Author: SABLE

  • Ruckhenge 121025

    3…no 4… actually 5 of RH’s usual suspects came out for the Christmassy vibes on hand on this snowy and icy morning. With a fresh breeze on hand we did a parking lot lap to wait for stragglers before heading for the woods. Good thing everyone is sporting the bright orange beanies of late. A traverse across Larus Park was followed by a Stony Point FP stretch that saw most of us get to practice some of our balance skills while under weight. As always good banter and convo to cover the miles. Thanks for coming out lads. A great start to the day.

  • Ruckhenge 100825

    On this potentially wet morning we had 8 of our RH regulars join for a brief venture into the woods of Larus. We kept the pace comfortable given our men returning from GrowRUCK this weekend.

    Coffeeteria was focused on the building of awareness of our daily habits (Chapter 4 of Atomic Habits). The challenge has been set to identify a habit that we would like to change….permanently and not just fleetingly, a change that will get us closer to being the person we aspire to be. As always some solid humor and good banter was appreciated. Thanks for joining.

    Announcements/Prayers: Congrats to L Woods, NTB and Pad Thai on completing the GrowRUCK this past weekend. By all accounts they represented F3RVA excellently. Prayers for L Woods and the family as his old man deals with a cancer diagnosis.

  • Ruckhenge 092425

    10 of F3RVAs men gathered at Einsteins Bagels for this weeks edition of RH. Weather was perfect and after the usual welcome slagging off from the crusher of oranges, we were off. We began on the red trail, linked to green and then slipped under Chippenham parkway for the Stony Point sections. We passed around a very light 60lb sand bag for some extra fun and covered just over 3 miles this morning. As always the conversation was great and our follow up coffeeteria was full of humor. Good discussion on how identity drives our habits and vice versa. Thanks for joining lads!

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, NTB took us out.

    • CSAUP this Friday the 26th September starting at the Alamo @8pm, check Slack for details.
    • Nancy Lopez is collecting shoes till the end of the month and any donations to cover costs of shipping. QR code on Slack.

  • Ruckhenge 091025

    Beautiful morning for a few miles under our rucks. Lots of mumble chatter about the upcoming GROWRUCK event in NC, just not with the two HIMs doing it. They may have been doing a more challenging ruck somewhere else this morning. Just a hint of trail and then some of Bon Air streets. Mixed it up by adding a mosey loop midway. Thanks for the company gents.

    Numbers, announce….. , names, How does this work?

    Announcements:

    • 2nd F at L Woods place this Saturday 3pm. Meat and bennies provided, bring a side and let him know if you and the family are headed their way.
    • F3 RVA 11 year convergence will be lead by Rosie, EF Hutton and guests at Dogpile starting at 6:30am on 9/20/25, check slack for additional details
    • CSAUP ruck and bootcamp between Alamo-Old Hundred-Alamo on Friday 9/26 at 8:00pm

    We started the first chapter of Atomic Habits and look forward to more discussion in the weeks to come.

  • Ruckhenge 082025

    Seven of F3RVAs finest met at the usual spot before embarking on a tour of the local surroundings—Stony Point & Larus Park to be exact. No coupons this time round, just 3 miles under packs with some banter to lighten the load. Thanks for the company gents. Continuing discussion on the birth of Western civilization was limited given the concurrent reading load and back to school demands of life. Till the next time. SYITG

    Announcements:

    • Labor Day convergenceUpcoming
    • CSAUP opportunity on 9/26 to ruck and bootcamp: details forthcoming. Probably something like a 30 minute beatdown that will start Friday night from Alamo, ruck to Satan’s Hill, another 30 minute beatdown, ruck to Old Hundred, another 30 minute beatdown, back to Alamo. ALL WELCOME!

  • Ruckhenge 073025

    7 gathered for the latest edition of RH. Waited for a straggler, then hit the streets today. A challenge was thrown out to increase usual rucking weight by 5-10% this week in an attempt to shift from a place of comfort. Goal was to cover some decent distance as well, with hills and variable activities (Bernies on hills & Farmers Carry’s) thrown in. Solid job by the pax who covered 3.5 miles in 1:02:21. Our chapter this week focused on the Greeks and the rise and fall of their empire. As always some great discussion cropped up. Thanks for joining today!

    Announcements:

    • Homegrown half on the horizon with multiple options including ruck. details on start etc forthcoming.
    • September overnight ruck – hit up Crabgrass for details
    • New routine at Timberwolf starting in September

    Prayers:

    DTH led us out.

    Till next time.

  • Ruckhenge 061825

    15 men gathered at the Stony Point SC for this week’s edition of RH. Great to welcome some new pax and welcome back some others. Welcome to Lil Jon (FNG) too. We covered 3.3 miles of some streets and trails, and threw in a few off the cuff activities to remind the Freedom Ops lads of what’s in store come October. Not even a really sick tree could dampen the spirits of this group though as we returned for coffee and bagels, if just a little late.

    Summer Tour continues at Satan’s Hill Friday 6/20

    Dookie VQ @ the Forge Thursday 6/19

    July 4th Convergence — details on the way!

    Other upcoming events include:

    Home Grown Half – 8/16;

    Night Ruck – September;

    Freedom Ops (GrowRuck) Raleigh – October

  • The Return

    Seven non-tourists arrived at The Forge for a dry weather session for a change. It was great to welcome back our brother recently returned from mission in PNG. Here is how we spent the time.

    Mosey to the tennis courts for a brief warm up of the usual: SSH, Merkins, Helicopters, Imperial Squat Walkers, Alabama Prom Dates, DQs

    The Thang

    #1: Mosey to the field for 4 corners. 10 Burpees, 20 WWIIs, 30 Squats, 10 Bear Crawls/Crawl Bears to 10yd line and back.

    #2: A modified beast—from goal run to 20, 40, 50, 40, 20 and goal on opposite side doing 6 reps at each location. Merkins, Lunges, Carolina Dry Docks, Something, Alabama Prom Dates, Scrunchy Frogs.

    One lap of the track doing an Indigenous Run, mosey to top of the ramp

    #3: OYO 50 Jerkins and 50 incline Merkins, mosey to stairs

    #4: Triple check: Dips, LBCs, and timer on stairs loop, mosey BTTF

    #5: Ring of fire – 10 Merkins.

    Announcements: Summer Tour

    Prayer Requests: For Purple Rains Brother in Law as he and the family face his health challenge, The DTHs as they adjust back to life on this side, Doozy with a full house with the family home, Belay as he recovers from his back injury, and for safe travels.

    Last Call took us out. Thanks brother and thanks men for keeping the iron sharp.

  • Ruckhenge 052825

    Definitely not sunny but not far off 70. We still had a great time despite the woods of Larus not providing much if any cover from the deluge. Was great to have 4 brothers out to ruck this morning. Scram provided the synopsis of the 10th Chapter of JPs 12 Rules For Life—Be precise in your speech. Till the next one.

    Summer tour is upon us. 45MOM for the next installment. Bring a towel for the ride home!

  • Ruckhenge 052125

    Three of the F3RVA pax made it out for this morning’s edition of RH. At 4:58am YHC was considering his options had 2 of his fellow ruckers not made an appearance. Thanks for the company! Given the conditions we headed into Larus where we were afforded some cover from the elements as we traversed red, green then blue and back to red trails. Till the next one.