Author: Wedding Singer

  • Psych

    Three PAX joined up to embrace a Friday morning workout at Twin Team. Here’s how it went:

    One mile mosey around high school across Robious and up the path to the turnaround below Twin Team. COP – Don Q, SSH, squats, merkins, LBCs, flutters.

    Mosey back to elementary school, locate hill (thanks Doozy), jacobs ladder – bear crawl up hill and burpees up to 6.

    Mosey to bus loop – 11s. WWIIs and merkins.

    Circle up for ab work – reverse crunches, rosalitas, dolly P, plank dips.

    Great job guys, good to get the blood flowing this morning. Title was derived after a plan to run the Jacobs ladder up Twin Team, being YHC’s first Q at Twin Team, but instead departing the area after the COP. Stories were heralded of previous workouts utilizing the hill – suicides and Sisyphuses. Not today men. Appreciate the PAX following YHC around as I familiarized myself with various areas at the school.

    Prayers and thoughts to Doozy’s family and MIL.

    -Singer

  • The War of Art

    The War of Art

    Dissimilar to the title of this workout, the path was anything but an inner, creative battle. Did we win though? Yes, obviously. A group of 10 PAX plus one additional PAX member ran the ways of our fathers. See Marv’s backblast from a few months back for details, remain on Grove at all costs. Never saw the Gears folks again so hope they’re okay. Good job men.

    Also, Bleeder has goats.

    -Singer

  • By the Dawn’s Early Light

    Party of 1 at River Run. No complaints, easy to accomplish physical distancing

    Path – run 4 miles while returning to the place of beginning.

    -Singer

  • Mile Sandwich

    Three men and a 2.0 joined up at The Forge to exercise by lawful right of essential activities.

    Workout: Disclaimer -> run to DTH warmup turnaround, back up around bottom two parking lots to point of beginning which is exactly one mile.

    Warm up – SSH, don Q, russian soldiers, imperial walkers, mountain climbers, seal jacks

    Prison cell AMRAPS – find a parking spot away from others (physical distancing). Merkin walk around cell one direction for one minute. Next exercises in same direction – lunges, bear crawls, March sadness slides. Reverse directions with same 4 exercises.

    Move to grass – AMRAP abs – WWII, LBC, Flutter, plank

    One mile run to finish.

    Moleskin – YHC awoke at 3:00 AM with anxiety of Qing and putting together a 45 minute workout while maintaining distance and a bad back. A blank Q sheet at 5:00 AM came a calling. Running and prison cells seemed to make the most sense. Way to go Merlin, crushing us old folks dreams of winning a race. Keep up the good work Last Call and Snuff, good seeing you guys out each week.

    -Singer

  • Four Horsemen

    Four southside regulars posted for a quick jaunt down Robious.

    Negative splits – out 23 minutes and back 22. Running west along the new(ish) walking path on Robious, across the bridge and returning the same way you came.

    Great job pax. This particular path is sneaky as it’s downhill out and uphill back. YHC quickly realized upon crossing the first bridge and the end of the walkway that Robious towards 288 is no bueno to run on. Props to OC for making it to 288 and back. Next time some additional steps will be added to keep the Robious portion on the walkway.

    Good to have some casual conversation. Stay safe and healthy.

    -Singer

  • Blackjack

    When the fog cleared, four southside regulars appeared from their vehicles to run around various parking lots at the school. The theme – 21, or 19, or 11.

    Thang: Mosey to far school parking lot – warm up with SSH, Don Q, squats, mountain climbers, LBCs.

    21s, or Covid-19s – start in parking lot circle near light, run one loop, perform one merkin, run second loop, perform two merkins, repeat up to 21.

    Mosey to rear school big steps. 11s – run up steps, one WWII situp, run down, 2 situps, repeat up to 11.

    11s – dips and Freddies

    JITFO long way back to flag

    Moleskin:

    Thanks for showing up, YHC thought it may be a solo gig without a Q on the schedule at 5:00 AM. Social distancing was ever present. Numbers are dwindling but YHC is hopeful F3 will remain in effect with small numbers and mindful Q approaches.

    21s were brutal and monotonous. Thanks to P Trap for taking the lead and finishing up first for the PAX. No this isn’t YHC’s 21st birthday Last Call, but YHC appreciates the gesture.

    Stay safe ya’ll.

    -Singer

  • COVID 6 & 10

    COVID 6 & 10

    Ironically enough six PAX joined up at SOT to get the heart pumping and release some energy.

    Mosey to parking lot- SSH, Don Q, Merkins, LBC

    Indigenous people run down to football field – remain 6 ft apart during run.

    Beast – PAX called exercises – one-legged Bullseye squats, flutters, reverse crunches, jump squats, merkins, burpees

    Ring of Fire around soccer goal – hand release merkins and merkins (10), plank. WWII situps, legs 30, 60 and 90 degrees, two rounds (10)

    Triple check up paved hill. Run, backwards run, run. Peoples Chair and Freddies.

    Moleskin: YHC noticed another Q open and decided to run with it. Obvious theme with the 6 & 10 – social distancing at 6 feet and groups of no more than 10. As suggested we may need to curb or break up our groups if they continuously get over 10. Some food for thought.

    On the bright side, 19 year old Riley FNG joined today with Bullseye. Being a pledge, the PAX ran with names from Old School and Animal House, settling on Flounder as the pledge/legacy from a classic which he very may not have seen yet. Welcome Flounder.

    -Singer

  • Shut the F Up and Run

    11 braved the pandemic and exceeded the capacity for group settings to run it out.

    All PAX take the bat cave across the bridge and head west/upstream/to the right. Out in 22 minutes, back in 23.

    Felt like a holiday with everyone milling about afterwards. Apparently people are not eager to head back to the house for quarantine (cough Saab cough). Solid run folks, basically the flattest you can get out of Spider Run per Swirl, perhaps that’s why YHC claims it a few times a year. Thanks to Bleeder for the title, making reference to the shirt Saab should don at all running events.

    Congrats to the Belmonte folks! To the wee bit of Irish in all of us, Happy Saint Paddy’s Day! Pints on me!

    -Singer

  • Around the Hills (Lockjaw turns 40 again)

    Seven men pulled themselves from their beds and donned their rain gear for a weather radar morning.

    Thang:

    Mosey to courts. SSH, Don Q, Squats, Werkins, Mountain Climbers

    Mosey to corner of Commonwealth and Cary. Partner up.

    Partner 1 run perimeter of school – Commonwealth to Grove to Westmoreland to Cary and back to start. Partner 2 complete 40 burpees. Switch.

    Mosey to large soccer field corner. Partner 1 run around field in rectangle fashion, partner 2 complete 40 WWII sit ups. Switch.

    Mosey to dirt track – partner 1 run track, partner 2 complete 40 derkins. switch.

    Mosey to tennis court. Partner 1 run a suicide the width of all four courts, partner 2 complete 40 LBCs. Switch.

    Mosey to side of school. Lindsays – dips and flutters.

    Mosey to bars – complete 30 jerkins.

    Mosey home – prom dates and pickle pounders.

    First and foremost, condolences to Wild Thing in his loss. We’re here for you brother. Hardywood provided details and said some wonderful words on your behalf.

    Great job gentlemen! YHC saw the Q open last night and decided to relive the Q from some 4 odd years ago when Toga contacted YHC to advise it was Lockjaw’s 40th birthday and therefore YHC should do something in his honor. Around the Hills was then fashioned for applicable use. Today’s workout was similar for much but slightly modified due to lack of evidence.

    Approaching my own monumental birthday, it felt great to relive an oldie in YHC’s arsenal celebrating one of F3RVA’s finest – Lockjaw. Taper accordingly. The response from the PAX was very encouraging and appreciated. Just remember, no matter the age or the weather, it’s always sunny and seventy, and anyone can do pickle pounders with prom dates. Wait, that didn’t come out right. Disregard.

  • Last Name Please

    14 strong posted, better than the average number at SOT. Perhaps due to pax members skipping the monsoon yesterday morning

    The thang:

    Mosey to lower parking lot – SSH, Don Q, Slow Squats, LBCs, reverse LBCs.

    Track – partner up, run opposite directions and meet on other side of track, perform exercise with partner, run back to point of beginning and perform exercises with partner. First exercise is 10 boo ya merkins for 4 total laps, or 40 total merkins. Second exercise was 25 leg throws, with 3 total laps or 75 total leg throws per person. Last was plerkins with 2 total laps or 20 perkins total each.

    Lindsays – step ups on bleacher and two-count freddies.

    Mosey to parking lot hill – triple check. peoples chair, flutter, run up hill and back.

    moleskin:

    Great work PAX! OC good to have you out again, keep it up. Thanks for enduring the track work which took up a large portion of the allotted time. Chatter was good until the groans became apparent towards the mid to end of the track laps. As for the title, well, some things are simply left on the field, pun intended. You have to post to hear it. Nearly lost my cadence.

    See you in the gloom. And resolve to complete your goals.

    -Singer