2 rucking machines are fast approaching the 100 mile mark within the 1st quarter of 2026 on pace for 400 miles this year!
YHC could’ve used some windshield wipers for his glasses with the fog as dense as it was. Great to get out and ruck with my pal Commando this gloomy!
Shout out to Choo Choo,! Happy birthday dude!
Seven swingers and one walker gathered on this fine morning for the latest edition of Huge Bells! The following is what allegedly happened.
We started with a mosey down the hill to the tennis courts for disclaimers and warmarama, then ventured over to the finest turf on the southside for the main event.
COP #1: Pyramid Schemes
Every movement was 10 reps and every new yard marker leading up to the 50 added a movement. Then we worked the scheme in reverse to the opposite goal line.
COP #2: Ab Mary
While we recovered from climbing the pyramid we each selected a 20 count exercise to perform before heading back towards the flag.
COP #3: Partner Farmer Carry
Two pairs and a group of 3 then made their way up the hill to the flag where partner 1 farmer carried both KBs while partner 2 ran ahead to the next light pole and back to switch roles. The PAX made it up the hill with a couple minutes to spare and a lone House Party charging up the hill returning from his track laps.
Plank it up while HP returns to the flag, but what’s this?? House Party isn’t returning to the flag but continuing on his walk! The PAX was stunned with dispair as the planking continued but only for a moment as YHC called time.
Announcements:
– Sign up for GrowRuck 74 in September.
– Plenty of OTB, 2nd F, and 3rd F opportunities will start to emerge with the arrival of warmer weather. Keep an eye on slack.
Prayer Requests:
– YHC took us out and lifted up church friend Toby as he is looking for a new job.
Quite a foggy run this morning. Bullseye and YHC departed from Reds opting for a hilly run, or one hill that is. Salisbury Rd straight back to the Gildenborough Drive loop, Chepstow back to Albion. 4 miles in total.
Seemed fitting to lead two workouts to celebrate 2 great years being apart of the F3 family, today was 2 of 2. I went back and forth on what I wanted to do and opted for an Alamo classic. Loaded up the blocks and off we go!
Fast-paced mosey to kick things off, then the standard warmup.
DORA
Start at one end, 1 person runs, 1 person lifts.
Runner goes to the closer end and back, then switch and move back one parking space.
Block workouts: curls, skullcrushers, squats, swings, single arm rows
Running distance increases each time you move back, all the way to the far end of the parking lot.
We usually start with the long runs at the beginning, definitely more of a smokeshow going the opposite way…
Circle up and YHC took us out.
Good work fellas, always a pleasure to lead and be out there with ya
Seven showed up on a warm spring morning for a mix of running and bootcamp. We ran about a mile to the parking lot next to the pool, warmed up, and then knocked out Elevens with Merkins at one end and Jump Squats at the other. After finishing that, we took a “break” with 20 Burpees before heading back to the flag. We got back a little early, so we wrapped things up with a couple of minutes of plank holds. Overall, we covered 3.8 miles. Great work, everyone!
Five went Deep this morning and had some difficulty coming up with exercises by letter. Before we got there, we did some warmups in the school parking lot, moseyed into Green Gate with ten merkins at each of the first five lights and then went to another parking lot for 11’s of WW2s and Dips. Then we moseyed closer to Broad Street to stop at Seymore’s favorite store, Milan Laser Hair Removal.
Each Pax was challenged to pick an exercise that spelled Milan. We started with Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Lunges, APDs and then we got stuck on “N” and did a 5 burpee penalty. Seymore started to show signs of either creativity, laziness or needing hair removal with attempting to create Nevada Prom Dates. It was rejected.
We then went next door to Attila’s favorite, Blue Cow Ice Cream. The challenge this time was Blue Cow. We started with Burpees, LBCs, Ukrainian Soldiers and then Seymore said Energetic Deadman’s Hang, which I vetoed, and we did Elevated Merkins instead. Followed that with Copperhead squats and then did Outlaws and Wide Grip Merkins. We moseyed to the main drag and on the way back took the Wong’s Tacos challenge. The main challenge is me remembering what we did.
The pax came up with Wide grip merkins (repeats allowed), an “O” I can’t remember, Nine merkins, some sort of G exercise, SSH or Squats, we got stuck at “T” and had penalty burpees, Alphabet Flutters (spell the alphabet with your feet), Crunchy Frogs, Overhead Press & Side Lunges. I wish I could remember more but at least Seymore has “Smooth skin for life, guaranteed”
We then went back to the flag did a little Mary and ended on time.
Reminder: Lunch Tuesday at Joeys.
Three absolute animals sprang out of bed into the first regular workout of Daylight Savings Time. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the half dozen delivery vehicles visiting this morning, the following might have happened.
Mosey to the teacher’s parking lot for the COP.
50 SSHs.
Dead Man Hang
Lisa’s
Pigeon left / right
Don Quixotes
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies
WWIIs
Flutter kicks
Hand Release Merkins
Parking Space Exercises
3 merkins, 3 WWIIs, 3 squats at each space. 3 burpees at the No Parking Zone.
Reminder: Time for us as visitors was limited to 15 minutes, according to the signs.
Touch a Tree (Rules explained; no questions of any sort)
Rounds of 10 and 8…WWIIs and Flutter Kicks
Rounds of 4 and 6…squats and monkey humpers
Round of 2…les burpees
Mosey to the parking lot…bear crawl up the asphalt hill, run back down, across the parking lot, 10 merkins, 20 squats, and Bernie Sanders back to the asphalt hill. 3 rounds.
Numbers, names, and Salt Lick took us out with a message about gratefulness.
Announcements:
Looking for a site Q for The Bridge going forward.
NMS: 56 and foggy is perfect. Who needs to sweat when condensation does the trick?
Five sleep deprived dudes, all getting respect, arrived in the dark for another episode of Sunday Funday. Sippy originally led the way was we we crossed the bridge then ran along the south before returning on the north.
COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Sippy Cup took us out.
NMS:
It was great making it out to Sunday Funday this morning. YHC ran most of the way with Helix, and we were able to catch up on what our families are doing as well as other topics.
During the COT, Sippy Cup started a discussion about the time change. We then started a discussion about when it should be and if it was necessary. British Columbia is springing forward and not going back. Spain has it but springs forward in April. Some cons of spring forward include: messes with our circadian rhythm leading to an increase of strokes, increases in obesity, and car accidents. Pros: Maybe saving electricity cost and possible economic benefits with people staying out longer. It is also nice in March to have more daylight after work. Will we keep changing or will our politicians choose standard or daylight savings. Stay tuned.
Announcements: There are several in the F3RVA community who need thought and prayers. Say a prayer for them today.
Gotta Run!
Phonics
202 days until GTE-74, and seven ruck studs accepted the DTH invitation to trail-blaze new territory and enjoy a romantic dinner at The Galley along the way. Launched from The Forge at 1500 and crossed the tracks into no-mans woods behind HHS and Walmart, looping around and back to the tracks to cross under Chippenham, all PAX impressed with the quality of the dirtbike trails throughout the woods, ad we momentarily paused to thank the dirt bike Gods on the top of an unusual dirt mound mountain. Second loop around the woods behind Target/Publix, finding a few ravine/creek crossings challenging (the motor boat was not used…) Then emerge for a fine dining experience at The Galley. Appetizer of biltong jerky courtesy of Sable. Falcon Smash and Galley Burger – YUM – now where’s the Pepcid?! Our return was a much more direct shot BTTVSF hugging trails along the railroad (we will return someday for the abandoned tractor tire…) Total distance covered approximately 5.15 miles. Amazing conversation enjoyed back all. Epic adventures! More OTB rucks planned monthly between now and GTE-74 in September. ANYONE welcome to join – plenty of spare rucks on hand. Yours AYE! ~DTH
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2 of New Kent’s 2026 best ruckers are on a mission to log the most miles rucked in a year! We staked our SF’s at the park entrance and got started a few minutes ahead of 0600 to log some distance on the extra credit ruck. Let’s keep it going Commando!