Category: Richmond, VA

  • Train hopping hooligans

    1. Ten stallions of the dawn converged on Pump House Park for some trail running fun today.  Some were there for the summer challenge and at least one was back from a long abscence. It went something like this:

    Saabs doc says no trails so he ran 12 on the road flying past large slow marathon trainers. Helix, Opus, and Pavarotti did about 40 minutes of a Pump House Park to Tx beach loop. Places to be people to see and all that. The rest of us went through the Pump House Park, jumped a train, past Foushees Mill across Potterfield bridge up Buttermilk to the lariat loop then Back across the bridge to the parking lot. About 8 miles. YHC managed to not get us lost though he tried.

    Lab Rat EH a UFC fighter. Second F for some at ET where we saw TYA.

    Run with the governor this Wednesday- sign up at Richmond Road Runners page.

    Puppy Pile soon.

    My kids are bugging the shit out of me so I gotta finish here. See ya

    Shakedown

  • Saturday Morning

    25 strong converged on DogPile this fine morning trying to better themselves and also trying to take the Ghost Flag!  The PAX were treated to a beautiful sunrise, as well, during the beat down.  Speaking of beat down, this is how it went down:

    Mosey to the near side Carillon traffic circle for:

    COP:

    Helicopters x 15

    Imperial Walkers x 15

    Arm Circles x 15 forward and x 15 backward

    LBC’s x 20

    5 Burpees OYO

     

    mosey into Amphitheater for:

    5 Incline Merkins on each step going up

    5 Dips on each step going down

    Plank-a-rama at bottom

    Staying at bottom of Amphitheater, get in groups of three for:

     

    Triple Check:

    Partner 1: Heels to Heaven in front of stage

    Partner 2: Box Jumps on first step

    Partner 3: Hallelujah Run up to top step and back down

    3 Rounds

    Head out of the Amphitheater and go behind it to the grassy bowl for:

     

    Clockwork Merkins:

    Perform odd number hours starting at one o’clock on the near hill and run to the other hill for the even number hours.  Run back and forth in between each hour.

    head over to Carillon field for:

     

    Four Corners:

    Corner One: 10 Carolina Dry Docks, run to corner two

    Corner Two: 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers, bear crawl to corner three

    Corner Three: 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 Squats, run to corner four

    Corner Four: 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 Squats, 40 2-count Flutter Kicks, bear crawl back to corner one

    Stay on Field for:

     

    The Main Event:

    Tug-O-War Tournament to determine which Nano-Region goes home with the Ghost Flag!

    Daville had 4 PAX

    Tuckahoe had 4 PAX (YHC withdrew himself and became referee)

    SOJ had 8 PAX

    Richmond Proper had 8 PAX (Hardywood gone)

    Since Daville and Tuckahoe only had 4 each, SOJ and Richmond Proper picked only 4 from their groups to compete.  This competition was going to be even and fair!

    Semifinal One: SOJ defeats Daville

    Semifinal Two: Richmond Proper defeats Tuckahoe

    3rd Place match: Daville defeats Tuckahoe (3rd place gets no prize, sorry)

    Championship to determine Ghost Flag winner:  SOJ (with a whole new team) defeats Richmond Proper(2nd place get no prize, sorry)

    SOJ recaptures Ghost Flag (YHC thinks he saw Gumbo put it in his SUV??? be aware)

    still 10 minutes left for:

     

    Burpee Shuffle:

    25 PAX all shuffling in a big circle and in order each PAX call out 1, 2, or 3.  Perform that many Burpees, no repeats.  With that many PAX, this was a killer!  Maybe 50 or so were performed!

    mosey back to flag for:

     

    2 Minutes of Mary led by Rosie:

    Freddy Mercuries x 10

    Rosalitas x 10

    Hello Dollies x 10

    time up!

     

    COT, Numberama, Namearama and YHC took us out!

     

    Announcemements:

    PuppyPile is on August 25th immediately following DogPile.  Marv has the Q.

    Breaking Bread needs an August Q.

    Fireman Ed has his VQ at Hoedown on Monday.

    Labor Day convergence is on Labor Day.  See Spit’s preblast.

    CSAUP is coming up.  See Honeydo for an alternative BeerSAUP!

     

    NMS:

    WOW!  What a week!  I have really enjoyed seeing everyone that posted this week.  52 different PAX posted to YHC’s Q’s this week and I am glad that I got to know each of you a little better this week!  This is a wonderful group of guys and I am glad to call each of you a friend!  YHC’s Q’ing this week was just a personal challenge that he needed to do in order to test himself in several areas of life.  YHC is glad you were all there to help me!

    This morning we witnessed a beautiful sunrise until the clouds and rain came.  Tug-O-War was as fun as always.  A Burpee Shuffle with 25 PAX was not!  That was draining!  Way to push through it guys!  YHC will have to admit, the clock work merkins with the runs in between slowed YHC down a little.  The grass on the Carillon field was as tall and thick as YHC has ever seen it.  Come of City of Richmond, get on it!  Lots of mumble chatter this morning, especially from Wilson.  YHC is glad Wilson finally made it out to a Kubota Q this week, even though YHC Q’d twice SOJ.  Congrats to the horses from SOJ on getting the Ghost Flag.  YHC thought before we started that Daville was going to be tough with Mud Face on the tail end of the rope, but SOJ pulled through.  Welcome to FNG – Drop Cloth!  Way to work this morning and come on back out!  Yes, YHC renamed him.  Discussions were had and YHC is known to change his mind sometimes.  So, there you have it.  My call, I’m the Q!  LOL!  ET’s was fun even though I could not stay long.

    Thanks for everything this PAX has done for me since I started back in October 2017!  This has really changed YHC’s life for the better!

    Have a great weekend all!

    Kubota

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  • Flutter This!

    12 fighters escaped the fart sack and found themselves in a parking lot to engage in a fun fest that went something like this…

    Mosey out to the street, down to the first street and then back to the parking lot via the pavilion.

    COP All IC – 50 SSHs, 10 flutter kicks, 10 hand-release merkins, 10 flutter kicks, 50 LBCs, 10 flutter kicks, don quixiotes, 10 flutter kicks, arm circles, 10 flutter kicks

    Mosey to the field

    Field of Dreams

    Run to each corner and do an exercise, increasing by 5 up to 20 and then decreasing by 5 down to 5 for each corner (5-10-15-20-15-10-5).

    • First round – merkins
    • Second round – flutter kicks
    • 25 partner leg tosses
    • Third round – merkins

    Mosey to the flag

    All IC – 10 flutter kicks, 10 american hammers, 10 flutter kicks, 10 freddy mercuries, 10 flutter kicks, american hammers, 10 flutter kicks, 1 copperhead squat…

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Dogpile tomorrow – Ghost flag will be present
    • Puppy pile on Saturday, 8/18 at 7:05 am after Dogpile
    • Convergence at Three Lakes Park on Labor Day morning

    NMS

    YHC has been out of town a lot this summer and it was good to be back with the PAX this morning. The PAX was ready to roll and YHC took them on a scenic run in what appeared to be an off campus beginning but we turned back for the COP.

    YHC has not been running out the SSHs as much in recent months so that needed to change. Various PAX members decided to jump around and run into one another during the SSHs and that brought some added entertainment to the start. The idea of doing a LOT of flutter kicks came to YHC’s mind a few days earlier and the PAX picked up on that theme quickly.

    Spit and Patches attacked the Field of Dreams and set the pace for the morning. Ewok and Recess blazed a 2.0 trail when they were not beating each other up. There some mumble chatter but it turned to groans when the exercise for the second round of the Field of Dreams turned to flutter kicks. The PAX soaked up the dew in the field like sponges!

    Welcome to Flounder. His name took awhile to create but the various parts of his life story converged into the name.The morning was a glorious one as always whenever the PAX fights through a workout together.

    The Carpenter

     

     

  • Tomato Run – Friday Addition

    Four men met at the intersection of Oakham and Combs for a 5:30 AM 5 mile jog through the neighborhoods of Rutland, Cool Spring Forest, Knollwood, and the Villages of Cool Spring.

    The Route:  

    Oakham to Fox Hill Farm Road.  Right onto Colvincrest.  Left on Hughesland.  Right onto Codygrove.  Right onto Carywood.  Take path into Knollwood.  Right onto Brittewood.  Right onto Blakeridge and back up.  Take Blakeridge back into Cool Spring Forest.  Left onto Codygrove and right onto Hughesland.  Right onto Nolanwood.  Left onto Crestland.  Take right onto Cool Spring Road into Villages of Cool Spring.  Left onto Ringview.  Right onto Thornecrest.  At end of Thornecrest, take path around all of Villages of Cool Spring.  Take right onto Hughesland.  Cross back into Cool Spring Forest.  Right onto Crestfield.  Right onto Combs.  Left onto Cavalin.  Left onto New Holland.  Left onto Oakham.  Stop at Combs.

    NMS

    YHC had a great time running with the guys from Rutland this morning.  Bro Code was the pace this morning which allowed for many topics of conversation including the BRR, Grandfather Mountain, running the Grand Canyon rim to rim, Zion National Park, Four Corners, High School Cross Country, and TYA’s CSAUP.  Of course the topic that was discussed the most was the Barkley Fall Classic which Swallow will be participating in on September 15.  Although this is not the full Barkley Marathon that is held in the Spring, the Barkley Fall Classic is organized by the same guy and is approximately a 50K.  Good luck with this event Swallow.

    Within a few weeks, the route that was run this morning will be accessible from the Tomato Run once the Atlee Road extension is complete.  This will give the Tomato Run many more options.

    Announcements

    • PuppyPile on August 25th immediately following DogPile.  Marv has the Q.
    • Ghost Flag will be up for grabs at DogPile this Saturday. See preblast
    • Labor Day Convergence 9/3 – See preblast 

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Friday Morning

    Three studs posted at Twin Team this morning in order to make themselves even better studs!  Here is what we did:

    COP:

    Arm Circles x 15 forward and x 15 backward (big and small)

    Cotton Pickers x 15

    Copperhead Squats x 15

    Box Cutters x 15

    Mountain Climbers x 10

    Don Quixotes x 10

    mosey to James River Drive for:

     

    Lindsey’s (40’s):

    Carolina Dry Docks/LBC’s

    30/10, mosey 100 yards, 25/15, mosey 100 yards, 20/20, mosey 100 yards, 15/25, mosey 100 yards, 10/30, mosey 100 yards, 40/0, mosey 100 yards, 0/40 mosey 100 yards.

    continue down JR Drive doing the following:

    lunges, high knees, butt kickers, Russian soldiers, Imperial Walkers, carioke left, carioke right, backwards run, skipping, bear crawl, crawl bear.

    grab part of the wooden guard rail for:

     

    11’s:

    Incline Merkins on the rail/Dips on the rail

     

    mosey down to the river bank and grab a picnic table or bench and do:

    20 step ups left leg first/20 right leg first

    10 skull crushes left/10 skull crushers right

    5 box jumps

    mosey to kayak landing and forward run down and up the steps three times.  Backward run down and up steps once(not smart!)

    mosey away from the landing and grab a post for:

    10 each of pole smokers/rosalitas/hello dollies/heels to heaven/reverse crunches/left cross leg lifts/right cross leg lifts/6 inches for 10 count/pole smokers

    mosey back up the deceiving hill toward JRHS and stop at a nice green hill near a baseball field.  With 12 o’clock being uphill, perform clockwork merkins on the odd hours.

    mosey back to BWES and 15 seconds of Burpees.

    time up!

    COT, Numberama, Namearama and YHC took us out!

     

    Announcements:

    Ghost Flag will be on display and up for grabs at DogPile tomorrow!!

    YHC has the F3 Carterico Q in Emerald Isle on August 22.  It is YHC’s birthday and YHC feels like dishing out a beatdown to the local F3 guys there for his birthday present.  If you need another Kubota Q in your life, make the trip down.  It’s only 4 hours.

    PuppyPile is August 25th right after DogPile

    Breaking Bread still needs a Q for August

    Labor Day Convergence is on Labor Day.  See Spit’s preblast

     

    NMS:

    YHC pulled in to BWES around 5:10am thinking that he may possibly be the only one posting today(damn! are the tired of me already?!)  Thankfully Gumbo arrived a few minutes later and then Tobit came in with 5 minutes to spare.  The three of us then wondered if Mr. Holland was going to make his last minute arrival.  A few cars turned in our direction of off Robious with 30 seconds to spare, but none were Mr. Holland.  We were looking for you!

    YHC took his last Q he did at Twin Team a few weeks ago and tweaked it some because he likes going down to the River there.  YHC has still not ever stepped foot on Twin Team hill, but YHC has to post at River Run this coming up Monday for the Summer Tour, so we will see what Gumbo has in store.

    Way to work this morning men!  Lots of abs, because YHC is getting ready for the beach!  The early part of the sunrise was pretty looking down river while we were working out on the benches.  Just a great morning all around and YHC is glad it is Friday!

    Have a great one all!

    Kubota

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  • Back to Basics

    13 of RVA’s finest posted this morning by foot or pedal.  Here is what happened, more or less.

    The Routes:

    East on Grove and north on Malvern.  Take Broad St east.  4s take Belmont south, 5s take Davis, and 6s take Lombardy; all southbound to Grove.  West on Grove the the VSF.

    Swirly took us out.

    With Lockjaw’s summer tour closed out, it was a welcome return to the Friday RAMM.  YHC wanted a nice and simple route and upon delivery of instructions, not a single question.  Mission accomplished.

    Broad St is under development with the new Pulse bus line and an ever evolving Scott’s Addition.  As one runs this route, you see people living on the streets with their possessions close by and sleeping when/where they can.

    Go forward today mindful of all that you have.  For many of the Pax, your problems are insignificant in contrast to those of others’.

    Time to Taper,

    Lockjaw

  • Timberwolf

    Six brave people appeared for a workout entitled “painstorm XXIV”….given the attention spams of most people, the overall workout was modified to accommodate.

    Given the heavy leg work, started with a light jog followed by light stretching – right into the workout.

    Run 400M
    15 Burpees
    Run 400M
    50 Merkins
    Run 400M
    75 Sandbag Weighted Lunges
    Run 400M
    100 “Butt to bench” Sandbag Weighted Squats
    Run 400M
    75 Sandbag Weighted Lunges
    Run 400M
    50 Merkins
    Run 400M
    15 Burpees

    Quick 10 Sandbag shoulders followed by 10 Sandbag over the shoulder swings.

    10 count to recover, 10 reps of Bulgarian Split Squats right into 10 single leg Merkins and switch legs.

    With time to spare, but no energy, circle of core work for 5 minutes.

  • Gripping Tight

    A pair of noble warriors answered the call of the early alarm to throw around the KB, and here is what transpired:

    • COP
      • 25 SSH
      • 20 invisible jump rope
      • 15 Russian soldiers
      • 15 cherry pickers
      • 10 2x merkins
      • 25 2x LBC
      • 15 crab cakes
      • 20 Helicopters
    • Mosey to bus loop for a modified game of catch me if you can
      • Double-weighted carry while partner does 10 burpees before running to partner
      • 50 total burpees
    • KB beast down/back bus loop (weighted carries between stops)
      • Sit ‘n presses
      • High pulls
      • Copperhead squats
      • Swings
      • Halos
      • Lawnmower pulls (each arm)
    • Chum Bucket led some cool down stretches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    On paper, this sounds easy.  Being under weight for 45 minutes is another thing.  That grip can be tested as the clock continues to click without a break.  Our arms will thank us later.  Great to see Chum Bucket and catch up with my brother.  The man is a beast.

    God is good all the time!

    Attila

  • Thursday Morning

    19 PAX from all nano-regions converged on Mary Munford Elementary this morning for the latest installment of 45MOM.  Conditions were great for August and the grass clippings on the field were waiting.  Here is what went down:

    Mosey to the field for

    COP:

    Helicopters x 15

    Imperial Walkers x 15

    Don Quixotes x 10

    Hillbillies x 15

    LBC’s x 20

    Hand-Release Merkins x 15

    AND JUST FOR SAAB…….SSH x 10!

     

    THANG:

    The BEAST:

    6 x exercises at 6 x cones for 6 x rounds

    Round 1 = Merkins

    Round 2 = Carolina Dry Docks

    Round 3 = WWII sit-ups

    Round 4 = Heels to Heaven

    Round 5 = Lt. Dan’s

    Round 6 = Burpees

    stay on field for:

    4 Corners:

    Corner 1 = 10 Carolina Dry Docks

    Corner 2 = 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers

    Corner 3 = 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 LBC’s

    Corner 4 = 10 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 Monkey Humpers, 30 LBC’s, 40 Squats

    head back over to cones that were set-up for the Beast and perform the following:

    Bear crawl to first cone and perform merkin

    Crawl bear to second cone and perform merkin

    Russian Soldier to third cone and perform burpee

    Lunge to fourth cone and perform burpee

    High Knees back to third cone and burpee

    Butt Kickers back to second cone and burpee

    Carioke back to first cone and burpee

    Stay put for:

    Triple Check:

    Flutter Kicks, Jump Squats and run to last cone and back

    Head back to Shovel Flag for:

    MARY (Gomer Pyle):

    Flutter Kicks

    Hello Dollies

     

    COT, Numberama, Namearama and YHC took us out!

     

    Announcements:

    Ghost Flag will be up for grabs at DogPile this Saturday.

    Puppy Pile on Saturday, August 25th immediately following DogPile.

    Labor Day Convergence in on Labor Day.  See Spit’s PreBlast.

    Fireman Ed has his VQ at Hoedown this coming Monday.

     

    NMS:

    Great turnout this morning.  Everyone worked hard and got the job done.  Grunt killed the Beast!  He was waiting at the start line at the end of every round when YHC finished the round.  Great job, young man!  MacGyver was moving along nicely, as well.  She was right there finishing with YHC at the end of the rounds.  Good job!  Saab looked like he was trying to wave an airplane in on the runway with his SSH’s this morning.  YHC kept it all on the field this morning instead of moving around the AO.  Didn’t want to waste too much time travelling from point to point, plus the field felt like a wet pillow with all the grass clippings everywhere.  There was a nice sliver of the Moon shining in the horizon during the work out.  Thanks to Gomer Pyle for finishing up with Mary while YHC ran to the truck to get phone.  YHC thanks everyone for coming out from all over RVA this morning and working hard.

    Have a great day all!

    Kubota

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  • Wednesday Night

    6 thirsty, hungry, wet and smelly PAX and 4 dry and well dressed PAX converged on Kuba Kuba Dos for the latest installment of HDHH.

    We were seated at the big table in the middle of the restaurant so everyone could smell and hear us.  Beers were drunk and food was eaten.  Lots of talk about recent naming of FNG’s and some talk about the upcoming BRR.  Someone (I think Saab) noticed that Lockjaw had just finished a Falcon Smash and there were some perfect foam lines about a 1/4 inch apart around his glass.  Someone (Saab) commented that the beer he drank out of that glass “had the perfect head to it.”  No comment!

    The members of this PAX (YHC included) might be some of the strongest and fastest guys YHC has met in his life, but when it comes to settling a restaurant bill, YHC is not impressed!  I’ll let the guys that were there comment on that in the comment section!

    Great night all!  YHC enjoyed it!

    Kubota

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