Category: Richmond, VA

  • A Tradition Unlike Any Other – 3rd Inaugural

    Three foursomes hit the links at Mary Munford in a quest for the elusive F3 Mudgear brand Green Jacket in perfect 70ish and sunny weather.  EF planted the flagstick.  Here’s how it went down.

    Mosey down Magnolia Lane to the driving range in front of the school.

    COP (IC)

    • Merkins x 18
    • Flutter Kicks x 18
    • Copperhead Squats x 18
    • SSH x 18

    Mosey to the 11th

    Amen 4 Corners (4 rounds)

    • American Hammers x 18 (2c)
    • Mountain Climbers x 18 (2c)
    • Merkins x 18
    • Dips x 18

    Plankorama

    Mosey to Rae’s Creek

    Rory 1-2-3

    • Player and Caddie – 18 Ball Marker (Booyah) Merkins
    • Player Exercises, Caddie Runs to the 9th Azalea (Tree) – 72 Jimmy (Imperial Squat) Walkers/ 288 Hello Friends (Dollys)

    Gore-orama

    Drive, Chip, Putt

    • From tee box hit the box around the shovel flag – 5 burpees per stroke, repeato 3 holes

    Mary on the 18th green

    • Caddie Leg Toss (2 sets of 18)
    • Freddie Couples (Mercurys) x 18
    • Tee Box Cutters x 18
    • Alphabet – spell PIMENTO CHEESE SANDWICH or LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN (PAX Choice)

    Mosey along cart path back to Clubhouse

    19TH GREEN

    Hello Friends.

    As they mark 85 years of a tradition unlike any other down in Augusta (Quadruple Respect Aye!), we the PAX of Mary Munford Country Club have a little tradition of our own, some might say ours is even richer with history.  With a few PAX members off on the European and South American Tour down in Bon Air and BFE, a slimmer field of 12 strong was ready to step up to the box, grip it and rip it, for an 0530 shotgun start.  Singer took off to survey the course before joining the PAX on the back nine.  Groundskeeper Spackler was out extra early lining the fairways by moonlight.  No problem, we’ll just play through.  YHC warms up in the clubhouse, so straight to the Driver on box # 1 with Merkins.  Practice?  Nah.  As the PAX took off from Amen Corner a slight groan was heard as YHC called for 4 rounds.  This ain’t the Senior’s Tour, though several PAX could stand to play the Seniors’ or Ladies’ tees given their distance out of the box.  Apologies to Bleeder, YHC was anticipating a solo round with the odd PAX prior to Singer’s arrival on #10, would have been happy to partner up.  After a couple of 3 putts and one shank off the box, YHC had the PAX at +3 thru 3, but let’s take a few Mulligans and call it PAR on the ol’ scorecard.  Where’s our club pro Lab Rat when you need him? YHC distracted by what he thought was Paulina in the gallery nearly took a TYA spike to the chin during the Caddie Leg Toss.  As always, YHC thoroughly enjoyed the round even without cart girls and a cooler full of col’ beer.  TYA encourages everyone to root for his fellow Minutemen.  Not sure either, but seems fitting.  May our days be filled with Eagles and Birdies.  Until next year…

    Numberama

    Nameorama

    COT

    ANNOUNCEMENTS Prayers to Toto for positive work review and family health.

  • SOJ Masters – Denim Required…

    YHC looked at the Q sheet late last night and debated whether to attend EFH’s annual Masters Workout at 45MOM or attend the 2nd edition of The Forge for DTH’s promised ground & pound. Then, I noticed that Timberwolf was Q-less and I couldn’t resist the opportunity to pack up some props and lead a little SOJ Masters workout. It was a little rough around the edges but it went something like this:

    SHORT Mosey to the concrete pad at the end of our parking area for COP – 9 exercises (a short 9-hole warm up), all IC, including the following:

    1. SSHs x18
    2. DQs x18 (that is a lot of DQs at a slow pace)
    3. Heliciopters x18
    4. Imperial Walkers x18
    5. Hillbilies – full SOJ-style with the hops x18
    6. Copperhead Squats x18
    7. Merkins x9
    8. APDs x18
    9. Flutter Kicks x18

    Mosey to front corner of the school (a/k/a the 11th tee box – White Dogwood) for the start of Amen Corner Timberwolf style.

    White Dogwood (a 505 yard par 4) consisted of 4 stops heading down the hill towards the front entrance (Rae’s Creek area):

    • Start (Tee shot) = 10 merkins
    • Shot 2 = 20 jump squats
    • Shot 3 = 30 2-ct mountain climbers
    • Shot 4 =40 SSHs
    • It’s in the hole! Plank and wait for the six to putt out.

    Golden Bell (a 155-yard par 3 across Rae’s Creek) at is the apex of Amen Corner for a little Amen Corner Triangle. In corner 1 perform 10 2-ct Alternating Shoulder Taps. In corner 2 perform 20 LBCs. In corner 3 perform 30 plank jacks. Repeato times 3. Al gore for the six.

    Azalea (a 510-yard par 5 and maybe my favorite hole of the whole course with the risk-reward and eagle opportunity). Starting at first lightpost at the bottom of the hill (the Tee box) and stopping at 5 lightposts all the way up to the bus parking lot, we did 5 exercises, 10 reps of each at each lightpost. Exercises were: HRMs, Freddie Mercuries, Squats, Box Cutters and Monkey Humpers. In my daze, I added in a 6th exercise off the tee box of Jump Squats — my bad guys – put me down for a bogey on that one. Plank for six at the top.

    Driving Range Time – Mosey over to the sidewalk by the school to find YHC’s props – a mat with 2 kinds of “muff” to choose from, a gap wedge, some foam practice balls and a sled-saucer (green of course) to represent the hole. The saucer was placed out in a lit portion of the parking lot and each PAX member took his turn with 3 shots off the muff at trying to hit the “hole”. Exercises were called after each attempt varying from 10 burpees to 10 merkins to 3 burpees (unless you are DK and thought it was 10 again) to Dollies and others. Many different swings and approaches. Some very close shots but nothing in the hole. Better luck next time fellas.

    The horn sounded – time to get back to the flag. Honeymoon grabbed the gap wedge and led the 10-some back to the flag.

    COT, Number-rama, Name-a-rama and everyone removed caps and shook hands. Great round fellas!

    No new announcements.

    NMS:

    Maybe this will become the SOJ Tradition Unlike Any Other. I’ll work on some new props for next year – a better target for sure. Maybe we will even get some glow-balls and take it down to the field next year. Not the biggest beatdown or smokefest ever, but we got the heart rate up a bit through Amen Corner. Good clean fun as Shakedown likes to say! Thanks for playing along. Enjoy Masters weekend.

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Yawnfest

    Two grizzly warriors fought off the fartsack to throw around some KBs.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • 25 SSH
      • 15 IW
      • 10 cherry pickers
      • 15 helicopters
      • 20 hand release merkins
      • 20 2x flutter kicks
      • 15 pick pounders
      • 25 2x LBC
    • KB beast with lawnmower pulls (each arm), sit ‘n presses, swings, halos, high pulls and snatches
    • Lap around bus loop
    • Mosey to the curb for
      • 20 overhead pulls
      • 20 skull crushers
      • Series of boat/canoes, including raising the sail and alternating paddles
      • 20 overhead pulls
    • COT

    Hear is to a quick recovery for Johnsonville and his knee.  Grateful for the fellowship of White Deer today.  The PAX was dragging but resilient.  Lots of sleep deprived yawns, but we powered through.  The beast is deceptive with being under weight for such a long period of time.

    If you live under a rock, WAHOOWA! God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • UVA National Champs-by the numbers

    3 hardy men avoided the construction barrels, if not the fresh asphalt, and slung around some iron.

    COP, some exercises, with counts of 15, 12, 4, 5, 1 and 8, the margins of victory for the Cavaliers in their March to a championship

    Mosey to bus loop, 10 rounds of 2 PAX doing a non-KB exercise while the 3rd carried 2 KB around the loop, switch up.

    A bunch of other KB exercises, is sets of 25 (4 times) and 2 sets of 31, adding up to 162, the number of points scored by both teams in the championship game.

    Have a minute left, 27 SSH’s, crazy Daville style, to honor the 27 points De’Andre Hunter scored against the Red Raiders.

    Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    YHC, his M, both 2.0’s and friends were up really late on Monday watching UVA win their first men’s college basketball championship, and YHC is still dragging today. These are perhaps halcyon days for the hoops team, so YHC will enjoy them while he can. Emoji and Yardsale provided plenty of mumblechatter today, including tales of Yardsale’s interesting new neighbor. Getting to the AO was a little tougher this morning due to fresh asphalt being laid down by an overnight construction crew, and both YHC and Emoji dragged some with them on their tires.

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

  • Back to the Hills

    4 strong posted for Roller Coaster this afternoon and here is how it went down.

    Kubota and Husky – 1 long ruck loop = Boom!

    EF. Hutton and Swirly – 1 long loop , 1 medium loop, 1 short loop = Boom !

    Great to see Kubota out there right after battling the flu – atta baby ! Always a pleasure to see my buddy Husky! Enjoyed running with EF. Hutton – excellent job let’s do it again soon brother. Missed our man TYA out there this evening but hope his daughter TSB had a great run !

    See y’all in the gloom!

  • The Old Ball and 20′ Logging Chain

    11 hardy veterans from the Gloom showed up to greet the early morning and enjoy a VQ beatdown and some fellowship.

    As this was YHC’s first actual Q, mistake number 1 was to ask the PAX if they where ready to mossy? Mumble chatter about how “this is your Q Doozy” and “I don’t know, what do you want to do” were heard throughout the AO. The PAX did give in and did a (Rosie) Mossy to a spot in front of the school, from there this is what went down.

    (12) SSH
    (12) Don Quixote’s
    (12) Wind Mills or as everyone else informed YHC Helicopters (but Wilson said “you be you Doozy” so Wind Mills they stayed

    My cadence was disrupted a few times by the silly person talking inside my head but once I had a word with him, things got straightened out

    Mossy another 20 yards line up on the curb

    Bear Crawl to the other Curb (12) Merkins Bear Crawl back (12) Merkins
    Repeto – with Crawl Bear
    Repeto – Crab Walk

    Mossy to bus parking lot to find (10) bus parking spaces with exercises written out in chalk at each parking space (we had 11 warriors this morning so an 11th spot was added to allow every warrior their own spot). As it is YHC’s (48) birthday today 4+8=12 all exercises = 12 count, complete the exercise in your space run a lap around the school move to the next space complete that exercise repeto for all spaces. Space 5 reserved for the ball or chain, I had a 20’ logging chain in my truck (doesn’t everyone?) and a dodge ball that the dog popped, now filled with sand and covered in duct tape. Take either ball or chain and run around the school (extra credit if you could carry both) I don’t think anyone attempted it.

    1. American Hammers
    2. Merkins
    3. LBC’s
    4. Ball Dippers
    5. Run with ball or chain
    6. Box Cutters
    7. Carolina Dry Docks
    8. WWII
    9. Squat Jumps
    10. Heals to Heaven
    11. Burpees

    Time was called finish where you are, mossy back to the flag. 2 minutes remaining finish out with various forms of the plank position.

    Number-rama, Name-a-rama and YHC take us out

    Announcements: The Forge #Dos happening tomorrow – Good times to be had

    NMS:

    “I do not intend to offend; I offend with my intent” – only 80’s metal heads will know what song that is from. My intent was not to run as much as the day prior because of Old Glory but I can’t help it it’s in my DNA. Wilson was more than happy to hear that we would run around the school after each exercise which someone mentioned put us right around 4 +/- miles for the morning. It was either that or run around the track and I thought the track was a farther run (my Garman is broke). As usual Rosie and Tobit lead the way and everyone worked on what they could.

    Well done team and thank you for helping me start my birthday in a positive, fun, rewarding way

    P.S. Senility must be setting in because I did call out 47 during the Name-a-rama

  • Is that the Carillon or are you happy to see me?

    11 Warriors rose to the challenge today. The clock hit 530 and off we went to the first circle for COP.

    • SSH
    • Helicopters
    • Don Quixote
    • Hill Billies

    Over to the Grand Field for 11s – bear crawl across and lunge back with the exercises of 4 count American Hammers and HRM. Finish with two sets of 20 Wilson’s Dying Cockroach

    Back to the Rusty Cage for the first ever WDog Chas Michael Michaels (AKA the Iron Lotus). 3 sets up 5. Proximity to your partner matters. Think ankles, not knees.

    Keep a partner and perform 7 Jerkins, 7 Pull Ups, run to the fire hydrant and perform 20 four count flutter kicks. Three times through.

    3 sets of 20 PLTs

    Back to the VSF for some Mary – APDs, left leg lifts, right leg lifts.

    Saab took us out.

    Moleskin

    Labrat was VERY chatty this morning even by his own standards. YHC compared him to an AM radio station you couldn’t turn off. Everytime he would cross the grand field during the 11s, it was a different topic like a radio on scan. Love Ya Bro.

    Backblast title comes from the PLTs behind the Carillon when one Pax member laid on their back and grabbed the other Pax member’s ankles. He had a view of the Carillon while looking up and stated “Now I can see the Carillon”. We may never know which one he meant.

    Time to Run,

    Lockjaw


  • A Old Glory Tuesday

    8 Davillians who mostly feel asleep before the end of the UVA game, came out unaware this was a Old Glory day.

    YHC was inspired by Gumbo Pre-Blast and decided “The North” would mirror SOJ today.

    This is how it went down

    Slaughter Start – To give Congrats to UVA and The Carpenter alma mater, 8 Burpee OYO (for the 8 point win)

    THANG

    YHC grab the SF and yelled “Let’s Mosey”. At this time the PAX wasn’t aware it would be OG today. Some thought this would be another Murph but Opus was able to guess it

    The first mile took the PAX in front of the schools, up to the gravel track for a lap then behind the MS (where Yard Sale was able to find us) and finish unto the bus loop.

    YHC explain OG and the reason why it was choice today. Since we had a vet with us today (Bulkhead), the PAX used him as motivation

    Timer was set for 20 minutes and OG was completed around the bus loop (about 1/4 mile lap) with 20 merkins at the SF, 20 Squats at corner 2, 10 Burpees at corner 3, and 20 WWII sit ups at corner 4.

    With about two minutes left, the PAX headed back to pick up the six and the whole PAX finished with 10 Burpees.

    The SF was grab and the PAX ran the loop back around for another mile making sure to double back from the six

    1 MOM – Heels to Heaven IC

    Numberrama, Namerama, and YHC took us out.  

    MOLESKIN

    • T-Claps to Hustler for showing up for his 3rd post in 4 days!
    • The PAX showed what it really means to “Leave No Man Behind, Leave No Man Where You Found Him” today. They stayed together and made sure the check the six.
    • Chatter seemed to center around spring break

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • An Old Glory for Big Mac (and others)

    11 gloom warriors posted despite the late night of basketball (congrats Hoos fans!) even knowing that an Old Glory was in store…or at least most of them knew.

    The flag was planted at 0520 and grabbed at 0528. A quick explanation of the Old Glory for the first-timers and a quick mention of the reason this OG was put on the books – to honor Doozy’s friend John “Big Mac” who we recently lost and other fallen vets. With that motivation, it was sure to be a great effort in the gloom and that it was…and we were off.

    1 mile mosey to and around both fields. Plant the flag in the front corner of the first field and plank for the six. Timer set for 20 minutes and exercises confirmed (20 merkins in corner 1, 20 jump squats in corner 2, 10 burpees in corner 3 and 20 WWIIs in corner 4). Complete as many laps/corners as you can in 20 minutes….GO!

    No surprise, Rosie took the lead and didn’t look back. Doozy and Tobit pushed him though. YHC saw a lot of Posh and Ollivander and a few others in the second wave. Way to push everyone!

    Time was called – reconvene at the Flag for 2 laps battalion style (today’s indigenous people run) with Old Glory always leading the way. Doozy and Tobit pushed the pace a few times, but everyone kept up.

    Back to the Flag for 3 Minutes of Mary including 25 American Hammers IC and 20 APDs (suitable for Big Mac according to Doozy) IC.

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

    Announcements:

    • Prayers up for Big Mac’s family as they continue to work through the grieving process.
    • Prayers up for other fallen vets, law enforcement, first responders and other civil servants as well who have served this country.
    • Continued prayers for Flatline’s M’s grandmother.
    • VQ ALERT – tomorrow at SOT – Doozy has the Q.

    NMS:

    Great morning for an Old Glory with a little extra meaning today. I know it helped me push just a little harder and complete those last 10 burpees just before the horn blew.

    Great to see Scrooge back out in the Gloom after his first post last Thursday. Hope you enjoyed the OG. Kotters to Sin Bin – hope to see you more as the warm weather returns.

    Great work men!

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Rock Falls

    9 strong posted this morning for Spider Run and here is how it went down.

    4 milers – out of campus across the bridge and back.

    5 milers – out of campus across bridge to rock falls and back

    6 milers – out of campus across the bridge to rock falls up the hill and back.

    Nice humid morning for a run. We were missing some of our regulars because of last nights game – Congrats to all our UVA alum and fans !

    Send positive thoughts Toto’s way as he goes through his review today and his mom looks for employment.

    Great work today guys – enjoyed it !

    Wedding Singer took us out !

    See y’all in the gloom..