Some dudes ran from Munford Friday morning. Grove route was chosen since there was no one on the Q sheet and we had some new RAMM folks show up. TYA confirmed the hips don’t lie, Saab abides.
There were others, some gear people, that I didn’t see or tally up. Apologies.
-Singer
A four pack of southsiders came out to 70 and rainy weather for a proposed hot potato Q.
Mosey to front of school, warm up – SSH, Dead Man, Ukrainian Soldiers, merkins, prom dates, heels
Mosey to parking lot – dora. Partner 1 runs across and up to street, partner 2 exercises – 200 dips, 150 jump squats, 100 merkins, 50 WWII
Mosey through woods to neighboring commercial lot. Burpees at stop signs. Triple check – run up parking lot, SSH, jump squats.
Mosey back in front of buildings. Wall sits with various exercises mixed in.
Mosey to school. Dora #2 – 100 irkins, 200 LBC.
Wall sits – dirty hookups.
Back to flag. Ring of fire merkins. Stretch.
Job men. Enjoyed the camaraderie from our SOT usual suspects. Wet morning but we endured. Conversations commenced, workout completed. SYITG.
-Singer
Bakers dozen of Spider common folk arose for a relatively great morning for a run under an SOJ takeover.
Routes – see slack – across bridge, through Huguenot Flatwater park, down Riverside to a point depending on mileage. Return to start.
Great job F3 amigos. YHC had some prior issues with the trailhead directions but everyone seemed to maneuver the route without incident, whether that be a full toe or just a single toe (well, Splinter isn’t wrong from an aerial view). There was another incident for our 6 mile crew out front of the pack, a unsuspecting female full monty, which no grunt of notification from Doozy could prevent. What happens on the trails stays on the trails.
Good to see Chip n’ Dale back out cruising the miles again. Prayers for TYA’s surgery and a speedy recovery.
-Singer
Six dudes showed up for a Singer Q and this is how things played out:
Mosey to Carillon field for warm up – SSH, Don Q, Squats, mountain climbers, pickle pounders, Freddie Ms
Jacobs Ladder – bear crawl sideways across field, 1 merkin, lunge back, 2 merkins, repeat up to 6 merkins
Beast (dealers choice) – hand release merkins, burpees, ARM CIRCLES, SSH, couple others in there
Mosey to rusty cage – 5 pull ups and 10 jerkins, repeat 3 times
Mosey to amphitheater- 1 irkin on each step.
Return to flag and AMRAP WWII sit-ups.
Moleskin:
Pigskin made is inaugural trip to the AO and YHC seized the opportunity to show him around a little though the beast took up the majority of the time. Thanks to Oyster for calling the burpees but later convincing others to do arm circles so we all won in the end. Hitch brought all the dudes to the yard with the offer of coffee, and BT prefers to notify others he is fart sacking around midnight before the workout. Lead on my friends.
Best of luck to that old motorboatin SOB leaving for the west coast Saturday. See you in the gloom someday.
-Singer
Six old redwoods showed up on a Monday morning for some 70 and sunny type activities. Here’s how it went down:
Mosey down steps to warm up – SSH, Don Q, Squats, merkins, flutters, LBCs
Triple check – Irkins, Heals, run to top
Mosey to lake.
Paula Abdul 2 steps forward, one step back. Or in this case, run two lights forward then circle back one for increasing merkins. Rinse and repeat around entire lake for 30 minutes and 12 merkin count at its highest (12 light posts total).
Mosey back up hill with exercises at each light post.
Little Mary to finish it up.
Great job fellas. Multitasking while on a call so I need cut the moleskin short. But Paula Abdul seemed to generate some comical conversation.
8 PAX joined together for a potential winter mix beat down at the Forge for the usurped (not really) Q.
Mosey to corner – warm up. SSH, Squats, Don Q, Flutters, LBC
New Glory Bro Code – one lap, PAX sticks together and tried to remember the exercises.
Dora #1 – 50 burpees, run bus loop
Dora #2 – 100 WWIIs, run down parking lot, bernie back
Dora #3 – 150 Derkins, run stairs and back
Dora #4 – mosey to football field, 300 LBCs. Suicide on football field adding 10 yards each time.
Mosey back to flag and mary to end with Dealer’s choice or literally Dealer’s choice.
Great work Forge faithful! A snowy workout was welcome but after some wet bootcamps in January, dry will certainly do. DTH rang the site Q and assistant for some coverage, YHC answered. Hopefully the extra rest gets him back in the fold soon. Chatter was abundant concerning the proposed New Glory (for old men!) that had been planned, so YHC decided to run a quick single loop in honor (and grumbles). Bro code helps a little. Thanks to Snuff and Last Call for the 411 on the football field access, we’d have found some extra miles if not for that info.
SOT will have an official running Q out of Midlo Middle Wednesdays (hasn’t it always?). Prayers to Thugs and all men in their older ages doing testing and preventive matters required to stay healthy. What exactly does DTH run out of the back of his truck again? Good to see Greenbow back out again.
-Singer
17 strong posted on another steamy morning to run and cycle some miles.
Route – serpentine. Zig zag back and forth, parallel to Grove, between Hamilton and Shadwell/alley deadend, running on Hanover, Stuart, Kensington and Leonard. 4s turn home on Westmoreland, 5s on Woodlawn, 6s finish at Hamilton back up to Grove and home.
In honor of our brother Lab Rat, who invented this route many years ago. It’s a pleasant, no hill, low traffic route and if you need to cut off early, you’re always near the school. SOJ takeover continues through the weekend. Backblast title was in reference to the classic runner’s outfit – no shirt, just the reflective vest – that boldly states ‘I am runner’, to YHC at least. I love it.
Prayers to the family and friends of Fico’s friend and former colleague Mike who passed yesterday unexpectedly.
-Singer
Thirteen men posted for a humid run during the infamous SOJ takeover week. Details:
Everyone: bat cave, across bridge, head east.
4 miles – take trail entrance to Huguenot Flatwater Park, loop back under bridge and out the parking area on Riverside. Take the bridge and bat cave back to the point of beginning.
5 miles – continue downriver to Shirley, stop and return to trail entrance, take trail and then back to point of beginning.
6 miles – continue downriver past Rock Falls Rd around bend to mansion overlooking lake. Return to trail entrance, take trail and return to point of beginning.
Good run this morning, very sticky. Forgot to ask how the 6 mile route fared, if anyone wishes to comment below. Thanks to Rosie and Gumbo for showing some true SOJ support. Yes Hitch, one can be both SOJ and City of Richmond, but YHC understands most northsiders don’t spend their time worrying about trivial matters south of the James.
Prayers and healing to Splinters ‘step-aunt’, as corrected, families of the women who passed Memorial Day in the James, Saab and Mr. Rat.
-Singer
12 or 13 regulars attended a choose your path workout at SOT. Four went running, the rest took off into the gloom. Here’s what transpired over the following 45-50 minutes.
Mosey to lower soccer/football field, line up on the end line.
Bursts/Charlotte 100s workout, courteous of Mr. Lug Nut.
Warmup – Don Q, SSH, Heels. in between each exercise, jog to the other end of field (100 yds) and return.
5 minutes of 100 yd dashes back and forth.
Partner up – catch me if you can. Partner 1 does 2 burpees and catch, partner 2 backwards run across field. Switch and repeat back 100 yds. Second round: partner 1 – 2 merkins and catch, partner 1 run 100 yds. Switch and repeat.
4 minutes of 100 yd dashes or perhaps it was 100 yd dashes at 50%, 75% and 100%. YHC forgets.
Burst Beast – no stopping at hashes, simply run 100 yds across field and perform all 18 reps at the other end, return to start and complete other 18 reps. PAX called exercises – merkins, American Hammers, dry docks, BURPEES.
Audible from Burst Beast to final 4 minutes of 100 yd dashes OYO.
Power walk Indian Run back to start.
YHC thanks all for participating in this ancient SOT Lug Nut workout that hadn’t surfaced in 4 or 5 years. A few PAX members were in attendance for both. The story goes Charlotte completed 75 100-yd dashes in the 45 minutes. Doozy probably did somewhere between 50 I’d estimate, though we did break up the monotony with a few other exercises, more than Lug did if I recall correctly. Although there were a lot of groans from the PAX as YHC rolled out the details, everyone appeared to be getting after it and put in a great effort.
Clarification for the title, which is a song lyric, burpees may very well have not made an appearance in this particular modified beast. But that will never be known as Wilson took the reins and called it out to much distaste from others in hopes to get it out of the way. YHC wanted to make it known both on and off the field that Wilson made the call, so the love (or hate) was properly given in his general direction.
Didn’t see the runners but hopefully they returned safely. Dogs and kids.
-Singer
15 PAX members joined YHC in a soupy August morning for a jaunt around Mary. Here’s how it went:
Mosey to field.
Warmup: SSH, Don Q, Squats, merkins, mountain climbers, rosalitas, Freddie
Dirt track work: partner up, run opposite directions to other side, meet up and perform exercise. Return to beginning and plank. First round- 20 merkins. Second round – 25 PLTs. Third round – plerkins. Fourth round – 25 PLT to side.
Dora – 50 burpees, 100 WWIIs, 150 merkins. bear crawl 1/2 across tennis courts, run back. Audible after 50 burpees and run the entire length of the tennis courts.
Triple check – people’s chair, box cutters, run across blacktop, backwards run back.
moleskin:
Serving up some humidity and humility this morning, YHC quickly learned the bear crawls during dora were not the way to go. Sometimes the suck can simply take an audible every once and a while. Congrats to Ronnie’s 2.0 for not splashing merlot after the various pre-workout conversations involving other 2.0s. Thanks to Swirl giving YHC the heads up on the site to maneuver the workout around other tomato groups, it’s been a while in the Q seat at Mary.
Good luck to our BRR teams. No seriously, good luck, TYA’s not even going to tip you off as to what legs you’re running until you’re en route. Savage and awesome.
Announcements: Sept 18 – Vinnie has the field day Q, sign up with the nano region leaders if you’re interested in joining. Sept 25 – retreat.
-Singer