Category: Richmond, VA

  • “Hey Marty! You know what we got here?! Motherf–in Charlie Bronson!”

    “Hey Marty! You know what we got here?! Motherf–in Charlie Bronson!”

    So said Drexl Spivey in “True Romance,” and so said seven stallions on the Source of Truth field in the gloom this morning. Here’s how it went:

    COP: SSH x 20, IW x 20, DQ x 10, Freddie Mercuries x 20, Alambam Prom Dates x 20; mosey to the football field for

    The THANG

    Charles Bronson – 50 oyo prescribed exercise; sprint 100 yds, bear/army crawl 10 yds, mosey back, rinse and repeat

    1. SSHs
    2. merkins
    3. burpees (for real. this sucked. Ask Wilson)
    4. LBCs
    5. jump squats

    mosey to bleachers for

    11s – 10 dips, run to side line, 1 merkin, etc., mosey to field house for

    triple check – timer runs up hill and back, PAX 2: peoples chair, PAX 3: WW2s, BTTF

    COT: numbers, names, Doozy took us out.

    NMMS: 50 burpees in a row is no joke; for YHC, numbers 35-50 resembled some sort of Carolina Dry Dock + Turkish Get Up + Jim Furyk’s golf swing. Tclaps to Wilson for bringing the mumblechatter in both verbal and written form. YHC may start bringing a comment box to his Qs.

  • Who’s the Q?

    5 DaVillians showed up on a humid Tuesday morning not knowing it was going to be a hot potato Q.

    Phonics took first Q, mosey to front of CMS

    COP

    • SSH x 20
    • Arm circles small x 10, big x 5, reverse
    • Merkins x 10
    • Don Quixotes x 10
    • Merkins x 10
    • Imperial Walkers x 10
    • Merkins x 10
    • LBCs x 20

    Still Phonics Q, mosey to tennis courts.

    • Bear crawl the width of all 3 tennis courts, stopping at every line to do 2 burpees
    • Bear crawl back stopping at every line to do 5 merkins

    Spike takes the Q, mosey to CMS side of the bus loop for some 11s. Donkey kicks, run across the bus loop to the Atlee side curb for WWIIs.

    YHC takes the Q, mosey to the pull-up bars next to the basketball courts for some circuit training. Each person at the following exercise station then rotate after the timer finishes the loop.

    • Pull-ups
    • Leg raises
    • Dips
    • Jerkins
    • Loop around the basketball court (timer)

    Mosey back to the flag for a little stretching, numberama and namerama

    Great effort by all despite it being hot and humid this morning. Stay hydrated gents!

  • Headlock Ridge

    A platoon of swarthy Tuckahoe regulars posted to Heartbreak Ridge this morning for the second DTH headlock Q in a row. Last week was in honor of Breezer, while this week was brought to you by brother Banner, who’s work has kept him from the fold for a season. Here’s how the PAX welcomed him back:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the Soccer Field
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH x30 IC
    • DQ x10 IC
    • IW x10 IC
    • Hardywood-approved Arm Circles (balancing on tail) x10 IC ea way
    • Merkins x10 IC
    • DRW x10 IC

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to Heartbreak Ridge
    • LINDSEY:
    • WWII’s Bottom 10 –> 30
    • Groiners Top 30 –> 10
    • ABC’s for the SIX

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to Jerkin Gym
    • Partner Up for x3 Sets:
    • x10 Jerkins each
    • x10 Dips each
    • x10 Cliffhanger Merkins each

    COP #4:

    • Indian Run around the track, last man x3 burpees before AYG sprint to front
    • Front man leads variable moving exercises (bear crawls, high knees, caraoke, crabwalking, bernie, etc)

    COP #5: 

    • Mosey up to the Parking Lot
    • ELEVENS:
    • Heels to Heaven 1 –> 10
    • Lt Dans 10 –> 1
    • Bearcrawl between sides

    COP #6:

    • Mosey over to the grass and partner up
    • x3 Sets of x20 PLT’s each

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 9 (Banner LIFO)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • While NoToll remains YHC’s first love, YHC will use every excuse to enjoy the terrific landscape of Heartbreak Ridge, especially if Headlocking has played a part. Lu Miranda “BANNER” lives in the vicinity and has been in the DTH noose for quite some time, so when he finally relented to come back out, YHC seized the opportunity to fill in the blank next to Heartbreak. The PAX did an awesome job this morning flying through the COP’s, such that YHC had to improv a little bit extra on the end. Way to work fellas! YHC has the honor of Q’ing 3rd week in a row at HBR for Ultimate Frisbee next week, then rumor has it PROBATION will be stepping back into the ring to Q on 7/28. As for YHC, the ever elusive BERNANKE (who was injured at HBR many moons ago) will be back from vaca soon and the full might of the DTH headlock will be applied. May God have mercy on his soul. 

  • Huguenot Trail Post-Blast

    11 rose from their sacks and posted for a new(ish) route.

    From the pre-blast:

    Everyone Start: bat cave, across bridge, head east/downriver to trail head entrance 100 yards from bridge on left

    4 milers: Take the trail straight towards the river (see map below where it’s labeled Richmond, VA 23235), turn left at the intersection on the trails and follow the trail under the bridge over to the Huguenot Flatwater parking lot. Exit onto street at far end of the parking lot away from the river, turn left on road and the next left will send you back home on the bridge.

    5 milers: before taking the trail head entrance, turn right up Oxford and then veer right onto Arrowhead up to Cherokee. Return back down to Riverside and the trail head entrance is on your right across the street. See 4 mile finish above.

    6 milers: complete 5 mile route up above Oxford and Arrowhead to Cherokee before coming back down to take the trail entrance. Run the trail as described in the 4 mile route, and then upon exiting the Huguenot Flatwater parking Lot continue heading upriver/west on Riverside Drive to Waumsetta, turn around at Waumsetta and head home.

    Great job, thanks for enduring a new path. Seemed it worked for everyone, no injuries and perhaps only one mistaken turn by Swiper down a plank road (literally planks next to the road). Will explore again when we all have headlamps attached. YHC appreciates Splinter and Pucker urging me to take the Q, and Saab with the route updates.

    Condolences to Bleeder’s and Best Shot’s families. Our prayers are with you.

    Bleeder, way to push that first mile, thought you were running with the 5s today! TYA congrats on completing the TN race.

    -Singer

  • Triple Triple

    15 Of RVAs finest showed up at No Toll this morning! Fun occurred!

    COP

    Helicopters

    SShs

    DQs

    Imperial Walkers

    Copperhead squats

    Merkins

    LBCs

    Scorpion Kicks

    Mosey to back field

    Triple Check – Round 1 – Runner, Decline Merkins, WWIIs

    Round 2 – Runner, Incline Merkins, Box Cutters

    Round 3 – Runner, Dips, Pole Smokers

    Mosey to parking lot

    Sprints, 30 yards toughly, 6 Sprints AYG

    Mosey to basketball court

    Dora Suicides – 100 Squats, 200 LBCs

    Circle up – APDs, Rosalitas

    Back to the flag

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out!

    Prayers for Wilson’s friends whose child has a brain tumor. Lots of unspoken prayers as well.

    NMS

    Great morning in the gloom. Amazing mumblechatter as Hardywoods animal collection continues to grow. Also a little friendly competition as Long Pole attempted to catch Fresh Prince on the sprints.

    Gents lean on your brothers as needed! We are living in uncertain times but we do have one thing that’s consistent and that’s each other’s support. Reach out if you need it!

    Duke

  • Diamonds and More at Punisher

    YHC came in hot this evening to start the afternoon fun….so hot, having the wife’s car, did not have gloves for this hot beat down…where is Emoji when you need him. ‘Moj’ if you read this hope to see you soon brother! So I grab the gear bag and mosey to the clearing in front of the school:

    COP

    Start with 20 SSH, 10 DQ(real slow for a good warm up stretch), 20 4ct American Hammers, 30 LBC’s, 10 scorpions, 15 reverse scorpions and 20 Merkins.

    THANG

    We start with 7 of diamonds 4 corners. We start with 7 burpees at Corner 1(C1) then run to C2 7 burpees, run to C3 7 burpees, return to start (C4) 7 burpees. Immediately run to 14 lunges (7 each leg) repeat at other corners to C4 then 21 merkins at each corner to C4 then 28 squats at each corner to C4. We start to descend the count to 21 overhead claps at each corner to C4 then 14 reverse lunges(7 each leg) at each corner and finally 7 dry dock merkins at each corner.

    Next we dump out the bag contents of bands ranging from 20lbs (lateral raise), 30 lbs( tricep extensions), 40 lbs (Bicep Curls) and 50 lbs (Bench Press) with 4 people present this was perfect and we spent 2 minutes excercising, then rotated stations until we completed all four stations.

    Finally we had some time for Donkey kicks and wall sit one of YHC favorites at the end of a work out. We do 3 rotations where we kicked for 30 seconds, slow count wall sit for 20 (about 30 seconds), 25 DK’s, then slow count for 15, then 20 DK’s slow count for 10, we run a lap to flush out our legs.

    Mary

    We circle up for 2 minutes of stretching, then Namerama, numberama. YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    We discussed upcoming events and a possible workout followed by Dot’s back inn for some Fellowship F next month, look for a preblast coming up for the date. We also discussed the Kayak workout coming up Wednesday morning at 450am(start time). Check out preblast for this neat event.

    Always an honor to lead gents, have a great week as we crushed Monday…Cheers, CB

  • 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.

  • Glad That’s Over

    Four strong hit the trails for 7-8 miles, depending who you ask. It was miserable, we finished and that was that.

  • Spider Run Pre-blast Route

    UPDATED: Sharing this route early so planned runners can review prior to the wee morning hours. Routes below with a few map pictures. It should be light enough to run the trail, which is about 1/2 a mile in total. The trail has recently been leveled nicely with fill so it shouldn’t be a danger to anyone, and provides a route I can’t recall us running to date.

    Everyone Start: bat cave, across bridge, head east/downriver to trail head entrance 100 yards from bridge on left

    4 milers: Take the trail straight towards the river (see map below where it’s labeled Richmond, VA 23235), turn left at the intersection on the trails and follow the trail under the bridge over to the Huguenot Flatwater parking lot. Exit onto street at far end of the parking lot away from the river, turn left on road and the next left will send you back home on the bridge.

    5 milers: before taking the trail head entrance, turn right up Oxford and then veer right onto Arrowhead up to Cherokee. Return back down to Riverside and the trail head entrance is on your right across the street. See 4 mile finish above.

    6 milers: complete 5 mile route up above Oxford and Arrowhead to Cherokee before coming back down to take the trail entrance. Run the trail as described in the 4 mile route, and then upon exiting the Huguenot Flatwater parking Lot continue heading upriver/west on Riverside Drive to Waumsetta, turn around at Waumsetta and head home.

    Trail portion of route where everyone finishes:

    5s and 6s, before taking the trail entrance, take a right on Oxford and then Arrowhead up to Cherokee and return back down to the trail entrance across Riverside.

    6s: After exiting the trail, take a right on Riverside and run to Waumsetta, return back to bridge and home

    -Singer

  • Hey Coach!

    9 svelte gentlemen got together for the Breakfast Club run seeking refinement to their bikini season offering. Typical route down Cary and Boulevard to DogPile and Back.

    NMS – Humid today. Man that run really sapped everyone. Including DogPile, my tracker shows 7.5 miles. Really strong work everyone. Post workout, YHC likely replenished a full gallon of water, minus the coffee impact.

    Great discussion of Outcome Based Coaching (pending Hardywood TM) and the distinction and evolution of our understanding of the distinctions in our careers and live events. Most help books start with a problem definition and we verbally wrote Chapter One, including an outline of topic coverage for the rest of the book. Here’s the trick- until Swirly publishes the book, you have to be on the run and keep up with him if you want an early preview. Really interesting stuff. The most important thing is that everyone needs coaching – a trusted advisor to talk things over with for an outside perspective.

    My challenge for the PAX is to think about where you go for this, and what do you do to coach others.