Category: Richmond, VA

  • Broga sans Last Call

    3 joined for Broga despite Last Call getting a better offer. Glad to have Atilla out for his maiden voyage.

  • WTH was wet & bussin’

    With Pax from the last four decades, this Q with no rizz took us down to the Wells Fargo for some warmups and then down Park Terrace for some neighborhood work. “Yeet” went Pinto as we hit four cul-de-sacs down Waycross and did 15 merkins, 15 jump squats and 15 heels to heaven at each. After Pinto’s weird flex we ran down Park Terrace some more and look a left down Huntwick Ct. After partnering up, one partner ran around a sus circle while the other did lunges and monkey humpers and at the time to switch, the other partner ran around a different sus circle (yes, there are two different circles here). We did two rounds of this and then a third round where we switched directions and did one round of your partner doing shoulder taps and plank jacks. I was shook watching Salt Lick re-enact how we got his name.

    We headed back and got to the flag on time with exactly 3 miles. No cap!

    No noob’s today and it is great to have pax in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Everyone accepted the wetness and ate today. Pigskin and Lighthouse are in Europe and we still had ten. WTH used to be so basic but now it is fire!

  • Fearsome Foursome

    The wet gloom of the hump day greeted 4 noble warriors of the Westhoe region.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • 4x check
        • Run
        • HRM
        • WWII sit-ups
        • Monkey humpers
      • Arch loader with 20 LBCs and 20 APBs at end of each load
        • Bear crawl
        • Crab walk
        • Duck walk
        • Bunny hop
        • Gorilla walk
        • Cheetah
      • Jack Webb
      • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX, especially with 3 of the 4 doing Broga on the front end.  Freshly paved roads made the wok on one’s six much more comfortable.  Great First Watch send-off to our brothers with vacations next week.

    Continued prayers for the immense number of those close to us battling cancer.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast” Shooter McGavin

    Apparently, he was talking about Pool Boy and YHC. 4 Bermuda Boys made it out to Goyne Park for the latest Bermuda Triangle Beatdown. The temps were cool and the ground was moist. Not quite what we tend to expect on an August morning in Chester, but no one was complaining.

    We started with a mosey down to the lower parking lot, and some parking lot chasers, then circle up for an extensive warmarama. Your standard stuff, with a little extra emphasis on the legs.

    Mosey over to the football field for the Main Event. Yes, the main event came early on in the morning’s lineup, as we wanted everyone to be fresh, with no excuses. The event was a 100-yard Dash. Broadway decided to be the judge at the finish line, in case of a photo finish. Pool Boy and YHC decided to have another go at a sprint after Pool Boy left everyone in the dust on the final sprint last week. Shooter said he wasn’t going to race, but just run along with us.

    So on Broadway’s count, we were off. YHC got off to a fast first step surprisingly ahead of the swift Clydesdale Pool Boy. But just about 25 yards in YHC sees that Shooter was out front by several paces and Pool Boy was pulling ahead of YHC as well. YHC was looking for another gear, but it wasn’t there. Maybe the Pool Boy, and Shooter would run out of gas after 50 yards and YHC could make up the ground there. We made it past midfield, closing in on Broadway, but Shooter wasn’t giving any signs of slowing down and neither was Pool Boy. So Shooter made it to Broadway’s outstretched hand first, and a couple paces behind was Pool Boy, and a couple paces behind him, albeit in dead last, was YHC. So the title of fastest HIM at Bermuda, for now at least, goes to Shooter McGavin. The guy who said he wasn’t going to race. Well played sir.

    Following that, Pool Boy and Broadway led a couple COPs

    Some ground work in crab stance (leg raises and such)

    Broadway led some merkins and shoulder taps (I think)

    5 5 5s

    5 Bernies up the hill

    5 Pole Dancers at the top

    5 Side Straddle Hops at the bottom

    Mosey back to the flag

    Quadruple check kinda

    Timer runs to the speed bump and back

    Freddie Mercuries

    Shoulder Taps

    Runner’s knee ups

    Couple minutes of stretching and COT

    Homegrown Half and 10k at 6am and family friendly 5k Ruck at 7am on Saturday August 16th

    Prayers

    Prayers for anyone dealing with anything right now. Eastbound, a fellow PAX who hasn’t posted in awhile, had a friend who just took his own life. Prayers for his loved ones. Reach out to someone you haven’t seen or heard from in a while. It could make more of difference than you know.

  • Apocalypto

    3 HIM’s representing the lumberyard – we stretched and we ran miles. Great run fellas way to push through! We talked about 2006 movie Apocalypto – if you haven’t seen it, it’s a great film and it involves running….for your life.

    We all supported each other through the run and ended on a high note – the tone was set for the day!

    Some runs are good, some are a struggle. This one was good.

    Be where your feet are!

  • Little Frisbees

    The Handshake and I took a cross the river road trip to see the Alamo yesterday. Nancy, during his introductions, stated that all are welcome to attend for a while, but ALL are expected to eventually step up and lead. I guess Handshake took this to heart and felt the need to sign me up for Heartbreak. Then decided it was a bit early and turned his alarm clock off.

    12 Men started this 70* & Sunny Tuesday morning with YHC.

    This is a possible version of what the 12 could’ve experienced.

    Mosey across the parking lot and back to find out why Fudd was late.

    COP Introductions, disclaimers and basic warm up.

    Mosey to my truck to pick up some lady like Frisbee coupons.

    Mosey to the top of Heartbreak hill for some squats.

    Mosey to the monkey bars for some Partner Jerkins. 5X3

    Mosey to the stadium seating for 40 Dips.

    Mosey down Westridge Rd through the neighborhood to PinchBeck Elementary School stopping for WW2’s & LBC’s.

    Found some benches for 60 more dips + some people chair, head, knees and toes.

    Mosey back to Heartbreak Ridge while stopping at every vehicle on the Left side of road for some “Half-Ass Burpees” (2) at the “Free Zone” heating and cooling truck.

    Numbers, Names & Prayers.

    Thank You for letting me lead this morning.

    Thank You Attila for that awesome prayer. You are a gifted speaker.

    Please keep all the prayer requests in your hearts and thoughts through out this day.

    SYITG

  • The Crossing Chronicle

    Six men did a lot of stuff, some of it was on the hot pavement, some against a hot brick wall, and due to the traumatic affects it left on my mind some I can’t remember.

  • The Case of the Purloined Polo


    Mischief and Hijinx were afoot today as a lucky 13 arrived to run, bike, and walk.  Runners were treated to incorrect road-signage-designation courtesy of YHC. 

    YHC was treated to a life-lesson of never leaving one’s garments unattended in the company of his fellow smart-asses, while also paying closer attention to the fashion-choices of others – particularly those with a devious streak…(rhymes with NoDoz). 

    Saab abides

  • HR Derby Part Deux

    11 sluggers posted to Huguenot Little League for another chance to drop bombs or hit dingers. It was dark so all had to endure 30 minutes of traditional bootcamp before stepping into the box for swings, but we made it work.

    Mosey foul pole to foul pole and back again and circle up for COP in the plush, memory-foam outfield grass. Do some traditional warm-ups and stretching, then a Triple Check with the runner running pole to pole, 1 PAX doing a wall sit or pole smokers on the fence and the other doing a combo exercise of 4 merkins and 10 2-ct mountain climbers on repeat until the runner returns. 3 times through.

    Traveling COPs through the outfield and then the main event.

    We were able to go through the lineup twice. Many bombs were dropped. Some burpees were done. In the end, OC and Gumbo led the way with 3 HRs overall – 2 each in the first round and 1 in the second. I think almost everyone hit at least 1 bomb as well. More impressively, we had more than 1 hit the top of the fence and then go over, including one that bounced on the top of the fence twice.

    Great time had by all. See you next year!

    COT, Numbers, Names, Prayer

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Scalding Potato

    9 guys showed up for a scalding potato

    Corned Beef
    Led COP, then parking lot 11’s
    squats and WW2

    Bulkhead
    quadruple check
    Pull up bar mayhem
    plank jack thang
    knees to chest
    run the perimeter of the bball court

    Mr Holland
    upper, core, lower body alternation at each fence post opening

    Back to Flag
    Each person calls an ab exercise, PAX does them

    Good showing this morning. Fun times had by most.

    OPUS