Category: Richmond, VA

  • 3rd Piece of Stromboli

    9 strong came out to end the week right where it is always 70 and soupy. The mornings are getting shorter, need to use the light while we have it. Coming off the F3 Fantasy draft where our gracious host DK stuffed us full of wings and a definitely not needed 3rd slice of Stromboli this was a struggle for YHC.

    Quick mosey around the to start.  COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; Willy Mays Hayes, 10 Each, Jim Duggan’s,  Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperials Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters. 

    The Thang: Triangle of pain: Coupons at the start. Perform 5 coupon swings. Run dog park path to first cut-de-sac perform 10 perfect merkins 5 squats, run to second cul-de-sac perform 15 WWII’s and all prior. Run back to start for 20 curls and all prior, Keep going with 25 Plank jacks, 30 flutter kicks, 35 front lat raises, Keep going around dropping an exercise each time. Time was called and BTTF.

    Announcments: See slack: CSAUP 9/26.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

  • Sweet 16

    There were 16 of us and as a combined entity we were a force to be reckoned with.

    COP: DMH, DQs, merkins, plank jacks, FMs, arm circles. Mosey to back of school.

    Dora with run to light pole, 50 burpees, 100 high pulls and 150 curls. After a couple sets my pulls were not too high and my curls turned into a combo back/bicep exercise. Mosey to curb.

    10 2 count lawnmower pulls, 10 presses, then 15 of each then 20 of each. Triple check time.

    Triple check with sit and press, overhead LBCs (with coupon) and the pacer is lunging across the road and small hill. Mosey to wall near coffeeteria.

    One minute wall sits (this received a couple of complaints), donkey kicks. Repeato and then wall sit with 10 presses. Bear crawl with coupon across road then rifle carry back.

    Finished with American Hammers and 45 seconds of stretching. Good crowd with medium mumble chatter and some spotty counting for cadence. Prayers for Roger Roger’s friends and friend’s family, Fudd’s sister, Fudd’s friend’s son in Miami, Handshake’s niece and others with health issues. The amount of folks with ailments seems up. Hopefully through prayer the tide can turn. Convergence Labor Day at 7 a.m. – Dogpile and a Pre Wedding party on 9/6 at Tater’s house in fashionable Goochland at 4 p.m. See slack for details. Thanks for letting me lead!

    Fireman Ed now a Justin Fields fan

  • Tropical Humidity

    4 Runners and 2 Ruckers embraced as Phonics call “The Most Humid day we will have over the next 10 days” for a Thursday edition of F3 in Daville

    Runners ran a traditional route that took us through Rutland, Knollwood, and Cool Spring Forest Trail

    Ruckers did their thing around Rutland

    Another solid run with YHC able to keep Phonics on pace for the 2nd time this week

    Opus and BAM got in a little extra distance on the trail forgetting to turn earlier

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • In honor of William S. Preston Esquire

    Mary Munford Elementary welcomed 8 of RVA’s finest students of fitness for a predawn lesson. According to the fleet of satellites recording our activity from above, here’s what happened:

    Slow Jog around the school. COP on the blacktop: disclaimer, stretching, ending with planks + pickle pounders.

    Seven of Diamonds: On the blacktop, run from corner to corner, first round: 7 squats // Next round: 14 Merkins // 21 LBCs // 28 2x Mtn Climbers // 21 two count flutter kicks // 14 carolina dry-docks // 7 Burpees. Mosey to tennis courts.

    Dora: 100 Merkins / 200 2x American Hammers/ 300 SSHs

    COT: Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS: Welcome Esquire! He is not a lawyer but has a very fancy birth name and his job is attorney-proximate. Faceplant is such a welcoming Pax and asks so many questions that we knew nearly everything about the FNG by the time we got to the COT. Prayers for Hitch’s dad in Seoul as he continues to recover from a stroke.

    SYITG!

  • Timberwolf BoS Relay

    12 HIM’s (with 3 FNG’s) split into 2 teams for ultimate relay style games to end the regular season for BoS . 

    The game:

    Teams will set an overall time, adding individual times up together, minus the seconds for individual targets hit. Team with the fastest time wins glory of the morning, fastest HIM lap per team awarded BoS point. 

    Team 1 – Matlock, McGruff, Warby, Fandango, Flyboy, Sea Biscuit

    Team 2 – Festivus, Rudy, Doozy, the Duke, Magikarp, Vino

    The rules:

    Relay style, clock starts and one HIM runs the lap outlined by the parking lot. When lap completed, field games accuracy begins and lap time deductions can be achieved.

    Field competition:

    Battle Golf (team in cadence 10 SSH)- each HIM gets 4 chip shots after SSH completed. 3 seconds deducted for “hole in one”, 1 seconds deducted for “on the green”

    Hoop target: 1 try per HIM, per ball/disc

    ~10 yards (team in cadence 10 squats) for Soccer ball, if made -1 seconds

    ~20 yards (team in cadence 10 LBC’s) for disc/frisbee, if made -2 seconds

    ~30 yards (team in cadence 10 push-ups) for football, if made – 3 seconds

    The results: 

    Team 1 – final team relay time 17:01, with fastest HIM Fandango with a lap time of 2:25

    Team 2 – final team relay time 15:16, with fastest HIM Magikarp (FNG) with a lap time of 2:17

    Announcements – BoS “playoffs”, Chili cookoff, CSAUP, see Crabgrass for details.

    Prayers up for Doozy and his daughter

  • Like A Rolling Stone

    After a brisk jog around the bus circle, at the foot of Mount Chaplain, a surprise awaited — a stash of pavers hidden behind a bush, courtesy of DTH, who apparently moonlights as the Easter Bunny of concrete. From that moment on, the stones became our best friends. They got lifted, rolled, dragged, pressed, and cursed at. If you were here, you carried rocks. If you weren’t here, your shoulders thank you.

    Warmerama: side straddle hops, don quixotes, Ukrainian soldiers, imperial walkers. lbcs, merkins, roscoe’s mom, Fudds wife, Wilson’s wife

    The Thang:

    COP 1: DORA- partner one Bernie’s up the hill, partner 2 with coupon does 100 swings, 200 squats, 300 overhead press

    COP 2: run to second parking lot partner work.
    Dung Beetle: Bear crawl and roll a concrete block in front. Finish at median 30 curls

    COP 3:
    Round: Partner weight work: Wheel barrow to median, switch partners, 25 partner world war twos. Hold at one end. If odd number- odd person lunges with paver

    Round 2: Rescue Carry
    Partner 1 places arms under Partner 2’s armpits, partner two walks. At median 10 burpees, switch 10 burpees when return to starting point.

    COP 4: 11s back at the first parking lot, merkins and world war 2s

    announcment: Labor day convergence at Dog Pile at 7 am, ALAMO CSAUP September 26; GORUCK first weekend of October

    Prayer requests: kids going back to school, Castallana 6 weeks of eating clean, L Woods’ dad biopsy.

  • Converting the Reacher

    The Crossing welcomed a 6-pack of hungry HIM’s, including one FNG State Trooper, who is also a recent new member of the DTH spiritual family. Here’s how we showed Reacher the F3 beatdown ropes:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey laps around the Annex Lot, second lap including variable movement warmups and finished with Burpee Broad jumps 
    • Circle up on the grassy knoll, beside the SF
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC
    • Welcome to LIFO Figo halfway through

    COP #1:

    • Mosey over the some parking spaces for ELEVENS, maybe 7 parking spaces distance
    • WWII’s 1–>10 
    • Bear Crawl across spaces
    • No Cheat Merkins 10–>1
    • Lunge Walk back

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the big lot of 4-Corners, escalating, bro-code, and all IC
    • C1 – x25 Crunchy Frogs IC
    • C2 – x50 Sumo Squats IC
    • C3 – x75 reps broken into x25 Plank Jacks IC, x25 Mtn climbers IC, and x25 SSH’s IC
    • C4 – x100 reps broken into x25 High Flutters IC, x25 LBC’s IC, x25 Low Flutters IC, and x25 Freddie M’s IC

    Bernie uphill BTTF:

    • x1 minute in plank reviewing the F3 Mission and Core P’s

    COT:

    • Counterama # 6 
    • Namerama – welcome REACHER!
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  Solid PAX for The Crossing to kickoff the back to school season. Many invites sent, just the right HIMs answered. Big welcome to Steve Martin, now “REACHER” who is a State Trooper, former Army, and recently accepted salvation in our church. He’s been the F2L definition of “The Reacher” for many years, and is now super pumped to step into community. Also welcome back to Figo, who just “loved” being back at the DTH grind… Let’s see if he’s got what it takes to keep posting! Sincere thanks to the consistency and camaraderie of Chaplain, Broadway, and Ghostbuster holding the Crossing together even when numbers have been few. In the good Lord’s perfect way, we WILL grow this thing!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Final Days
    • Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC

  • Ruckhenge 082025

    Seven of F3RVAs finest met at the usual spot before embarking on a tour of the local surroundings—Stony Point & Larus Park to be exact. No coupons this time round, just 3 miles under packs with some banter to lighten the load. Thanks for the company gents. Continuing discussion on the birth of Western civilization was limited given the concurrent reading load and back to school demands of life. Till the next time. SYITG

    Announcements:

    • Labor Day convergenceUpcoming
    • CSAUP opportunity on 9/26 to ruck and bootcamp: details forthcoming. Probably something like a 30 minute beatdown that will start Friday night from Alamo, ruck to Satan’s Hill, another 30 minute beatdown, ruck to Old Hundred, another 30 minute beatdown, back to Alamo. ALL WELCOME!

  • Hunting Ms

    Three insomniacs arose at 0430 to stretch, bend, review Netflix shows, and imagine a steeple growing from Handshake’s ass.

    Maneuvers included

    • Good Mornings
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • Cat
    • Cow
    • Warrior 1, 2, 3, and 4?
    • Whooping Crane
    • Bat Signal
    • Child’s Pose
    • Ball Lickers
    • Pigeon
    • Inverted Superman
    • Gorilla Press
    • Figure 4
    • Cobra Clutch
    • Tombstone Piledriver
    • Airplane Spin
    • Savasana

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Until further notice, Broga is on at FW when temps are above 40 or until the PAX has a better offer because their Ms watched The Hunting Wives.  All the troubles, stresses, and problems of the world just seem to melt away at Broga.  IYKYK.

  • Hidden Coupons???

    Noted. YHC did not know until minute 41 that there was a stash of cindies hidden. Oh well, this PAX of 11 did not need them in the gloom today.

    0530 and we were off on a warm up jog just to find out the field was a touch sloppy.

    F3 Mission Statement, 5 core values, cherry pickers, SSH, arm circles Don Quixote.

    To kick off the beatdown, we started with 5 Navy SEAL burpees. From there the PAX went on an almost 2.5 mile scenic tour of Harper Mills. Within that 2.5 miles, the PAX performed,

    100 LBCs

    90 single count mountain climbers

    80 SSHs, pause for a little hand walk around a cul de sac median

    70 high knees

    60 single count flutter kicks

    50 monkey humpers, pause for 5 Navy SEAL burpees

    40 merkins

    30 park bench step ups (15 each leg)

    20 WW2s

    10 no surrenders, ended with 5 Navy SEAL burpees

    Numbers, names, PR, announcements, COT

    Great work all around gents!!!! Always an honor to lead you.