Author: Gumbo

  • Sharing a little birthday dinner

    It was a great addition to YHC’s low-key 45th birthday to spend some time cooking dinner with my 2.0s and delivering the tasty product to the good folks at the Daily Planet medical respite facility…aka, Breaking Bread. Some tasty grilled chicken (using the same spice rub my son and I used for the grilled turkey breast on Thanksgiving), some roasted potatoes, salad, Hawaiian rolls and cookies was the menu, but the real blessing was spending that time planning, cooking, delivering and talking about it all with my 2.0s and my M. And, the cherry on top, was the thankful reception and gracious smiles received upon delivery and serving. If you haven’t done Breaking Bread yet, get on the sign up sheet for 2024 dates and get it done!

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  • Down Manders – Is that possible?

    4 early risers launched at 5:10 for a couple easy pre-game extra miles to stay on track with Half training, then we swung back by the launch site to pick up 3 more runners for the main attraction – 5 miles through the Mines trails UP Queensgate and DOWN Manders. Turns out it sucks a little bit either way you go.

    Boberry took a spill in the road under construction but kept on trucking, and he, Rosie, and Rosetta turned on the burners in Queensgate. Heist held on for a mile or so. Honeymoon and YHC kept the reasonable pace. Bullseye peeled off after the mines trail but resurfaced Midlo Middle. Well done.

    All in all, a great start to this Hump Day. thanks guys.

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  • SOJ Takeover Sort of

    A former SOJ Q and several SOJ regulars made this almost a SOJ Takeover of FW. This is what happened according to passers-by who also don’t sleep:

    Avoid getting run over by Fudd or Handshake, the 0530, time to mosey across River Road and back around the church backlot and circle up for COP, including jazzercisers with a Hillbilly hop just to make those who journeyed across the river feel welcome.

    THANG – following COP:

    11s – Donkey Kicks on the dumpster wall, run to steps and WWIIs

    recovery lap

    COP #2 (The Interlude) at the stairs with various exercises including plank-o-rama, merkins, Imperial Squat Walkers and monkey humpers

    Mosey back across River Road to Triangle for the No Cheat Triangle – 10 no-cheat merkins, run to next point and 20 2-ct mountain climbers, run the base and 30 2-ct Freddy mercuries and back to the starting point for plank-o-rama and someone got sprayed by a skunk – damn that stunk – mosey to the parking lot for round 2

    4 Corners – same as above with the triangle but add 40 1-ct ball dippers in corner 4.

    Finish with a Ring of Fire and some flutters, hello dollies, rosalitas and six inches

    COT, Numbers, Names and prayers then coffeeteria.

    Announcements:

    • Senor Frog’s VQ at Hoedown on Monday

    Good times boys. Thanks to the Rountrey crew (and McGruff) for making the trek.

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  • An OG Sweatfest

    A fearless 16 men knew what was coming (or that something that earned a name was coming) and posted anyway. No time to chat, 0530 Let’s ___ Go!

    YHC with SF in hand started the mosey to the back lot and 2 laps around the fields for mile 1.

    Brief gathering in the near corner to plant the SF and give quick directions, clock set for 20 minutes, OG starts NOW:

    Corner 1 20 merkins

    Corner 2 20 jump squats

    Corner 3 10 Burpees

    Corner 4 20 WWIIs

    As many laps as you can do in 20 minutes. Then 2 laps around the field Native American style until Rosie broke from jail and BTTF.

    It is simple, effective, and brutal all at the same time. And, don’t sleep on those jump squats. If you do them right, they hurt every bit as much or more than the other corners.

    Several OG virgins today. Can’t wait to see if you all come back for the next edition – probably early December. Just look for Gumbo on the Q sheet at NoToll.

    For those who want to track their progress, here is the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit#gid=1717732871

    Announcements:

    • Happy Hour this Friday 5:00? at Diamond Billiards
    • Workout for Liv at the Alamo 9/16 at 0700. Check Slack for details and to get your shirt. Proceeds benefit the family.

    YHC took us out in a ball of sweaty, stronger men. Great morning guys. Thanks for posting.

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  • Are you feeling Lucky?

    5 brave souls were feeling Lucky and YHC was feeling nostalgic this morning in the TwinTeam gloom. It was high time for a Lucky Horseshoe. Mosey to the Swamp track for a quick stretch and then set the timer for 33 minutes and the PAX finishes as much as they can YvY style of the following:

    1. Lap and 20 merkins
    2. Lap and 20 merkins, 20 storm squats (Imperial walker with 2 squats = 1)
    3. Lap and 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks (switch scorpion legs after 10)
    4. Lap and 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWII situps
    5. Lap and 20 merkins, 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWII situps, 20 lunges (10 each leg)
    6. Lap and 20 storm squats, 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWII situps, 20 lunges (10 each leg)
    7. Lap and 20 scorpion dry docks, 20 WWII situps, 20 lunges (10 each leg)
    8. Lap and 20 WWII situps, 20 lunges (10 each leg)
    9. Lap and 20 lunges (10 each leg)
    10. Victory Lap

    Rosie crushed it. Even got an extra Victory Lap. Tobit completed it as well. Draper and YHC completed 9 rounds and just missed out on the Victory Lap. Doublemint checked out the Facilities mid-round and got right back to it. Sweat rolled even in the cool gloom. Great morning.

    Not a lot of mumblechatter today. Just hard work. Prayers for Doublemint’s mother and Rosie’s father-in-law.

    School of Rock this Saturday and Convergence Monday.

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  • Flat and Fast

    7 runners launched from Midlo middle, fought the traffic and logged some miles. Doozy shot out of the cannon and by the time he turned back the group had turned off but he found Greenbow and they made their way back. Bullseye lurked behind the group and had a soft re-entry after some time away.

    Heist, Airwolf, Honeymoon and YHC slayed 5.16 miles through Charter Colony and Otterdale and back along Westfield with Heist and Airwolf pushing the pace.

    Great job gents! No More Gumbo For You!

  • That Old Dirt Road to Draper’s House

    6 runners broke free from the fartsack and from the allure of 8-counts with DTH to pound some miles in preparation for this weekend’s CSAUP. We reversed the dirt road, said hi to Draper’s casa and sweat like crazy. And, we almost lost Doozy to the trance of a gazelle clipping along at a sub-9 pace, but we were able to break him free and keep him on course. Great job men.

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  • Lucky #7

    6 men broke free extra early from the fartsack to post at First Watch for the second helping of a Gumbo double-header and here is how it was served:

    Mosey two laps around the parking lot and then circle up for COP with various exercises. Despite LSU’s impressive record of 68,888 jello shots consumed at the CWS, we did not do 68,888 of any exercise.

    Grab 2 coupons and head over to the parking lot behind the church for:

    7 of Diamonds (4 corners) – in honor of Tigers 7th College Baseball National Championship (2nd most all time)

    • Round 1 – 7 Burpees at each corner
    • Round 2 – 14 swquats
    • Round 3 – 21 2-ct mountain climbers
    • Round 4 – 28 2-ct flutter kicks
    • Round 5 – 21 SSHs
    • Round 6 – 14 merkins
    • Round 7 – 7 WWIIs

    Triple Check – PAX 1 runs to dumpster building does 5 DKs and runs back, PAX 2 does box cutters, PAX 3 overhead press with the coupon.

    Make our way back to the cars.

    Numbers, Names, COT

    Announcements – Convergence Tuesday 7/4 at 0700 at Dogpile

    Prayers – Ron Whitley (affectionately knows as Uncle Ron in my house) battling skin cancer got some bad news yesterday. Take skin care seriously men – put on sunscreen, see a dermatologist regularly. It is no joke!

    Have a great day men and GEAUX TIGERS!

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  • Strolling with the boys

    4 runners out for OTB on a great Sunday morning. We got 6.5 in thanks to Draper’s route skills. Aisle 5 and Wilson walked and solved all the problems of the world. Can’t ask for a better start to the day.

  • Do you best Tommy Tanks impression

    14 dirtbags showed up to Huguenot Little League to see if the field were playable. They were, so this is what transpired:

    2 foul pole to foul pole runs to loosen up, then COP with various exercises meant to keep our hands dry and then it was time for the main show.

    3 swings (not pitches). Make them count. Anything other than a fair ball over the fence is an out. Given the numbers, we had a second round with 2 swings. We had 6 HRs in total in the first round and 4 in the second.

    This year’s winner (with 2 HRs in each round) was NTB – a newcomer taking the title from YHC. Honeymoon, Warby, McRib and Rosie each launched HRs in round 1 and McRib and Rosie double-dipped with a HR each in round 2.

    YHC took the bagel along with everyone else, although I think I may have won the Exit Velo competition with my last hit. Turns out you need both Exit Velo and Launch Angle for a HR, right NTB?

    Warby and Snuff put on stellar defensive shows. Nothing like EF Hutton’s HR robbery of last year, but good enough to get on YHC’s list for the F3 RVA Softball team should there ever be one.

    Great fun. Well done guys. I know the rain kept people away, so YHC will look for a late July date to run this back! I’m waiting for NTB to let me know when he is out of town. Maybe McRib and Rosie too!

    Welcome to Bow Tie (McRib’s 2.0). We stuck with the food theme for the family but we missed the obvious name – Riblet. Thanks for coming out Bow Tie.

    No announcements – we almost forgot to circle up. YHC was too depressed.

    Until next time, No More Gumbo For You.