizes and all of their team wins.

    Clues were provided to mask the location, but here is where we ended up going.

    Entrance of Windsor Farm – Secure a Legend pint glass.  Perform 4 Boo-Yah merkins for each member of the team.

    Head to the Civil War embankment take the trenches and the hill.  Fine the Guinness by the cannon.  5 burpees.

    Stellas – Bailey’s – 40 flutter kicks

    Arthur Ashe Statue – Jameson – 20 American Hammers

    Return to the AO with varying mileages.  The other team did the same route, but in the opposite direction.

    Team Honey Do was victorious today finding all ingredients necessary for the Irish Car Bomb.

    Fudd was Team Honey Do’s MVP.  He had an ability to sniff out liquor like a truffle at distance.  It was remarkable.

    Saab was so overwhelmed with the desire for Guinness that he took both team’s stash.  Regretfully, he had to double back and put it back in its place for the other team.

    FNG Tim was originally named Lulu due to his TYA endorsed tights.  After his departure, we renamed him Spanx.  Hopefully we will see him out here again.

    YHC got the Pax off to a good start for St Paddy’s Day.  Enjoy!

     

     

  • Alternate Dimension

    9 runners converged on a final run before the onset of winter, again.

    Reverse Carillon routes – 4, 5, 6 mile variety.

    Wilson took us out.

    NMS:

    YHC was perplexed when he showed up this morning to an empty parking lot with only Flatline’s truck in the lot.  Taking Swirly’s parking spot, YHC was able to get a commanding view of the AO as runners began arriving.  At first, it was very odd to not see the usual suspects for Friday’s run.  Was I in an alternate dimension in which I had Swirly’s parking spot and no Pax?  I was soon reminded of Belmonte this weekend.  Good luck to the men running this weekend!  You will represent well.

    It was great to see the new regulars come out in force today.  There are still two months remaining for the perpetual Friday Lockjaw Q, so come back out next week too.

    Honeymoon, thanks for pushing me on the 5 mile pace.  We had a No tools sighting as he biked past us for some brief conversation and sped off.

    Great work today!  Way to push it.

  • Devil’s Pitchfork

    Take the bat cave entrance, cross the shopping center, and down Westham Station Road (WSR).

    Take a right and ascend Panorama, then down.

    Continue down WSR to Old Bridge Road – go up and ascend Highland at the fork.

    Back down to the fork and ascend Old Bridge.

    Return to WSR.  4 milers head back to the SF.  5 milers climb Panorama and back.  6 milers continue out WSR and climb South Ridge Road to the top; then return to the SF.

    Sippy Cup did a fine job taking us out.

    NMS:

    YHC was contemplating a Mardi Gras themed run on this fine Fat Tuesday but the thoughts of how this Pax may elect to earn their beads caused some concern.  I decided to stick with a straight hill run beatdown.  Trace the run on a map and you can see why it has earned such a respectable name.

    Not much mumble chatter on the run as we were all business hitting those hills.  Post run discussion included:

    -How TYA passes his time.  Best of luck to you and your recovery.

    -Reminiscing about the first Splinter HHDH.  An event that led to the very brief, yet memorable, epoch of RVAF3 history – the kinder, gentler Toga.  I wonder what life changing events will come of this upcoming event?

    -Talk of the upcoming races.  Spots open for each include non-runner support positions.  See Toga for Ragnar and Swirly for Smokey Mountains.

    -Local news was filming in our vicinity perhaps background filler video.  Maybe we will make a cameo.

     

  • Haiku For You

    17 Rolled in for a Spring Time Run/Bike in Winter

    Today we did the reverse route of the February 4 CCV/UR route.  Continuing the haiku theme:

    This time in reverse
    Down and back up in darkness
    Found a new classic

    Marv took us out.

     

  • The Great Eight

    A Pax of 8 including one 2.0 FNG showed up for a President’s Day workout.

    COP

    The following in cadence:

    20 SSH, 10 Don Quixotes, 12 Imperial Walkers, 15 Copperhead Squats

    Mosey to the pavilion for Lindsay’s:  Dips and PLT

    Mosey to the back field for Bear Crawl Inch Worm:  Maintain elbow plank while the six bear crawls to the front.  Cycle through three times.

    Bermuda Triangle between the light posts.  Bear crawl to the first post and perform 10 dive bombers.  Bunny hop to the second post and perform 20 WWII sit ups.  Lunge to the third post and perform 30 mountain climbers.  Repeato.

    Off to the back of the school for a triple check:  BTTW, Donkey Kicks, run to the basketball hoops and back.

    Mosey around to the side and circle up for some nomadic polar bears.  Bear crawl around the circle performing 9 merkins every 90 degrees.  Maintain the circle for merkin/burpee shuffle.  Pax can call burpee or merkin, single scoop or double.  You just can’t call what was previously stated.

    Mosey back to the parking lot for 10 minutes of Mary.  Kicked off with American Hammers and moved around the circle for dealer’s  choice: LBCs, flutter kicks, freddy mercurys, box cutters, APDs, leg lifts, and something else.

    Chum Bucket took us out.

    NMS

    Team Splinter arrived in full force today with two 2.0s who led the way today.  Well Done!

    A lot of shoulders and abs today.  Triple check with BTTW and Donkey Kicks gives no relief between transition.  Bunny Slope has pioneered a nearly vertical inverted BTTW position more appropriately called ATTW.  Beyond being all around cooler, this position also provides functional benefit of being able to see the runner approach for transition.  Besides, if your arms give out, you crack your head, but preserve your face.

    It was great to finish the workout with an abs beat down.  Offshore claimed we hit a bonus round of time today based on what we accomplished, but it was all completed in 45 minutes.

    The Pax headed out for coffee.  First attempting the local coffee shop, we ended up at the Blvd Starbucks since the local shop was not open this early in the morning.  Good discussion around the table covering a variety of topics: Who is still around from the 9/20/14 initial Richmond post?, more 2.0 inspired workouts, and the challenges of driving trucks across high bridges.  Plans for Ides of March and April Earth Day HHDH were being developed as well.

    I wonder if there will be a 5K this year for Earth Day?  It’s never to early to be thinking about an Earth Day 5K, right Singer?

    Lockjaw

  • Need For Speed

    17 showed on the 17th day of February in 2017

    The Thang

    Follow the Q down the road a mile to Thomas Jefferson High School.  (YHC Note: this is the only themed tie into President’s Day).  Line up fastest to least swift.  Partner up with the fastest taking the slowest and so forth.

    Partner 1 runs the track while Partner 2 performs various arm, chest, and ab exercises.  Swap and Partner 2 runs.

    Full out sprints of 400, 800, 800, and 400.

    Quick ring of fire.  Run on back to Mary.

    Splinter took us out.

    NMS

    YHC likes to mix up our running so a diversion over to the high school track was in order.  Speed work answers the question of “how to get faster” and the Pax delivered today.  Mumble chatter was a minimum during the workout as the Pax was focused on running and recovery.  Splinter was so fast he blew his keys out of his pocket and temporarily misplaced them.

    Post run chatter focused on TYA’s sudden awareness of his need for a Subaru, the perils of low ceilings above hotel treadmills, and Saab’s recruitment of a Pax consisting of assorted house plants in the gym.  Saab was missed on a running day – get better soon.

    Lockjaw

  • Running in the Dark

    9 showed today for another Lockjaw Friday run.

    No 4 milers today.  5s and 6s headed West on Grove and rambled the neighborhoods around CCV and into UR.  A nice hill workout on the way home.  6s did a loop around the lake.

    This may be a new classic for the portfolio based on mumble chatter.

    Toga took us out.

  • February HDHH – Wednesday, February 15

    Richmond Pax,

    Come out for HDHH on Wednesday, February 15.  We will meet at Ardent at 5:30 (pm).

    3200 W. Leigh Street

    Richmond, VA 23230

    See you there!

     

  • Nollirac

    17 strong showed up for some running and biking through our fine city’s streets.  There was a chill in the air.  If only there was an app to predict the weather….

    The routes – Carillon routes backwards (Nollirac) in 4, 5, and 6 mile distances.

    YHC

    A Pax favorite in a forward route, this reverse routing satisfied all.  6 milers found the need to commit to 6 early on which was a new dynamic.  There was academic debate among the Pax to determine which route was hillier.  Personally, I think the reverse route was hillier.

    One thing for certain, the reverse route brings 4, 5, and 6 milers together for the last 4/10ths of a mile of everyone’s routes which is great for camaraderie.

    It was good to see Ricky Bobby out after some time off.  Double Bags did a great job committing to today’s run and covering those miles.  Well Done!

    TueKan disappeared somewhere en route.  The Pax speculated that he had been “swiped to the right”.  Speaking of disappearances, the 6 milers were met by a voice out of the shadows of the Carillon suggesting their pace today was sub-par.  Was it their inner voice speaking or a concerned citizen?  Sounds like a conspiracy.

    Announcements:

    -Marv can predict the weather with some degree of accuracy.

    -February HDHH February 15 – Unless TYA is selling a house, I will Q this one.

    -Saab Q tomorrow – This has been advertised as a strict kettle bell workout without any self-deprecating humor.

  • Storming The Fort

    11 runners and 2 bikers came out for another installment of Friday’s RAMM

    Number off by 1s and 2s and form two columns as we mosey as a group into Windsor Farms.  Upon entering the greens, partner up and perform the following:

    4 partner burpees (each)

    run

    8 Boo-Yah Merkins

    run

    Elbow Plank

    The Pax converges and goes deeper into Windsor Farms.  When we got to the Civil War earthworks, we stormed up and over into the trench, performed 5 burpees, and bear crawl/crawl bear out the other side of the trench.

    A nice Mosey down Sulgrave to Queen Charlotte and over to Portland.  Partner up with someone your own size for partner carries up the hill.  Three rounds with the following exercises:

    Round 1 – 10 hand release Merkins

    Round 2 – 25 PLT

    Round 3 – 40 LBC

    Mosey on to Cary St and circle up in the thick grass triangle.

    10 APD and 21 American Hammers IC.  Hot potato to Swirly for Flutter Kicks and hot potato to Sippy for elbow plank walks.

    Run home using Cary to Malvern to Grove.

    YHC took us out.

    Since we were doing a boot camp with a run tomorrow, I figured we should taper a little and intersperse our run with a boot camp today.  Lot’s of options back in the neighborhood to switch it up a bit as we took in the sights.