Category: Richmond, VA

  • I’ve Never Heard of Someone Dying in a Crevice

    5 stallions and one filly trotted out for today’s edition of Sunday Funday.  Temps were sunny and 70 with the occasional dip into the 30’s.  More or less, the following likely happened:

    Route: South bank to some form of bridge to North Bank.  Some runners did the lariat.  Reedy Creek was running high and dead calm.  No movement.  Runners were forced onto the road to cross.  Runners descended the slope to re-connect with Buttermilk. Some did Belle Isle.  Some did Pottersfield Br.  Re-connect at the Tredegar parking lot in time to see a shirtless Mr. Farley in a Santa hat.  Really.  Turns out, he was helping a friend celebrate his 60th birthday.
    Total mileage: roughly 7.5 miles*.

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

    NMS:
    Much discussion today about the English language.  What is the difference between a crevice (/cre-vis’/) and a crevasse (/cre-vaahhs/)?
    Apparently, size matters.
    Crevice = narrow, open crack.  A nook.  A cranny.  Like an English muffin.
    Crevasse = deep, open crack.  A chasm. A fissure.  Don’t fall into one of these.

    * Sally ran today.  YHC estimates she ran 50% of the route off the leash, alternately accelerating forward and then reverting back to herd, in a ratio of roughly in a 3 yards forward, 1 yard backward.  This suggests Sally ran 6,600 yards (3.75 miles) on the leash, an additional 6,600 yards off the leash (forward), and an additional 2,200 yards off the leash (backwards) for a total of 15,400 yards, or 8.95 miles, which seems low.  Sally rocks.  And, Sally was disappointed with the Parks Authority.  The bubbler at the Pump House is not on this time of year.  She ran approximately 700 more yards in the lot expressing her dissatisfaction.  You go, girl.

  • Leaving the AO ISO: dry ground

    18  posted to Blackout on the Saturday before Christmas to see what presents YHC would provide.  5 Shovel flags were planted and we got after it:

    COP:  Invisible Jump rope, Don Qs, Hand Release Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies.  Head to the hill, Bernie Sanders up then run to triangle in between Grady & Preston.  First present:  3 Sets of 25 Wilson Boxing Cockroaches. 20 Merkins then up Grady to Venible School.

    2nd Present:  Merkins Wheelbarrow up school steps.  Each PAX up twice.  Back down Madison, stop in parking lot for 3 sets of PLTs.  20 Merkins, then back to AO base.  100 Monkey Humpers then up hill to benches.  3rd present:  Benchkicks.  30 of those & 10 Derkins, then increase kicks by 10 & Derkins by 5 two more sets.  Up to field:  5 Box Jumps, Bear Crawl across, 10 Box Jumps & back up to 20 Box Jumps.

    Head back to bottom of AO to blacktop.  Crab Walk length, broad jump back, then spring length and back. Finish up with some time in the Honeymoon Suite:  Diamond Merkins, APDs, Monkey Humpers, and finish up with Pickle Pounders.

    NMS:  Good to see several veteran Cville Pax and a lot of new ones.  YHC was considering dropping the 12 days of Xmas on the PAX but it appears Poison already has that lined up for Monday, Rosie would be proud.  YHC started off the giving mood by ensuring the PAX was plenty muddy in the COP.  The Wilson Boxing Cockroaches were a hit and the groans up Venable ES front steps were interpreted as appreciated.  To YHC’s knowledge those and the Benchkicks have not made their way up to Cville beatdowns as of yet, enjoy!

    Props to True North bringing his dad FNG Unplugged who as a double respecter put in solid work.  Great to see how strong the Cville PAX has become.  Thanks for the strong showing of 18.

    Announcements:  Running group will be starting in new year on Tuesday at UVA track.  GrowRuck is March 23-24 in Richmond, see YHC for more details.

  • Now we’re ready for the SEALs

    29 Strong gathered in the gloom after the longest night of the year for a kickboxing beatdown.

    Mosey to the far circle for: COP.  10x helicopters, 10x woodchoppers, 10x Imperial Walkers, 10x Merkins, 15x SSH.  Stay in the circle for a series of crawls to the center, followed by 5 merkins and then backwards crawls out.  The series was: Bear Crawl, Crab walk, Crippled bear (R leg), Crippled Bear (L leg).

    Mosey near the stage for Round one of kickboxing.  20 seconds on, ~10 seconds rest for each set.  Alternating sides.  Set #1:  Jab-jab cross.  Set #2: Jab-Uppercut.

    Mosey to the pullup bars for 10 minutes of AMRAP, Pullups and Merkins.

    Mosey to the amphitheater for 3 minutes of Bunny Hops up and down.

    After a little planking, Round 2 of Kickboxing.  Plank to rest after every 2 sets:  Set #1:  Jab-Hook-Hook, Set #2.  Jab-Duck-Cross.  Set #3 Jab-Jab-Back Elbow.  Set #4 Jab-Jab-Knee.  Set #5 Jab-Cross burnout with out dropping arms.

    Mosey to near circle for a Plank-a-rama.  Regular, Elbow, Side-elbow (L and R), Reverse.  Then, a Burpee Ring of fire, with some high knees thrown in.  Then:  Merkins, Werkins, Diamond Merkins, and heels of palms facing in Merkins.  5x each.  Then 3×20 PLTs.  Mosey back to flag.

    COT-Sippy took us out.

    Moleskin.  Lots of mumble-chatter today, especially around the kickboxing.  I think we had fun with it.  I did see some strong work.    Some got into envisioning what would happen if we really carried out these moves in a battle.  Experimental sound effects were added to a bit of hilarity.   Swirly thinks we are ready if the SEALs show up.  Thanks to the PAX for indulging in a new type of workout.  Expect some serious soreness tomorrow, especially in those small muscles right under the armpit.

    Announcements.  Bring your coats for Marmaduke.  Normal workout schedule on Christmas Day.

    Grateful to lead today, and I’m grateful for how you all have had a part in shaping me in 2018,

    Sippy

  • Coupons and a Rope

    13 strong posted and attacked a Gridiron first (a Kubota Gridiron Q).  After cars slowly rolled in and pleasantries exchanged, the PAX accomplish the following:

    Mosey to corner of parking lot for:

    COP#1

    Helicopters x 15

    Don Quixote x 10

    SSH x 20

    WWII Sit-ups x 15

    Flutter Kicks w/ arms straight back x 12

    Merkins x 10

    mosey back to YHC’s truck and drop tailgate, acquire coupons and mosey back over to corner of parking lot for:

    COP#2

    Repeat COP#1 but with coupons in hand

    Mosey over past the volleyball courts and on top of the hill for:

    11’s:

    On one side of hill complete 1 crunchy frog and then run over to other side of hill and complete 10 hand release merkins.  Back and forth until 10 crunchy frogs and 1 HR merkin.  All accomplished with coupons in hand.

    Al Gore for the 6

    Mosey over to the main entrance and complete a round of:

    Lindsay’s (40’s):

    30 Squats/10 LBC’s, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30 with coupons in hand and short hallelujah runs in between each round making our way back to YHC’s truck.  After some more Al Gores, drop coupons back into YHC’s truck.

    Mosey over the wet field with the “Field Closed” sign and head over to the field in front of the school which should have had a “Field Closed” sign on it for:

    Doracides:

    Partner up and as a team complete 100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 LBC’s, 300 SSH’s while partners switch and run to first cone and perform 1 Burpee, run back to partner, then run to second cone and perform 2 Burpees, run back to partner, then run to third cone for 3 Burpees and back to switch with partner.

    Mosey back over wet field to parking lot for:

    Tug-O-War:

    Divide up into 4 teams of three and see who wins it all.  After a couple semi-final matches and a final match, the team of Johnsonville, Quest and Offshore won.

    Partner up for:

    2×20 Partner Leg Tosses each partner

    2×20 Plerkins each partner

    Back to the flag for:

    COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    A couple of PAX members are getting their Respect next week(Chum Bucket and J’ville)  Happy early birthdays, fellas!

    NMS:

    YHC signed up for this Q about a month ago to change up his Saturday morning routine a little and to get to know some of the PAX members a little better.  After posting at Circus Maximus on Thursday and Q’ing this morning, YHC has definitely met some new members and gotten to know others better.

    The fields and any part of the ground that was not paved were absolutely soaking wet.  YHC didn’t want to just stay on pavement, so to the driest field we could find, we went.  Wasn’t dry at all.  Little bit of slipping and sliding!  Burpees were fun on that field, weren’t they?

    YHC hadn’t brought coupons out in a while, so why not bring them to Gridiron.  Everyone did well with them.  YHC only had one, because he miscounted, so White Deer tried to even things up when he found and gave YHC a full size cinder block.  YHC couldn’t make it work, so one coupon it was.

    Tug-O-War was fun, though we had to do it on pavement.  It would have been ugly doing that on the field.  Congrats to the Johnsonville, Offshore, Quest team!

    Welcome to FNG-Vanilla Ice.  The 2.0 of Touchma, Vanilla Ice loves rap music, soccer and school.  He also likes working out next to his friend, Cheetah.

    Way to work this morning, gentlemen and thanks for letting me come out and lead you this fine morning.  Have a great Christmas and remember to try to enjoy every minute of it, even the hectic and stressful parts (right J’ville?)

    Kubota

    keep posting!

  • Murph Day!

    13 strong for the Murph in a rare 60+ mornings we approach Christmas!

    Mossy to the main playground.

    10 rounds of the below with each round consisting of the following exercises.

    • 10 pullups
    • 20 Merkins
    • 30 squats

    After we completed the 10 rounds we headed back to the parking lot

    COT, Name-a-rama, Number-rama

    Great work today and strong numbers!!

  • No cotton shirt, heck no shirt at all…

    The rain held off just enough for 23 Weather Men and 1 Canine to pound the pavement and start the Christmas Season weekend off with a stellar beginning. Usually the Q initiates go time at 0530 but the PAX was eager to move so off the PAX went at 05:29:40 secs. Prior to the early start, YHC awaited the question from the PAX as to “Who has the Q?” or “Where are we running?” But Saab looks at YHC, “Well, Flatline are we to guess?”  The Route=out and back:

    Commonwealth to Monument. Monument to Shephard and back=4 miles. Monument to Strawberry St and back=5 miles. Monument down to General Lee, circle, and back=6 miles.   A few PAX members were rucking and a few walking. Lug, slightly tardy, did what he needed to do! And Sippy Cup-lone gear man this am!

    Number-ama, Name-r-ama, Announcements: Shakedown found 2015 RTD article on F3 and complimented all PAX members in the article are still posting. NO DOUBT!! Fudd stated the obvious, it’s raining. YHC took the clue…

    YHC took us out!

    NMS: Evidently Swirly missed the weather report for this morning and arrived with a long sleeve shirt on to run. That shirt did not stand a chance!! The sun was not out, but those guns were!!

    BT, Shakedown, Handshake, Pullout-that first mile, boy, we took off! Little faster than YHC wanted but it worked. Shakedown, YHC always love the early morning cadence with you!!

    Vinny-congrats on your in-laws celebrating 50 yr anniversary, as well as your parents. That bar is set high!! Vinny will actually miss a work out tomorrow morning!

    Handshake, respect the posting considering your fluid intake last night! Respect!

    Gentlemen, much respect to all this  morning for our jog down Monument! Only those who post understand. Continue to inspire and drive the power of hope! Merry Christmas and Blessings to the entire PAX. Loud and Proud.

    CAVU,

    Flatline

  • Breaking Bread this Weekend

    Breaking Bread this Weekend

    Hello fellas,

    I have the Q for Breaking Bread this Sunday and currently I need at least two more to help serve. I’m handing all the food just need the hands to help. If you can Hard Commit either comment here or you can reach me at 804-347-9857. I already have Bulkhead on board!

    Spit

  • Three Wise Men — Yo!

    Kick that beat.

    Three wise men  for an epic beatdown.
    They came for a workout and they were not let down.
    At first there were two,  we ran around the church
    Could not make a circle so we just kind a perched
    Then came Yardsale which made it three
    Triangled up for the COP

    IJR, Tempo Merkins and Situps
    american hammers, crunchy frogs then get up
    arm circles and some helicopters
    finished up with a few butt kickers

    Then we commenced 10 minutes of burpees
    The concept is simple now cant you see
    You just pick a number, do that number for 1 minute
    if you finish early you get a respite
    do that thang 10 times then its done
    You feel better than when you had begun.

    Head to the shelter for something different
    Two ran the church while the other did reps.
    5 reps of each exercise was the way
    5 exercises here they were today
    squats, jump squats and split jacks
    2 count side jumps and then some  smurf jacks
    Repeato this mess until your partners returned
    Think of all the calories you burned.
    Switch it up and the other partner runs
    do the whole thing twice and then we were done

    The second iteration caused some pain
    Here was the shizzle, I will make it plain
    Alternating Shoulder Taps and merkins too
    Plank jacks, table tops and mountain climbers, ooh
    Repeato as before until all were done.
    Two minutes left, heck no we aren’t done.

    Did some skull crushers on the fabulous benches
    Can someone please enlighten me on what that stench is?
    Finished with some dips for the last twenty
    After all the arm work, that was plenty.

    Numbers and names were thrown about
    YHC took us all out.

    Word,
    Opus

  • Beware of flying kettlebells

    Nine needed to get their day started right and posted to the Circus.  Some posted without Kettlebells, others without gloves but we got after it:

    COP:  Hillbillies, SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Don Qs.

    Stay in Circle and grab KBs:  10 Snatch each arm, burpee, then 20 High Pulls.  Repeato dropping by 2 on Snatch & High pulls but increase burpees by 1 until down to 2.

    Triple check:  Run lot and back, Lunges w/ double bells, & Sit & Presses.  Then some Boat & Canoe.  Head over to back of school for Lindsays:  Donkey Kicks, bear crawl, & KB Swings.  Back to side lot:  2 sets of Skull Crushers & Pullovers, and WWIIs.  Finish up with Freddy Mercurys and American Hammers.

    NMS – YHC started his day by realizing he put his KB by his car but not in his car as he pulled in to the lot.  Luckily White Deer travels with spare KBs and we were off.  Good to see Tonka back out after recovering from a torn Achillies.

    Jville posted with no gloves and managed to drop his KB on the ground a few times on the snatches.  Guess he is not used to that much snatch… During the triple check ample fumes were traded from White Deer and Keymaster, 2 of the more noxious PAX members in RVA.  Good to have Kubota and Keymaster out at CM and 9 is a good showing.

     

  • May Cause Anal Leakage!

     

    8 warriors hit the ground running at 530 this morning, with 1 LiFo joining COP a few minutes late to make it 9 for Timberwolf.

    Mosey to Track

    COP

    SSH x 25

    DQ x 10

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    Merkins x 10

    LBCs x 20

    Helicopters x 10

    Mosey to side of track

    Prostitute – 4 Corners return to Corner 1 each round and every time you pass a corner you do that exercise.

    Corner 1 – 20 Plank Jack

    Corner 2 – 40 Squats

    Corner 3 – 60 LBCs

    Corner 4 – 80 Monkey Humpers

    Mosey around track

    Triple Check – Runner 100 yards and back , Lunges, and WWIIs

    Mosey (hallelujah style) to Light Pole Alley

    Light pole Suicides- Perform exercise at first Light pole, run to last light pole, perform exercise again, the run back to 2nd light pole, repeat until all light poles completed.

    Exercises – Merkins, Dying Cockroaches, Burpees, Flutter Kicks, Box Cutters, Shoulder Taps

    Mosey to flag

    Mary –

    10 – Hello Dolly

    10- Rosalitas

    YHC Christmas gift to PAX – 1 minute of Arm Circles

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Murph Friday at Twin Team Tomorrow – Honeymoon is Q, Post!

    Marmaduke is still collecting coats, we are 13 away from 100, please help push to try and reach this goal, 2 weeks left

    Gomer Pyle has a Missions trip – Lets support him!!  Check twitter and other BB for more info.

    NMS

    With HDHH taking place in SOJ last night, it was a mystery to who would show up at Timberwolf this morning.  Proud to say that almost everyone from HDHH posted, almost.  While recalling the conversations and food from HDHH, along with the sounds it created in COP, Gumbo posed the question did the Wings and Sausage platter contain Olestra, hence the title of the BB. If you aren’t a child of the 80s or 90s, google Olestra. You can thank Gumbo later.  Strong work by all this morning!!  Great to have Cerrano and Gate Keeper back out this morning.  Still the biggest tip of the cap goes to Beaker, way to continuously post brother, you have bought in, respect!  Great Mumble Chatter this morning.

    Gents, Christmas is quickly approaching and 2018 is coming to a close.  Lets keep in mind the real reason for the season!  Love on your kiddos, wives, friends and families, don’t take this time for granted.  Lastly, reach out to that buddy you haven’t talked to in a while, he/she may need it more than you know!  Thanks for letting me lead boys, always an honor and privilege!  See you fellas in the gloom!

    Marmaduke