Category: Richmond, VA

  • Where is the Y?

    Excellent running weather this morning! YHC’s incredibly detailed route required the PAX to find a paved trail near the pond. This takes you up to the YMCA parking lot. Don Draper and I circled the soccer field, then made our way back to Midlothian Middle – a lap around the school and track finished things off. Bullseye/Singer reportedly asked for directions at one point…………But at 6:15 everyone was accounted for!

    Had a great time this morning – it has been awhile since I posted at MOT, or run for that matter. Appreciate the wise words from Draper on a variety of subjects

  • No Hot Potato for you!

    3 studs came to drink beer & kick ass & it looks like we’re all out of beer.

    Warmarama: Let’s take the long mosey to the back end of Wdog.
    Deadman Hang, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC, Alabama Prom Dates.

    The Thang: Light pole Alley!!
    Round 1
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins. Run it back.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins, 2nd Light pole, 20 SSH. Run it back.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins, 2nd Light pole, 20 SSH, 3rd Light pole, 30 Squats. Run it back.
    Skip 1st Light pole, Run to 2nd Light Pole, 20 SSH, 3rd Light pole, 30 Squats. Run it back.
    Skip 1st and 2nd Light Pole. Run to the 3rd Light pole, 30 Squats.

    Round 2 – Mosey to the next light pole
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 WW2. Run it back
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 WW2. 2nd Light pole, 20 H2Heaven. Run it back.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 WW2. 2nd Light pole, 20 H2Heaven. 3rd Light pole, 30 F. Kicks. Run it back.
    Drop 1st Light Pole. 2nd Light pole, 20 H2Heaven. 3rd Light pole, 30 F. Kicks. Run it back.
    Drop 1st & 2nd Light Pole. 3rd Light pole, 30 Flutter Kicks.

    Round 3 – Mosey to the next light pole.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins. Run it Back.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins. 2nd Light pole, 10 HR Merkins. Run it Back.
    Run to the 1st Light Pole, 10 Merkins. 2nd Light pole, 10 HR Merkins. 3rd Light Pole, 10 W. Grip. Time.

    Series of Moseys to the next several light poles. Stop at some rocks for Merkins.
    BTTF
    Numberama: Namerama.
    YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: Today was a planned Hot Potato so we could share the Q with our new PAX members Stolks and Blank Space. Those guys missed out though!! YHC immediately grabbed the Hot Potato and decided 1. YHC did not want to do Man Killers from Doozy. 2. Did not want to circle the Lake (Sorry Hitch). So, YHC did not share the potato and brought the SOJ lounge act to W. Dog for a laid back lamp post alley workout with a few long moseys. Mumblechatter included Hitch kicking butt at his first Triathlon. Way to go!!!

    Announcements:
    This weekend – Oyster and Bootleg serving 8 individuals at Breaking Bread!!
    Monday — See you at 7am Dogpile!!

    Thanks Hitch and Doozy for letting me keep the potato.

    Oyster

  • LABOR DAY CONVERGENCE

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     LABOR DAY CONVERGENCE 

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    Monday 9/1 – 7:00 – 8:00am
    Dogpile

    Take the day off from your job but don’t take a day off from putting in some work!  Join us at Dogpile on Labor Day for a convergence workout and coffee/bagels afterwards.

    See you there! 

    :facepunch:

    See Crabgrass for info to to help with support.

  • Say Hello to my Little Friend…

    10 gloom studs hit the mean streets of Bon Air for the latest edition of sherpa training. YHC brought a 50# KB for the PAX to bring along and share around. Dealer showed off his hulkish hand strength by just palming the ball-side. We covered 3.6 miles in just a few minutes over an hour. Glad to have OC and Scram join us again. Prayers for L Woods’ dad just diagnosed with lung cancer yesterday, and for his M’s pregnancy ultrasound tomorrow. Coffeerama at Einstein afterwards was lovely – took in a history lesson from our Double Respect veteran (Scram), heard about how NTB is going to make over F3 Cville, and ran into Machinehead who swears he’ll post again once his knee ?meniscus heals up. See ya’ll for NTB’s sweet-16 (JK, 33) Bday Q tomorrow at The Forge. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • VO2 Max

    Today 8 HIMs came out to help Heist reach his pre-COVID VO2 max levels. According to the speed walker, here’s what went down.

    Mosey around the parking lot to get a sense of what was to come. Quick warmup Nancy-style. To honor the love shared between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, we partnered up, grabbed a cinder block and headed to the far end of the parking lot.

    P1 runs around the clubhouse the other day end of the parking lot, P2 performs exercise until they get back. Move up one parking lot space, P2 runs. Rinse and repeat until we get through every parking space. Exercises were curls, skullcrushers, squats, swings, merkins.

    Feeling dangerous, YHC mixed it up for the last 10 parking spaces. P1 sprints while P2 SSH. Returned the blocks and did some jazzercise to take us out!

    prayers for Wildcats brother in law as he recovers from a scare. He was out running and collapsed due to a heart issue but the grace of God was present as a nurse witnessed him pass out and was able to perform CPR until medics arrived. Woodsman brought up a good point, for $100 you can get a calcium scan to see how your heart is doing, talk to your doctor. Good reminder of why we’re out here!

  • Stairway to heaven

    Had the change to workout with 5 of DC Metro’s finest this morning. Met on a football field so was expecting fun with that, only to find out they are in training mode for the 9/11 stairclimb. After a brief warm up we moseyed over to some parking deck stairs. Performed 1 burpee at bottom and escalating merkins starting from 1 at the top. 4 flights of stairs were used. The pax had ruck sacks strapped on so I felt need to stay at the front being I had no ruck. 20 rounds were completed.

  • Leg Day Turned Into an Arm Day

    Cookie put his name in the Q sheet, then immediately got cold feet. Crabby sniffed that out and called him out the night before. At that point, there was no turning back. So Cookie rolled in, grabbed the reins, and led the PAX straight into the fire with his cheese grater:

    • Run around the school
    • Warmups & light stretching (just enough to give false hope)
    • 4 Corners – Lady of the Night edition
      • Kettlebell Thrusters – 20 each corner (140 total)
      • Squats – 40 each corner (200 total)
      • Curls – 60 each corner (180 total)
      • Calf Raises – 100 each corner (100 total)
      • Travel: lunge to the first corner, reverse lunge back to base, and walk to the other corners (because walking normally is overrated)

    Legs and arms were smoked. Mission accomplished.

    Mumble-chatter

    • Flyboy bragging his nuts are growing (still unverified).
    • Packers winning the Super Bowl (also unverified, but good for morale).

    Reflection

    What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger… except carrying kettlebells for 40 minutes without a break. That just makes you question your life choices.

    Announcements

    • Overnight Ruck – a fun way to test the limits of blister technology.
    • Boys of Summer Finale – last chance to flex those dad bods.

    COT

    Big thanks to the HIMs who posted, lunged, and laughed their way through my self-inflicted suffering. Stronger men left the AO today. I was lucky to lead you gentlemen today!

  • A Dirty Whore to Visits HBR

    Pre-Labor Day fall-like weather greeted 14 noble warriors who descended upon the football field of QMS, embracing the dew and grass clippings.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Suzanne Somers
      • HRM
      • LBC
    • Superman meets a prostitute (form the figure S on the field doing 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 reps of an exercise at each point, repeating on the trip back)
      • 110 Mike Tysons
      • 180 WWII sit-ups
      • 210 CDD
      • 200 monkey humpers
      • 150 LBC
      • 60 APD
    • Mosey back to the flag for COT and YHC taking us out

    Needless to say with the volume of reps today that was one dirty and wet whore at HBR.  Great to have Full House and Tool Time join us today after their 1st F3 workout yesterday.  Tomorrow Senor Frog has a birthday Q at First Watch for those interested.  Prayers up for those struggling with cancer, death and life’s challenges. 

    Convergence on Monday at 7 am at Dogpile.  Party at Tater’s on September 6th for Pinto and Gypsy’s upcoming nuptials (to separate women, not each other).

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Hitch is on PEDs

    15 men children launched early to summit by daybreak on the longest and steepest climb in all of F3RVA-dom. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the streak of Korean Lightning on Rock Creek Parkway, the following might have happened.

    Route: Mount Henrico

    Lakeview (UR road by lake) to baseball fields

    Right to parking lot, then left through parking lot.

    Left on College

    Right on Lakewood.

    Right on Wood

    Left on Baldwin

    Right on Westham Parkway, the quick left back onto Baldwin

    Left onto Rock Creek

    Slight left onto Forest

    Right onto University

    4s…take University to Larcom. Turn around. Reverso BTTVSF

    5s…take University to a RIGHT onto Glendale and a quick left onto Julian. 

    Reverso at Parham.

    6s…same as 5s, but add the Arlington loop on both the out and the back.

    Numbers, names, and Marv took us out.

    Announcements:

    Monday, 07:00, Dogpile, Convergence.

    NMS:

    Hitch is, apparently, an IV drug user. OR, a triathlete. OR, both. The man went flying down Rock Creek Parkway today. Nice work!

    Great to see everyone. Spider Run continues to dominate in attendance.

  • YHC is not counting. You’re counting.

    17 HIM’s joined YHC for a No Toll beatdown today. YHC has been off the Q sheet for awhile, and it felt good to be back!

    Warmarama: Mozey to the courts for a lap around the court then line up on the baseline for a suicide warmup.

    • Round 1: 50% jog
    • Round 2: 50% jog, 1 burpee at each line.
    • Round 3: Bernie 50% jog, 5 merkins at each line
    • Round 4: 75%, 5 air squats at each line
    • Round 5: 100%

    Mozey to the fields stopping to pay the toll along the way. 10 dips and 10 decline merkins for your troubles please.

    Thang 1: Partner Up. Complete 50 burpees as a team. One person burpees, the other runs to mid field of the soccer field.

    Mozey

    Thang 2: Partner Up, complete 100 merkins as a team. One person merkins, the other runs to mid field.

    Mozey

    Thang 3: Partner Up, complete 150 2 count lunges as a team. One person lunges, the other runs across the field.

    Mozey

    Thang 4: Partner Up, complete 250 Freddie Mercuries as a team. One person Freddie’s, the other runs across the field long ways.

    Mozey

    Thang 5: Partner Up, complete 500 air squats as a team. One person squats, the other runs across both the soccer field and the parking lot.

    Mozey back to the flag with some active stretching the way.

    Announcements:

    • Convergence at Dogpile
    • L Woods is showing off his meat at his house. To see it, you need to bring a side. Check Slack for deets.
    • Crabgrass has a monster workout planned for Timberwolf Thursday to close out the Boys of Summer tour.

    YHC took us out.

    Machismo figured out YHC’s plan today. YHC can’t screw up the counting if the PAX has to do it.

    Great workout and great company this morning. Awesome way to start the day!