Author: Rosie

  • Bag Your Grass Clippings

    It was 70 and sunny for 5 SOJ regulars along with YHC’s 2.1 and 2.2 to hit the parking lots and fields of Timberwolf.  It was a last minute decision to Q so YHC could control the workout for my 2.0s since they have missed the 2 Puppy Piles so far this year.

    THANG

    COP with SSH, DQ, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Hand release merkins and flutter kicks varying counts with some in conversation while DK tried to have a conversation with the Q.  Follow that up with some parking lot tracers.

    Mosey to the freshly mowed field that was softer than the fields of No Toll.  15’s just like 11’s but you know, adding up to 15 – Merkins and Squats and a run across the field.

    BLIMPS down the field – 5 broad jump burpees, 10 lunges each leg, 15 Imperial Walkers (traveling forward), 20 merkins, 25 plank jacks, 30 jump squats (jump forward) – finish the length of the field with a bear crawl to the end.

    Love Field – Partner up – P1 runs P2 exercise down the field until P1 gets back – Russian Soldiers, Polar Bears, Lunge

    Mosey up to the tennis courts for Mary – American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, 6 inches, Crunchy Frogs, Peter Parker, Superman

    Double Round Ring of Fire with Al Gore after the first round and Plank after the second.  Flair optional.  Close out with 5 burpees OYO to fill the last few seconds.

    NMM

    Great to see Bag Phone as a regular at SOT and TW, unfortunately Digger tweaked a hammy and is out but he seems to be another regular too.  Today is YHCs 15th anniversary, hence the 15s instead of 11s, I know the PAX appreciated the extra rounds.  It was fun to have my 2.0s out today, Sweet n Sour has been itching to get out recently, especially since her brother got to play Ultimate a few weeks ago.  Cliffhanger will certainly be back for more and Sweet n Sour is already cooking up a plan to hit the July 4th convergence.

    The Timberwolf field was freshly cut soft grass.  It was cut nice and high and the grass clippings were plentiful.  One round back and forth and everyone was covered.  The PAX suggested requesting the school bag their clippings.  YHC is not advocating this since it is not the environmentally friendly option and is better for the grass to leave them.  However, it would be nice if I didn’t have to vacuum the car after every workout.  The 2.0s are not used to having to wipe down after a workout so YHC has some extra work to do.

    DK, Gumbo and Mr. Roper may all be in the market for new shoes.  There was discussion of contacting Lab Rat for info on volume shipping discounts.

    Come on out to Dogpile on Saturday to send Gumbo off for a month, I’m sure he’s got something good in store since he’s going to be out west without F3 until August.

    Convergence July 4th 7 am at Tredegar, breakfast afterward is in the works.

    It was a pleasure to be able to lead this morning, thanks for following along.

  • Father’s Day Trails

    3 Field Day victors and 4 other runners hit the trails for a variety of distances on Father’s Day.  YHC and Shakedown launched at 0600 and did the Carillon route and made it back by 0700 to meet up with 5 other dads.  A few, Flatline, Hardywood, and Upchuck?, had already hit OTB to make it a Sunday Double Dip.  Lots of discussion prior to starting about the distance and route.  Let’s get started and figure it out on the way.  Start out on North Bank, all the way to Brown’s Island where Hardywood turned around to make it back for some Father’s Day festivities.  The remaining 6 hit the pipeline to the Flood wall and Buttermilk.  Lab Rat was the only one to make a stop for a dip in the river.

    A quick COT and then Flatline, Upchuck and YHC took off for another mile or so to hit some nice round numbers.  Flatline and Upchuck got a half marathon with the Double Dip.  YHC got a little jolt of adrenaline near the end when a tree fell about 10 yards in front of me coming down Pump House Road to the parking lot.  Luckily the dog walking tomato ahead of me and YHC heard and saw it and were able to get out of the way before it hit the ground and powerline.  Vinny was a little worried he would get left behind but he pushed through and realized that no man left behind is the F3 way but especially on the trails.

    Thankful to be a father and have a couple of wonderful kids.  Happy Father’s Day men!  Give your kids some extra hugs, give your own father some love, and remember those that have lost their fathers.

  • Tuco is a Richmonder

    A quiet 10 gathered around the parking lot of Huguenot Park on a cool June morning to see what Rosie had in store for the PAX.  No gloves for the Q so Singer ditched his but others were more skeptical and kept their’s on.

    Mosey to the Soccer Field for Warm-o-rama – SSH, DQ, Helicopter, Imperial Squat Walker (shout out to my first post where DK tried to screw this one up), HRM, LBC

    To the sideline, partner up for Dora – 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC – Run with a twist – bear crawl the first half of the field the get up and run the rest of the way, alternate between bear crawl and lunge.

    Around the parking lot with High knees, Slide right, Butt kickers, Slide left – Mosey to another field – 8 Count Burpees Pan-pax – each person calls the 8-count.  Otherwise known as cheer practice, missed Gumbo and Viral for that one.   Mary – Flutters, Freddies and Peter Parkers

    Quarter Pounder – look it up in the lexicon if you are curious, it involves merkins, squats, Mtn. Climbers, SSH running and backward running.  This is where we may have entered Honeydo’s time warp.  The PAX was crushing everything this morning and there was still time for more.

    Over to the bleachers for Lindsey’s – Incline Merkins and Crunchy Frogs  Time is almost up so back to the flag for some American Hammers, Dollies and APDs.

    NMM

    Welcome to Richmond Tuco.  He is an F3 Winston Salem guy that has officially taken a job in Richmond and is currently living SOJ.  The rest of his family will be up in a few weeks and we are happy to have him in Richmond.

    After going gloveless for Vinny’s TwinTeam bear crawl and reading about Saab’s adventure yesterday the YHC is hesitant to go sans gloves except when YHC has control.  With the soft fields of NoToll this was an easy day without gloves.  The fields are in prime condition LabRat, ready for your Q next week.

    Not much mumblechatter on the day but it’s good to see some new regulars at NoToll with Flange and Beast.  The PAX crushed the workout this morning, I had a couple tributes to my first post with DK’s Imperial Walker fail and the Dora.  The time seemed to slow down through the middle of the workout and YHC had to fill some gaps with 8-count burpees and Lindsey.  Mr. Roper is riding a couple mornings a week with a couple other F3ers.  Nothing official but if you are interested, reach out to him.

    Honeydo’s BB yesterday reminded YHC that it has also been 3 years for me.   It’s been 3 years of ups and downs personally but F3 has kept me stable which helps me keep my family stable.  I appreciate the opportunities I have to come out and enjoy a workout and the fellowship of F3RVA.   Someone offered YHC a drink the other night and I declined stating I had a long run in the morning and was limiting the intake for the night.  The response was “Why would you do that?”  I joked that I have fallen in with a rough crowd that has convinced me to do stupid things like running all night and 50K races.  I’ll take this rough crowd over any others.  Thanks to everyone for the support, motivation, and peer pressure to do things I never expected.

    Announcements:

    See Vinny’s pre-blast for details on the June 16 Ghost Flag Field Day.

    June 23 – Puppy Pile

    June 26 – Gumbo’s HR Derby

    July 4 Convergence – Tredegar

  • New Location and Old Favorites

    9 strong posted for a tour of the new SOT AO.  Maneuvering around the morning bus activity, all PAX found each other in the parking lot with a flag planted and a heightened level of excitement.  YHC thought it was for the Rosie Q but more likely to see what the new AO has for beatdown options.

    THANG

    Mosey to the bus loop for the COP.  DQ for Wilson, SSH, Merkins, IW, LBC, FK, Peter Parkers.  Giant parking lot tracers across the lined bus parking spots, Lab Rat would be pleased.  (Now he’s even happier b/c he was mentioned in a backblast of a workout he didn’t attend)  Mosey around the school – find Door #5 – 5 burpees.  Show the pax the potential gauntlet of doors 8-17.  Stop at door #18 for Freddie Mercuries, 18-IC.

    Down the steps to the track and over to the second set of steps for a triple check.  P1-Runs up the stairs, around the bleachers and down the other set of stairs, P2-Squats, P3-Flutter Kicks.

    Fantastic 400’s – Round 1- 10 merkins, run 100m, 10 Monkey Humpers, run 100m, 10 Heels to Heaven, run 100m, 10 2ct Mountain Climbers.  Round 2 – Repeato with 20 of each.

    Love Hill on the hill to the track parking lot- Backward Lunges, Broad Jump Burpees, Polar Bears.  Back down with Hate Hill-Broad Jump Burpees, Russian Soldiers, Lunges

    Mary – 1-leg Alabama Prom Dates, American Hammers, Crunchy Frogs

    Back to the flag for a Ring of Fire – 10 merkins each with 10 together at the end.  5 burpees to close out the last 30 seconds.

    NMM

    Great start to a new AO men.  Lots to do at this AO, the stairs are something that we don’t have at many AOs and Honeymoon is already coming up with a plan to use them more.  Gumbo pointed out what seemed to be an extra large curb that Wilson quickly christened.  It’s not a true SOJ AO until Wilson spreads the salmon and malbec.  It seemed a little forced but it is done.  As we moseyed around the AO everyone seemed to find something else to use, multiple football fields, baseball fields, flying EH’s and hills.  The FNG even got a few civil engineering lessons on grate placement from YHC and Bobber.

    Welcome Cougar Bait, it will likely get shortened to Cougar, but any man in his 20’s that states he is “single and ready to mingle” sounds like Two Can’s prodigy.  Kotters to McRib, good to have him back out, hope this AO fits into his schedule.  Singer wants to get in touch with Marmaduke to discuss how to post with 2 little ones at home, Singer is not up for excuses.  Singer may have been a little salty that Wilson fartsacked yesterday and didn’t deliver his golf tournament winnings.

    Announcements

    Memorial Day Convergence – Monday 7am Tredegar Parking lot – Hot Potato Q

    F3RVA Summer AO Challenge tour begins Tuesday – Hit all or some, you against you.  Bonus AO Monday.

    Fun times today men, looking forward to many more mornings at this AO.

  • Welcome back

    2 regulars and a Kotters posted at RiverRun for some early morning fun.  Roads were mainly dry and YHC hadn’t thought much about the route today so we made it simple.  As simple as going up Twin Team to start can be.  Up Twin Team, right on Brigstock – go until the clock hits 23 min, turn around and come back.  This is not much of a negative split since the out includes going up the hill and down coming back.

    Devito finally succumbed to some of my EHing to get another runner out to RiverRun.  I think seeing him at Wilson’s golf tournament helped a little.  He mentioned how much he enjoys running early and kept a good pace considering he hasn’t run in a few months.  Great to catch up with him and find out the extensive connections we have, from college roommates to in-laws.  Lugnut was fresh off a week at the beach and hit the hill hard.  Another flying EH attempted on the guy Gumbo and I saw a few weeks back.  He’ll come around.

    Great run today guys, feels good to start the morning getting the blood flowing.

  • Water Aerobics

    3 redwoods posted for a little splashing around at Twin Team.  Vinny left early to make sure he could make the long trek and Rosco hydroplaned his way down 60 to make it as we were leaving the parking lot.

    Mosey into the bus loop for a little warm up on our feet that included SSH, DQ, IW and Moroccan Night Club.

    Over to the basketball courts for intro to Form Friday.  10 Hand release merkins/Alternating Shoulder Taps, Sprint across the courts, 10 slow Freddie Mercuries, sprint across the courts, 10 good low CH squats.  Things get a little sloppier after that.

    Mosey through the streams of water running around the playground track to the playground.  3 full hang pull ups, 5 HRM – Repeato 3x Mosey around the track to the other side for 10 single leg lunges, 10 CH squats.  Find a good puddle in the middle of the field for FK and American Hammers.

    Triple Check – run across the field, slow in place lunges, elbow plank, in the ditch.

    Back to the playground for 3 rounds of – 5 full hang pullups, 10 HRM (find the deepest puddle), 15 CH squats, run to the field, it’s one big puddle, 10 full WWII, 20 2ct Freddies.  Mosey back to the parking lot and close out with Dollies.

    NMM

    Wow!  Great work by Vinny and Rosco today.  Days like this are a lot of fun, everyone reading this that did not post should be disappointed they missed it. YHC had every intention of today being a strict Form Friday but the rain and puddles proved too much fun and some of the form went out the window for a little splashing around.  Running across the field feels a little different with 3 pound shoes and inch deep puddles.  Vinny found the best spot for the HRM with a deep puddle that added some extra resistance trying to push yourself out of it.  YHC is still finding chucks of mulch all over, Vinny tried to clean up in the bird bath puddles but not sure how well that ended up.  

    Vinny has started the summer challenge early getting to know all the AOs.  Only a small portion of this one seen today but there was plenty of fun to be had.  Rosco came in hot after YHC and Vinny left the parking lot and we thought he might be leaving but he was driving around to try to find us.  We were able to circle back and collect him, certainly don’t want to leave a man behind in weather like this.  It’s fun to play around in the rain like we’re kids again, because, let’s face it, we’re all big kids anyway.

    Puppy pile tomorrow 7:05, bring an extra towel.

    Enjoy the rain.

  • Good sense of Direction

    The two RiverRun regulars were preparing to depart on a run through the neighborhoods when a vehicle unfamiliar on Mondays rolled into the lot.  Rosco popped out and with a couple instructions on the Tarrington route we headed out.

    We tried to give Rosco some directions to skip the Ashwell Loop and have us catch up to him but apparently he is too fast for that.  He made it up the hill and back down before YHC had a chance to catch up to him and give the next set of instructions.  YHC and Gumbo split up to make sure we didn’t miss him and so Gumbo could visit his favorite blue box.

    Rosco was waiting at the AO as YHC finished up and had made his way through the neighborhood.  Good thing he has a good sense of direction and made it back to the AO alright.  A few more visits to the RiverRun and he’ll have most of the roads down.

    Sounds like Rosco might become a regular runner, great to have him out.

    Discussions about the future of SOT, more info to follow.

    Announcements:

    HDHH Wednesday, 5/16 at Independence.

    Convergence at Tredegar on Memorial Day.

    Shaved head fundraising, see Shakedown’s post.  Or post where he does, he’ll let you know the details.

  • Murph First Timers

    With Honeymoon on the Q sheet most everyone knew what would be in store for the day.  Unfortunately YHC got a text that Honeymoon was laid up with a stomach bug and a substitute was needed.  YHC was happy to step up but wasn’t sure whether to do the Murph or not.  Offshore posted and the decision was made.

    The Murph it is, after all, it is May and the official “Murph Challenge” is a Memorial Day thing.

    Run a mile – 10 rounds of 10 pull-ups (or AMRAP), 20 merkins and 30 squats – Run another mile.

    NMM

    YHC partnered up with Offshore recently at the Rusty Cage and he was asking when the Murph is done.  Look for Honeymoon on the Q at TwinTeam and you’ll find it.  Obviously this is well known and many other PAX avoided TwinTeam while Offshore accepted the challenge.  When Offshore got out of his car and said “You’re not Honeymoon.”  YHC knew it had to be the Murph.  Mr. Holland rolled up at 0530 and we rolled out, informing him on the way that we were doing the Murph.  He thought he had avoided it since it is usually the first or last Friday of the month, not this month.  It’s a tough workout but Offshore and Mr. Holland crushed it with some time in the middle to shake the arms loose for an extra pull up or two.

    Announcements

    Offshore is still looking for fluids.

    Mr. Holland and Shakedown are shaving their heads for St. Baldricks

    HDHH at Independence on 5/16

    Wilson’s golf tournament 5/18

  • SOT Duo

    2 of the SOJ faithful avoided the pull of the fartsack to hit the SOT gloom.  A nice cool morning greeted the 2 of us and after some discussion on where the rest of the SOJ PAX has been on Wednesdays we headed to the track for a hot potato.

    A lap around the track and then some warmups In Conversation – DQ, Helicopter, SSH

    11s – Merkins and Box cutters with a run across the field.  Watch out for land mines left by the geese.

    Roscoe – Tire toss – back and forth 8-10 times.  8 minute run around the track.

    Form Stations – 20 Dips, 20 LBC, 20 Hurdle OH Press, 20 Hurdle Curls, 20 APD – Repeato  Do all reps with good form

    Back to YHC for some Mary – FK, AH, FM, H2H

    COP

    NMM

    Need to get those deep SOJ guys back out to SOT or EH some new ones, the numbers are looking thin recently.  Some of those New Market guys need to know they can show up even if they don’t have a clown car.

    Rosco has a fun filled day of log splitting ahead of him.  He’s going to try to make it out again this week but after hearing the level of work he has set up for himself today,  I wouldn’t blame him if he took a well earned day off.  Discussion of form over volume probably had Toga and Conspiracy smiling somewhere.  Look for more of that from Rosco and possibly YHC.

    Thanks for showing up and pushing me to get better Rosco.

  • F3 Musical Ladies

    A baker’s dozen hit the fields of NoToll on a cool spring morning for a little fun with the bluetooth speaker and YHC’s ladies.  A variety of layers for the PAX today with Wilson offering some of his multiple hoodie layers to some of the cold blooded among us.  A couple guys noticed the Q had no gloves, running?, no just warmer weather and the soft grass fields.

    THANG

    Mosey to the parking lot for a warm up of DQ, IW, Helicopter, SSH (speed round).  Somehow we hit 40 really fast, thanks Hardywood.

    Mosey to the pavilion to pick up the speaker and to introduce Sally.  For those that don’t know, listen to Flower by Moby – Every time you hear “Bring Sally up” go to merkin up position, “Bring Sally Down” low merkin position (try not to hit the ground).

    Lindsey – Lunges/Bear Crawl steps – 30 lunges, 10 bear crawl steps run the rest of the way across the field.  repeat with 25/15, 20/20, 15/25 and 10/30.

    Proud Mary (CCR) – This is a new one to YHC but it was in the lexicon.  WWII until the chorus “rolling…” Crunchy Frogs during the chorus, switch to FK until “rolling…” again back to Crunchy Frogs, back to WWII.

    Nicole – Forgot about her until Gumbo reminded me yesterday.  10 minutes of 10 decline merkins, 20 ball dippers and a lap around the field.  Repeato until time

    Roxanne – Simple instructions, run in place until you hear Roxanne, burpee for every Roxanne.

    Circle of Mary – APD, American Hammer, FM, Cross Leg Lifts, Superman – throw some Diamond Merkins and Hillbillies in for fun.

    Mosey back to the flag to meet the ab version of Sally – 6 inches to Heels to Heaven – Only got through about half of this one before Wilson’s internal “Dogs and Kids” alarm went off.

    Announcements

    HDHH – 5/16 Independence Golf – Range balls and drinks, range closes at 630 – See Gumbo

    Golf Tournament – 5/18 forethecause.org See Wilson

    Shaved Heads – Shakedown and Mr. Holland – Donate

    Puppy Pile – 5/19 7:05 am at Dogpile See Upchuck

    NMM

    As Honeymoon so plainly said YHC brought out “all the ho’s” this morning.  YHC has been waiting for a dry day to bring the speaker and give Sally and the others another shot at the PAX.  They did not disappoint.  Not as much music as Wilson’s stage Q but more movement too.  Good luck to the PAX today keeping one or all of those songs out of your head.  Glad we finished up with Sally since that one is the most likely to stick.

    Thanks for letting me lead this morning, good fun.

    Have a great day.