Author: Rosie

  • Recall picks up the pace

    Everyone that showed up this early Sunday to run was dressed for winter except one. We’ll let you guess who that was. No one was sure which direction we were going when we headed out but we adjusted on the fly and were all back to the starting point an hour later. Recall has been consistently posting and running his own pace but today kept up Honeymoon and I company as Annie pulled us along. Ceranno kept us in his sights and pulled out a solid 6+ miles.

    All good stuff to get us primed for New Market football watching in Duke’s garage.

  • 10 days on Tinder

    8 PAX ran through Midlothian at varying speeds and distances. Highlights were the 2nd F where one PAX member regaled us with stories of the terrifying and sometimes wonderful 10 days he spent on Tinder.

  • Where’d he go

    05:29:30 and no one has called out a route yet so YHC stepped up and called it. Up Twin Team, right on Brigstock, out 23, back 22. Running as a pack up Twin Team everyone fell into their pace at the top. Gumbo had to cut out early. OC decided to go rogue and make the full loop coming down Winterfield to Robious for just under 6 miles. As he pulled away on his own he mentioned it to a couple people but no one was exactly sure where he went, we had to circle up without him but he made it back before we left the AO.

    Tclaps to Lug for crushing a 10 miler this weekend. Hammers and Ales was a success. Only a couple more days to donate to Gumbo and Vinny to get them to wear a stache for a month+.

  • More than he wanted

    YHC was not planning to put up a back blast for OTB this week since I thought it might be just me and Honeymoon but when 8 guys post and get some solid 2nd F time in it’s worth it. Marmaduke wanted 5ish so we decided to show him the Salisbury route and cut it a little short. He and Recall got more than 5 but still came in before UF opened the doors. OC hung with Honeymoon, Annie and I until Honeymoon hill. Aisle 5, Hermie and Wilson did some slower paced stuff but were able to solve the world’s problem so we’re happy about that. Good times gentlemen.

  • I guess we’re on our own

    Despite various arrival times there was a nice round PAX of 6 waiting for the Q to show up at 0530. No Wojo so YHC took the potato and ran the crew behind the school for a warm up that included EFH’s Jazzercize along with some various planking and other stuff.

    6 pack of Pullups and Derkins at the playground

    Doozy – To the parking lot for touch a pole – Partner up. 1 up to 5 poles, while partner does squats, then flutters, then American Hammers. Getting to 15 without repeating took some running and some planning ahead. PeeDee finally caught on after 3 rounds or so.

    Loose Goose – More 4 corners, this time in the big parking lot – 15 merkins, 20 WWII, 25 Squats, 30 LBC. No time for a second round so he found some spots for us to repeat all of the above on the way back to the flag.

    YHC checked the Q sheet earlier this week but Wojo had it locked down so no worries right. Not so fast, apparently with UNC playing VT this weekend he must have been afraid the Hokie presence would be too strong. That is was with Radar, Loose Goose and I holding down the AO for the Hokies. With the size of the AO we recommend getting there before 0530 as Sonic found out. He searched some previous haunting grounds but we may have circled each other because he only found us at the end. Tclaps for sticking around and getting some miles in.

    Thanks for chipping in with the potato Goose and Doozy. PeeDee, BoBerry and Radar be prepared, the next potato could come your way. Excellent way to start a Friday.

  • 5 Fingers – 4 paws

    6 runners and a 4 legged friend met up to do some early morning running to start the week. I’ve been wanting to bring this one back since we did it before BRR since it includes 2 of the hill running faves of Twin Team and Queens Grant. 3 other smaller hills mixed in. POG and Honeymoon were pulled along by Annie while Lugnut found a hill that was not on the menu but was equal to the others. Doozy, still recovering opted for flatter terrain down by the river. Thanks to Swiper for keeping me company with a solid pace up and down the hills.

    Great way way to kick off a Monday, feeling good. Do something to make yourself better today.

  • F3 run

    New route and plan on the books for the 3 runners that hit the mean Midlothian streets this morning. A Fartlek style group run in and out of the local neighborhoods was called as we left the parking lot.

    Mile or so warm up then pick up the pace for varying distances and elevations throughout the route. YHC found a new route that roughly drew the F3 logo. This will be known as the F3 route and I fully expect people to get lost trying to follow it if it is called again. I’ll try to post a screen shot of the route but my tech skills are limited.

    Great to have Draper out on a run, he mentioned that he wants to get back to hitting the running AOs a little more. Fartlek runs are harder when you are consistently going up and down hills. Way to push guys.

  • Invite Only

    OC reached out to YHC for info on the Sunday run. I was happy to provide the OTB info but forgot to include the secret parking location. Luckily he saw a couple cars roll around back and joined us before we hit the road. Lap around Midlo, including the mines.

    Great morning for a run, enjoyed it.

  • Visit to the Namesake

    An empty slot on the Q sheet normally means a hot potato is in order but YHC took today’s potato Swirly style. A couple new faces at Twin Team so why not show them why we named the AO after a back road.

    A quiet crowd awaited 0530. Not a minute sooner (looking at you OC) we moseyed to the bus loop for a quick warmup before backtracking and heading to the bottom of Twin Team, stopping along the way for various exercises. The main event is a modified Jacobs Ladder on the hill. 10 strides, 1 burpee, back to the start for 10 box cutters. 20 and 2. Repeat up to 70 and 7, always with 10 box cutters at the bottom. Sorry Offshore, next time we’ll increase the exercise at the bottom appropriately. Since we made it nowhere near the top we (the Q) decided to make it way up there. First 30 seconds of uphill sprint, stop for some Mary. Run the rest of the way. Stop at the to for a variety of exercises before hearing back to the bottom.

    Extra time when we got back to the lot was filled with a few rounds of increasing burp in a box with a short bus loop lap. Mary to close it out.

    Twin team was extra gloomy and dark this morning with minimal moonlight and only backlit watches to avoid running into each other. Tclaps to PeeDee for posting 4 days in a row, that’s a Swirly/Doublemint -esque start. Thanks for indulging my need for hitting Twin Team, as Tobit pointed out we did not take enough advantage of the summer light. Too many other fun things to do here. Look out for some pull ups, speed work and/or hill repeats coming to an AO near you courtesy of Draper, Tobit, Offshore or YHC.

    Great work today men. Have a great weekend.

  • Is it hard to Q?

    Small crowd showed up at the Forge for some hard work on this warm October morning. Before the prescribed start time Last Call inquired about the difficulty of a Q. No, it’s not hard; have a plan, know the plan, plan extra since the PAX are always faster than you think and prepare to not sleep much the night before. That said with the Q sheet empty, (Vinny?), YHC let the other 3 know the Q would be passed to them at some point so prepare accordingly.

    Mosey to the cul-de-sac for some warm up exercises. Next up, Love Hill w/o the hill. Partner 1 runs the back drive aisle, P2 does Russian soldiers, lunges and bear crawls.

    Last Call Q –

    Lightpole Ladder starting at the bottom of the hill – Pole 1 – 5 burpees, Pole 2 – 10 WWI, Pole 3 – 15 merkins. Back to the bottom after each round.

    Sea Doo Q –

    Mosey up the ramp. 10 jerkins run across the parking lot, 15 squats, run up the hill 5 burpees at the top. Repeato x2

    Fresh Prince Q –

    4 corners – 10 merkins, 15 jump squats, 20 WWII, 30 SSH. Repeato x3

    Back to Rosie for some Mary and a Ring of Fire to close it out.

    Great work today men. Everyone got a nice sampling of the Q. Keep posting and hopefully we’ll see everyone’s name on there soon enough.