Category: Richmond, VA

  • Hey who’s writing this up ?

    3 strong posted for Batteau this morning and here is how it went down.

    I’m gonna do my best here – this was a microwaved hot potato – things happened fast !

    Swirly – COP : stretching and warm up exercises 🙂

    Tennis courts : bear crawl to fence 10 donkey kicks bear crawl back – repeat with Lunges – repeat with polar bears – repeat with High knees and 10 derkins – repeat with Karaoke and derkins .

    Sippy Cup : ring around the water bottle shoulder crusher with planks, 6 inches spiderman. Starting block sprints on the tennis court total of 20.

    Faceplant – Hill of ill repute – run to first light post 4 burpees – run back to start – next light post 3 burpees run back to start – repeat at each light post to the steps. At the steps run to the top of the hill at the light post 1 SSH run back to steps – repeat with 5 SSH and repeat with 9 SSH. Mossy to the circle – laps around the circle while others do flutter kicks and WWII’s.

    I apologize if I missed something guys – way to work – great job.

    Sippy took us out.

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • 5 Fingers – 4 paws

    6 runners and a 4 legged friend met up to do some early morning running to start the week. I’ve been wanting to bring this one back since we did it before BRR since it includes 2 of the hill running faves of Twin Team and Queens Grant. 3 other smaller hills mixed in. POG and Honeymoon were pulled along by Annie while Lugnut found a hill that was not on the menu but was equal to the others. Doozy, still recovering opted for flatter terrain down by the river. Thanks to Swiper for keeping me company with a solid pace up and down the hills.

    Great way way to kick off a Monday, feeling good. Do something to make yourself better today.

  • Blocks with Friends

    Nine men, stallions one and all, refused to take a day off for Columbus, or anyone else who didn’t discover America, in order to spend their sunny and 70 morning at today’s edition of Hoedown. Here’s what Mr. Heshem says he witnessed:

    COP:

    Slow mosey two times around the horseshoe, then circle up in the main parking lot. SSHs, IMs, DQs, LBCs, FKs, and HRMs, then a quick set of arm circles to limber up for…

    11s:

    First, grab a cinderblock from YHCs van. Mosey to Flag. 11s…Derkins and Rosalitas. Run across small parking lot to complete the circuit.

    On your six, elevate block, and six inches for the Six.

    Mosey to the Wall:

    Triple check…
    First man has a choice make…two cinderblock-free laps around the horseshoe OR carry cinderblock up two short flights of steps and around to the wall? Decision-making in The Gloom can be tricky, but YHC is the kind of Q who believes in diversity, so try one round of each, decide which you like better, and do that one again for Round 3.

    Partner 2 is doing Wonderbra with the coupon while also doing People’s Chair.

    Partner 3 lifts block above chest while doing flutter kicks.

    Blockee’s Loop

    Keep that block close and mosey to the Flag. Do 3 blockees and run the loop. Repeat 3x. Eh, let’s make it 4 times. Check that, let’s make it 5 times.

    Return blocks to van, and circle up for Mary. LBCs x40, 10 count APDs, and a Ring-of-Fire with reverse crunches while Merkins make the loop.

    Number-a-ma, name-a-rama, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Handshake won the Beer Mile, but who’s keeping track? Faceplant came in second. Greenbow learned that Gingerbeer stings.

    Sign up for Breaking Bread. If you are not sure what this is, just make a simple dinner for 10 or so folks who can use some fellowship on a Sunday evening. You’ll be a better man for the experience.

    Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. Take a moment to remind yourself of what you have, and think about how to help someone who needs a lift – material, spiritual, or otherwise.

  • Mumblechatter At An All-Time High

    Over the river, through the woods, to Marmaduke’s Q we go.

    5-6 miles total for breakfast clubbers today. Pax of 1, until YHC picked up Bleeder out for an early mile by the lake. Do the voices in YHC’s head count as mumblechatter?

  • Yes, you have to go around 3 times!

    25 Warriors to the grounds of Dogpile this morning with a nice chill in the air. 6am, off we go for some fun!

    COP

    SSHs x 20

    Helicopters x 10

    Imperial walkers x 10

    DQs X 10

    Merkins X 10

    LBCs x 20

    Mosey to Tennis Courts

    Dora

    Partner Up, Runner across the courts and back

    100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 Single Count American Hammers

    Mosey to Lake

    Mega Triple!

    5 Burpees OYO – Herding cats

    Runner runs around the lake

    Exercises for other 2 PAX – LBCs and Lunges

    Every runner exchange requires 20 Partner leg tosses for the 2 that are exercising.

    Modify last lap to complete!

    Back to the flag!

    Numberama, Namerama, Flatline took us out!

    Prayers for Marv and DTH, keep them in your thoughts fellas!

    Link to Donate to Raise – Vinny and Gumbo are growing out the staches for November if they hit 3k! Great Cause! https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/Raise_Donations/f3

    NMS:

    Bullet Pointed today – Sorry got a full day of family time starting with T-Ball

    -Wislon hates running!

    -Amazing Group of men this morning, thanks Swirly for leading the moseying and keeping me pointed in the right direction

    -Awesome partnering with Flip, Emoji, Upchuck, and Corn Beef today!

    -Wilson still hates running!

    -Appreciate the PAX for embracing the mega triple, YHC watch had us over 3 miles for the day

    -Got a few fellas on the mend, lets reach out to them encourage them, let them know we are there for them

    -Hug your loved ones fellas and be thankful for everything we have, the holidays are quickly approaching and lets remember that we are all blessed and lucky to be doing what we get to do!

    -OHHHH – Wilson really hates running!

    -Honor to lead you fellas this morning, love you all!

    Marmaduke

  • Where did Chewy go??

    8 willing Davillians arrived on a cooler morning to finish out their work week. A mix of Short sleeve and long were present. This how it went down

    Short mosey to the basketball court

    6 Burpees OYO

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, Merkins, DQ, Tempo LBC’s, Helicopters, Flutter Kicks, Arm Circles (forward), Heels to Heaven, Arm Circle (backwards)

    6 Burpees OYO

    THANG

    Mosey to the Track

    Catch us if you can – Groups of 3, first person completes 6 Burpees while the other two do partner carries. First person runs to catch when finish. Switch, Rinse, and Repeat till everyone does Burpees and/or one lap

    Mosey to the playground

    Workout Deck of Cards – Partner up, various number of cards are selected for the workout deck. As partners complete the exercises. One partner run to a tree and back will the other completes the exercises. This how it worked:

    • Draw the cards (ranges from 3 to 6 cards)
    • Completed the exercises with the number listed on the card + 10 (i.e. 2 of Diamonds with Merkins = 12 Merkins)
    • Face card complete 25 reps of the exercise
    • Acres 100 reps
    • Exercises Merkins, Merkins, Merkins, and some other things

    Mosey back to the SF Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    Nice to have some a cooler morning. Some thought that it was cold enough for long sleeves. YHC feel the golden rule should be long sleeves under 50. Some discussion was had over this

    There is always humor when it comes to Mud Face and Chewy partnering up. This week was no acceptation. A couple times after Mud Face would come back from the run during the workout deck, Chewy was not to be found. Even for a teenager, Chewy still has some kid in him since was found on the jungle gym every time.

    6 Burpees was YHC’s honoring 6 great years with his M the F3 way!

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Beer Mile for Shawn G. Hogan, this evening, Dogwood Dell.
    • Poker Night with Mr Holland – See Preblast
    • Keep Posting and Qing

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • 11 Rounds of Murph, But who’s counting?

    11 of Richmonds Finest showed up for what they thought was a Honeymoon Murph. Honeymoon wasn’t able to make it this morning, but YHC kept the Murph alive, and at 530 the PAX were off!

    1 – Mile

    100 Pullups

    150 Merkins

    300 Squats

    1 – Mile Back. Usual way or the Hard way up Twin Team

    LBCs for the PAX.

    Numberama, Namerama, Rosie took us out!

    Announcements:

    Vinny and Gumbo need your Money, it’s for a great cause, Link in Comments.

    Hammers and Ales coming up also, will get link.

    NMS

    Great work this morning, even if Gumbo made us do an extra round! Just kidding, YHC needs all the extra work he can get. One of the hidden gems about the Murph is allowing everyone to take a turn counting. Its a great way to get your feet wet for that upcoming VQ, yes i’m looking at you POG, BoBerry, and we will give Lone Wolf a little bit of slack on the VQ since it was his second post, but soon the pressure to lead will come! Strong work gents! Have a great day, continue to be the awesome men that at you are!

    Marmaduke

  • You’re Really Focused on Murder

    14 sets of shoes, 1 set of paws, and 3 sets of wheels pounded the (somewhat less) pot holed City of Richmond pavement on a picture perfect morning around the friendly confines of MMES. For the 260th consecutive Friday, temps were sunny and 70.

    Routes…all runners, east on Grove.

    4 miler, right on Shields, then…

    5 milers, right on Vine, then…

    6 milers, right on Laurel, then right on Park, then…

    All runners turn right on Floyd, then right on Nansemond, then left on Grove, and BTTF.

    Announcements:

    Beer Mile for Shawn G. Hogan, this evening, Dogwood Dell. Come drink 4 beers over 4 laps with Handshake, Faceplant, and Friends (and learn the answer to Greenbow’s philosophical query, “What beverage should I chug that would be as bad as beer?”

    Don’t want to drink and run? No worries. Arrive early, scour the bushes, and snag a 6 pack of beer, which will be warming all day.

    NMS:

    Great morning for a run. Faceplant and Sippy launched fast out of the blocks, so fast that Sippy apparently combusted somewhere along the route. Handshake set a solid pace for the 4 and 5 milers. Good chatter with Handshake and Greenbow before the latter, Bodo’s, and Bodo’s garbage-ravaging canine split off for the 4 route.

    Swiper shared his advice on good spots to hike in Colorado, including one route that had the unfortunate side effect of triggering fear among his youngest that Swiper was trying to murder the young man. YHC is reasonably sure his own parents tried to murder YHC using the same method, an experience so jarring that YHC in turn has attempted to do the same to his own children. Remember, fellas: it’s push yourself, don’t hurt yourself. And, push your 2.0s until they drop.

  • How do you spell KETO

    A lucky 7 showed up to the Anvil for the Thursday morning grind. YHC looked at the Q sheet late last night, saw it was open and not wanting a Hot Potato decided to take on the Anvil and here is what went down.

    COP

    Short Mosey to asphalt top next to track and circled up for 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10arm circles small 5 big, reverso 10 small 5 big, 10 helicopters, 20 LBC’s

    The THANG

    Mosey to the Chamber for a triple check as a group of 4 and 3 where 1 pair or partner 1 ran around trailer, partner 2 performed Merkins, partner 3 dips on the bench. rotate and did the cycles of this work out routine.

    Mosey to hill on West side of school and did the Jacobs ladder with 1 donkey kick run up to top of hill and 10 WW2 sit ups, back down hill 2 DK’s and back to top of hill 9 WW2 sit ups, continued until there were 10 DK’s and 1 WW2 sit ups. Team did invisible chair until 6 was caught up.

    We then did BTW and Chicken peckers and started on one end and stayed in BTW position while Pax performed 10 CP’s(5 each shoulder) and returned to BTW position.

    Switched back to invisible chair and starting at one end the last bear pax member, bear crawled to the front and assumed chair position, then next person bear crawled to the front and we repeated until each PAX member performed 4 rotations.

    Mosey to jungle gym next to Track to performed 6 pack but 1 direction 1 pull-up then 5 burpees, 2 pull-ups 4 burpees to where you complete 5 pull ups and 1 burpee.

    Mosey to flag for Mary where Chewy led Boat – Canoe until 6:15.

    Numberama, Namerama.

    We discussed an upcoming 5K where Spit and Bulkhead are planning to run the 5k Here is the link: https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Richmond/CapTrail10Miler5K

    Also talked about the Tough Mudder and need to discuss more on where and when.

    Mudface took us out in Prayer as it was an honor to lead the gents today.

    Cheers…CB

  • Who’s faster…Opi or F.Prince!?

    10 gloom warriors and 1 gloom dog joined DTH for today’s Forge Fiesta. YHC had a couple ideas in mind, but for the first time ever, hadn’t planned today’s routine to the letter – so here’s how we fudged our way into greatness:

    The THANG:

    Mosey to Culdesac for COP #1:

    • x10 In Cadence of each: DQ’s, ImpSquatW’s, CrabCakes, Mtn Climbers, NoCheat Merkins, Starfish Crunches, …and maybe 1 or 2 others

    Mosey to top of handicap rails for COP #2:

    • 10min AMRAP Circuit: Jerkins, Dips, & DonkeyKicks (YHC completed 10 rounds)

    Mosey to base of parking lots for COP #3:

    • TIME for Mount Chaplain: 
    • Run bottom to top, stopping at each of four pavement tiers to complete x10 reps, then Clock of Mary completed at the top (x3 reps with feet at each o’clock = x36 reps total), then run back down completing x10 reps at each tier, with front runner leading Mary waiting for the SIX
    • x3 Rounds completed
    • Round 1: Plank Jacks going up, Clock of WWII’s, Squats coming back down
    • Round 2: Merkins going up, Clock of Heels2Heaven, Groiners coming down
    • Round 3: HDolly’s going up, Clock of AmHam’s, Recover BTTF

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Two minutes of choose-your-own Mary …Doesn’t matter what you choose, but you can’t just sit there!

    COT:

    • Counterama #11 + Pup
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS: 

    • “Opi” (DTH’s 4-legged friend, actual name Cooper) jumped and sprinted around a particularly quiet PAX as we moseyed down to the first COP. YHC called the 10 count reps with today’s date in mind, and simply progressed the routine from upright down to supine. Felt natural. The PAX started to warm into mumble chatter for the 10 minute circuit. Always amazes YHC how many reps of something particularly noxious (like Jerkins) you can get through when it’s broken up with other stuff. The return to Mount Chaplain was a great way to spend a fair chunk of time, and thanks to Wedding Singer and Tobit for some exercise suggestions in the last round. And of course thanks to Fresh Prince who remains our ever present rabbit. There really isn’t any better way we could possibly choose to start the day. YHC extends heartfelt thanks to these brothers for your loyalty and support!Â