Category: Richmond, VA

  • Oyster Parked in the Weirdo Spot

    Seven brothers met to start the day off right. A meeting of the minds ensued.

    COP: Imperial Walkers (do as I say, not as I do) x 10. Russian Solders (again, do as I say, not as I do) x 10. WWIIs x 10. LBCs x 10. Rosalitas x 10. Scissor Kicks x 10. Hello Dollies x 10. Flutter Kicks x 10.

    MENSA: Partner up at the top of the Hill of Ill Repute. Partner one runs to the bottom and back. Partner two Lunges. Round 2 = Bear Crawl. Round 3 = Polar Bears. Repeat to the bottom.

    INSANITY: Repeat MENSA back up HIR.

    LOW TIDE: Mosey over to the tennis court for Crab Walk Elevens. Singles line to singles line. Exercises are Merkins and Box Cutters. After hitting the 5/6 interchange, replace Crab Walk with Lunges.

    BILLIE JEAN KINGS: Triple Check. Partner one runs line tracers out and back. Partner two = Squats. Partner 3 = LBCs.

    BTTF: Zippy announcements

    NMS: Keep our brother Sippy Cup in your thoughts and prayers. He suffered a significant bike crash (was not hit by a car), but, I understand, will be fine. I don’t have details beyond that.

    There’s a guy who is always at FHP around 05:15 on Mondays. He parks next to the Stone House for about 15 minutes, then leaves. No idea why. Today, that person joined us. Apparently … it’s Oyster.

    We preach daily about living our lives to the fullest. Now go do it.

  • Coming in Hot for a Cold Morning!

    5:58 Was upon us and Honeymoon came in to the lot smoking the tires to get there before 6! The PAX was more concerned about Annie the dog puking in his backseat rather than Honeymoon being on time. Either way, 6am hit and off went runners and walkers.

    Recall, Honeymoon, Marmaduke got 6 miles and Gumbo craved more pavement and headed back out to get more miles….total, TBD….

    Wilson, Ailse 5, and Exit row got a 4 miles Brisk walk in to round out the PAX!

    Strong work Gents!

    Duke

  • French Models

    Legend has it that 8 topless studs moseyed from ET’s to DogPile then again in reverse, roughly 4 miles and some change. Twas a tit bit nipply. Or maybe the true story is that one unnamed PAX recently ogled a topless French model while lounging on a Bahamian beach with reckless disregard for subtlety and now has a new favorite Insta follow. Rumor has it a return trip has already been booked.

  • 2 Years of Vinny: Blame Hardywood

    30 Suck Embracers posted to embrace the suck. Here’s how:

    Mosey down to Food Truck Circle for COP: Lots of Arm Circles in honor of Flash Dance – who named me Vinny. Boat Holds in honor of our brother Swirly who is in South Carolina cheering on his daughter in a college softball contest. Go get ’em Reagan! Scorpion Kicks – Honeydo wasn’t with us today. He loves them. TYA wasn’t with us today. He hates them.

    Bermuda Triangle: At the bottom instructions were given. Two exercises (but 4 or 5, if you’re Wilson). PAX Bear Crawl and/or Crab Walk as the main exercises. If a PAX member switches from one to the other, he must do 10 WWIIs. If a PAX member wants to take 5 lunges, then he must do 50 SSHs. Commence up the hill on the left – across the top road – back down the backside to the starting point.

    Touch a Tree: Grab a coupon. Rounds of 8/6/4. Runner carries coupon to all trees. Round of 8 = Curls. Round of 6 = Bench Press. Round of 4 = hold the coupon above your head.

    Jenny on the Blocks: Partners perform 10 Boo Ya Merkins on the coupons. x 3 rounds.

    Wilson’s Boxing Cockroaches: 20 per round x 3 rounds.

    Pearl Jam: Mosey to the amphitheater. No Ticket Master fees. Alternating exercises on each step. 5 Incline Merkins. 5 Dips. All the way out.

    4MOM: Flutter Kicks / Hello Dollies / Rosalitas

    BTTF: Burpees x 2

    Announcements: There are lots. Poker tonight with Orange Crush. Doozy has a great cause helping an elderly member of his church move. Our brother Wild Thing lost his wife recently and there is a memorial service today. There are PreBlasts for all.

    Appropriately Dressed Moleskin: “Bone Thugs, give me a 20 count.” “Twenty … ummm …. ummmm….” “Hey Bone Thugs, give us a twenty count in the voice of Bull Winkle.” “Twenty, nineteen, eighteen, etc.”

    Thanks also to EF Hutton for brining his best Macho Man Randy Savage slowly morphs into Hulk Hogan impersonation.

    Shout out to my man Recall – you’ve been crushing it. Can’t wait to see you crush BRR. Shout out to Exit Row – early front runner for comeback of the year award. Don’t anyone try and beat him. One heart attack is all that’s allowed. Shout out to the infusion of new guys who are out here putting in work. Keep it up!

    Now then, two years ago I met some a%$hole named Patton Gleason. He tricked me into coming to a Dogpile Q’d by Slurpee (where ya been Slurpee?). I hated it, but was instantly hooked. It was exactly what I needed in my life. It’s been an awesome two years. Tons of great memories. Tons of brothers I never knew I had. From my first ever Q to BRR last fall, I’ve loved every minute of time spent with this brotherhood. For those of you who are just joining us, trust me, make it a priority. The payoff is incredible. You will not regret one moment in the gloom. You’ll be better for it, and better because of it.

    It’s been a real honor to be a part of F3RVA for the past two years, and I look forward to riding with y’all until our move this summer. But don’t think for one minute that means y’all are getting rid of me. I’ll be back. It all starts with Gumbo and I defending our championship at the 2nd Annual, First Inaugural F3RVA Retreat on Saturday, October 3rd.

    See y’all Monday at Batteau.

  • Wanna Fight, or Do You Want a Beatdown?

    Those were the options given to YHC by Mudface and Rounders. YHC opted for beatdown, and accepted the guest Q.

    The THANG: Mosey to the playground for COP: SSH, Helicopters, IWs, DQs, Carolina Dry Docks, Freddie Mercuries, Scorpion Kicks IC.

    Mosey to the short track for some Jack Webbs: x Merkins and 4x Overhead Air Presses for x = 1,2,3,…,10. After x=3, 6, and 10, run a lap.

    More Jack Webbs: x WWIIs and 4x Reverse Crunches. After x=3 and x=9, Lunge through a turn. After x=6 and x=10, Bear Crawl the straightaway.

    Mosey to the other side of the playground for 4-man Partner Jerkins. Sets of 6, 8, and 10. After the each of the first two sets, Crawl Bear up the grassy knoll, 10 Donkey Kicks and jog back.

    Mosey to the parking lot for COT.

    Announcements: Prayers for Wild Thing and family. See the preblast for funeral arrangements for his M.

    NMS: It was YHC’s first visit to the new Creek location. YHC parked so that the bus loop and entrance were visible, while Mudface and Rounders pulled into the rear entrance. At 5:29:30, as YHC was preparing for a solo beatdown, they approached and offered the BB title.

    Mudface, a true Davillian, was thrown off by the large numbers involved with Jack Webbs, but kept pace with the PAX. Rounders remarked about all the different positions required by exercises: on the knees for Overhead Air Presses, on the back for Reverse Crunches, bending over for Bear Crawl, topped off with Partner Jerkins. Corned Beef was celebrated by the F3 PAX in his hometown of Roanoke for being named after a well-loved restaurant there. He returned with many ideas for a parking deck beatdown. PAX should consider themselves lucky that no AOs are near parking decks, at least for now.

  • A little windy McGee?

    4 early risers, 2 Regulars, and 4 overachievers posted this morning for a 70’s and sunny run.

    The Thang

    Take Grove to Malvern to Laburnam – go 22:30 and return.

    Mad Dog took us out

    Moleskin

    With no sign of Lockjaw before 0530, YHC made the call for the directions and time, Hardywood made the executive decision that he needed to run by his office for a security check; 3 others followed. They all posted about 6.5 miles.

    Healing prayers for Sippy and Swiper (in unrelated incidents)

    Bleeder out

  • No snow but plenty of wind

    Eleven eager PAX made their way to Twin Team to look for some snow. A thorough investigation of the AO yielded zero snow on the ground but we found a beatdown on the way:

    COP: SSH, 10 Burpees, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Down to track/stadium: DORA of 100 Merkins, 200 Jumpsquats, 300 LBCs.

    Stay on field – Bear Crawl width of field, 20 Burpees, Bernie Sanders across. Pickle pounders. Mosey to stadium entrace gazebo: 3 rounds of 30 Donkey Kicks & B2W. Head up to BWES playground – 4 Rounds of 8 Pull-ups & 10 WWIIs.

    Back to front of BWES under cover partner up – 2 sets of 30 PLTs. Back to flag, YHC took us out. Prayers for Wild Thing & his family, DTH mission trip, and YHC FIL.

    Annoucements: Wild Thing M’s memorial service is tomorrow morning in Daville, see pre-blast. Also Poker at Orange Crush place tomorrow night.

    NMS – In order to keep progress on Winter Tour going YHC signed up for Q today. Woke up early in anticipation of ice on car & nasty roads. Instead YHC found himself at AO at 5:10. Luckily Doublemint prepared for the non-existent weather as well and arrived early. Plenty others came in hot right before 5:30 and we were off.

    Although there was no snow to be had the wind made this maybe the coldest morning so far in the gloom this winter, at least for YHC. Several PAX members were SOP while others were more covered up, you know who you are. Wilson appeared to be 4-5 layers in under his jacket.

    Dora on the field got the pax warmed up. One team needed some help on their math in the Dora, can’t remember who that was. Donkey Kicks under the roof were nice but someone ripped one and blamed it on Cooper.

    The more veteran pax members took advantage of their experience on the WWIIs on the playground as they opted for grass instead of the sand or mulch areas. Doublemint had to shake out a ton of sand on the final mosey.

    YHC hopes the SOJ pax enjoyed their soft 2 hour school delay.

  • Swing your partner

    4 men appeared for a beatdown on the eve of the first Richmond ‘blizzard’ of 2020. Mosey to basketball court for COP: SSH, arm circles, Imperial walkers, DQ, helicopters. Head over to the track for bear crawl catch-up. Partner up, start on opposite sides of the track, first partner bear crawls, second partner runs to catch them, then starts bear crawl, while first partner does 10 LBC’s, 20 SSH and 30 shoulder taps prior to running. Repeat until 2 circuits of the track have been completed.

    Mosey to hill at the back of school, stopping at each playground area to do 20 dips, 60-80 in all (depending on your definition of “area”). Switch partners, first partner does runs up hill to the playground, then backwards down the hill to relieve second partner, switch. Exercises done by second partner were balls to the wall, squats, merkins and boxcutters. Go until both partners have done all exercises twice.

    Mosey to parking lot in front of school, parking lot tracers for 30 seconds, then complete 10 merkins while saying a prayer of thanks for a loved one, total of 3 minutes. Mosey to flag, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    YHC has not been to the Anvil in several weeks, felt great to get back. Mumblechatter was lively throughout, and the title of this backblast came from the PAX singing a song about dosee doeing with their partner. Lots of partner work today, inspired by YHC’s frequent thoughts this week of our brother, Wild Thing, who recently lost his M to cancer. Please keep him and his family in your prayers, and for those wishing to attend the services this weekend, The Carpenter put out a preblast today with details. Thanks for letting me lead today.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing….

  • Memorial Service for Wild Thing’s wife

    Wild Thing’s wife (Rhonda Dole) sadly passed away on Sunday 2/2 after a battle with brain cancer. She was always full of life and many described her as the “energizer bunny.” She will be deeply missed and this loss is a tragic turn for our F3 brother.

    A memorial service is being held this Saturday, 2/22 at The Bridge church in Mechanicsville (8026 Walnut Grove Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23111). Visitation will take place in the sanctuary from 10 – 11am and then the memorial service will start at 11am. There will be a reception after the service.

    Please consider coming to support our F3 brother in light of his loss and the tragic loss to so many.

  • SDRAWKCAB

    A two hour call with Verizon Fios last night led YHC to the realization that internet service providers have a backwards customer service model…. so our workout today was backwards. Here’s the thang…

    • Ring of Fire
    • Bernie Sanders to the bottom of Mt. Chaplin 
    • Mt. Chaplin suicides with an ab exercise at each level. Starting off with Crawl Bears up and down the first level. 
      • LBC’s
      • WWII’s
      • Freddie Mercury’s 
      • …
    • Reverso Mt. Chaplin suicides with leg exercises on the way down. Starting off with Crawl Bears down & Bear Crawl up the first level.
      • Ball Dippers
      • CopperHeadSquats
      • Monkey Humpers
      • Mini Box Jumps
      • …
    • Bernie Sanders to the ticket booth for a triple check and some upper body work:
      • Incline & Decline Merkin’s
      • Donkey Kicks
      • Loop around the parking lot
    • Bernie Sanders to the flag for a COP
    • Numberama/Namerama