Author: Spit

  • Is This a Running AO?

    9 Davillians and 1 summer tourists, came out for YHC return to The Creek.

    This how it went down:

    Short mosey around the parking lot for any LIFO’s

    COP (ALL IC) – DQ, Helicopters, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Merkin Mile – mile loop around Ash Creek to the clubhouse stopping every 1/4 mile for 25 Merkins

    Suicide Dora – First partner does suicides on the court while second partner works on the exercises. Flap Jack, Rinse, and Repeat. Excerises has follows: 50 Skull Crushers, 100 WWII Sit-Ups, 150 single count American Hammers, 200 SSH

    3/4 Merkin Mile – Head back to the church stopping every 1/4 mile for 25 Merkins

    Parking Lot Tracers

    1 MOM – 25 Merkins OYO

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and Emoji took us out.

    MOLESKIN

    It felt good to be back at The Creek. Since YHC has been training for the Colonial, Fridays over the last month or so have been spent running. Apologizes to the PAX since YHC had to somehow still get in the miles today (2.75 to be exact)

    Glad to have Honey Do join us this morning to wrap up his DaVille tour for the summer. Also go to have Lab Rat out for his annual visit to The Creek

    T-Claps to Mudface and Wild Thing for “pushing through the suck” with running

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • To Farlek or Not to Farlek

    No the title is correct, YHC didn’t mean to Fartsack. 10 Runners from near and far arrived on a humid morning in Mechanicsville to either train or punch their passports.

    The Route – Laps around the three school total of 1.6 miles per lap

    Colonial Team – Farlek Run – 5 minutes at 30 sec slower than normal pace then either 2 or 3 minutes at 30 sec faster than normal pace. Rinse and Repeat for either 4 or 5 miles

    “On Doctor Orders” Runners (4ish Milers) – No Farlek running for these fellas

    The Runningish Group (aka Mudface & No Idea) – 3ish miles

    T-Claps to Marco Polo for crushing a near to 8:30 pace

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Push Through the Suck

    A fantastic 4 got in their extra credit before Dogpile today.

    YHC burned himself out with 6.5 miles for the first half and need some encouragement on the way back.

    Rest of the PAX a solid 2 to start and 1.5 on the way back

    Great convo with the PAX about what we are currently reading.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Partner Up SOJ

    15! Yes 15 runners from the North and South arrived “North of the Wall” to enjoy a Sunny and 70 Monday morning run.

    Route was the Craney Island/Giles Combo.

    Head out onto Atlee Station, turn into Craney Island neighborhood on DeWitt Rd. Head to the back of the neighborhood for a little down/up hill run.

    4 milers – Head back the way they came and did a loop in the Giles down and back

    5 milers – Loop around Craney Island, a loop around Cool Spring Baptist, then head to Giles for a loop down and back

    Glad to have SOJ/New Market joins us this morning. YHC was worried they would outnumber us at one point but the full Colonial 70 team came out ready.

    Apologizes to the 5 milers this morning. YHC is still working on this route so we got in a little overtime today

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Car Up!!

    9 Runners arrived on a darker than normal Monday to start week off with some miles

    Simple route today. Head out behinds the school to Honey Meadows. Head up to Honey Meadow Estate and hit the fire road to Kings Charter. Turn right on Kings Charter Drive. 4 milers turned back at 2 miles and 5 milers turn back at 2.5 miles.

    Mud Face and No Idea did a run/walk for 3.5 miles into Giles

    Title comes from today seeing a record number of cars in both neighborhoods leaving before 6 am. YHC total over 12.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • New Route for the Tourists

    12 Runners including 3 summer tourists arrived at the correct Atlee HS address with no issues.

    Route was new for YHC and the PAX. Head out onto Atlee Station and up the hill to the light. A right to continue on Atlee Station. Right onto Dewitt Dr into The Carpenter and Opus’ neighborhood, Craney Island. Head to the back of the neighborhood for a little hill work.

    4 milers – Head back the way they came and did a loop in the new neighborhood Giles down and back

    5 milers – Loop around Craney Island, a loop around Cool Spring Baptist, then head to Giles for a loop down and back

    MOLESKIN

    YHC heading to the run this morning was excepting the crowd that was already in the parking lot before 5:25. With this mind a quick change in the route (with some help from The Carpenter) was put into place.

    Glad to have Glide back after his vacation. He was a LIFO today but still got in his 5 so we will let him slide.

    Good to see our summer tourists out with us today. Gave Double Mint a little surprise as he was advise there were no hill in Hanover.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • The Hot Anvil

    6 men of the gloom including one summer tourists arrived for The Anvil first ever hot potato .

    This is how it went down

    Spit’s Q

    Parking Lot Tracers

    COP (ALL IC) – Invisible jump robe, DQ, Helicopters, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, HRM’s, Mtn Climbers, Arm Circles

    Mosey to the track

    Catch Me If You Can – Partner up, first partner runs around the track while second partner does an exercises. Switch, Rinse, and Repeat. Excerises were lunges (x2), Broad Jump Burpees, Polar Bears

    Emoji’s Q

    Mosey to the basketball court

    Third Check – Dip, Reverse Crunches, Bear Crawl to a tree and run back

    Marco Polo’s Q

    Mosey back to the track

    5’s (Shorten 11’s) – LBC’s on one side, run across the field of the track, Merkins on the other side

    Mosey back to the Flag

    5 MOM – Each PAX member pick an exercises to lead IC

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and Emoji took us out.

    MOLESKIN

    Unfortunately the original Q of the day (Upchuck) couldn’t make it due to injury. YHC left the Q sheet open in case a summer tourists was interested in their extra 0.1 pt for Qing in a different nano-region. No takers, no problem we will just have hot potato

    Thanks to both Emoji and Marco Polo for setting up. I think its about time for some solo Q’s from you both!

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Puppy Pile on Saturday
    • Labor Day Convergence in SOJ
    • Retreat coming up in Sept

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Public Services Announcement from DaVille

    Public Services Announcement from DaVille

    There has been a lot of confusion regarding the location of Tomato Run and DaVille AO. The issue has been when the RVA PAX is using google maps.

    From what we have been told, somehow seniors at Hanover HS were able to have Google maps changed to show the address to their school when you type Atlee HS.

    The location of Atlee HS is at

    9414 Atlee Station Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23116

    Anyone that still needs to cross these AO’s off your summer tour list keep this in mind!

    From your friendly “Wildlings of the North”

  • Bent It Like Jacob

    10 Warriors of the gloom including 2 summer tourists enjoyed a tour around the AO today.

    This is how it went down

    Mosey through the campus style school, around the back, then up to the side for COP on the basketball court.

    COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Freddie Mercury, Tempo LBCs, HRM, Mtn Climbers, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Bent Jacob #1 – Using the hill next to the track, start with 7 Merkins, 7 Polar Bears up the hill, run to the top for 7 Burpees. Run back down, rinse, and repeat for 6 – 1.

    Mosey to the courtyard

    Triple Check – Skull Crushers, Dips, Lap around the building/trailer

    Bent Jacob # 2 – Using the hill behind the school, start with running up the hill for 7 WWII Sit-Ups then run down for 6 WWII’s. Rinse and Repeat up/down for 5 – 1

    Mosey back to the SF

    1 MOM – Grab a rock, Boat/Canoe on Chewy’s call

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

    MOLESKIN

    The dog days of summer are in full swing now. YHC arrived to the AO already sweating. Public Service Announcements to the PAX. DRINK WATER!! If need bring it with during the workout do so!

    Ok back to the workout, glad to have Mamaduke & Honeymoon joins us this morning. They were able to find the AO with no App trouble this time. Hopefully that will be same case tomorrow for The Creek

    Since YHC was given the heads up our summer tourists would be in attendance today, he wanted to make sure they saw the whole AO. So the plan was put into place to use both main hills and the courtyard.

    YHC had been waiting for another shot at the Bent Jacob (since having to call it short at WDog two weeks ago). The combo Merkins/Burpees added an extra change to the Jacob’s Ladder

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Early Risers run this Saturday
    • Hot days ahead – Drink Water!!
    • Puppy Pile next Saturday
    • Labor Day Convergences – SOJ hosting at Timberwolf

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • No Trip to the South Today

    9 Davillians who did get to sleep before 2 am arrived for another hump day with bells.

    This is how it went down

    COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Freddie Mercury, Tempo LBCs, HRM, Mtn Climbers, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Meet in the Middle – Partner up, first partner starts out one direction in the parking lot bear crawling with KB. Second partner goes the opposite direction doing around the world. Once the partners meet up complete 10 Booyah! Merkin then switch exercises with partner. Rinse and repeat till partners had completed bear crawling a 1/2 lap.

    Kettle Bell 11’s – Start with 1 Demon Crusher/10 Sit-up + Press, run a lap. Rinse and Repeat till 10 Demon Crushers/1 Sit-up + Press

    5 MOM – Up/Down Press on Q’s Call, Boat/Canoe on Chewy’s Call, 5 KB Burpees OYO

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

    MOLESKIN

    With the storm last night, YHC and the PAX were hoping for break from the heat/humility. Although things to seemed to be slightly better, it was still a “Dog day of summer” gloom.

    No Idea mentioned last night on the DaVille FB messengers that Mud Face, Chewy and himself would be heading to SOT today. YHC was surprised to see Mud Face pulling into the parking at 5:25. Turns out No Idea was up till 2am so Mud Face enjoyed his extra 30 minutes of sleep and stayed local

    If YHC had know Mud Face was going to be in attendance, he would have ask him to bring some extra KB. We had several PAX members still new to KB workout without their own bells. T-Claps to Yard Sale for making the trip back to his house to pick up some.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Early Risers run this Saturday

    SPIT ON THAT!!