Author: Rosie

  • 80 degrees and sunny

    According to the buck watching us in the Ampitheater, this is how things went down early Saturday morning. An FNG and F3 Princeton transplant joined 11 regulars discussing whether we have ever had a 6am start at 80 degrees, at least according to Sippy’s weather app. No confirmation on whether this was a paid app.

    Mosey to the Circle for a warm up of standard fare – introducing the transplant to the jazzercise and other differently named exercises.

    Up and down the ampitheater – up with increasing merkins; down with increasing squats, back up again with 5 dips per step. This concludes the limited movement section of the workout – on to the running portion.

    Mosey to the end of the field – 1 burpee per light pole. Take a break in the grass for a speed round of Mary. Mosey to the VITA track for some stations. First half – Alternate 10 V-ups and 10 merkins at each station. Switch to 10 monkey humpers and 20 raise the roof to get us to the end in time.

    Things coming up: Homegrown half 8/16 Robious Landing Park; August Bridge (date TBD)

  • Triples all around

    6 PAX, no Q on the sheet, that screams for a hot potato with some Triple Checks. YHC kicked it off witih an extended Lounge and Chaplain-esque warmup with some exercises in cadence and some various methods of movement across the blacktop.

    Stay there for Triple Check #1 – curb toe taps, Freddies, run the length.

    Rodeo Clown moseyed us to the pull up bars for an extended 5 round Triple – run the field, WWII, and pull ups/bar hangs. Rounds 4 and 5 were definitely more hang than pull.

    RC’s extended triple left little time for Doozy’s triple check of squats, lunges and a bear crawl/curb walk/crawl bear timer. Since he did not have a watch on, YHC called time and took over for the final mosey and backblast.

    Announcements –

    • 2.0 Friendly Ultimate tomorrow at DaPile
    • School of Ruck – 2.0 friendly ruck and bootcamp 7/27 7-8am Rockwood Park
    • HR Derby 2.0 August 5
    • Homegrown Half – 8/16 Robious Landing Park – start time = early; 10k run and ruck options available
    • That’s the short term list – many more things on the longer term be on the lookout for more

  • OG

    3 regulars, a summer tourist, and a local tourist (YHC) showed up at River Run with no Q on the sheet so I grabbed the reins and called the OG. Wedding Singer knew exactly what to do and led Bullseye up the hills of Tarrington. Doozy hung with EF and I for the baseball talk but sped up on his own when conversation switched to 2.0s swimming. The hills were rough, the air was thick, and the pace was slow but all finished and are better for it at the end of the day.

  • Loungish

    Torn between showing the Summer Tourists the AO namesake vs living up to the lounge mentality, YHC came up with a hybrid option for the 9 men that came out to enjoy the humidity of Twin Team.

    Mosey to the bottom of the cul-de-sac with the threat of the hill looming for the standard warm up fare. Move up the hill for the heavy part of the workout – TwinTeam Beast but there’s a catch. Round 1 – 3 exercises at a time: 6 merkins, 6 WWII, 6 Jump Squats run up the hill to various stopping points and make your way back down. Round two, same exercises and stopping points but walking up the hill – Lounge style, in conversation. Stop at the top for some Mary before the mosey down the hill. More stuff at the bottom of the hill and some lounge like stretching and arm circle variations to close out the time.

    This workout started very un-lounge like which almost resulted in a immediate reprimand from the Lounge Board of Directors but alterations midway through held off any action. I am still expecting a sternly worded letter from the Lounge and possibly a civil penalty but that remains to be seen.

    Thanks to Blue Moon and EF Hutton for joining us at the Lounge – since this AO is only 1 minute further for Blue Moon we might see him again soon.

    The Bridge – 7/19 join Whitesnake, Heist and others

    Prayers for Doublemint and his family as they go through the last few days with his mother in hospice.

    Additional prayers for Wildcat’s son who sustained a broken bone on day 1 of him being alone with the kids. Hopefully they make it through the rest of the weekend without further injury.

  • Triple Quarter

    14 strong, including an out of town guest and a new bootcamper ignored the potential rain and joined YHC for some puddle splashin’ fun. Intros all around for Dopamine and Slaughter and roll out at 0530 with a couple PAX pulling in.

    Standard fare warmup in the parking lot with a warning that we will get wet today – HRMs and LBCs to get the feel for it.

    Field 1 – Quarter Pounder – 25 WWII, 50 Freddie Mercuries, 75 Flutters, 100 LBC. On this field water is held in the middle – the 50 Freddies were done in some Oakmont level standing water and thank you to NTB for jumping around before settling in. Catch me if you Can – partner 1 bear crawls, P2 does 5 burpees then runs to catch up, reduce the burpees by 1 each time through.

    Field 2 – Quarter Pounder – 25 lunges, 50 squats, 75 ball dippers, 100 monkey humpers. Lots of water on this field too, running backward was like a suction on the shoes (this is where I realized this would have been a good barefoot workout) Catch Me if you Can – P1 lunge, P2 10 merkins.

    Field 3 – Quarter Pounder – 25 merkins, 50 Carolina Dry Docks, 75 OH claps, 100 raise the roof. Much better drainage here and we would have done arm circles if Last Call was there but he’s busy keeping teenagers out of trouble at the beach. Give the young buck Dopamine a minute to hold back the merlot before we head back to the parking lot.

    Thanks for putting up with my plan to use the fields today, the overnight rain and wet fields did not deter me but I did not realize how wet the fields would be. No damage done and 70 degrees makes it more tolerable.

    Summer Tour stop tomorrow at Ruckhenge – coffee and bagels at Einsteins afterward.

    July 4th – Info coming soon

    Other events coming up to keep an eye out for – Home Grown Half – 8/16; Night Ruck – September; Freedom Ops (GrowRuck) Raleigh – October

  • Optional Running

    YHC grabbed the Q early this morning with an idea to use some implements that have been taking up space in the car without much use recently. Only 2 other PAX, so we grabbed 3 of the implements of woe – jump rope, and 2 KBs, and made our way to the sidewalk of the newly lit school. That is, of course, after a proper lounge warm up in conversation.

    Triple checks served up – KB swings, curls, jump rope x 50 as the timer. We were working so hard we disturbed a frenzy of early morning ants and we were forced to relocate to the front of the school. Next round – squats and press with an optional run around the loop or jump rope as the timer. YHC was the only jumper.

    Move to the benches in front for 3 rounds of dips, inclines, step ups, declines, and split squats. Final triple check – longer optional run, around the world and halos. My shoulders are thanking Singer for taking the shorter run on the third round of halos.

    A little bit of Mary before the buzzer.

    Announcements

    MEMORIAL DAY CONVERGENCE – 7am at Tredegar – volunteers to coordinate a pre-ruck? Boberrry has a pre-run; anyone feel moved to take a group to lead? Also looking for anyone (someone on the DL) to bring some post-workout food/drinks.

    Prayers abound for those in hospice, sick, going through procedures, or unable to make it out in the gloom.

  • The Night We Saw Them All 2.0

    What a night!! A grand total of 39 hard charging dudes, or crazy MFers, depending on who you ask, saddled up for some or all of the Century 2.0. 3 teams of varying regionalities filled their vans up with supplies before 6pm on Friday night. Don Draper rolled in with a brand new Mercedes Sprinter van that inspired a new team name, Team Diesel. Van 4 carrying Team Boberry and the New Day (BND) rolled in hot with the crisp sounds of Yacht Rock as the instructions were given and the first runners, Focker, Gecko, Wet Bandit, and Heist, were sent off into the West End heat.

    Team Westhoe had the advantage of home turf for the first stretch with every other team getting lost somewhere along one of the routes. The mood was set early when Purple Rain, FNG Jason, and Faceplant all ruck/ran the majority of leg #2. After Buddy pushed ahead of him on leg #4- Faceplant provided his team updates along his journey in the Taint. Charging into the depths of the West End, Chaplain found a way to add mileage to his route, combo that with a migraine and he had to take an early leave. A week of sleepless nights from Broadway did him and and left Boberry heading to DaVille alone in his van. Heist thought he might cruise into the pickleball courts at Pouncey Tract Park with an easy 2nd place finish but the vision of his tron ahead kept YHC focused on an extra push to put Team Diesel into 2nd place in the West End.

    After grabbing Woodsman for Team BND it was off to DaVille for a 3 leg sprint led by Team Alamo aka team Silent but Deadly. Beat It (err Brownie?) was the lone Davillian to come support the effort, after waking him up from his car he was able to hang out and watch the festivities as the other teams scrambled to provide support for Boberry and his crew.

    Next up – Team Challenges. Beaver, Choo Choo, and Yukon Cornelius met us at the Lumberyard for Team Challenge #1. Team Tug of War with a fire hose – Team Westhoe left their strength at home and, despite being the only team with gloves, failed to win a match while Team SBD took the round robin and got their first choice of exercises. Team BND won round 1 but fell in the championship, even with the help of the locals. Team Diesel and Westhoe had an epic back and forth battle for 3rd that felt like hours but was likely closer to 30 seconds with Team Diesel prevailing. A quick half mile out and back and we were on our way to the next challenge.

    An open bathroom was a popular sight at Bermuda where BND picked up Mudslide. Heist had a map with 9, or was it 10, spots for team selfies, with a team total of 100 pullups at the final spot. Not sure how to judge who won this one besides maybe best selfie? The teams all agreed to a quick stop at Rock N Roll since that was the only other AO left off the route – start with some savasana, some quick Mary, and a group photo under the security camera before heading out.

    The final legs began at Green Mile. After the runners took off the teams enjoyed some easy going times in the parking lot until an unnamed PAX cleared the parking lot with a stink like he was in an enclosed van. On the way to the clean bathrooms of the Alamo, Team Diesel spotted a bonking Focker a few miles in. A quick support stop for some GU, water, and salt and he was back to normal. The next couple legs featured a battle between Westhoe and SBD while Diesel and BND took on the legs together with Rosetta running back to back legs. All was well until team Westhoe brought in fresh legs and a City Ringer as a pacer. Marv and Sippy Cup overtook The Duke and watched him make a wrong turn. Either way, at that point the lead was Westhoe’s to lose, not even Offshore running a leg for team BND was able to catch them on the way to Dogpile. 23 men stuck around for the final COT where FNG Jason was not named – Colgate, 4 out of 5, Prentist, Root Canal, Early Bird, and other names are up for grabs – until he posts again.

    Phenomenal work and a big Tclap thank you to the organizers – Routemaster – EF Hutton; Idea man – Don Draper; Challenge coordinator – Heist; Team Captains – Boberry and Swoop; Lumberyard Tug-o-war Refs and Teammates – Beaver, Choo Choo, Yukon. Could not have done it without support from everyone. Heist kept noting how different this was from last year’s CSAUP a year ago this weekend, some of that night is fuzzy but I recall it included some yelling, rain, dirty water, rucks, rain, logs, trails, sandbags yelling, carrying, dragging, and more rain. No rain, no logs, and only fun yelling this time around.

    The Winner – well that is up for debate. Westhoe and Alamo/SBD each won 2 sections. The 5th – Bermuda may be decided by best team selfie – biceps vs binder. Controversy will swirl for years with accusations of the use of a City Pacer, fresh legs never touching a van, lending of runners to other teams, and flatulent sabotage until the next Century. One thing is certain, no one loses when the HIMs of F3 get together to solidify bonds in the shared suffering of a CSAUP.

    Way to go men! Until next time, see you in the gloom.

  • Solo but for the Clown Car

    YHC was staring at a solo workout when a jeep pulled into the lot with a couple minues to spare. I was happy to have a PAX to join me only to find that the Tarringtonians had rustled up 3 to make a nice even 4 at Twin Team.

    Mosey to the back of the school for a warm up and a Dora w/ merkins, Squats and flutter kicks.

    Mosey to the benches in front of the school for some bench work with good form – 3 rounds of dips, bulgarian split squats, incline merkins, step ups and derkins. Stay in the bus loop for a Quad check – run the loop, merkins, WWII, Lunges. Wrap up with 5 minutes of rapid fire Mary.

    CSAUP coming up in 2 weeks.

    Bridge – next Saturday w/ Corned Beef, 5/10 w. Hermie

    Screening and panel led by OBT at the Byrd Theater on 4/28 – see Slack or OBT for free tickets for F3 men.

  • Easy does it

    11 for an easy 4 miles of CSUAP training through Salisbury. Great to see some new faces or guys that have been absent for a bit at MOT.

    Route – Out the SOJ Bat Cave that is Salisbury Drive to Castlebridge to Oakengate, left on Engerston, Castlebridge to Elmstead to Winterfield and back on Westfield.

    You know what’s coming up, if not – see Slack

  • Half Respect

    A thin crowd of 6, possibly affected by Spring Break travel, or scared of an April Fool’s Old Glory, gathered at NoToll for a Hot Potato. After Tin Man turned down multiple suggestions to grab the lead, YHC took the crew to the basketball court for some warm up. No Last Call, no DQ or Arm Circles.

    Mosey to the parking lot for 11s – jump squats and WWII. Machismo said he had something ready for the PAX so I passed it to Sable for the next round. Bear crawl with a merkin at every other parking space – up to 10 – sprint the rest of the way. Only 20 spaces – no sprinting required. Return with lunges for 5 spaces – now sprint. Repeato

    Now Machismo gets a turn – pole smoker indigenous run that felt like it went on forever but was likely only 4 rounds. Donkey Kick indigenous run on the dumpsters 2x each with the new dumpsters delivered and new pad under construction. No investigation was done but I think the NoToll coupons have been relocated or removed.

    Finish up with various line runs on the basketball court, courtesy of Sin Bin and a merkin then ab rings of fire.

    Announcements leaned into discussions/questions about the upcoming Century – more info coming soon but if you can handle a boot camp you can handle a couple legs of this. Join a team, reach out to someone, you won’t want to miss the stories that come out of it.

    Half the PAX was respect today, a rarity for NoToll, well done gentlemen.