Author: Splinter

  • Grover’s Nose is Normal

    16 feet and 8 wheels gathered in the pre-dawn at RAMM for a Good Friday tribute route. After Johnny McEnroe emerged from the podcast vehicle, Hardywood and Two Ferns had a bromance hug and No Tools’ quick diversion we gathered for some fairly clear instructions. Here they were, whether they were followed or not is a different story.

    Route:
    Stay on 2 roads today, Commonwealth and Monument. Travel north on Commonwealth to Monument and turn left. Go west on Monument until Staples Mill and turn around. Travel back to Commonwealth and turn left. Continue to Broad Street and turn around. Travel back to Monument and turn left. 4 Milers run to Hamilton and turn around, traveling back to Commonwealth and back to VSF. 5 Milers to Cleveland. 6 Milers to Roseneath.

    Moleskin:
    YHC thought of this route last year but Sippy beat me to the Good Friday Q signup. Thus, this route has been in my back pocket for a while. The directions were moderately understood until it was disclaimed we were traveling in a cross as a tribute on Good Friday. YHC believes that helped get everyone where they needed to be today.

    Almost everyone missed the Cleveland turnaround. One group due to Lab Rat chatter, another purportedly due to EF Hutton chatter. Lab Rat chatter was an exhiliarating discussion of whether he can adequately do a Cleveland impression or a Grover impression. After quick debate on whether or not Grover was the muppet with the phallic nose, we realized we missed the turn and turned around. Luckily it was a great morning for everyone to do 6. Two Ferns proclaimed proudly that he found Cleveland and immediately returned. TYA relied on technology to tell him so. Either way it was a great day for a run.

    Strong gears crew today with Mr Rogers completing the foresome. At least he didn’t have to convince a bunch of strangers to go out and ride today.

    Announcements:
    – Cville is happening. Send names to Lab Rat.
    – Breaking Bread is happening on 4/24. Volunteer and let Lab Rat know.
    – Exhibition wheelchair basketball game tonight against VCU at the Seigel Center. Two Ferns may have the VIP hookups. Great date night opportunity. 7:00 PM start.

    Splinter out

  • Sweet Sixteen

    Sixteen convened at Mary Munford for the second annual F3RVA March Madness.  No surprises this year, just a beatdown followed by some hoops.  Here’s how it went down:

    Single line jog to the basketball courts to claim our space for the next 45 minutes.  Four left hand layups followed by 4 right hand layups.  Line up military style for COP.

    COP
    SSH – 20
    High Knees – 20
    Butt Kickers – 10
    Defensive Slide – 10
    Floor Slaps – 10
    Dive for the Ball Reverse Flutters – 15

    The Thang
    4 corners.  Break up into equal size groups and disperse to a corner.  30 exercises per corner then rotate clockwise.  Exercises were merkins, jump squats, lbcs, carolina dry drocks.  Repeat.

    Line up on the baseline for Senior Night to honor the region’s seniors that made it to the big dance:

    Line drill
    JeQuan Lewis – 1414 points.  14 burpees followed by 14 mountain climbers (2 count).
    Line drill – forward and backward
    London Perrantes – 563 assists.  5 merkins (4 count).  6 burpees.  3 american hammers (10 count).
    Line drill – defensive slide
    Zach LeDay – 673 rebounds.  6 jump squats (2 count).  7 lt dans.  3 burpees.
    Line drill

    1 and 1 challenge.  4 front-ends of a 1-1.  If you miss the front end then 10 burpees.  We missed all 4 front-ends (BT, Wedding Singer, Splinter, Honeymoon).  40 burpees.  That was fun.

    Break up into teams of 2 and spread out to all the baskets.  Play 2 on 2 for the final 12 minutes.  3 minute games with winners rotating clockwise.

    Mosey back to the flag where Wilson took us out.

    Moleskin

    Thanks for enduring another March Madness themed workout.  This year was not as much of a surprise as last year as the PAX appeared to know what was coming most of the workout.  There were some repeats in there but also tried to mix it up a little bit.

    Bleeder is clearly getting back into mid-season form, demonstrating his ability on line drills.  He and Rosie got into a couple battles during those line drills.

    The PAX once again demonstrated the lack of ability to shoot free throws after an upper body heavy workout.  Even Honeymoon, proclaiming his heritage from Indiana, missed the front-end.  One of these years we may get above 50%.

    Lab Rat seeked YHC out as a partner this year and I am happy to report that Lab Rat did not suck.  He may have even made a few baskets.

    Announcements

    • See Wilson for info on his charity golf tournament.  Thanks to all who have donated or signed up so far.
    • Flashdance has some announcement about sleeping bags and jerseys
    • Lunch at various lunch spots today
    • You have until noon to sign up for the F3RVA Bracketology.  Sign up before noon and get me the cash whenever.  http://f3nation.com/2017/03/14/f3-rva-bracketology/

    Splinter out.

     

  • The Jeans Experiment

    Two PAX members took advantage of a quick run prior to HDHH.  One more joined wearing denim leggings and accompanied by two of his 2.0s.  Route was fairly simple:

    – Proceed to Broad Street for quick episode of frogger
    – Mosey down Broad to West Club
    – West Club to FitzHugh
    – FitzHugh a ways then turn around and come back

    Moleskin
    YHC wasn’t sure anyone was going to take him up on the run before HDHH.  Leave it to Singer to show up strong.  Ronnie was wearing jeans and athletic shoes and decided to join us.  His 2.0s were much better prepared and crushed the run.

    Frogger across Broad was “fun”.  There aren’t many running options from The Answer so we made the best of it.

    Great to see everyone while it was light outside.

    Splinter out.

  • F3 RVA Bracketology

    PAX –

    I do not believe we have a group march madness challenge yet.  Rules are simple:

    • $5 buy in to be paid to bbischoff78 at gmail.com via paypal or venmo
    • Top 2 spots paid out.  67% to winner.  33% to 2nd place.
    • Ties broken by championship score then # correct in each round until ties are broken:  2nd round, 3rd round, sweet 16, elite 8, final 4.
    • If still a tie then golf rules and split the pot

    I chose yahoo!.  Sorry if you dislike yahoo!.

    https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/149561/invitation?key=5a0b84880cd10d5d&soc_trk=lnk

     

    Password is sunny70

    Enjoy!

  • The Duck


    Four mentally-questionable men ran today
    The duck stares
    Five mile circle to honor Pi day
    The duck, never cold, still stares
    Green flashes light up the airways
    The duck still stares
    Post-run huddle under the archway
    Those armor piercing duck eyes still staring
    How much does a post-run BT weigh?
    The duck, walking backwards, still staring
    Does the commons have a bidet?
    Duck, we have no bread, why the constant stare?
    Time to disperse and go conquer the day, aye!

    Announcements
    – No HDHH this month @ Splinter’s.  See BB for replacement venue and acknowledgement of disappointment.

    Splinter out

  • March HDHH Reschedule

    Due to weather I am changing the venue for HDHH to The Answer at 6:00. Hanging outside in the cold wind is no way to spend a happy hour. High winds will prevent a fire in the fire pit.

     

    I will I’ll look to a warmer month to reschedule.

  • The Great Migration North

    Nine runners strong, not quite a flock of seagulls, including 2 Spider Run Kotters convened at the base of artificial lake Westham for this week’s iteration of Spider Run.  Having signed up prior to Saab’s bedtime, YHC took the reins and dusted off one of our more well established runs for a mosey up Mount Henrico.  Some slight alterations were made to facilitate fewer instructions:

    – Mosey around the lake and up by the baseball field, across the parking lot
    – Pass through fraternity row and take a left on Hampshire
    – Hampshire turns to Baldwin.  Stay on Baldwin through various jogs until you hit Rock Creek.
    – Left on Rock Creek
    – Slight left on Forest, immediate right on University
    – 6 milers add the Arlington circle loop both directions
    – Right on Glendale, left on Julian
    – To the top of the mountain and back
    – Lap around the lake for those who wanted more

    YHC took us out, battling through various distractions from our sea-faring mammal relatives.

    Moleskin

    YHC waiting until about 7:30 last night to sign up as Q was still open.  Saab was just settling down for a long winter’s nap and YHC knew he needed to sign up before bedtime to avoid any confusion.  Thanks for the mumblechatter on the run today, YHC enjoyed every bit of it.

    After our route, upon returning to our lair, spring was clearly evident.  Birds chirping, sun rising and the rare sighting of the great migration of the Atlantic seal, back to it’s warmer weather fishing grounds.  The seal, surprisingly absent this winter, has begun it’s re-emergence.

    Speaking of fishing, two of Fudd’s favorite indulgences were spotlighted on the cover of this month’s iteration of Blue Ridge Outdoor.  Fly fishing and tomatoes can result in very compelling journalism.  Clearly transforming the sport.

    Speaking of tomatoes, TYA clearly has a way with the fairer sex.  A warm exchange of pleasantries was attempted post COT.  Unfortunately for TYA, the pleasantries were only exchanged one way.  Couldn’t blame it on the tights this week and no audible ‘F’ bombs were witnessed.  Still ISO the cause of the aforementioned one-way exchanges.

    Glad to hear Sippy did his research and found that YHCs claim that Patterson/Parham is the highest point in Henrico is not false.  There may be other contending high points but this is one of them.  Hopefully we can work in Mount Richmond one of these days.

    Annoucements

    – Toga is still searching for a volunteer to sleep in his tent with him for the Ragnar.  You may even get your own tent.  See him for details.
    – Still need a few folks that want to gather in the great smokey mountains to inhale some spring pollen and run a little race.  See Swirly or TYA if interested
    – HDHH next Wednesday snow or shine.  http://f3nation.com/2017/02/27/preblast-march-hdhh/

    Splinter out.

  • Preblast: March HDHH

    RVA PAX.  One of the best things about F3 is the 2nd F.  As part of YHCs contribution to this wonderful thing we call F3 RVA, March HDHH will be held at Splinter’s house on 3/15.  M’s and 2.0’s are welcome.

    YHC will be grilling burgers and dogs for everyone to enjoy.  Drinks will be available for those who enjoy liquid refreshments.  In order to prepare the appropriate provisions, please register your intent on the form below.

    For those interested in doing some hill repeats, we will meet in front of YHCs house at 5:30.  Others are welcome to arrive near 6:00.  Grill will be fired up at 6:00 and burgers/dogs will go on shortly after.  Stay as short or long as you desire.  You must leave before 5:00am on 3/16 as YHC has Q at 45MOM.

    https://goo.gl/forms/xZKvxgUc8rJBCg8y1

    8727 Ruggles Rd, Henrico VA 23229

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/8727+Ruggles+Rd,+Henrico,+VA+23229/@37.5741228,-77.5717085,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b16b57dcf66f6d:0xf0edfa59718a4f50

    Splinter out.

  • Grammy Friendly Workout

    Six Punisher regulars escaped the post-grammy fartsack for a Splinter led beatdown.  Avoiding the brisk breeze we ran towards the back of the school for COP.  The following is more or less what transpired:

    COP
    – SSH x25
    – Hellicopter x15
    – Copperhead Squat x15
    – LBC x15

    The Thang
    Mosey to our favorite Monday morning bus loop for curb crawls.  Bear crawl across, crawl bear back.  Up to 7, repeat 7 and back down to 1.  Various Al Gore positions for the PAX members whom finished early.

    Quick jaunt across the sport court, admiring the newly wrapped goal posts, to find a friendly bench.  Partner up for Dora 1-2-3.  Exercises were step ups (x100), derkins (x200), flutter kicks – 2 count (x300).  Partner runs from the bench and around the bus loop while the other partner exercises.

    Slow saunter to the Pavilion for double 11s (or 22s).  Dips & Squats.  Starting at 20, perform dips on the bench then run to our favorite light pole and perform 2 squats.  Run back to the bench for 18 dips followed by 4 squats at our light pole.  Continue until numbers are reversed.  Plank up in a circle when finished.

    Quick clockwise run of ring of fire before flapjacking on your six for some mary.  20 count of american hammers, box cutters, APDs, maybe something else.

    Moleskin
    Toga strolled in as the last pax member today touting his fondness for Adele.  Apparently the grammy’s are an annual event in the Toga household.

    YHC’s timing was impeccable today as the tomatoes finished their loop around the complex right as we commenced APDs.  Luckily this was at the completion of the workout.  None of the PAX stuck around long after COP to find out if the authorities were called.

    Not much mumblechatter today as we were well distributed throughout the AO today.  Unlike last week, not much sitting in one place.  The only time Offshore’s shoe lights stopped shining was during hellicopters during COP.

    Great job to all today.  Those derkins were no joke.

    Splinter out.

  • Logistically Easy

    Four regulars returned for this week’s iteration of Spider Run.  Quick exchange of pleasantries then off we went.

    Route

    Head south and exit UR via the River Road entrance.  Cross the shopping center and head across the bridge.  Exit via ramp, route under the bridge and head downriver.  4 milers looped back up and over the bridge back to the start.  6 milers proceeded past the ‘Z’ dam until our watches dinged then turned around and headed back.

    Moleskin

    This route is one of the rare Spider Run routes that do not require a weinke.  While it may have few turns, it is still challenging crossing the bridge with a stiff breeze coming at you.

    Not much mumblechatter opportunity for TwoCan today as there was only 1 taker on the shorter distance.  Glad to hear that his focus in now on speed, not distance.  Regular Spider Run hills run attendance will definitely help with speed.  Keep it up TwoCan.

    Much baseball talk today as the 6 milers live vicariously through their son’s sports.  It’s almost February which means hardball is right around the corner.

    Thoughts are with those in the PAX that are recovering from various illnesses or injuries.  Time heals all wounds.

    Splinter out.