Author: Rosie

  • Lost BoBerry

    Who’s going to tell us where to go if Gumbo isn’t here? Well, I guess it’s me. Should have thought about it before stepping out of the car but Twin Team was quickly eliminated and the OG was the best option. Didn’t quite get the full OG since when we turned around to circle back for the 6 we found BoBerry circling the roundabout not sure which way to go. Some audibles on the return to keep BoBerry and Nancy from getting lost and get in the full 45. 4-5 miles covered for all and the longest run BoBerry has done, Tclaps.

    Well done men, enjoyed the pace. OC is hoping for an FNG at NoToll tomorrow, come on out and bring your naming game.

  • Billy Madison back to school

    A Tobit Q at NoToll certainly means a lot of running. Exactly what YHC thought when I got word yesterday that Tobit was feeling a little under the weather and wanted to make sure he was full speed for his first BRR. Dr. Tryhard has been searching the Exicon recently for some fun new things so why can’t I. Quickly found the Billy Madison and back to school we went.

    A little indecision on the part of the Q veering toward the normal parking lot circle but changing course to the field for COP. It was a little dark back there but the LIFOs found us eventually. COP with DQ, Helicopters, SSH, IW, Arm Circles and LBC.

    Mosey to the corner of the field for Billy Madison. Start with 12 squats, run a lap. Next 12 squats, 12 merkins, run a lap. Next 12 squats, 12 merkins, 12 plank jacks, run a lap. There’s a pattern here if you haven’t caught on. Every other lap was an indigenous people run versus OYO to keep Fresh Price closer to the group. Additional exercises were Mountain Climbers, Monkey Humpers, Werkins, Alternating Shoulder Taps, SSH, Flutter Kicks. Only got through 9th grade today, fitting since my 2.1 is starting his freshman year.

    After the last lap, pick up the 6 and mosey back to finish out with some Mary. 1-leg APDs, Dollies and Freddie Mercuries.

    Welcome to NoToll Handy Manny. He was EHed for the convergence yesterday and made it back for day 2 quickly. Hope to see you back again soon. Welcome back to OC, good to see you back in the gloom. Hope the 2.0s all have a great first day of school.

  • Visiting Day

    4 tourists visited OTB to join YHC for an easy morning run. A last minute text from Shakedown alerted me that he was going to be a few minutes late. No problem, OTB is more relaxed so Corned Beef, Hash and I circled the parking lot a couple times waiting for the LIFO. Google maps error took Shakedown to the wrong Urban Farmhouse. This one was user error, not quite the same Google Maps problem as Daville.

    Great running with Hash this morning as he paced me through some extra mileage. Kid seems to know what he wants and has a good head on his shoulders, papa Corned Beef should be proud. Welcome back Knox, hope to see you out more.

  • Blowin the pants off

    25 redwoods hit the streets around Dogwood Dell for a few miles of fun. Rolling up with the breakfast club crew to the consistent presence of EF Hutton is always welcomed. The minutes before go time were filled with some great pre-beatdown fellowship and Emoji’s neverending positivity. Getting to the AO a few minutes early is always worth it to catch up with everyone. Talking to the FNG Lighthouse, Spit, Shakedown, and a few others distracted YHC enough that a 20 second warning was all the PAX got before starting the festivities.

    Olivander, Handshake and Vinny were prewarned that today was going to involve some running so they came ready to go. Starting off with a couple dynamic warm ups around the circle while Bootleg rolled in, then a short ‘proper’ warm up’ per Saab. A trip to the golden triangle for 3 laps of merkins, boxcutters and burpees chasing Posh and Hardywood.

    Roll over to light pole alley to show drivers the proper form of monkey humpers. Upchuck took the lead on some planks before YHC took over and got us moving again. A trip around fountain lake, no burpees, but merkins and American Hammers. Mr Roper and Hitchhiker kept our FNG company. Helix led some Mary making sure form was tight as always. Over to the lakes with a stop for some rapid fire randorama that YHC could tell the lone New Market reps, Beaker and Hermie were big fans of. Next stop the causeway between lakes for some partner work. No partner carries so Flipper can partner with Olivander without worry. Running, lunges and polar bears. Faceplant was flying down the road and tough to keep up with. Next up, surprise, more running. This time around the lake with some stops for an assortment of pain stops while Slippin Jimmy, Corned Beef and the rest of us avoided passing cars. P Back to the flag with a couple more burpees before closing out the hour.

    NMM

    Can’t say enough about this great group of men, today was a slog through the humidity and everyone pushed themselves through 3 plus miles of rapid fire Rosie style beatdown. Thanks to those that too the reigns while the Q lagged or picked up the 6. Sippy Cup continues to impress with the weighted vest. Apologies and Tclaps to Bone Thugs pushing through more miles than he is used to. Mr Roper continues to crush the conversation aspect of every workout and kept Lighthouse encouraged throughout the morning. YHC caught the wrong part of Hardywood convo at ETs and never found out who’s pants are being blown off. A little different take on Big Data today some of those not there may appreciate it more than the ones that were but Qs perogative rules here. Macro, focus on the fellowship and the numbers will follow.

    Have a fantastic weekend. Everything is coming up Rosie.

  • Beautiful day in the neighborhood

    4 of SOJs finest and a 4 legged friend hit the streets and tried to avoid the traffic brought in by the triathlon across the street at the YMCA. One 4+ miler braved passing the Y while the other 3 decided to head the other direction into Salisbury. Weather was perfect so POG and Honeymoon mentioned adding a little distance to hit a full hour, YHC took us on a slight detour to add just the right amount. Looking forward to continuing this run location into the fall now that POG has signed up for the Richmond half.

  • Five Fingers SOJ style

    The Q sheet opened up last week with Kubota’s unfortunate injury but it made room for me to try out a new route for RiverRun. It’ll need a little tweaking but a good one to add to the mix. Start with the instructions, Lugnut knows where he’s going, Doublemint seems to have some familiarity with the area, Mousetrap will just follow someone.

    The Route: Right out of the parking lot and hit the trail/sidewalk to Riverdowns, up the Queensgrant hill about 2/3 of the way, turnaround where it flattens out before the second climb. Back down and right on the sidewalk, right on Robious Forest Way, all the way to the end and back to the trail. Next all the way up Twin Team, turn around at the top. Back down and past Bettie Weaver and right on Rivermist Road, run to the cul-de-sac. Final leg is up Riverton Road across from Bettie Weaver and back down to the start. 5+ miles for all of all 5 fingers.

    The MapMyRun distances were a little short so we probably could have made it to the top of Queensgrant hill for some more elevation but overall pretty good training for the day and a route that we will definitely do again.

    BRR was on the mind post run with Doublemint and Mouse Trap getting their questions answered about the fun that will ensue beginning a month from today. Thought we’d have a few more PAX this morning but the fartsack apparently ruled the day, you know who you are.

  • Regulars here too

    Saw the backblast for Sunday Funday and noted the similarities. The main group was out and about at OTB as well. Wilson and Aisle 5 for their easy paced walkabout solving the world’s problems. Honeymoon and YHC for the Salisbury loop with Annie pulling us along the way when she wasn’t trying to chase after squirrels.

    Aisle 5 and Wilson are looking for the best coffee selection at UF but have yet to find a suitable one. The location and outdoor seating at the coffeeteria is tough to beat so the 2nd F is always a good one.

  • Attitudinally Better

    As part of the Summer Tour, YHC decided to make a Q appearance on the newest AO on the F3 RVA sheet. Hopes of a large local contingent dissipated quickly when the only 2 PAX in the parking lot upon the Q’s arrival were summer tourists. The summer tourists equaled the locals until 5:29:30 when a couple more locals rolled in. Off we went to get better.

    Mosey around the parking lot to pick up stragglers, continue the mosey around the back of the school to scope out the AO. Circle up in the grass for a Saab friendly warmup.

    Mosey over to the blacktop with a slight detour to check out the conditions of track. Since Dr. Tryhard requested that I let the PAX know about a poker night this weekend I thought I would help myself remember with a little gambling of my own. Blackjack – always add to 21. Start with 20 merkins on one end, 1 LBC on the other. Run back and forth until you work your way down to 1 merkin/20LBCs. Help a brother out if you finish early, one last round together to close it out.

    Now it’s time to hit the track, Mudface’s favorite and a Marmaduke special. Catch me if you can. Partner 1 runs backward, P2 does 5 squats and runs to catch up, switch until you complete a lap.

    Mosey to the swing set for some fun that YHC noticed during Blackjack. There are 8 swings and 8 PAX. Just enough time for a 6 pack with decline merkins with feet in the swing and WWII. Close out with some Mary, not counting above 10 since the guys in DaVille don’t know anything higher than that.

    NMM – Happy Birthday to Chewy, not many 15 year olds start their day off with working out at 0530 with a bunch of old men, I am impressed. Great to get out to the newest AO in RVA. Some good things to work with out there, including a hill that looked great but did not get used today. Good to get pushed out of your comfort zone every once in a while, Tclaps to Mudface for pushing through the back and forth of Blackjack. It was a pleasure to see some summer tourists still making the rounds with Oyster and Doublemint. Great to see Trout again since YHC didn’t realize what his real name was until today. He and I resolved to EH one of his coworkers that lives near me with some mutual friends.

    Bulkhead offered up thoughts and prayers for Maytag who got word he is being activated. Rounders is in the same division so we are assuming he received the same orders.

    Closing out today Mudface gave thanks for this group for making us better in different ways and the one that stuck with me this morning was “attitudinally better”. Something to be said about going into and coming out of things with the right attitude, it make a difference.

  • Easy does it

    No Q on the sheet but YHC had mapped out a new route for the PAX. As Flatline and I discussed whether the clock had hit 0530 yet, Mr. Roper rolled in. Decided on an easy route for some easy miles. Out 711 toward 288 for 2 miles and return with a lap around the school. Good to have Flatline back at RiverRun since he’s been scrambling around after moving.

  • No Egg Toss

    Bullseye and YHC were discussing how much we missed Orange Crush and DK in the gloom after SOT yesterday so we took it upon ourselves to hit them up with some light EHing. Bullseye offered the ride and I may have tempted OC with the lure of reliving Field Day glory with an egg toss. Alas no egg toss but is was enough to get them both out to enjoy some perfect weather in the gloom. Sunny and 70 is nice but with the way I sweat, 60 sounds much better.

    0530 hits and Flange was still cleaning his truck or something but Garmin Mean time governs so we took off in a direction he could keep us in sight. Over to the tennis courts for a warm up, partly In Conversation because, DK. DQ, Helicopters, Angle Grinders (it’s a new one for most but a good one) and LBCs.

    Mosey over to the track for some Lindsays. Rounds of 30-10, 25-15, 20-20, 15-25, 10-30 with a 100m run in between each round to end where we started. 4 rounds for a full mile, exercises were: Merkins/Squats, Mtn Climber/Ball Dippers, CDD/Monkey Humpers, SSH/Imperial Walkers (PAX choice, DK bailed on his original Arm Circles choice for SSH and YHC gave Bullseye a choice since he’s nursing a back injury). Apparently he was afraid we’d look too much like Cat Burglars.

    The field at Timberwolf is in as good a shape as NoToll with higher cut grass. Couldn’t stay off of that so we took a slow mosey to the middle for some EMOM Burpees – First minute 6 add 1 each minute up to 10. Back to the parking lot for some Mary – FM, AH and Dollies.

    NMM

    Great to have OC and DK back out, although DK says he has posted but vacations and Summer Tour has had AOs with varying numbers all over RVA. Sorry to OC for the lure of the egg toss but I’m pretty sure he would have shown up without it. Today’s message, reach out to that guy that you haven’t seen in a while and offer a ride to an AO. Sometimes all you need is a little push and that’s what F3 is about. The DaVille/Atlee/Hanover directions saga is entertaining to say the least, nothing like trusting Google Maps. It was mentioned to one of the IT gurus but we might want to keep it purely for the entertainment value. Good to see Sonic hitting another AO after getting used to things at NoToll. Cerrano and Hermie represented New Market with tourists, travelers and vacationers spreading their numbers thin.

    Carytown coffeeteria was excellent 2nd F although the customer service could use some help. I think even the ladies at OTB could teach them a few things and that’s saying something, just ask Wilson. Thanks for the energy balls DK.