Author: Upchuck

  • I Was a Tire Engineer

    I Was a Tire Engineer

    13 started, 15 finished in the latest tire-tastic incarnation of Dogpile. Temps were sunny and 70 with a slight chance of showers. Handshake requested lots of walking and stretching, so accordingly, the PAX did the following:

    Mosey to the Near Circle, take a lap around the circle, and circle up for:

    SSHs
    Dead Man’s Hang
    IWs
    Helicopters
    Arm Circles (pour one out for Hardywood, not pictured).
    LBCs
    HRMs

    Mosey 10 yards to the edge of the circle to discuss the unexpected presence of 4 Continental High-Performance Tires (this is F3RVA; standard tires are for other regions).

    Form into teams of 3 or 4. Grab a tire. One man from each team carries their tire for, more or less, the rest of the workout. Change out the man carrying the tire as the team finds appropriate. Tire must remain above the carrier’s head. If the tire touches the ground, 5 burpees for the team. If the team fails to do their burpees, 10 burpees for the PAX. Accountability.

    Mosey to the Great Lawn

    Each team will bear crawl the length of the lawn. Man with the tire can walk or run, but must carry tire above his head.

    Once at the end of the Lawn, reform on the side of the Great Lawn.
    Round One: Triple check, but with only 2 options. Man runs with tire above head across Lawn and back. Other two partners do WWIIs. Swap and repeat 3 times.
    Round B: Man with tire crawls in a manner of his choice, always keeping tire off the ground. Partner 2 does Flutter Kicks. Partner 3 does Rosalitas.

    Somewhere during this effort, Bone Thugs and (Arthur) Vandelay joined us.

    YHC wrapped this up early as the PAX had some road work to complete.

    Mosey to the Far Circle for a Group Effort. Track Building.

    Block coupons were apparently left overnight by the circle, and they needed to be moved to the Ha’ Penny Stage. With only 15 PAX to move 30 coupons, the PAX decided:

    1. The tires could not touch the ground.
    2. The tires could not be carried.
    3. The coupons and tires must be moved to the Ha’ Penny Stage.

    Solution: Build a Road of Blocks. Teams could work alone or in groups. Team A decided to work alone, and as they started first, their progress looked like a winner, for the first 15 yards.

    Then, Teams B, C, and D started, and they cooperated to build a single road. From there, a bloodbath ensued. 11 guys can build a road faster than 4. Since this is F3, the early finishers came back to help their brothers finish their task.

    Lesson: work with and help your F3 brothers. They can help you through (most) obstacles.

    Touch-a-Tree (It’s not an UpChuck Q without It):

    One man from each team carries the tire over his head and touches 3 trees.
    Other members of the team perform exercises.

    Round one was a medley of flutter kicks, abyss merkins, and squats or monkey humpers. Plus, the tire carrying.

    Round B was “head, shoulders, knees, and toes,” which DTH was kind enough to demonstrate. Plus, the tire carrying.

    Put away the blocks. Carry the tires.

    Native American walk, then mosey, then AYG BTTF. Tire carrying guys run circles around their team.

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Jimminee Christmas, the PAX was all about announcements today.

    Puppy Pile mañana. 7 a.m. Don’t You Dare Pay a Toll to attend. DTH will either have a slip-and-slide or Mama Natura will provide one. Bring your own kids or bring a friend’s kids. Heck, bring your parents.

    Hitchhiker completes another trip around the sun this week. Congrats. Please celebrate without twisting your ankle.

    Bone Thugs 10-k will take place on Friday at RAMM. Someone fill in the start time, please. YHC thinks 5:15. That’s a.m.

    AlpacaPalooza is Saturday, August 22nd at the Hardywood Family Petting Zoo in Mosely, VA, which YHC thinks is somewhere in Henry County. 3-8 p.m. See invite on Slack or in the News Section of F3RVA.com.

    Iron Pax Challenge. DTH and BoBerry are in. Sign up under team RVA. This event is designed to teach the PAX how easy YHC’s directions are to follow.

    Retreat on October 3. Bring a tent, food and beverages of your choosing, and a Cornhole Partner. Maybe that came out wrong. Address to be posted in Slack. Remember: this is a 2nd F, not a workout.

    October: F3RVA CSAUP. Maybe we’ll bike and/or run to Williamsburg.

    Shiplap is getting married in a few weeks. Really. This thing is going to happen. Walk through is today, in the rain. Congratulations.

    Wojo: see above.

    NMS:

    YHC bought new tires. YHC kept the old tires. YHC brought them today, and they were fun. YHC thanks the PAX for tolerating the experiment today.

    Today’s workout title comes from Hitchhiker, who YHC learned was an actual tire engineer in a prior career. Hitch says Continental HPTs are good in the rain.

    Also, for future Qs, the Amphitheater was more or less closed today. The stage is taped off, and the grass is higher than corn in September. Yikes.

  • Don’t You Dare Touch-a-Tree

    One PAX sallied forth into the first of several days of vacation in the mountains formerly known as Western Virginia. Dodging the occasional morning walker, YHC relished the sunny and 70 temps while doing:

    Do Not Even Think of Touching a Tree

    YHC loves directions. Complicated directions. Today’s workout was dedicated to Fudd, Wilson, and all the other PAX for whom YHC’s directions have proven elusive. Even when done the same way for 4 years. Or, when provided in writing.

    Today’s workout was simple: a) do it OYO, and 2) make it hard. With some fine print.

    Directions:

    Pick a section of the park in front of YHC’s cottage. A “section” is any grassy area bounded by a path (bike path, walking path, road, any asphalt, gravel, or YHC was just not sure, so YHC called it a path to get this show on the road). For any PAX not sure of what a “section” is, it is what you say it is. OYO. Make it hard.

    Mosey to a tree in that section to start. Do 5 or 10 reps of an exercise (mercans and any ab exercise were today’s winners as YHC’s knee continues to be balky). Generally, do 4-count exercises. OYO. Make it hard.

    Mosey to the “next” tree of choice in that section. 5 or 10 reps. Dealer’s Choice on the exercise. OYO. Make it hard.

    Continue until YHC visited every tree in a section, generally between 5 and 30 trees.

    YHC estimates 5-6 sections.

    Fine Print:

    Answers to questions that the PAX would have asked, if the PAX were present:
    Park benches are 20 dips.
    Light poles are a burpee.
    Funky looking ivy-like trees are 5 WWIIs.
    Make an honest effort to alternate mercans with ab exercises.
    A single mercan includes touching the ground with your chest.
    Curls with the plastic buckets in the kid’s sand box are optional.

    If the terrain is approached going up-hill, exercises are done “incline.”
    If the terrain is approached down hill, exercises are “decline.”
    Again, OYO. Make it hard.

    Finish an entire section before moving to the next section.
    Bear crawl across any asphalt, gravel, road, etc.
    Move only between adjacent sections.
    If this is not possible, bear crawl to the next section. OYO. Make it hard.

    Rule #1: Do not touch a tree, a branch, a leaf, a pine needle, or any other object naturally attached to a tree, other than the roots. Penalty is 5 burpees. Per branch or tree. No penalties were incurred.

    Rule #2: Do not ruin or break a spider web. (More challenging than it sounds). Penalty is 10 burpees. Some burpees were incurred.

    Rule #3: Do not leave a section without completing all required exercises. Penalty is 5 burpees, per tree or bench. YHC missed a set of benches hidden by bushes. Ugh.

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took himself out.

    NMS:

    YHC is ready for vacation. He’s been on the DL much of the spring/summer. A workout with light running, but solid intensity was what YHC needed.

    Today’s message to Self:

    F3 is fundamentally about Accountability. A lone PAX has to step up the Accountability. No cheating on the mercans. No moving on without doing the extra work when a penalty is incurred. No stopping with sections left in the park. No holding a contest and then not following through when you lose the contest (YHC sees you – and, you know who you are).

    Make a commitment to do the work. Follow through on that commitment. Accountability in Life is OYO. Accountability is hard.

  • That Was a Prostitute, Not a Ho.

    Three chiseled veterans shoved off the lure of the Fart Sack for this week’s version of the Batteau Hot Potato. Temps were sunny and 70. With neither a watch nor a Swirly in sight, the Pax christened the dawn with:

    A brief Mosey to the near lawn for an UpChuck Q:

    SSH’s x20
    Swirly’s Dead Man Hang x10
    IW’s x10
    Hillbillies x10 (with flair x5)
    FKs x20
    LBCs x20
    HRMs x10

    Mosey to the Tennis Courts to perform a Prostitute (always come back to the same corner):

    Corner 1: 10 WWIIs
    Corner 2: 20 merkins
    Corner 3: 30 Reverse Crunches
    Corner 4: 40 Monkey Humpers

    Pax go to corner 1, perform the exercise, then return to home base and perform 1 burpee. Then, restart, but this time go to Corner 1, then Corner 2, then back to Corner 1 and to home base. Repeato and extend by an additional corner on each round.

    Do not touch any trees.

    Flip it to Flatline:

    Mosey to the Stone Basin for a Triple Check. 20 step ups (each leg), 40 monkey humpers, and 60 SSHs. Between each round, run up the Hill of Ill Repute (YHC thinks that’s what it’s called) to the lamppost. Circle the lamppost.

    Do not touch any lampposts or trees.

    Mosey to the Lake:

    Merkin Lake. 5 merkins at each lamppost around the lake. There are 142 lampposts (YHC lost count)

    Flip it to Hardywood:

    Mosey up the stone stairs.

    Triple check:

    First man does squats with a stone.
    Second man does dips.
    Third man runs to the telephone pole, circles the telephone pole, then runs down the stone steps to the landing, then back to the top of the steps. Rotate.

    Do not touch any telephone poles, lampposts, or trees.

    BTTF for 3 MOM. Flutter kicks (Vinny style), LBCs, Flutter kicks (regular), and maybe something else.

    Announcements:

    YHC would like to have a nice family vacation this week. Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

    There are some folks in need of healing. Let’s have their backs.

    NMS:

    Some days just start right. Today was one of those. Good morning with 2 fantastic friends, a good workout, and an overall good time. Thank you, gentlemen.

  • Clear Direction

    21 men came together to fight the tyranny of the Fart Sack and the Humidity. With temps sunny and 70, the PAX launched on time at 06:00.

    Mosey to the Great Lawn for the COP

    SSHs
    IW’s
    Swirly’s Dead Man Hang
    Right over left, then left over right
    Rosalitas
    Hello Dolly
    Scorpion Kicks
    HRMs

    Mosey to the Ha’ Penny Stage and grab a coupon for Touch-a-Tree

    Round of 10…Partner 1 touches 10 trees while carrying his block above his head. Partner two completes WWIIs while holding block on chest. Variety of planking and Al Gore for The Six.

    Round of 8…more of the same

    Round of 6…Alabama prom dates.

    Round of 4…burpees.

    Round of 2…burpees.

    Curls for The Six on the last round.

    Replace the blocks and Mosey to the Amphitheater for:

    Decline Merkins x5
    V-Ups x5

    The Q received a request to go back up, so the PAX did 10 flutter kicks (x4 count) on each step up.

    Mosey BTTF

    NMS:

    Solid work today, fellas. The Humidity was strong in The Gloom today. And, apparently gravity strongly attracts cinderblocks to Earth.

    Kotters to Winehouse who has been taking care of multiple little kiddos and DTH who deported from Papua New Guinea for recruiting for a Cult. Nice to have you all back. (Side note: Anyone else notice DTH sporting a big Grin during the APDs? Imagine if his family had NOT been in PNG with him.)

    This week, Hardywood supplied YHC with the following Fun Facts:

    1. The largest source of revenue for Harvard Business School is publishing (MBA teaching is 4th).
    2. HBS publishes an official set of Directions for Touch-a-Tree,

      The PAX were provided a copy of said directions, gratis, today. TYA has offered laminating services during office hours.

    Announcements:

    Fourth of July Convergence at No Toll. 6 a.m.

    Please keep Flatline in your thoughts. His grandmother passed away this week. Service is today.

    Please also keep Profit in your prayers. He had a serious accident this week in North Carolina. While it is expected he will pull through, his injuries are extensive, and the road to full health will be a long one.

    Lastly, YHC asks the PAX to generate Direction for themselves, then use that to hold yourself Accountable. All the laws and all the programs society generates to help reform and grow can have their impact. Your Impact comes through each individual interaction. When you interact with people, use your eyes, your smile, and your investment in challenging yourself to achieve better outcomes.

    Remember that today is the 76th Anniversary of D-Day. Men of all colors exposed themselves as a segregated Army (and Navy) blazed a path to a better world for all of us. Regardless of the messages you hear, the arch of the past 76 years has been overwhelmingly positive. And, surely, there is work to do.

  • Salem’s Lot

    3 Westham residents, eager to avoid growing old, threw off the lure of the Fartsack and the environmental benefits of car-pooling in favor of a COVID-19-free commute to join 4 more for the latest edition of 45MOM. Temps were, remarkably, sunny and 70. Something like this happened:

    Mosey to the Basketball Courts

    COP

    SSHs
    IWs
    Dead Man Hang (3 rounds…Both legs, Right leg over left, left leg over right…)
    DQs
    LBCs
    Flutter kicks
    HRMs

    Ode to Chum…”Mosey over Here” for 4 corners:

    Round 1:
    10 merkins (PAX choice)
    Bear crawl to…
    …20 WWIIs
    Run to…
    30 squats
    Bear crawl to…
    40 SSHs (4 count, which means “Do 80 SSHs”)

    Round 2:
    10 HRMs
    20 Lt. Dan’s
    30 Rosalitas
    40 Second Dead Man Hang

    Mosey to the Parallel Bars for…Partner Loops Around the Track

    Partner up. Run half-way around the track. Meet partner. Do non-partner exercises…10 boo-yah merkins, without the hand-slapping. Run back to the start. 10 Derkins. 2 rounds.

    Mosey to the blacktop for Triple Check.
    Partner 1: run the blacktop (back and forth)
    Partner 2: reverse crunches
    Partner 3: BTTW

    Mosey to the Little Field Between the Parking Lot and the Playground
    Lindsey…WWIIs and Hello Dolly…

    Mosey BTTF…Quick round of Flutter Kicks

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, Ole Handshake took us out.

    Announcements:

    Deuce and Seymour are back at work. Time to get a cleaning.

    Deuce is organizing a Memorial Day Murph on (wait for it) Memorial Day at 7:00 a.m. (YHC thinks) at Dogpile (and maybe other places)…Deuce to post more on this.

    NMS:

    Ronnie is back. Get it? See Ronnie for details. Honestly, it’s just a terrible pun.

    Great work today, fellas. YHC asked Hitchhiker how many days in a row he’s been working out. Basically, forever. YHC continues to be impressed. Well done.

    Joke of the Day (From YHC’s 14 year old): “I bought a chicken and an egg on Amazon today. I’ll keep you posted on what happens.”

    Terrible. If you have a better one, post it. YHC thanks you in advance.

  • UpChuck Does Not Hate the Pax…

    Ten PAX joined up in four groups of four or two groups of eight or sixteen groups of one to break the monotony of the Quarantine, experience some human interaction, and find someone to talk to. The PAX chose this week’s number-challenged Dogpile. With YHC having the Q, accurate counting, per usual, was not only optional, but discouraged…temperatures and weather were a seasonally perfect sunny and 70. Here is, with some editorial license and a solid dose of suspension of disbelief, more or less what happened.

    Mosey to the intersection of Park and Blanton, then down Rugby to Wilbon to the “far circle.” Couple of loops around the circle to bring in The Six.

    COP included the following exercises, all with different numbers of reps.

    SSH
    Dead Man Hang
    Its
    Helicopters
    LBCs
    Reverse Crunches
    Scorpion Kicks
    HRMs

    Mosey to the Amphitheater Stage

    Dora 1-2-3 (or 100-200-300)

    100 WWIIs (1 count)
    200 Reverse crunches (1 count)
    300 Flutter Kicks (2 count…right leg up and down = 1, or 2, depending upon how each PAX counts them).

    “Runner” bear crawls up the ramp to the Stone Wall, then runs back to their partner on the stage by a route of their choice. Those worried about interception on the return trip by a modern-day King Herod were advised to return to the stage by another route.

    PAX did flutter kicks x50 (4-count) for The Six.

    Probation gave us an abbreviated 100 count.

    Mosey to the Ha’ Penny Stage

    Touch-a-Tree

    Like a baseball game without the National Anthem, a YHC Q would not be complete without Touch-a-Tree.

    Round 1: Touch 3 different trees. Return to Stage. 5 burpees, 20 What-cha-ma-call-its.

    Round 2: Touch 6 different trees. Return to Stage. 10 burpees, 40 What-cha-ma-call-its.

    Round 1: Touch 9 different trees. Return to Stage. 15 burpees, 60 What-cha-ma-call-its.

    Mosey to the Great Lawn

    Four Corners (PAX Choice)

    10 HRMs
    20 LBCs
    30 Monkey Humpers
    40 SSHs
    SSHs for The Six. 4-Count x 40

    Mosey to the Forgotten Lane on Love Hill

    Partner up. Partner 1 runs to the gate and back. Partner 2 performs the following exercise until Partner 1 returns.
    Round 1: Bear crawl
    Round 2: Broad jump burpee
    Round 3: Lunges

    Mosey to the Near Circle

    Ring of Fire

    PAX Choice of 5 merkins…

    Chuck Norris
    Diamond
    HRMs + Shoulder taps
    Stop, Drop, and Roll (Fire Drill, or whatever those are called)
    Burpees
    Cockroach Merkins (crowd pleaser)
    Just Do a Normal Merkin
    YHC probably missed a type or two.

    Mosey BTTF – the PAX turned this into a Jail Break, so 1 Minute Remained for…

    …Finishing the Ring of Fire

    Shoulder taps
    Some other type of merkin
    Werkins
    YHC missed at least one type.

    Number-a-ma, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

    NMS:

    The PAX takes intense interest in YHC’s counting, in both style and substance. YHC enjoys this very much. YHC has decided to publish the Show Schedule for various counting styles. Touch-a-Tree will be available at all events, subject to change.

    March: Lawrence Welk Day (Uh-one, two, three…)
    April: Dark
    May: Apparently, Militant Counting Day
    June: Only Those Who Post Know (Perhaps Flatline’s Swedish Chef will make a cameo)

    YHC also enjoys addressing questions from the PAX during his Q’s. In today’s version, some of the PAX expressed a desire to understand the difference between a 1 and 2-count flutter kick. YHC confesses that he has No Idea (Different Guy). This is a distinction that was not covered during YHC’s formal education nor during YHC’s stint at Q-School, which YHC did not in fact attend. TYA has graciously dedicated the entirety of this week’s Office Hours to comments from the PAX on this subject (every other Thursday, 9:00-9:01 a.m.).

    YHC congratulates everyone who ran from their home on the south side to ET’s, then back to Dogpile, and then back home. Solid.

    YHC also wants to congratulate anyone who ran for 26 minutes without stopping. YHC is impressed. Hat’s off also to the PAX who keep each other going. Well done.

    Last note: each morning, the PAX gets together in a closed park (“Park closes at dark”), on the grounds of a closed school (“Fields Closed”), or runs on public streets. Other than a mythical unicorn-creature called “Sarah,” YHC is not aware of anyone messing with the PAX. Not a police officer, nor a citizen has done so in YHCs 4 years. A fitness instructor tried once to inhibit the PAX with a line of query regarding government licensing, but was repulsed by TYA’s swift employment of the phrase,”We’re done here.”

    Perhaps this is because the PAX are many in number. Or, perhaps because The Gloom is super early. Or, perhaps because the PAX are super-buff, or graciously out-going, or frequently sporting matching bad-ass black, logo-ed F3 uniforms (or, in TYA’s case, a logo-ed “unitard”). If our purpose is to push our fellow man toward greater Accountability and Leadership in our community, YHC asks each man to think about how each of us can help build a society where a man going for a jog can be, for him (or for a her), a harassment-free way to enjoy one’s life, rather than have it taken away.

    Announcements:

    Deuce is organizing a Memorial Day Murph. YHC thinks Deuce said 6 a.m. at Dogpile. Please correct YHC if that is inaccurate. 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, 1 mile run.

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Frank Abagnale

    10 PAX happened to form a circle around a man known as “Swirly” for something called a “Hot Potato” Q. Shortly thereafter, a deuce of Deuce and Probation formed a PAX of 2 with no worry of legal intervention for the 5-0 were pursuing Seymour on the Nickel Bridge and looking into an All Points Bulletin issued for a 5’8″ white male, light brown beard, bald, and sporting “Virginia” paraphrenalia, who responds to the names “Jason” and “Marmaduke.”

    Here’s what went down, more or less:

    COP, Swirly-Style:

    Dead Man Hang
    Stretch-to-the-Sky
    DQs
    Mix of Wilson’s Wife, Fuddski, Yankee Aggressor, Southern Gentleman, and that devilish 3-inch “hold it” thing. 10 4-count merkins made for the icing on the cake.
    Flutter kicks
    Alabama Prom Dates
    LBCs

    Kick it to Vinny for some traveling…mosey to the Pipe Line Loop for a Monstah Dora

    100 Flutter kicks (meh)
    200 jump squats (good burn)
    300 merkins (ok, didn’t see that coming)

    Al Gore for da’ Six

    Flip it to Bone Thugs for Frank Abagnale (was that a VQ as well?)

    Every now and again, someone who has the Q nails it. To put it another way, there are home runs (over the fence, a common Q achievement) and then there are HOME RUNS (hit the Facade at Yankee Stadium or the Warehouse at Camden Yards). That dude NAILED IT.

    Bone Thugs called a version of Catch Me if You Can, only this was a single jack-rabbit being chased by the PAX (all ten of them). Vinny has dubbed this “Frank Abagnale,” after the check-kiter popularized by Leonardo DiCaprio. Once caught – nay, IF caught – 5 HRMs for each PAX member.

    Runners:

    Vinny clearly has a criminal past. Brother can run like he stole something.
    YHC, bum knee and all, should stick to white collar crime.
    Hardywood was the John Rambo of the group, running off-road, up-hill.
    Bone Thugs showed his newly found fleetness-of-foot
    Somewhere in there, YHC believes that Hitchhiker and Snuff each smoked a bunch of the PAX.

    That was awesome.

    YHC took the PAX home with a Garbage Can Medley…20 ab exercises of each man’s choosing at each of 5 trash cans…run the traffic loop after each round.

    Second time through, YHC took recommendations on which exercises were the most challenging…then the PAX did those on Round 2.

    Some kind of toe-touching-V-up-murderous combination
    Hardywood’s sitting arm-circle torture
    Bench kicks (apparently, these are permitted even when Honeydo is not present)
    American Hammers
    Burpees (a lesser known ab exercise)

    Mosey back to the Flag

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    F3 is sponsoring a Hire-a-Dentist fundraiser…get in touch with Seymour or Deuce for directions on how to get your teeth cleaned and make a can of COVID-19 aerosol for a single co-pay.

    Deuce is also sponsoring a Memorial Day Murph…run a mile, 100 pull-ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats, and another mile run, all with a 20 pound pack. See YHC for suggestions on how to make-your-own 20-pound pack.

    Keep the folks who are having stress and anxiety during the pandemic in your thoughts…patience and mental support are the watchwords for good leadership these days.

  • 45 MOM

    Posting for Seymour…if you are not listed in the PAX, put a note in the Comments.

    Side straddle hops 

    Arm circles 

    Don Quixote

    Helicopters

    Merkins

    LBc

    Freddy Mercuries

    Apbs

    Aiken legs

    ✓ 20 squats

    ✓ 20 box jumps

    ✓ 20 lunges

    ✓ 20 split jacks

    Ascending testicles

    ✓ Feet on wall 15 degrees 10 derkin 

    ✓ Walk up to 45 degrees 10 feelings

    ✓ Balls to walls 10 derkins 

    Run to curb

    Butkus

    ✓ Rapid steps up curb

    ✓ 1 min

    ✓ 30s rest

    ✓ 1 min 

    ✓ Rest

    Death Star alternate at each cone

    ✓ 30 merkins

    ✓ 30 leg lifts 

    10 diamond david lee Roth burpees

    ✓ Burpee with scissor kick for the jump

    Windshield wipers 

    ✓ 10 total

    ◦

  • HoeDown – Seymour Style

    Misty day, mildly cold, we maintained our distance 

    Side straddle hops 

    Arm circles 

    Don Quixote

    Helicopters

    Merkins

    LBc

    Freddy Mercuries

    Apbs

    Run down to ur 

    Forest to Lakewood to west ham to sunset to college 

    11s squat jumps to merkins

    After every set out loud state one thing you are thankful for last week. 

    Run back dismiss

    Little help – who did I forget?

  • That Dog Definitely Isn’t Racist

    Seven two-legged runners and one four-legged puddle-jumper (as in, into the puddles he jumped) hit the trails in an ordinance-compliant manner – arms spread, helicopter-style, ensuring a 6 foot space on all sides. A lone rider defied the stay-inside order to take a giant ride around the city. 2 more ran together – eleven miles on the roads, change shoes, then eleven more on trails, in spite of a self-reported UTI or STD (ask Ollivander what burns). Weather sunny and 70.

    TYA, who did not sign up to Q, suggested the PAX take South Bank to Forest Hill Loop to South Bank. 6.75 miles.

    UpChuck: “You going to write this up as the Q, TYA?”

    TYA: “No, I’m not the Q. I just told everyone what to do.”

    Uh, huh.

    Announcements:

    1. Parker is an open-minded, multi-culturally sensitive male dog, who practices social distancing with the PAX, both for health and safety reasons (we see you, Sally and Cooper). Come back often, Parker, anytime.
    2. Rubbing poison ivy on the outside of your throat will vaccinate against SARS-CoV2-19, apparently.

    Good times at ET’s. The bed of TYAs truck makes for a perfect, socially distant perimeter.

    Be safe, be well, and keep mentally strong.