Author: Whitesnake

  • Cheeseburgers in Paradise

    Ten Gridiron regulars, a well rested EF Hutton, and an FNG (thanks to Johnsonville) arrived on a beautiful Saturday morning to welcome me back to Gridiron and then to be surprised I was the Q.

    We hit the football field to warm up and started with some SSH and then hit the soft wet ground to do some Suzanne Somers, Freddie Mercuries and Flutter Kicks. Maybe we did more, I can’t remember.

    Then in memory of Jimmy Buffet we did a “Cheeseburger in Paradise” (Quarter Pounder). To be clear, a Quarter Pounder was my plan before Hutton informed me that he died yesterday, but now I had a theme. Jog to the 25, do 25 merkins, bernie back to the goal line, jog to the 50 for 50 squats, bernie back, to the 75 for 75 LBCs, bernie back and then to the other goal line for 100 SSH and bernie back. The soccer crew showed up midway to play on the football field and we thought about fighting for our spot but then realized they would all take a dive like Salah from Liverpool and get us in trouble. So we moved to the soccer field next door.

    After wondering why the soccer players play on the football field each week, we did another Cheeseburger in Paradise with merkins, jump squats, mountain climbers and SSH.

    Still looking for paradise we went to the front of the school and did a triple check of running the loop (“A Trip Around the Sun”), hand release merkins and WWIIs.

    After some bad math on my part, we went to the nearby parking lot for a modified 4 corners which Jimmy Buffet fans will call “A Pirate Looks at Forty Burpies”. First set was 15 American Hammers (2 count) at each corner, followed by 5 burpies in the center after each corner. Second set with 20 shoulder taps (2 count modified to 1 count), followed by 5 burpies in the center. 40 burpies total. Johnsonville’s groaning sounded nothing like a Pirate but let’s pretend it did.

    We moseyed back to the bleachers to hopefully achieve “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes”. We did three sets of 15 dips and 15 (2 count) step ups. I could not detect a change.

    With 5 minutes left we circled up and did some stretching. The change in attitude was felt, until I was out of ideas and there was 1 minute left. We ended with 10 burpies.

    “Come Monday” we have a Convergence at Dogpile, 7AM. Prayers for Roger Roger and all the other injured working their way back.

    Our FNG, Ryan, is now named Swampy. He is right out of college and a baseball player. He did break a sweat but may need a Pigskin Q to learn to not underestimate grown-ups. Also please note that I had to google most of these Jimmy Buffet songs titles. He’s not my favorite musician but I do give him lot of credit for such a long prosperous career and a huge following of fans.

  • Surprise Visit!

    The crowd was shocked! As my car pulled into the newly paved parking lot, they all ran away scared. And their cars vanished. And I ran alone.

    After 100 yards, I realized I had no music in my ear. Just my thoughts. They went something like this:

    when did it get so dark in the morning?, it’s not that hot out, my knee feels ok, am I going to do any exercises? If someone murdered me right now, how long would it take for someone to find out, it is so humid and hot, my shoe is untied, gazebo, what do we call pushups on a bench?, what will I put in the write up?, these dips are more fun than the thing I can’t name, is that store being robbed?, the lactic acid in my belly fat itches, how far will I run?, if zombies attacked me, the first couple of seconds of them scratching my stomach would be heaven, time to run back to base, did I get enough miles in? I will tell everyone I did 4. If I post this at 6:17 AM will they know otherwise?

  • Do you prefer doing it with both knees on the ground?

    Five macho men ready to work out, plus two white animals, gathered in the back of Godwin for some Kettlebells.

    One white animal took the Q late as long as the other white animal did the write-up.

    We started with side straddle hops and while six of us started with the classic White Deer one arm, one leg swing, White Deer did professional looking SSHs. We were astonished. 62 has been kind to him. After a little more warmup, and according to the white squirrel who lives in these parts, we did something like this:

    Stayed in a circle and did Two handed Swings, American Swings, Goblet Squats, Goblet Lunges, Deadlifts, Push Press, Thrusters and some Curls. 10-15 each.

    Then left the circle and did 10 deadlifts, 20 KB high pulls, 20 curls, 20 squats, 10 palm presses and 20 rows. Then we got on our knees or knee and did cycles of Wood Chops, Around the World, Halos and Obliques. I prefer being on both knees.

    At some point Mr. Rogers had to go. Whether he needed to leave early because the jog home with a 35lb kettlebell was going to take him time or he needed to poop, we were not sure. It did result in everyone else declaring they had to leave over the rest of the morning workout.

    Covered in grass, we ended with a triple check of KB Leg Losses, Presses and a run around the circle.

    White Deer had a nice spring to his step and whether he is aging well or that was due to Attila and his gas not being there, we will never know.

    Welcome to Mr. Rogers new kettlebell. Now nicknamed Officer Clemmons.

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  • The Best of Times

    This is the morning we’ll make history
    The Pax and I
    ‘Cause I’ll take any risk to tie back the hands of time
    And stay with the Pax this time

    (we ran 5 miles, we ran 5 miles) in robot voice
    I know you feel these are the worst of times
    I do believe it’s true
    When people lock their doors and hide inside
    Rumor has it it’s the end of paradise
    But I know, if the world just passed us by
    F3 I know, you wouldn’t have to cry, no no


    The best of times are when I run with you
    Some rain some shine
    We’ll make this a world for the F3 crew


    Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
    We’ll take the best, forget the rest
    And someday we’ll find

    These are the best of times
    These are the best of times


    The headlines read “These are the worst of times”
    When I was injured it was true
    I felt so helpless like a boat against the tide
    I wished the summer winds could bring back paradise
    But I know, if the world turned upside down
    F3, I know you’d always be around


    The best of times are when I’m running with you
    Some rain some shine

    We’ll make this a world for the F3 crew

  • Everybody (Whitesnake’s Back!)

    (dance break, featuring the Pax)

    Everybody, yeah
    Rock your body, yeah
    Everybody, yeah
    Rock your body right
    Whitesnake’s back, alright!

    Oh my God, I’m back again
    F3 Brothers, everybody sing
    Gonna bring the flavor, show you how
    Got a question for you, better answer now, yeah

    Am I original? Yeah
    Am I the only one? No, we had 5
    Am I sexual? YEAH!
    Am I everything you need?
    You better rock your body now

    Everybody, yeah (Yeah)
    Run some lake laps, yeah (Yeah)
    Everybody, yeah
    Rock your body right
    Whitesnake’s back, alright!

    (Bridge)
    So everybody everywhere
    Bulgarian squats til you just don’t care
    We’ll do some dips, step ups too
    As long as there’ll be F3
    I’ll be coming back again

    Everybody, yeah (Yeah)
    Rock your body, yeah (Yeah)
    Everybody, yeah
    Rock your body right
    Whitesnake’s back, alright!

  • Does two make a club?

    Lighthouse and Whitesnake ran a little over 4 miles in a 8.40 pace. All the chatter was focused on next weeks 150th Anniversary of the first brunch. West End runners convergence you say? Done.

  • Senior Discount

    Five of us ran 3.7 miles today exploring Wellesley. Pyro was downrange from Jax and was amazed by Pigskin. But it was Lighthouse who told the story of getting a Senior discount at Einstein Bagels.

    Besides running and warmups, we did sets of LBCs & Heals to Heaven in a culdesac & some sets of dips and incline merkins at the romantic gazebo (no fancy cocktails included).

    A little more running than normal and the only complaints were from Blue Moon’s “good” knee.

    Nice to have a guest today. Pyro had met some of you but it sounds like it has been a couple years.

  • WaThoHuk Audit Part II

    Roger Roger took us to Short Pump Park and Pigskin joined us for the first half. We did a total of 3.1 miles that day. According to my Garmin, it involved something difficult on the SPES football field. I count 1200 yards of running with exercises every 25 yards. Maybe is was a Beast but don’t recall.

    We are now ready to file our 10-Q. Highlights include an average 5.1 attendees with a high of 8 and a low of 2. That’s a YoY increase of 18% from last Q1’s 4.3 average.

    We had 6 different Q over 12 weeks this year which is great!

    Last year we missed 3 backblasts in Q1. That is sad and it is a good thing we hired a new audit firm this year.

  • WaThoHuk Audit (part 1)

    With Q1 complete, an Backblast audit was needed to ensure we could file the WaThoHuk 10-Q. A couple discrepancies were found.
    This one involved a T.A.C.O. workout at the opening day of Torchy’s Tacos. We first ran to the Torchy parking lot across Broad. Some teenage kids were already in line for free Queso and joined us for a bit. We did four corners with four exercises that spelled TACO. You’ll have to ask Roger Roger what they were.

    We then ran to the West Broad Village pond and met up with Pigskin. I took us up on a hill and we did sevens of some sort and got damp.

    We then ran back to the flag. 3.3 miles total.

  • F U Wind!

    We ran 5 miles at a 8:37 pace, with 4 miles against the wind. Not sure how that happened. Then Gridiron started with us running against the wind.

    As Catherine the Great said: A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

    me=headache