Author: Spit

  • A Run around Kroger

    8 Davillians including a FNG and four legged friend got after it for some running and rucking on Thursday morning

    Route for the running including go a reverse way than normal over to Cool Spring West then running the Rutland loop reverse. Shortly after passing Bulkhead’s house we took the cut through next to the pond to get over to the Bojangles loop. Crossed over Atlee Station and ran the Kroger loop reversed before heading back to the clubhouse. Distance depending on detours by the PAX was between 4 to 4.25 miles

    Ruckers did they thing with a little later start than normal getting in 3+

    Welcome Cliffhanger who is a contractor friend of Corned Beef’s who shared he enjoys hiking with his kids

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  • A Hilly Takeout

    A Davillian and SOJer enjoyed a run that for at least one of us was just a normal run.

    ROUTE

    L onto James River Rd
    R onto Riverton Ridge Dr
    L onto Welby Dr
    R onto Hawell Ct (wrong turn, turn back)
    L onto Chatwell Rd
    Merge onto Henlow Dr
    R onto Wilcot Dr
    R onto Ashwell Dr
    Cross over Robious into cut through for Powderham Ln
    L onto Twin Team
    Cross back over Robious onto Jamer River Rd
    Finish with a few laps in the parking lot to get just over 4 miles

    MOLESKIN

    Nice run with Doozy this morning. YHC had planned to run the “Rollercoaster Route” (or what YHC called the Old Gumbo house route) but Doozy wanted to show YHC something new. We only missed a turn once which Doozy new would happen. Felt good to start the week off with a run again!

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  • The forgot Backblast

    YHC forgot to recap the run from last Tuesday so here it is. 5 Davillians got after on a humid Tuesday in July. Route to us through Taylor Farms, Honey Meadows, Kings Charter, cross over Atlee Station onto the path then head to new enterance of Giles back up to the main enterance the back to the parking lot.

    That was the 4+ mile loop. 5 miles added a loop around Summer Duck. COTU did a walk for a few miles

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  • Triple Check Hot Potato

    3 Davillians came in hot on this first Friday in Aug to workout with a Q

    This is how went down

    Mosey around the school grounds to our warmup spot

    Opus’ Q

    COP (ALL IC) – Copperhead squats, helicopters, Chinooks, HRM’s, Reverse Scorpion Kicks, Scorpion Kicks, One Legged Gas Pumps.

    Triple Check #1 – Using the picnic benches – Skull Crushers, Dip/Incline Merkins, run a lap around garden area

    Spit’s Q

    Mosey to the playground

    Triple Check #2 – Pull ups, American Hammers, Lunge the bridge and back

    Speakeasy’s Q

    Mosey to the blacktop

    Triple Check #3 – Superman, 6 inches, and broad jump/bear crawl/crab walk

    Mosey back to the VSF

    5 MOM – Each PAX lead an exercise IC twice followed by a 10 sec ct straight at the end

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, Opus took us out

    MOLESKIN

    Message went out last night that Trout was planning to Q depending on how much drinking he did the night before. Well looks like he had a fun night so Trio just got in a hot potato. We decided to make it a triple check day since we have the perfect number for it

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • No DaPile tomorrow go to Dogpile for a guest Q
    • Daville takeout this Monday

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  • Where you at New Market?!?

    2 Local boys and one traveler from the north, answer the call this morning for Daville takeover day at Satan’s Hill.

    This how it went down

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, Scorpion Kicks, Alternating Shoulder Taps, Merkins, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Mosey to the bottom of the hill

    Love Hill at Satan’s Hill – Had to modified a little since we had just three of us. Complete 5 Broad Jump Burpees, 10 ct Bear Crawl, and 10ct Lunges then run today follow by running back to the spot we finished our round of excerises. Rinse and Repeat till we reached the top

    Mosey to the coupon pile

    Dora – 50 Sit up + Press, 100 Goblet Squats, 150 Overhead Press while one PAX coupon lunges 10 step out and 10 back

    Triple Check – Flutter Kicks, American Hammer, run a lap around the parking median

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    YHC answered the call to take the longest travel this morning for takeover today. Arrived about 15 mins early to look over the AO (It had been over a year and half since the last trip to New Market). At 5:25 YHC was still the lone wolf and wondering if the New Market crew decided to take a vaca today. Luckily at 5:27, Heist made his way down the hill shortly after Mamaduke made his way down.

    Great mumble chatter this morning catching up with Duke and meeting Heist. TClaps go out to Mamaduke for posting 4 days in a row after his vaca last week

    Looking forward to the next Daville Takeover Day in Aug on Monday the 8th

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  • Attack the day like we attacked the run

    5 Davillians said no to the fart sack and got out for a run this morning.

    Marco Polo went out on his own and got in a little over 5 miles

    The rest of the PAX ran through Honey Meadows (including the trails) and Taylor Farm with a 5 minute run and 1 minute walk getting in 3.5 to 4 miles.

    Speakeasy stayed with the rest of the PAX but ran the whole time and would circle back and ran his own version of fartleks

    For YHC it was great to be back out after last posting 10 days ago. It was good to have Opus back out with us as well

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  • A True Recovery Run

    3 Davillians got out and enjoyed the cooler weather on this Tuesday morning for a recovery run. Marco Polo has been training hard for his marathon and YHC has been dealing with a sinus/ear infection so we truly took it like. The route was 4 miles with Marco Polo and Speakeasy getting in a little bit more after turning back for YHC.

    T-Claps to Speakeasy for getting in an extra 3 miles this morning with run from his house and back

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  • Daville Takeover brings a new Faceplant

    7 of West Ends best came out to see what this Davillian had in store for a takeover day

    This how it went down

    Mosey around the parking to the side

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Mosey to the pull up bars

    Triple Check – Pull Ups, Dips, Bear crawl to the first tree and crawl bear back

    Mosey to the track

    4 Corners – 20 WWII’s, 20 Squats, 20 (2ct) Flutter Kicks, 20 Merkins. Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey to the hill behind the concessionaire

    Jacob’s Ladder – Run up and down the hill start with one Burpee finish with 7

    Mosey back to the SF

    Captain Thor – 1:4 ratio with 1 WWII and 4 single ct American Hammer, Rinse, Increase, and Repeat till at 10:40 ratio

    1 MOM – Ring of Fire (5ct Merkins)

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    It was great to be back to a bootcamp in the Tuckahoe Nano Region. YHC hasnt been out here for almost 1 1/2 years. Some were even surprised someone beside Honey Do uses Scorpion Kicks in a COP.

    Great day to show up with adding of a new transfer PAX from SC named Faceplant. Any idea on how the two faceplant compete for the name, haha

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Prayers for Seymour in his upcoming travelers

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  • 6 Years Later after DaVille done blowed up!

    On YHC’s 6 anniversary of his first post in Mechanicsville, 6 Davillians arrived at Atlee HS on a sunny and 70 morning in May

    This how it went down

    COP (all IC) – SSH, Copperhead Squats, Skip Jacks, Arm Circles little and big….Reverso, Merkins, LBC’s

    Parking lot Tracers

    Mosey to bus loop

    4 corners: X20 merkins, X20 2 count flutter kicks, X20 Dips, X20 WWII situps

    Mosey to closest basketball court:

    Partner burpee suicides: One runs burpee suicides while partner sits in the people’s chair. Switch and repeat.

    Mosey to the backwall of HS

    Triple check: Run loop around the first island of the Teacher’s lot, Alabama Prom Dates, Balls to the Wall

    Lots of time left so we repeated Partner Burpee suicides and 4 corners

    Mosey back to the SF

    5 MOM – PAX choice of exercises then 30 secs of starching

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, Opus took us out

    MOLESKIN

    This year YHC decided to run the same workout Lab Rate Qed back in 2016. With a smaller PAX things got done quicker so repeating was needed

    Great mumble chatter was had by all.

    To finsh YHC shared the words Lab Rat put in his Backblast on that morning. These words have a lot ways become the memo for DaVille:

    “There were guys of various fitness levels out there this morning so YHC wants to ensure that everyone knows these workouts are designed to be tough for everyone.  “You versus you”  means do what you can, then move on.  Another way of saying it is “fake it til you make it”.  Also, most importantly, know that we WANT you here.  It can really suck at first, but if you keep coming out, you WILL improve.  “The workouts don’t get easier, YOU just get stronger.” “

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    The Bridge on June 4th and Memorial Day Convergence at Tredger starting at 7am

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  • 6 Years in the Making

    17 of RVA’s finest came out on this warm Saturday morning in May to help YHC celebrate 6 years with this fantastic group.

    This how it went down

    Slaughter Start – 6 Burpees OYO

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s, American Hammers, Scorpion Kicks, AST’s, Merkins, and Arm Circles

    Mosey to the traffic circle by the amphitheater for a couple loops with running backwards and karaoke.

    THANG

    Mosey to the Amphitheater

    Incline Merkins starting at the bottom with 1 and increase to 18 at the top

    Decline Dips down the theater with 18 at the top and 1 at the bottom

    Mosey to the Penny Stage

    Touch a Tree – With a partner completing coupon exercises three rounds of touching a tree with 6, 9 and 12. Coupon exercises were curls, Sit up + Press, and Leg Lifts

    Mosey the the carillon field

    Love Hill at the Field – Partner up again with partner running the length of the field and other partner doing exerices of Lunges, Broad Jump Burpees, then Polar Bears. Once we completed one length we partner with someone new and repeated

    Mosey back to the traffic circle

    Crub Crawls – Bear crawl to the center completed 5 Merkins, crawl bear back to the outer do 4 merkins. Rinse and Repeat down to 1

    Mosey back to SF

    2 MOM – Hold 6 inches for the six, Freddie Mercury’s, Flutter Kicks, Dolly’s

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, Opus took us out

    MOLESKIN

    Mr Rogers asked YHC while during a mosey “So what has changes in 6 years?” Well DaVille was only 2 months old, we had half the AO’s we do now, there was no “Big Data”, we didn’t use Slack, and our main way of communicate was either the website with BackBlast or world of mouth. What hasn’t changed? The impact this group keeps making on all the “Sad Clown” men in our community. I’m truly thankful for this group and how these brothers have been their for me the last 6 years. Nowadays when I’m only posting 10 to 12 days a month (when I used to get in 17 to 20), I’m still encourage every time I come out or see others posting.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    The Bridge on June 4th and Memorial Day Convergence at Tredger starting at 7am

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