Author: Swirly (F3 Corporate)

  • Bikers, Runners, and a Rucker

    5 strong posted for the Wed Hill Run and here is how it went down.

    Husky and TYA – crushed it on there bikes. Husky attacked the hills – TYA rocked it over to Northside and back!

    Kubota – Rucked it – 30 pound pack jogging and walking the hills – atta baby Kubota – way to push dude !

    Shakedown and Swirly – run the hills – Shake = 1 long loop then had to split wasn’t feeling great – hope your feeling better dude! Swirly – 1 long loop – 1 medium loop – 1 short loop.

    Great work guys – enjoyed it !

    See y’all in  the gloom…

  • Husky shows us how it’s done !

    5 strong posted for the hill run and here is how it went down.

    Couple short loops – Couple long loops a bike ride and a kettle bell walk = Boom !

    TYA crushed it on his bike this evening – he felt great being back on it and rolled through the streets of RVA – well done brother..

    Husky crushed 2 short loops – running one fully all the way around like a champ – then showed us he could carry his Dads 25 pound kettle bell by walking back and forth with it – little dude is a beast ! Atta baby Husky!

    Great running and catching up with Honeydo and Kubota this evening – it sure was a warm one out there…

    CSAUP is around the corner – watch for Wed evening runs on the trail soon!

    Kubota took us out.

    See y’all in the gloom…

  • A Batteau Potato

    7 strong posted for a Monday morning beatdown and here is how it went down.

    Swirly :  SSH’s Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s,

    Monkey bars :  3 sets of 5 over hand pull ups – 10 incline merkins 15 dips   – 3sets 5 chin ups – 10 decline merkins – 15 sit ups .

    Hardywood: 4 corners : 5 burpees – 5 burpees 10 hand release merkins – 5 burpees 10 hand release merkins 15 WWII’s – 5 burpees 10 hand release merkins 15 WWII’s 20 squats.  3 sets of 10 partner incline situps.

    ABBA:  sprint up hill touch tree – 5 times – 1 round clock work merkins – 1 round clock work LBC’s

    Swirly : Indian run back to the flag.

    Goldberg : Curb crawl – 3 incline merkins 5 dips 3 times – Mary – LBC’s, APD’s, American Hammers.

    Hope I remembered this right fella’s – solid workout – great way to start the week.

    Things to remember : Labor day convergence – 7AM 3 lakes park – Sept 22nd 4 year anniversary @ dogpile 6am regular work out then a fun run after 🙂 teams of 4 I hear not sure if it’s by nano region or not see Phonics ..CSAP in October ..

    See y’all in the gloom…

  • 12 days away baby !

    4 studs hit the hills of Roller Coaster in preparation for the BRR and here is how it went down.

    TYA – BT – Swirly – 7 small loops 5.miles

    Rosie – 1 long loop – 3 short loops – 5 miles

    Great job guys – we haven’t run those short loops in  awhile – not much time to recover on those suckers….

    Hey BRR team remember – next Wed there will be a Happy Hour/Team meeting  after we hit this hills. Come on out start anytime between 5-6 on the run – happy hour / meeting will directly follow at TYA’S house /Patio – 6:30ish

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • An open Dogpile Q !

    26 strong posted for a Dogpile beatdown this morning and here is how it went down.

    Warm up’s in the Amp Theatre : SSH’s, Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s, LBC’s Flutter Kicks

    Up the steps :  incline merkins and SSH’s at each step – add 1 each step to the top 1-18.

    Pole Smoker Indian Run : 4 pole smokers then run to the end of the line while pax does flutter kicks, 6 inches, and Freddy mercury.

    Indian Run to the Rusty Cage.

    Rusty Cage : Partner up : 10 Dips, 7 Jerkins = 3 sets – 5 overhead pull ups and 5 chin ups = 3 sets

    Love Hill :  Partner up Run to the gate and back to your partner doing – walk out merkins , Lunges , Broad jump Burpees  as a team to the top of the hill at the gate.

    Curb Crawl : 1-5 ladder and back down. Bear crawl to curb incline merkin crawl bear back decline merkin

    Burpee Shuffle : Pax shuffling feet – pax member calls out burpee pax does burpee all the way around the circle.

    Mary : Cross Leg Lifts – LBC’s and 6 inches.

    Mosy to the Flag.

    The Scoop: It has been a good while since YHC has had a Dogpile Q – and it was great to be back in the saddle. Thanks for letting me lead this morning pax.

    Circle K, K2, and Gomer Pyle were the first to show up to the AO this morning and I told them I had received a text from Upchuck Friday night asking – when exactly does Swirly show up for a Swirly Q?  Great question by the way. So if it;s a Dogpile Q I arrive 1hr before launch if it is at another AO during the week it is 30min before launch. One might ask why the hell does he do that ?  well this morning would be a great example as to why… So as Circle k, K2, and GP and I are all standing there talking in the gloom this dude walks up to us from the road. Now this dude has no shirt on has one eye closed, smells like a river rat, and is babbling about he’s lost needs directions to boulevard and the reason he cant seem to find his way is because he has some kind of  a stigmatism ? So K2 does great and moves further away and closer to us Circle K faces the dude and explains where he needs to go – GP side steps very quietly to check out what the dude is carrying behind his back and I stand facing him visualizing myself  bouncing this dude off the light pole( which is directly behind the dude ) a few times then GP grabbing him around the neck in a ranger choke hold  (lights out baby :)) and then  Circle K grabbing my shovel flag wacking this dude one more time for good measure – digging a hole – throwing the dude in and then us saying to K2 (nothing to see hear – you good? ok let;s Mosy) …. Yea well that all luckily did not happen the dude went on his way – the rest of the pax arrived and as Wilson and Honeymoon got out of the car asking each other who the Q was this morning they both said – must be Swirly look at him looks like he’s gonna go scale a tree – jeez…. (Yea I was a little fired up about the possibilities of what could have just happened a few minutes before 🙂 ) I really don’t like violence I’m just always on alert – I;m Swirly..  OK  And so the Q began and a great time was had by all. Starting out in the Amp Theatre was no joke – that will wake you up for sure followed by some nice ab work and a good mossy over to the cage where we smoked our arms. Love hill is always a crowd pleaser – those walk out merkins are brutal – i’d rather do polar bears at least you can move up the hill a bit faster…. By the time the curb crawl began most everyone’s arms were done – the burpee shuffle followed and to top it of a little Mary with a gut busting 6 inches at the end. Freaken great job guys – y’all are awesome – way to work !

    As always ET’s was a blast – great catching up – I don’t know about y”all but I left there singing – To all the girls I’ve loved before who traveled in and out my door – (Willie Nelson Baby) You had to be there – GP, Circle K, K2, EF Hutton, TYA are laughing right now and I bet are still singing that damn song in there heads – ok maybe not K2:)

    Enjoyed it fellas have a great rest of your weekend – thanks for taking us out GP, thanks for recording the pax list Circle K.

    See y’all in the gloom !

  • Four Corners

    4 studs posted @ Batteau this morning and here is how it all went down!

    Hot Potato : Swirly – SSH’s, Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks.

    Four Corners –  on the tennis court –  Russian Solder – 10 fist merkins – High Knees – 15 hand release merkins – butt kickers – 20 workins – lunges – 25 merkins. Repeat 4 times.

    Sippy Cup : Amwrap 4 corners with boulders. Run backwards with bolder to each corner with boulders – exercises – Burpees, Pull ups,  Flutter Kicks, elbow plank.

    Crossroads: Lindsey : overhead press with bolder run down steps dips on bench.

    Mossy to the flag.

    It’s about time for head lights fella’s – glad Sippy had his at the beginning – dark out there at ole Batteau .. Great work guys – that was a bunch of arm/chest work today !  Thanks for taking us out crossroads.

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • Hill Work

    9 strong posted for the Wed night Hill Run and here is how it went down.

    Everyone attacked the hills !!!! Different routes were taken/ different start times were taken –  but one thing all of us had in common – each runner was smoked at the end. Way to push guys – great to see so many out there tonight. Special guest Marlo (F3 name MPD) crushed the hills on her bike – great job MPD!

    BRR is 4 weeks out – guys if your on the team make sure you get some extra hill work in – you’ll be glad you did!

    Next week – Roller Coaster will be held @ Kuba Kuba 2 – Kubota is the Q – come on out run, enjoy some fellowship and have a beverage or two!

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • Three Amigos

    3 studs posted for the Wed Hill run and here is how it went down.

    TYA – two long loops 1 short = Boom !

    BT – 1 long loop 2 short loops = Boom!

    Swirly – 2 long loops 2 short loops = Boom!

    BRR training fella’s come on out!! Great to have BT join us – he’s gearing up – we are 6 weeks out boys!!

    Well done guys – see y’all in the gloom..

  • Back on the Trails

    TYA is back Stateside and he wanted to hit the trails. So the trails we hit on a beautiful evening.  South to North trail 7 mile loop = boom !

    Great to have you back in town TYA – enjoyed the run ..

    BRR is right around the corner boys – let’s  get those extra miles in ….

  • Sweaty Mary

    15 strong posted for Mary this morning and here is how it went down.

    Mossy : 10 burpees – Windmills, Helicopters, IW’s, SSH’s . LBC’s, APD’s Flutter Kicks

    Curb Crawl Ladder: 1-6 and back down.

    Partner leg toss – 3 sets of 20

    Triple Check : run the black top perimeter – WW11’s and LT. Dan’s

    Polarbears to the fence – 10 donkey kicks – repeat 3 times

    Indian Run  the full square of Mary.

    Ring of Fire – 10 merkins

    Mary – 6 inches

    YHC had to borrow some gloves from Bleeder this morning cause he left the smelly things in the back of big blue and as ya’ll know it rained like a motha last night- thanks Bleeder  ! Saabski was in rare form this morning – atta baby Saabski – hey congrats on the Q5 Amber alert 🙂   Goldberg crushed the triple check – way to push buddy.. BT smoked the polar bears (which are always a crowd pleaser)  . Posh, Swiper, Handshake, Firemen Ed, Olivander Vinny, Keymaster  all – crushed the Indian run – Bleeder, Loose Goose, Spit, Pucker all  banged out the ring of fire. And the 6 inches was destroyed by the pax – lots’ of grunts and moans coming from the grounds of Mary this morning..

    Excellent job guys – it was really humid out there…  Way to push . Thanks for taking us out today Sabbski – well said buddy.

    See y’all in the gloom..