Author: Lockjaw

  • Sunrise Over the River

    Batcave to cross the river, head upstream, and come back the way you came.

    YHC took us out.

  • Out and Back

    Bikers, ruckers, runners of all different distances and start times headed east for 22 minutes, north a block, west 22 minutes, and south a block.

  • Birth of the Slow Witted Hill Billy

    With the departure of EF Hutton making a multi-stop summer tour, this group of six completed this week’s installment of First Watch.

    Over to the church for COP. The pace and types of exercises were well received by the Pax, including a new unnamed exercise that was named by the Pax and serves as this back blast title.

    Off to the back parking lot for 4-Corners, Tabata style. 30 seconds of one exercise, 30 seconds of another and mosey to another corner for four corners total for that set. Despite technical difficulties, we conquered the following:

    Set 1 – Mountain Climbers and Merkins

    Set 2 – Squats and APDs

    Set 3 – Carolina Dry Docks and Box Cutters

    Back to the flag for some Mary.

    YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Pickleball tournament this weekend. There is still time to sign up.
    • Señor Frog earns respect in a couple of weeks. Heartbreak will be the time and place.
    • Convergence Labor Day at the far west end AO. I think it is called Pussy Willow or something to that effect. See Whitesnake for details.
    • 10-year F3RVA convergence on September 21. Lot’s of fun and activities on the horizon.

    Coffee was great as always with Blue Moon and Fireman Ed.

  • Appropriate Punctuation

    Equal parts runners and bikers, this crew covered miles in all directions. The runners explored the Wilton House territory with its mix of hills and straightaways.

    TYA took us out with a message that we should reflect on weekly, if not daily. Let’s mark these chapters of life with ample punctuation to differentiate the passing of time.

  • No Comment

    A lucky 13 covered routes of 4, 5, and 6 miles all with one thing in common – heat, hills, and humidity.

    OBT took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Wednesday evening hill workouts are resuming tomorrow. Bootleg to post details on slack.
    • Thursday paddle trips on the river are in full effect. Meet at Huguenot Flatwater at 630 pm. Let Upchuck, Honey Do, or Lockjaw know so we can keep a look out for you or bring an extra boat.
    • August 17 – Pickleball tournament. Sign up now per Hitchhiker.
    • September 12 @5pm ET – Richard Reeves will speak to the F3 Nation. More details will be forthcoming.

  • Hoedown Farmer’s Market

    A lucky 11 welcomed a bright new week with this week’s installment of Hoedown. With a car alarm providing a 5 minute advance warning, the Pax gathered around to discuss life across various aspects. At 530, off to the teacher’s lot we went to warm up.

    Helicopters, Don Q, Hill Billies, Dead Man Hang, Soldiers, and then dropping into various yoga moves – some static, others dynamic.

    Down the road to Trinity where lined up and performed the following up the drop off line and around the back. 5 burpees, 10 HRMs, 25 squats, 50 mountain climbers, 75 LBCs, 100 flutter kicks. Once at this pinnacle, we worked our way down the ladder. Locomotion between sets consisted of bear crawls, lunge walks, crawl bears, and reverse lunges.

    Around to the back for triple check. Run the loop of the parking lot, monkey humpers, and carolina dry docks.

    Begin making our way back to the AO with a Lindsay – box cutters and APDs.

    Whitesnake took us out.

    Thank you Last Call for opening up your harvest to us!

  • Odd Encounters

    According to the interesting couple at the takeout with a frozen margarita bowl converted to a water tight stash for cigarette transport, the following may have happened.

    After catching up with Pucker en route to the put-in, we launched and made our way up the river. It seems the cooler temperatures by the dam hydraulics attract all types of wildlife trying to cool off.

    Slow paddle mosey down river with a coolish breeze added to a spectacular time out. Others on the river seemed to be enjoying kayaking and fishing, with a few bites waiting for the big one.

    Upchuck made friends at the take out and picked up some new jargon.

    Next week, 6:30 pm. See you there.

  • Road Trip

    An all-star cast of characters emerged from early morning gloom. A couple of yogi’s, a few reading in their trucks, and the Fuddster coming in hot.

    Off we went to the small park for some warm ups and yoga taking the rest of the warm up down Westham.

    We did the Westham challenge down Club Vista: Large SUVs = 10 HTH; European Cars = 3 Burpees. All was working out well until we stumbled upon a cluster of Audis.

    By way of avoiding a newly placed fence, we made our way to the practice fields for Triple Check 1. Partner 1 bear craws out to a set location and the other do do plerkins – three time through for everyone.

    We did a second set of Triple Checks with lunges, monkey bumpers, and elbow planks.

    Some 4 corners got us moving with 10 WWIIs, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 30 4-count flutter kicks, and 40 LBCs.

    The mosey back to the flag was orchestrated with a Lindsay along the way ala box cutters and squats.

    YHC took us out.

    Coffee was fine as always with more revelations.

  • Perpetual Improvement

    Eight runners and an unknown number of bikers got an early start to a hot day. East bound and down is how we went.

    Phonics took us out.

    Announcement: Next Friday (7/12), we will have the annual amateur RAMM gears. Dust off those banana seats, add the tassels to the handlebars, and get your baseball cards in the spokes! All types of bikes. All types of people. All types of fun!

  • Maximum Capacity

    If you were in Richmond, you were on the river – including the two of us. We paddled up to the bridge and enjoyed exploration of the other side on the way down river.

    This will be a weekly thing. Thursdays at 6pm for those interested.