Category: Richmond, VA

  • Memorial Day at The Punisher

    A four PAX posted for the second edition of the Punisher Pub Tour.

    Quick COP with the usual. Mosey down Hermitage with exercises at each median including WWII setups, plerkins, and American hammers. Duck into Kitchen 64 for a couple rounds of beverages and conversation. M Offshore and Joey Chestnut joined the PAX.

    PAX discussed replicating the success of Punisher to other days (every day?) and times (11:42am?), trying to make traffic violations disappear by ignoring them, authentic Thai menus, and scandalous ice cream pricing.

    Mosey back to the AO for COT. Appreciation to all who have sacrificed their lives for our freedoms.

    Punisher regulars are looking forward to hosting summer tourists. Because there are no conflicts with other AOs, PAX can post at Punisher all summer.

  • Fitting tribute

    66 PAX chose to come downtown for a beatdown and hopefully honor our fallen. 4 FNGs, a bunch of 2.0s, and 1 puppy made it truly a family affair for the 4th annual Memorial day beatdown. Here is what we did:

    Mosey to Browns Island for COP – SSH, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Don Qs. Split PAX into 2 – Upchuck take 1 pax while Shakedown takes anoter.

    Upchuck lead us across Potterfield bridge with ample Burpee stops. Run back then hand off to Circle K, where we did Jacobs Ladder up and down hill. Then TYA “invented” a new Triple Check aka Patton Triple Check. It was well executed… Wilson then took Q for overly long Ring of Fire. Finish up with Triple check again and meet up with other PAX.

    Other pax – Shakedown – Box jumps on steps, Seymour with Plerkins Triple check. WaterWings with Derkins and Bear Crawl. Partner carry for Flipper Q then Swirly for make way up hill with stops for Dying Roaches, PLTs, etc. Apologies for the 2nd pax for the lack of specifics.

    NMS – YHC loves how this morning gets bigger and better each year. You’d think the hill at the end would get easier but no it is always a bear. The workout itself is always fun but finishing up at the War Memorial is really the highlight. The BOM right there is humbling for YHC.

    Even better is seeing all the 2.0s out there in the heat on a holiday. Also entering in 66 names into the BB is quite a task. Maybe Big Data can work on facial recognition and tie in with the BB site? Still a good problem to have, getting over 60 with a lot of new faces like Mouse Trap and Scrooge shows how F3RVA continues to get better.

    Naming 4 FNGs was done quickly and efficiently, plus the 4 names seemed to come up easily, maybe having Lab Rat not present makes naming easier…

    We started out with Upchuck and Shakedown, neither knew they’d be called on but took the Q and set the down. YHC learned his lesson, and apparently others have too, of not giving Swirly the Q to start lest he take the whole hour for the unsuspecting pax. Sounds like Water Wings brought it for his portion of the Q, never call on the out of town guy for the hot potato because he’ll be sure to raise the pain.

    Enjoy the rest of the holiday PAX but be sure to remember why we have the day off…

  • It’s Was Never This Hot in Brooklyn

    7 men and one woman awoke from the Fartsack to tackle the trails in today’s version of Sunday Funday. Temps were sunny and 70. TYA-san called the route…Buttermilk to T. Pottersfield to North Bank. Saab ran in the neighborhoods to stay on solid ground. Totals were in the 7 mile range for trail runners, 9+ for the road runner (10?).

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

    NMS:

    TYA is a wise sensei. Today was a battle less with the trails and more with the elements. Six of seven runners hit the trails. At the start or shortly thereafter, 5 of 6 runners were topless (or 6 of 7, for those counting Sally).

    The lone road runner, Saab, declined to go topless suggesting,”I’m running through respectable neighborhoods. The residents do not go for that.”

    It was that kind of day.

    TYA’s route selection was all about the shade and the direction of the sun. Well done, friend. It was awful, but the reverse would have been worse.

    Good to see Furley and Pert Plus back on the trails. They led the way, appearing impervious to the heat. Hutton motored through it. YHC and TYA brought up the 6. Offshore and Sally, avoiding the nightmare of the T. Pottersfield Bridge, returned home by another route.

    YHC is not one for participation trophies…today might be an exception.

  • Expanding the AO

    Six faithful partners in crime amused your YHC by putting up with his desire to let off some steam and start the holiday weekend off with an hour long beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • 30 SSH
      • 15 DQ
      • 15 Russian soldiers
      • 15 helicopters
      • 10 2x merkins
      • 30 2x LBC
      • 15 crab cakes
    • Mosey to the pickle ball courts
      • 4x partner wheel barrow across a court with 10 decline merkins for each member of PAX
      • Bearimeter with 20 WWII sit-ups and 10 burpees at each corner
      • 40 APD OYO
    • Mosey to the turf field at Striker Park
      • Dora with 100 hand-release merkins, 200 flutter kicks and 300 LBC
      • 20 Suzanne Somers, each leg
      • Intervals – sprint the length of a single soccer field, jog the width of 2 fields – repeat for a total of 3 loops
    • Mosey back to the jerkin gym for 4x 8 reps
    • Mosey to the Pavillion – 30 boxing cockroaches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Reminder of the convergence Memorial Day Monday at Tredegar (0700). 

    Good work by the PAX today, especially with the extra cardio.  Here is a surprise, White Deer’s mumblechatter dissipated once the cardio kicked in.  YHC has found a new favorite spot for the summer months…the Striker Park turf field.  Its soft touch was friendly to so many bad knees during our straight line activities. 

    Enjoy your holiday weekends, men!  A noble celebration of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.  God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Respect.

    36 Tough souls (including 3 FNG’s) showed up this morning for a little respect.

    COP —

    • IJR
    • AST Merkins
    • DQ
    • Jack Squats
    • Figure 4 reverse crunches
    • Polar Bears around the world

    Mosey to the Triangle
    Bear Crawl short side, run down hill, Benie Sanders back up hill, alphabet with legs while waiting for the 6
    Reverso — Run down hill, Bernie Sanders long side, crawl bear short side, alphabet backwards for the 6

    50 in the theater
    1st step — 5 box jumps, 5 inclined merkins, 5 dips, 5 situps with legs on steps
    2nd step — 10 of all the aforementioned exercises
    alternate between 5 and 10 all the way up.
    Modified for time — When Helix got to the top (the only one), we all finished the step we were on and met up by the top of Love Hill.

    Love Hill (or is it Hate Hill?)
    1 partner runs down to the gate and back while the other partner is doing a combo of the following exercises — Broad Jump Burpees, Lunges and Bear Crawls
    Had to finish this up early as well. Spit led some exercises while the PAX waited for the 6.

    Head back to the flag for a little Mary, which included Mountain Climbers and Smurf Jacks

    Numbers, Names, Announcements

    NMS — Thanks to everyone who came out to support YHC for his first Dogpile Q of respect. It’s been a great ride so far, gentlemen. Looking forward to many more years with you knuckleheads. Great job today by Helix finishing the steps of respect. Spit, thanks for helping keep things going during the Love hill section. Hardywood, YHC was so glad to see you today. You are such an affirming dude and I love you man. There, YHC said it. When Hardywood and Emoji embraced this morning, the sun was blotted out by the sheer magnitude of the light between these guys. What a great morning for a workout! SYITG!

    Announcements —
    1) YHC’s band is playing tonight at Marty’s Grill in Hanover starting at 9.
    2) Convergence at Tredegar Monday at 7!
    3) Puppy pile next Saturday at 7 AM.
    4) There was a run mentioned as well, but YHC doesn’t remember all the details (oldness). Can someone post in the comments, please?

  • Summer’s here y’all!

    12 studs evaded the Fartsack for a early morning jaunt from ET’s to Dogpile and back. Pretty uneventful run but full of good conversation. YHC enjoyed the opportunity to get to know Don Draper better.

    Kudos to Kubota, Spit, and Swirly for having to early morning commitments but modifying and meeting at Dogpile to run from Dogpile to ET’s and back with the Breakfest Club group. Congratulations to Swirly for his daughters’ graduation. Poor guy had to skip Dogpile to wear a wool suit and sit in a field for 4 hours. YHC knows Swirly is proud of his daughter but not thrilled about skipping Dogpile.

    Memorial Day is a sacred holiday to the United States, we have our freedoms because of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Running with the flag meant a little more today. Enjoy the time with family this weekend and honor the fallen.

  • Block Friday

    12 Davillians came out to get their holiday weekend started off right

    This how it went down

    3 Lap Mosey (for three years with F3) around the parking lot. Running forward and backwards

    Head to YHC’s car and grab a cinder block. Circle up for the COP

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, Tempo LBC’s, Merkins (On Cinder Block), Arm Circles

    THANG

    To celebrate the last day of The Week of Spit, YHC choices some of his favorite exercise for the week with some modifications

    Jacob’s Ladder From Monday (renamed Bear/Block/Burpee) – Starting at one side of the parking lot, bear crawl /w block to the light pole, complete 1 Burpee, keeping bear crawling to the other side, complete 2 Burpees, Head back rinse and repeat increasing to 3 and 4 Burpees

    Lazy Dora From Thursday – 50 Workins (on the blocks), 100 Goblet Squats, 150 Sit up + Press
    Partner holds PAX

    Mosey to the pavilion

    Three Check (One Round) From Monday – Derkins, Dip, hallelujah Run (Block over head) down the gravel road and back

    Hallelujah Mosey back to the SF for Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and No Idea took us out.

    MOLESKIN

    Wow! What a week this has been. YHC started with 20 cinder block on Monday and finished with 15. Most of them were broken today, two of which by Pavarotti alone. YHC guess a trip to Home Depot in in the future for some replacements.

    YHC tried to through the PAX on “The Plan” for today. First he played music before 5:30 making them think we would be doing “Sally” or “Thunderstuck”. Then the laps around the parking lot to through the PAX off from the cinder blocks.

    The Carpenter once again showed off his bear crawling skills but smoking the rest of the PAX. T-Claps to the rest for pushing through and not modifying.

    Glad to see Mr Holland back out in action. He has moved closer to Mechanicsville so hopefully we will see him more often moving forward

    Now I will stop talking in the third person. I wanted to thank the PAX for an amazing three years! The Creek in particular has a special place in my heart. 3 years this coming late September/early October, The Creek was launched. Despite the critics, Abacus, The Carpenter, and myself set forth to reach more men in Mechanicsville. The best way to do this, place an AO next to two of the three largest neighborhoods in the 23116.

    The Creek help launch MANNDate and show that will help launch The Anvil. I’m excited for the challenges and journey the next 3 years bring for both F3 RVA and the nano-region of DaVille

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Memorial Day Convergence – Monday 0700 – meet in Tredegar parking lot
    • Opus has the Q at Dogpile – Come Support
    • New AO launch next Thursday – See Pre-Blast
    • Summer Tour start Saturday – See Pre-Blast
    • Happy Birthday No Idea and congrats on Two years with F3

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Yowza…it’s Muggy

    10 All-stars showed up at Twin Team for a 10-20-20-20 themed work out. The conditions were hot and muggy, but the PAK had their game faces on. The call went out and we mozey’d over to the parking lot for the warmup.

    Before the official warm up could begin, the Pak held Al Gore as we waited for Gumbo who made an emergency drop the kids off at the pool stop. Al Gore complete / Gumbo back with the Pak – the warm up began with a mix of Lunge in Place, Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixote’s, Helicopters, LBC’s and Merkin’s. No one noticed, but the Q nailed the cadence this morning. Nailed it! Some may recall the horror that was his cadence on the VQ. It was probably the threat of a Nancy Lopez cadence that put the pieces in place. After the warm up, we mozey’d to the field.

    The workout 10 – 20 – 20 – 20. 1 Repetition is a 10 second sprint, 20 second recover back to base, then 20 Merkins and 20 LBC’s on your own. Repeat 5 times. The Q calls out recover at the end of the sprint.

    After the first set of 5, the PAK took a mozey around the track before the 2nd set. 2nd set – 10 second sprint, 20 second recover, 20 Absolutions. Repeat 5 times.

    About 5 reps into the first set of Absolutions, the Q and PAK realized that those really suck and the Q called an audible to 10. All will agree that this was a wise move.

    After the second set of 5, a 1/2 lap mozey to the other end of the field for bearpees (bear crawl 4 paces, finish with a burpee). We did this from 18 yard line to 18 yard line. This concluded our time on the field.

    The Pak then mozey’d back to the flag for a quick ring of fire with your favorite 20 count ab exercise, switching to 10 count 1/2 through because we ran out of time. During the ring-o-fire, the Q unintentionally insulted himself by making a joke about his little Amazon package. Dang it! That was a good laugh to end a tough workout.

    Announcements:

    • Memorial Day Convergence – Monday 700am – meet at Tredegar parking lot
    • Puppy Pile 0700 (right after Dogpile) on 6/1
    • Summer tour starts up this weekend.

    Great workout men. Thank you for joining me. Have a great weekend!

    Orange Crush

  • Welcome to the Hot Box

    20 warriors of The Gloom came to ride or run their way through the soup that was the latest edition of the Run/Ride at Mary Munford. Temps were sunny and 70 with stickiness.

    Routes: With the Stanley Cup Finals starting on Monday, YHC pulled the Hockey Stick Route out of the archives…east on Grove to Malvern (left) until each of the following…top of railroad bridge (4 milers), Saunders and Laburnum (5 milers), or right on Laburnum to AP Hill Statue (6 milers).

    Sippy and Phonics tore off to complete the 6 miles. A gaggle of runners, including Splinter, Saab, Offshore, Handshake, YHC, and Abba (aka, “I don’t care about that.”) hit the 5 mile route. Bleeder, Honey Do, Lug Nut, and others hit the four. Something happened to a bunch of other runners.

    Riders rode.

    Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Summer Tour starts tomorrow…26 officials AOs and 9 extra credit options.

    Memorial Day Convergence is Monday at 7 a.m. Meet at the parking lot next to the Tredegar Iron Works.

    AO starts Thursday in Mechanicsville…The Anvil. Boot camp. Watch for additional AOs this summer, including The Bellows, The Tongs, and The Chisel.

    Splinter is looking for PAX to staff the 24 hour F3RVA Technology Service Center.

  • Stick with Me on the Math

    Something like 6 showed up, but no more than 3 in any one place at any one time. Routes were run, mostly in ones and twos. YHC did a small, a medium, and a large…something in the 4 range. Others did more or did less. Some rucked.

    Each man took himself out in his own personal ball of man (or ball of young man). The young man also had a blue ring pop, which all others coveted. No actual violations of Commandment 10 were contemplated. The ring pop attacked Husky’s face and clearly came out the victor.

    NMS:

    So, it’s Wednesday at 5:00. Kubota and Husky posted for a ruck. Temps were sunny and 70 with a slight breeze. Gorgeous day.

    YHC showed up at 5:10. Stretched for a bit. TYA drove up and said he would “be right back.” YHC waited. Got bored. Ran down the hill to TYA’s house, where TYA had decided to drive the 200 yards to the AO in order to keep his Gatorade (Grape) with him.

    YHC ran loop 1. YHC then met up with TYA. Purchasing a grape Gatorade apparently comes with a pair of grape running shorts. For those keeping track, the legend of TYA’s running attire grew. Then, TYA took his shirt off. For those keeping track, the legend of TYA’s lack of running attire also grew. Jokes were made, fun was had, and friendships built.

    YHC thanks LJ for listening to YHC’s venting. Catharsis was achieved.