Category: Richmond, VA

  • Should have checked the traffic report this morning.

    Thirteen gentlemen stepped onto the grounds of Midlothian Middle School for an early morning beatdown.  This is what occurred.

    Mosey around the School.  Circle up on back side of School for COP attempt #1.  Before the introduction is completed, a bus drives towards us.  DK then led YHC down the hill near the track for COP attempt #2.

    COP

    • 30 SSH IC
    • Arm Circles – 10 small, 5 big IC  – Reverso
    • 10 Lunges IC
    • 10 Don Quixotes IC
    • 10 Ball Dippers IC
    • 10 Merkins IC
    • 10 Angled Knee Jumps IC
    • 10 Foot to Hand Mountain Climbers
    • 20 LBC IC
    • 15 Heels to Heaven IC

    Triple Check – Break into groups of three with each team member rotating through 3 rounds of the following:

    • Freddie Mercuries
    • Merkins
    • Run to the top of the hill and back

    Mosey to the track

    Century Burpee Loop – Partner up.  One partner runs around the track while the other does burpees.  The partners will rotate until 100 burpees have been completed.

    Balls & Plank to the Wall

    All PAX members hold Balls to the Wall.  At Q’s call, walk with hands out to Plank to the Wall position.  Then at Q’s call, move with hands back to Balls to the Wall.  Then at Q’s call, walk with hands out to Plank to the Wall.

    Plank-O-Rama   – From plank position

    • Alternate between Merkins and Carolina Dry Docks – 10 IC
    • Rotate to Side Plank – Drop Hip and Raise – 10 IC
    • Rotate to Back Plank – Inverted APD – 10 IC
    • Rotate to Side Plank – Drop Hip and Raise – 10 IC
    • Rotate back to normal plank – Alternate between Merkins and Carolina Dry Docks – 10 IC
    • Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
    • LBCs – About 10 IC until a truck forced the PAX to step out of its way.
    • American Hammers – 20 IC
    • Hold Six inches for 30 counts from 30 to 1.

    Mosey back to Flag

    COT – Numberama, Name-o-rama, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    YHC decided to step out of his comfort zone this morning of Mechanicsville or even WDOG and travel to SOJ to Q a location he had only been to once.  Last time YHC was at SOT was this past summer when it was light.  This morning, it was very dark.  On top of that, this was the first day back to school for Chesterfield students after the Christmas break.  Henrico and Hanover do not return until tomorrow.  Teachers were showing up as early as 5:30 AM.  There were also many buses moving throughout the parking lot during the time of the bootcamp.  During the 1st location of the COP, a bus drove down the road as YHC was getting ready to begin.  DK then advised YHC of a better location to do the COP.  Although there were no additional cars on that road during the COP, we had to move during the triple check and the plank-o-rama.  Sugar Sock commented that he had not seen cars in that location before.

    Excellent job to all PAX members this morning.  YHC always enjoys making the trip south whenever possible.  It was great seeing Doublemint this morning.  Hope to see you at another AO soon.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • NYE Punisher Pub Tour

    A PAX of four posted for the NYE Punisher Pub Crawl.  Quick circle and stretch in the schoolyard grass before takeoff.  Hit sidewalk adjacent to school grounds and head east along Laburnum Avenue, left on southeast bound side of Fauquier Avenue, another left on Nottoway Avenue, and a right on MacArthur Avenue to Dot’s Back Inn for one H²O, one cider, and two beers and a little fellowship.

    Pay up, walk out, and continue south on MacArthur to Nottoway, right on Nottoway, and left on Hermitage Road past Holton Elementary to Kitchen 64 for another round of the same. Pay up and return to LHES.

    Nice work Gomer Pyle, Johnsonville, and Krü.  Happy New Year all.

  • Rogue Spider Run

    3 Pax showed up for an early morning run amid confusion and jet lag.

    After realizing everyone else was working out at 7am, we decided to embrace the morning and hit a run anyway.

    Short jaunt to Libbie/Patterson and back rounded out 4 miles, allowing Flipper to make it to the next workout .

    Kudos to Hitchiker for getting off a flight from Korea and then hitting up an early morning run.

    Enjoyed the fellowship gentlemen.

    – Tonka

  • Grab your screenshot of Big Data for today

    32 came from across the RVA converged upon Heartbreak Ridge for their first 2019 post.

    Honeydo:  COP of SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies.  Grab 2 Cinder blocks.  10 Deep Merkins on your Cinder blocks.  2 laps of Catch me if you can with 1 man carrying 2 blocks.  20 Overhead presses.  10 Sit & Press.

    Handshake:  Head to Pemberton ES Bus Loop.  Wheelbarrow up and back with Merkin at each pole.  Crab Walk up hill while other man Flutterkicks.

    Mr Holland:  Drop coupons back off and head down to Heartbreak hill.  Triple check-ish of Jerkins, Bernie Sanders up heartbreak hill, run lap with 5 Burpees at the 50 yard line.

    Atilla:  Hot Lava Shimmy then 4 corners on blacktop:  10, 15, 20, 25 WWII Situps.  Back to Flag.  TYA took us out.

    NMS – Despite Kubota’s lobbying to start at 5:30 the 7:00 crowd was strong with 32 pax including FNG Swinger.  Flipper got an early start at Spider Run apparently.  Several PAX were sweating off  the previous night excesses and not at 100% (including YHC).  Each PAX grabbing 2 Cinder blocks was a little much, had Fudd been there he’d ask us to build him another shed with them.  It is good to get some use out of all that fancy new material that the Henrico Co. meals tax we are paying for.

    Handshake must’ve been gunning to have someone spill Merlot with his Wheelbarrow/Merkins.  Not sure he accomplished that goal but guessing some pax were close.  Then why not burn the shoulders up more with a good 100 meter crab walk? Swiper lamented on the run back that between the Cinder blocks, Wheelbarrow, and Crab Walks that this morning was not the day to forget his gloves.

    Mr Holland said muddy shoes be dammed, we were going to the Jerkin Gym which was muckier than ever.  On the 4  Corners Jville blew the PAX away, hitting Respect hasn’t slowed him at all.

    Mr Holland treated the PAX to coffee for those making it to Starbucks.  Pretty sure we won’t be asked back there, definitely not the same as ETs but still good times.  If you want to put a goal down in writing put it in the comments below.  For today those posting, 31 of us can enjoy we are tied for 2019 Big Data with Swirly.

    YHC arrived home and talked with a neighbor while cleaning up from our combined NYE party.  She asked how many men where there and when I said 32 she said “That’s amazing” and you know what she’s right.

  • Convergence at Heartbreak Ridge Jan 1 at 7am!

    Convergence at Heartbreak Ridge Jan 1 at 7am!

    Happy New Years!  ‘Nuff said

  • Hoedown year in review

    12 strong decided to send off the 2018 gloom with a tour of Westham and a review of the year of Hoedown.  5:25am and Phonics appears and surprises everyone with the “cross-town” trip.  5:28am and Mr. Holland arrives one minute early.  5:30am and it’s time to mosey to the front of the school for:

    COP:

    Don Quixote x 12

    SSH x 31

    Copperhead Squats x 20

    LBC’s x 18

    12/31/2018

    Mosey down Ridge Road to the Trinity Methodist parking lot.  There were two VQ’s at Hoedown this year.  Fireman Ed had one of them.  Fireman Ed is a J-E-T-S fan and their record this year was an improvement on last year’s 3-13.  They went 4-12 this year.  So Fireman Ed got to choose 4 sets of 12 of something.  They were merkins with a burpee in between each set, so you had to get up in between the sets.  Well done, Fireman Ed.

    Mosey down Rock Creek Rd to a right on Baldwin Rd and come to a halt in front of Marv’s house.  VCU won last night and have improved their record to 9-4.  So Marv got to choose 9 reps of something and 4 reps of something else.  They were 9 burpees and 4 hillbillies.  This stop had nothing to do with the Hoedown year in review.  We just stopped because it was Marv’s house.

    Mosey down Baldwin to Westham and stop at stop sign.  Hoedown had an FNG this year that has really stayed the course and has accumulated 168 posts in 2018.  It was Handshake.  Handshake was not present, so Phonics got to choose the exercises because he came the farthest distance this morning.  16 2-count mountain climbers and 8 2-count Freddy Mercuries were performed.

    Mosey south on Westham and stop at Beechwood.  The other VQ at Hoedown for 2018 was YHC’s.  YHC is a Reskins fan and at Hoedown we usually perform burpees equal to the number of points the Redskins score the day before.  Well, you can’t do ZERO burpees, so YHC went with their record of 7-9 and we performed 7 hand release merkins and 9 WW2 sit-ups.  One burpee for Mr. Holland being one minute early this morning.

    Mosey down Westham to a right on Hillsdale and approach Lockjaw’s house.  Lockjaw had the most Q’s at Hoedown this year (9) so we did 4 sets of 9 box cutters with a burpee in between each set in front of his house.

    Mosey to a left on Lakewood and stop at Westham.  YHC did not know this, but we were at Pucker’s house.  Pucker was still inside in the fartsack.  The average attendance at Hoedown this year was 12.  So we partnered up and performed 4 sets of 12 plerkins each partner.

    Mosey north on Westham to the other Hillsdale intersection and stop in the median to complete 25 Tron jump squats in honor of Fudd who finally moved out of his house down the street.  YHC wanted to make it down to his old house and perform them in the yard, but time was not in our favor of making it that far.

    Mosey up Westham to Lindsay Dr. and stop.  There was a CSAUP earlier this year that Team DRM (Tuckahoe) won in blowout fashion.  Hoedown in Team Tuckahoe’s home base, so PAX lays down and with legs straight out spells “COMPLETELY STUPID AND UTTERLY POINTLESS”  One Burpee for Gomer Pyle breaking his foot at Hoedown earlier this year.

    Mosey back to TES and get in teams of three for a favorite of many Q’s at Hoedown, a triple check using the bus loop.  P1 runs loop, P2 does flutter kicks, P3 does donkey kicks on cafeteria wall.

    COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and Gomer Pyle took us out!

    Announcements:

    Convergence at Heartbreak Ridge tomorrow at 7am!  YHC voted for 5:30am but was overruled.  Now YHC cannot attend because he has to leave at 7:00am to go to Williamsburg for the day and go shopping with the M.  5:30am would have been better!  Who cares if you are still hungover.  HA!

    Gomer Pyle is going to Honduras in a couple of weeks for a mission trip.  Please donate if you can to help his team out.  If you would like to donate, shoot him a message and he can tell you how.

    Swiper’s Birthday is today.  HBD Swiper!

    NMS:

    What a great first full calendar year at Hoedown.  The darkest AO in RVA has drawn some great numbers and has had 16 different PAX members Q during the Monday morning beatdown.  Even Lab Rat has Q’d Hoedown.  YHC felt like running this morning, so we got in 2.5 miles during the tour and stopped to get in the appropriate exercises at safe areas of the streets (the intersections).

    There are plenty of possible FNG’s living near TES, so let’s make a better effort in 2019 of EH’ing those guys and getting them back out after their first post.  Everyone be safe tonight.

    See ya in the gloom!

    Kubota

    keep posting!

  • A rucking bloodhound

    4 men clambered out of the fartsack and rucked/walked on the final day of 2018.  Spit and Pinky put in 3 miles at a 17:30 pace, Mudface and No Idea meandered around for about the same, not sure of the pace.  And then there’s this…

    Well, you see, this is how the gang got on the case–there was an old man, Lab Rat I think is his name, who kept telling everyone “there’s a sand volleyball court around here, I promise!”  People in these parts normally don’t pay much attention to his ramblings, as some think he’s a bit touched in the head, if you know what I mean, but the gang and YHC thought “maybe he’s on to something this time, let’s try to find it.”  Mudface and YHC walked all over tarnation 2 weeks ago looking for it, with nary a clue as to it’s location after our odyssey.  Today Spit and Pinky joined the search, and faster than the Carpenter can produce the 4th F, Spit, part bloodhound perhaps, found not just one, but two courts right near the baseball field.  The courts are rather disappointing, covered in as much grass as sand, but now we know where they are.  Perhaps part of DaVille soon?  Time will tell.

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

  • RIP Dick Clark

    Four Time Square Goers hit the city streets of Batteau for a Rockin New Years Eve Beatdown. The countdown:

    Swirly Q: SSHs / DQs / Helicopters / LBCs. Partner up: Touch a port-o-potty (tree). 4 trees while partner planks. 5 trees while partner elbow planks. 6 trees while partner flutter kicks. 7 trees while partner heels to heaven.

    Sippy Cup Q: Mosey to VIP beer (rock) garden at bottom of stairs. Careful. Don’t slip. Place rock on step and perform right arm offset and left arm offset merkins on each step to the top. Plank for the six. Mosey to remnants of tennis courts. Round 1: throw rock from overhead position as far as you can. Repeat to the other side of the courts and return. Round 2: Underhand caber toss rocks to the other side and back. Round 3: Partner up. Partner one carries rock across and back while partner 2 planks with rock on his back. Round 4: Partner one carries rock across and back while partner 2 elbow planks with rock on his back.

    Vinny Q: Mosey to swing-set. Partner up. Partner one performs 20 swing planks while partner 2 SSHs. Round 2 15 swing planks. Round 3 10 swing planks. Mosey over to Forest Hill side of the bowl. Time for NYE countdown F3 style. No Jenny McCarthy. Clock LBCs. 10 at each hour beginning with 10 o’clock. Mosey back to flag for Mary. Flutter kicks IC – variety pack. 18 with hands stretched out behind our head. 18 with your hands straight up in the air. 18 with hands crossed over your chest. One burpee to ring in the new year.

    Dr. Try Hard took us out. Great message. Well said.

    Announcements: NYD Convergence tomorrow at HBR. 7:00 start. Honeydo may have Bloodies afterwards. Bring coats for Marmaduke. 100 is in sight.

    NMS: Today was an important day for all of us. It signified the completion of the 2018 year. It signified the beginning of the 2019 year. As YHC looks back on 2018, by no means was I unhappy. But by definition, I was a Sad Clown. That all changed on 2/24/18 when I posted at my first F3 beatdown, a Dogpile. I could spend all day on here thanking each of you for all that followed. We’ve shared awesome moments of triumph. Never failure, but many, many moments of pushing through and giving it all, when we didn’t have it all to give. Words do this group no justice, truly. Brotherhood isn’t strong enough. Inspirational isn’t worthy enough. Support is demonstrative enough. YHC is sincerely grateful for each of you, and cannot wait to further the bonds in 2019. Happy New Year men!

  • One Last Visit in 2018…

    5 RiverRun regulars posted for some miles this morning.  YHC called for the traditional Tarrington route and off we went.  Just before crossing through the BUSH, YHC heard the call of nature and one last visit to YHC’s favorite small deposit facility called for an audible and YHC headed straight down Robious Road crossing the finish line just in time.  The rest of the PAX continued on the route.  LugNut crushed his own route.

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

    Announcements:

    • New Year’s Day Convergence 0700 at Heartbreak Ridge.  Questions abound as to whether NoToll or SpiderRun or Daville will host 0530 beatdowns for opportunities to start the year off with a double-dip.  Consensus around the circle was that none of us would be at NoToll.

    Great running with Rosie, Doozy and Flatline while it lasted.

    Some great 2nd F at Starbucks with Rosie and Flatline.  We solved all the world’s problems.

    A great send-off to 2018.  Here’s to a great 2019 ahead.

    No More Gumbo For You…in 2018!

     

  • A trail run and a rucking good time

    Five runners and four ruckers posted on a beautiful Sunday morning.  The five runners headed over the nickel bridge and did a loop around forest hill park.  Flip dog took the buttermilk back, the rest of the crew opted for the buttermilk to T. Pottersfield, the north bank and back for a ten miler.  The ruckers headed over the bridge as well, all went to the spur and back for at least an hour and 20 minute ruck.  Shakedown, headed back out the trail to meet the guys at the two mile point and ran back to the parking lot. Rosie put in a few extra miles pre workout logging a total of almost 15.

    TYA OUT