Category: Richmond, VA

  • Group of Three at Batteau

    I’m pretty sure there’s a way to say this in French, but it escapes me right now. Anyways, three gloom warriors posted at the Stone House for some boat-ification, and here’s how it went:

    COP: Don Quixote x 10, Imperial Walkers x 10, Moroccan Nightclubs x 20, Arm Circles (big) x 10 forward then reverso, Copperhead Squats x 10, Cherry Pickers x 10, Indiginous Peeps mosey past the tennis courts to the steps for

    Thang 1: Grab a coupon and partner up. PAX 1: put coupon down (sweet!) Bernie Sanders to first light pole, forward sprint to second light pole, Bernie Sanders back to first light pole, forward sprint to steps. PAX 2: don’t put coupon down (%^#@!), American Hammers until PAX 1 returns. Flapjack. Set 2: Coupon Squat Presses. Set 3: Coupon Curls. Down the steps for:

    Thang 2: Tour de Batteau: starting at gazebo/pavilion/boat place, Bear Crawl to first light pole, Burpee x 1. Lunge to second light pole, Burpees x 2. Bernie Sanders to third light pole, Burpees x 3. etc. Turns out there are ten light poles… and some are really REALLY far apart. IP run up the path for:

    4.5MOM (sort of): Freddie Mercuries x 20, Hot Potato Merkins: Dmint: Hand Release x 10, Swirly: Close Grip x 10, Sippy: Wide Grip x 10.

    COT: Announcements, prayer request for Dmint Sr. who is back in hospital for more bladder/kidney surgery, and YHC took us out. Strong work as always gents.

    SYITG

    Doublemint

  • Chilly but Great way to Start the week!

    With no Q on the sheet, Honeymoon suggest the PAX run to Independence Golf course and back. So thats what we did. Awesome work fellas!

  • Sunday Funday

    Some ran, Some Walked. Fun Fellowship and Bad Coffee were had! Strong Sunday Fellas.

  • Where’s Wojo?

    9 fine PAX members gathered at Hoedown to play a hot potato game of Where’s Wojo. Here’s approximately how it went:

    Mosey to the upper parking lot for a Splinter warmup 20x SSH, 15x IW, 10x DQ, 15x AC, 10x Merkins. Partner up for 3x of squats, WWII, Merkins while the other partner runs the length of the lot. Rinse and repeat with 3x American Hammer, Carolina Dry Docks while partner karaoke’s the lot. Gracious audible called on 3rd round.

    Toss the Q to Pucker and mosey to upper grass lot for modified beast. 6 stops of 6x, three rounds: 2 count Lt Dan’s, 2 count LBC, 2 count Freddie Mercuries.

    Quadruple Check on the upper field with balls to the wall, flutter kicks, side straddle hops and the timer running across the field for 5 pull ups.

    Q to Handshake for 30 Derkins

    Q to Garbage Plate. Mosey to side ramp for two rounds of 10x jerkins. Mosey to the flag for two rounds of 20x PLT’s.

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Welcome to Prince Tuesday – strong showing and it was a pleasure to have out of town company at the Hoedown this week.

  • Feeling like a sea turtle

    8 came out on a breezy Friday morning to wrap up their work week the F3 way.

    This is how it went down

    Warm Up – Mosey over to the blacktop for variety types of running (forwards, backwards, karaoke, high knees, but kickers) around.

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, Merkins x5, DQ, Merkins x6, Helicopters, Merkins x7, Roasalita, Merkins x8, Hillbillies, Merkins x 9, Arm Circles, Merkins x10 OYO

    THANG

    Mosey to the baseball diamond

    The 7 of Diamonds Four Corners – Starting at home run to first and complete 7 reps of an exercise. Run back to run. Run back to first again complete the same exercise (7 reps) then run second and complete 7 reps of the that same exercise. Rinse and Repeat to third and home. Exerices were has follows:

    Round 1 – WWII Sit ups

    Round 2 – Merkins

    Round 3 – LBC’s

    Round 4 – Merkins

    Round 5 – Donkey Kicks

    Round 6 & 7 – DNF due to time

    Mosey back to SF

    2 MOM – Ring of Fire with 10 Hitchkickers

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, Emoji took us out

    MOLESKIN

    YHC apologizes for the tardiness of this post. Long day at work follow by the immediate jump into the weekend for a youth retreat left no time to get the BB finished

    Life has been busy for YHC lately which has caused the number of post per week to decline. Fridays at The Creek has become a can not miss post every week.

    Focus of the day of course was Merkins with some other things mixed in

    Emoji recently has been wearing a headlamp every post which has been causing some of the PAX (i.e Mud Face) to express his thoughts on this not being used. Also it started an conversation about how sea turtles can be come blind at birth due to flashlights directly pointed at them for more than 5 second (boom BB title)

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • 21 Men, 42 Guns, and 34 CBOSs

    21 stone masons donned 42 pairs of gloves to build themselves and their brothers into better men. Temps were sunny and 70 with a wind chill of 30. A perfect way to start the day started with…

    The COP:

    SSHs
    Imperial walkers
    Invisible Jump Rope (forward AND backward!)
    Don Quixote’s
    Reverse crunches
    Littlest of Baby Crunches
    Hand release merkins

    Mosey to the Far Circle to:

    Collect your coupons. Or, as Hardywood calls them, Cinder Blocks of Success (CBOS). Good ole fashioned blocks. Home Depot’s finest.

    11’s from the circle to the Carillon fence…decline merkins on one side, reverse crunches on the other. Carry your coupon with you. Or, if you are a miserly fellow, like Swirly and Hardywood, collect coupons and carry more than one.

    Hold at the Carillon Fence for:

    Touch-a-tree. One man touches 5 trees while carrying his coupon. Partner performs American Hammers, with or without coupon. YHC takes his hat off to those who did the AH’s while holding the coupon. Well done.

    Mosey to the Amphitheater for:

    Coupon decline merkins. 3 decline merkins on each step. Use the coupon, at your leisure, to make these double-declines.

    Round-the-World Relay:

    Stick with YHC on this. Four men, two stations. Station 1: orchestra pit. First Man does donkey kicks (has coupon with him). Second Man runs with his own coupon from orchestra pit to circle at top of amphitheater where he meets Third Man (at Station 2) who is doing WWIIs with his own coupon. Fourth Man started at Station 2 and has run with his own coupon to relieve First Man at Station 1. Much easier than it sounds.

    Alternatively, YHC points at people and says “You! (points at first guy) Start up there (points to top). Run around with your coupon. You (points at other man)! When he (points at first guy) gets here (points at ground) then You go THAT (points in the other direction) way. Got it?” Clear as mud.

    Line Up for Coupon Run, then YHC conducts a total failure of a Jail Break to return coupons to their new home (under wooden amphitheater). Future Qs, feel free to use.

    BTTF for 5 MOM:

    Hello Dolly (IC)
    Flutter kicks (IC, Lawrence Welk-style).

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out. Let’s all find a person to pull across a personal or professional goal line this holiday season. 12 days to Thanksgiving.

    Announcements:

    Keep Swiper, LugNut, Circle K and others running this weekend in your thoughts. Crush it, boys.

    Thanksgiving…TYA has the Q at 45MOM. 0600 start time for 60 minutes. Coffee to follow. BYO pick-up truck with a tail gate.

    December 7: Magnum PI Day, bring your best mustache or caterpillar, dress as your favorite Magnum PI character, and practice saying,”Oh, my, God, Magnum” over and over in a British accent. Double points if you show up with a helicopter, black sunglasses, and an over-the-ear head-set (TC!).

    Thursday at The Forge…join your F3 brothers striving to win a tussle and a tassel by performing in excess of whatever number of merkins in 45 minutes.

    YHC is a man who enjoys both contests and rules. Good contests have predictable rules. With that, YHC posits that HRMs are the only proper test for a merkin contest. The US Army agrees (t-release merkins, as they call ’em). Start with elbows locked in a plank position. Drop until chest is on ground. Slap belly on ground (shout out to the Hoedown crew). Lift palms off ground for one moment. Place palms back on ground. Extend arms until locked. Count one merkin. Repeat. After 45 minutes, you have set YOUR standard. “It’s you against you.” Strive to beat that standard the next time out. Remember the words of Lazarus Lake, founder of the Barkley Marathons, “If you are going to face a challenge, it has to be a real challenge. You can’t accomplish anything without the possibility of failure.”

    Day after Thanksgiving, Forest Hill Park Loop-a-ram-a. 0700. Run one lap (or bike one lap). Wait until 0800, then run another lap. Wait until 0900. (Check for text from M asking how things are going). Repeato. Wait until 1000. Repeato. Wait until 1100. Repeato. Wait until 1200. (Check for text from M asking what time you think you’ll be home). Repeato. Wait until 1300. Repeato. Wait until 1400. Repeato. Wait until 1500. (Check for text from M reminding you of family event that you are supposed to be home for). Repeato. Wait until 1600. Repeato. Wait until 1700. Repeato. Wait until 1800. Repeato. (Check for text from M asking why you are not home). Wait until 1900. Repeato. Wait until 2000. Repeato. (Check for text from M asking whether you are ok. Ask F3 friends whether they think your M is asking about your mental or physical condition). Repeato. Wait until 2100. Repeato. (Meet police officer in park. Introduce self using F3 name.) Wait until 2200. (Check for text from M asking why police officer who knows your F3 name has called your home). Repeato. Wait until 2300. Repeato. (Check for text from M suggesting you sleep at TYA’s house. Check with TYA and obtain invitation. Text wife saying you are going to stay at TYA’s. Wonder why your M, who likely has never met TYA, somehow trusts him with your well-being more than she trusts you with your well-being).

    NMS:

    Not two days ago, Swirly said to YHC that it wasn’t cold days that were hard, but cold and windy days. Sure enough, cold with a side dish of windy. Brrr. Good day for gloves, and that made it a good day for coupons.

    As with many of his own Q’s, YHC missed much of the mumble-chatter, however, YHC didn’t miss Handshake’s jazz-hands or whatever those were during the American Hammers. Next time, pick up the coupon.

    Welcome to Drew, now “Rasputin” (He was renamed at ETs, and then renamed again). Google it, if you aren’t familiar. YHC will be looking for you next Saturday.

  • PREBLAST – Meeting re GridIron Upgrades

    We are very excited that Henrico Recreation & Parks (HR&P) has, at our request, graciously agreed to install pull up bars and dip bars at Pouncy Tract Park to replace (and substantially improve) those that were removed some time ago.

    HR&P has asked for our input on placement. My thought is that we provide 2-3 optional suggestions. If you are interested in weighing in on that, then please meet at Pouncy Tract Park at 8A next Saturday (11/ 23) to walk the site and weigh options. The meeting will commence right after COT. It will be followed by the usual Coffeeteria.

    Don’t forget that GridIron will be held at Libbie Mill Library tomorrow to support Blue Moon and other marathon runners. Jville

  • Lack of Q Equals Carillon in Reverse

    With a minute to go, several announced the lack of Q. I was nominated when I suggested Reverse Carillon and got a couple “Sounds good” from the pax.

    One issue is that we still havent communicated to the 4 milers the proper route. As promised, I will post here the recommended route. I also respect the “we are the 4 mile group and will run wherever we damn well please” argument.

    https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/2780528545

  • The Perfect #6 at Twin Team

    6 studs posted in the gloom of Twin Team this morning – 5 to find out that Gumbo pulled a last-minute grab of the Q. With no plan in mind, YHC was thrilled to have a PAX of 6 and therefore, partner work and triple checks at my fingertips. This is what transpired:

    Mosey behind BWES to the blacktop for COP, including:

    • Jazzercises
    • DQs
    • SSHs
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Tempo Merkins
    • LBCs
    • Box Cutters

    THE THANG:

    Jacob’s double-sided ladder

    Form up on one side of the blacktop. Run to the other side, do 1 burpee. Backpedal back to starting side and do 1 merkin. Continue, adding 1 burpee and 1 merkin at each side until 7 and 7.

    A Suspended Triple-Check

    Mosey to the jungle gym where the Murph usually happens for Gumbo’s long awaited sharing of his signature suspended jerkins in the form of a lazy triple-check. The wet/icy bars were an added bonus.

    Partner 1 — suspends in air on the monkey-bars and does 10 jerkins (he is the timer). Partner 2 – does decline merkins with feet on the railroad ties edging the playground. Partner 3 – does squats. 3 times through.

    Mosey to the JRHS Parking Lot for a Proper’ish Dora

    Partner up. Partner 1 runs to touch the bus, does 10 SSHs and returns. Partner 1 works through a set of today’s proper dora exercise = 1 WWII, 2 merkins, 3 squats = 1 set. Flapjack and Rinse and Repeat until you complete 50 sets as a team.

    Mosey to the covered wall/walkway of JRHS for some wall-time.

    Find a new Partner. Partner 1 does 10 donkey kicks on the wall. Partner 2 holds balls to the wall (or pole) across the walkway. When the 10 DKs are done, meet in the middle for 10 PLTs each. Repeat for 2 rounds.

    Mosey back to BWES for Mary, including:

    • Flutter Kicks
    • Freddy Mercuries
    • APDs
    • American Hammers
    • 10 Werkins OYO.

    COT, Number-rama, Name-a-Rama and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Thanksgiving Day convergence at 45MOM lead by TYA. Can someone confirm time – is it 0600 or 0700?
    • Friday after Thanksgiving – come watch TYA run loops at Forest Hill Park. Join him if you’d like. See the pre-blast, but basically there will be various loops (road, trail, biking options) and you can mix and match. Just run or bike a loop every hour on the hour until you drop or choose to leave. BYO-anything you need.

    NMS:

    6 really is almost a perfect PAX size. Small and easy to control, yet all the partner/group exercise options are at your disposal. 12 and 18 are equally as versatile but start getting harder to control and push. It was a great group this morning. Thanks for posting and thanks for indulging my on the fly workout. Enjoyed it men! Have a great Friday.

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Polar Bears and Penguins

    COP

    SSH

    Helicopters

    Arm Circles (big, small, back and front)

    Thang

    Bear-crawl 5 steps then do 5 Merkins or lunge 5 steps and do 5 burpees around perimeter of the AO.

    Go down the stairs to the Chamber, do 50 Merkins or varying types

    Back to the top the stairs for some more Bearcrawls and lunges

    Ring of fire, PAX performs tempo Merkins IC while one person does 5 Merkins at speed, repeat until everyone has had a turn

    Mosey back to the flag

    1 LBC at Emoji’s request

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Emoji took us out

    NMS

    It is no secret that YHC does not like to run, so when the Merkin challenge come around he embraces it completely. If you come to a workout where he is the Q in the month of November, then Merkins are a given.

    This morning was one of those strangely cold and dark sunny and 70 mornings, so it was determined that it would be themed on animals that live in the cold.

    Strong work was put in by all and Merkin count this morning was between 300 and 350.

    It was an honor to lead.