Category: Richmond, VA

  • Showing Up

    If there was ever a day for participation trophies, it was today.  5 Clydesdales joined forces in the muggy, post-holiday week gloom.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Ukrainian soldiers
      • Tempo squats
      • Helicopers
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • WWII sit-ups
      • FK
      • Mosey to turn off the lights on Handshakes truck
      • Scorpion kicks
      • HRM
      • CDD
    • 5 covered stops with 20/40/60 reps of an exercise
      • 100 HRM
      • 200 squats
      • 300 LBC
    • Slow mosey the parking lot

    Kubota walked as he continues to nurse the knee.  Good work from the rest of the PAX.  Some mornings the biggest battle is just showing up.

    Continued prayers for Roger Roger, Fudd’s sister Mary, Fireman Ed and Senor Frog’s father-in-law.  Join Whitesnake that the Bridge on July 19th. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Destiny’s Child !!!

    YHC arrived early to set up the field and appreciated the assistance of House Party who was already on site getting some miles in. Moseyed back to the parking lot to collect 11 eager frisbee lovers and returned to the field for warm-up and a slightly late arrival of ringer Snuff. Here’s how we ran into Destiny:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the perfectly manicured Field #1 and circle up next to the shovel flag
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A brief collection of warm-up IC Reps
    • DTH splits the teams evenly-ish, 6v7

    THE TEAMS:

    • Team 1 (Pinnies) – Dealer, Snuff, Oyster, NTB, Machismo, Doner Kebab, (LIFO FNG Destiny’s Child)
    • Team 2 (No Pinnies) – Snip, Tin Man, Belay, Bodos, Singer, Crash, DTH

    THE MATCH:

    • Team 2 scored early and Team 1 answered quickly. Again a point for Team 2, and again a resounding answer from Team 2. Truly neck and neck, never more than a point apart, the teams battled it out. Clearly YHC actually picked decently matched Teams. There were some phenomenal picks and blocks and amazing long throw end zone TD’s. Team 1 was clearly better with short passes, and it began to feel like Team 2 was only barely holding onto the lead. Then a random guy came and sat on the bleachers and was quickly invited to join Team 1 to even up the numbers, 7v7. At that point Team 1 took the lead and Team 2 was really struggling to keep up, but we ended the game with the points beautifully tied up 8-8. 

    Circle up at the Shovel Flag for COT:

    • Counterama # 15 (includes HP)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer highlighting what we’re grateful for

    Prayer Requests:

    • Lifting up Snuff and family for the loss of his Father in Law

    NMS:  Awesome matchup today with both Teams hammering hard to win. Awesome to have a surprise FNG, a neighbor of Machismo and Belay, happen to be in the park and come over to join us. It was clear DESTINY was with us, hence his fantastic nickname “Destiny’s Child!” Haha, welcome bro! See ya’ll out there again soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Ongoing
    • 7/19 Bridge
    • 7/22 Ultimate Tourny 
    • 8/16 Homegrown Half 
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP 
    • Oct 1-3 GrowRuck

  • Only One More Finger

    Ten Spider regulars plus Roscoe stepped out of their cars only to question if it was a good choice. In the end, it was a good choice.

    The Route

    • West towards and around the baseball field, crossing college and through fraternity row
    • Right on Hampshire then another right on Hampshire to Ridge Top
    • Right on Chandler to the top and back then right on Ridge Top
    • To Patterson then return and right on Durwood Crescent
    • Right on Horsepen to Patterson then return
    • 4s keep going on Horsepen back to the flag
    • 5s/6s turn right on Durwood Crescent
    • Right on Borden to Patterson then return to a right on Durwood Crescent
    • 5s take a left on Westham to Lakewood then back to the flag
    • 6s right on Westham to Patterson and return to a right on Woodberry
    • left on Hollins, left on Baldwin, right on Westham, left on Lakewood then back to the flag

    Make sense? It’s all here:

    4s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/b2ndqcg7
    5s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/2332fflv
    6s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/6p48c6uo

    Numbers (counter clockwise by request), names, and YHC took us out.

    Moleskine

    That’s about as thick as it gets in Richmond. Kudos to my 9 brothers for owning up to the challenge and tackling a very hilly route. Pace was altered accordingly.

    Question of the day is were there any deuces left for Upchuck?

    Splinter out.

  • [2025 Summer Tour]High Steppin’ Show Pony’s!

    7 valiant Clydesdales and 1 chicken jockey(YHC) emerged from the gloom into The Bermuda Triangle for another stop on the 2025 Summer Tour! Continue reading for the wild ride!

    Warmer-Warmer

    • Mosey for what Beaver thought might be a quarter mile but was well over. YHC always says, it’s better to go over than be under.
    • Circle up at the bball court
    • 25 SSH IC
    • 10 Helicopters IC
    • 25 Imperial Walkers IC
    • 25 WWII’s IC
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Fudd’s Wife into Pigeon Stretch L&R
    • Roscoe’s Wife
    • 10 Scorpions IC

    COP1 – Suicides

    • 5 Diamond Merkins of 5 locations(start, free throw lines, half court, end) from Start to Stop for 25 DM’s total. Bear Crawl forward/ Crawl Bear back.

    Mosey the .20mi track to the bus loop

    COP2 – PAX Code – Partner Up Keep an eye on your partners form.

    • P1 / Plank – P2 / 25 single ct Ball Dippers. Mosey to other end of bus loop to swap exercise. Mosey back to start to complete 25(between both PAX)reps of Ball Dippers together.
    • P1 / Al Gore – P2 / 25 Merkins. MOT – High Knee (Gallop, Gallop, Gallop)
    • P1 / Copper Head Squats – P2 / Shoulder Taps. MOT – Burnie

    Mosey the .20mi track

    COP3 – “Beaver We’ve Got Zero Minutes”

    • Indigenous Style the posts surrounding the bus loop
    • Pole Smokers 2/3’s of posts
    • Pole Dancers final 1/3 of posts
    • Mosey BTTF!

    Numbers(8) & Names

    Announcements / Prayer Requests

    • 2nd F – Joeys Hotdogs at Noon today
    • The Bridge – July 19th Whitesnake lead
    • Prayers for those affected by the Texas flood.

    YHC closed us out in prayer.

    Quote of the day: “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is the work you put in.”

    I enjoyed Qing for you men today, thank you for coming out!

  • Handshake from the Block

    12, wait, 13, gathered for Heartbreak Ridge this week. At 2000 hours Monday night YHC say an empty Q sheet and decide to sign up.

    Still dealing with a knee injury YHC wanted to keep the running to a minimum but still wanted to keep the tempo up, so YHC decided to grab the Mircoblock Coupons and see what pain they could bring.

    We had 6 Coupons so we partnered up (with one Throuple). Partner 1 makes the way up Heartbreak with the Coupon and does a set of exercises at the top, while Partner 2 does another set of exercises while waiting. Multiple rounds with multiple exercises.

    A few other things were done with various successfulness.

    Finish with some work at the Rusty Cage and some Mary

    Announcements – Lunch today at 1200 at Joes Hog Dogs at Innsbrook. Whitesnake is making the trip out to The Bridge on July 19th (Saturday after this one) and looking for Pax Members to make the road trip with him. Sober July and Squats/Plank Challenge this month, see Slack.

    Prayer Requests – Roger Roger, Fudd’s sister – Mary, YHC’s M’s Cousins Daughter – Charlotte, Texas Flood victims, Offshore lost his dog – Sally, on his M’s birthday, Sally was 8 and it was a sudden loss. Prayers for all.

    NMS – thanks for the patience of the Pax while YHC was riffing some smooth Q Jazz. Also, lots of respect int he Pax today.

  • Rat Pack

    3 runners and 3 Ruckers embraced the humidity for the first run/ruck of the week

    Runners did the Honey Meadows loop for either 4+ miles

    Ruckers did their school loop

    Good to see Lab Rat and talk about the old days of F3

    Spit On That!!

  • More big data for Bullseye

    We all know how Bullseye checks his big data points daily. Someone promised him that whoever collects the most big data points gets a bonus check at the end of the year.

    4 Miles, to the park through JRHS to the WAWA and back

  • Big Data for Bullseye

    YHC forgot to do the BB for last week and now there are two to write

    4 miles

  • This was a wet one.

    Decided against seeking shelter and instead chose to embrace the suck, which was due to plenty of rain from tropical depression Chantel. Take a field trip and Mosey to orthopedic parking lot in Green Gate. COP: Arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, SSHs, Mt. Climbers, WWIIs and Merkins.

    The thang: Since we were already completely soaked at this point, why not roll around the entire parking lot. We lined up at the base of the lot and Hopped to the next parking space and then did 3 merkins on each white line. To get back, lunge and do 5 FMs. Then Bear Crawl and 2 Jump Squats. Lastly, crab walk 1/2 way back, w/ 2 LBCs.

    Mosey and Grab some curb.  Toe taps in cadence. Then 10 Merkins in cadence. 3Xs.

    Time for fun on Strange’s Hill:
    Run up it.  10 AHs. Mosey down. Back up for V-ups. Mosey down. Back up for Reverse crunches.

    Next, I took a page out of Tater’s book and we did 1 Burpee at each parking space along Stranges parking lot running parallel to Broad. Tater said he took that page from Atilla’s book. Blue Moon suggested we get rid of the book. Chicharon suffered in silence.  

    Stop for an Amanda (Lindsay’s go to 40, Amanda’s go to 20) at the elbow of the parking lot. 
    15 SSHs and 5 WWIIs.   Then 10 & 10.  And lastly 5 and 15. 

    Triple Check. With an awkward 5 today, 2 people became P1, the timers, who ran about 1/2 way along the front of stranges parking lot and back.  2 more people became P2 and did squats (JS if ya got ’em).  P3 was just one person and he did Heels to Heaven. 

    Mosey BTTVF aaaaaaand TIME! Recover.

    Numbers. Names. Announcements: See Whitesnake about a trip to The Bridge on 7/19. See Tater about a workout, fun in the sun and boating at Lake Anna on 7/26. Prayers for our brothers digging deep to battle vices this Dry July. Prayers for more Patience and Understanding as we trudge forth becoming the men God intended us to be. Go do something for someone else today. SYITG!

  • Back to the hill

    YHC has a little nasty hill he likes, but I save it for special occasions (i.e. Nightmare Before Christmas) and today was a good day to revisit…not too hot, not too cold. Futon pointed out that the clouds were parted with a little bit of sunshine coming through above the hill, it was destiny today.

    Quick mosey through the bunker, up the stairs (watch out for mud) and we did a series of butt kickers > high knees > karaoke rotating at each mailbox. Quick stretch sess and we hit firecracker alley 1>2>3>4>5>4>3>2>1 at mailboxes. oh hey looks, there’s a hill.

    11’s (Chase the Hare Version)
    Swoop was randomly selected to be the hare. Rules are simple – once the Hare completes his 11’s, everyone is done. If any PAX member beats him, Swoop pays a penalty. If Swoop beats everyone, the PAX pays a penalty. Lt Dans at the top of the hill, planks at the bottom (21 seconds first round, 22 sec, 23 sec…). Swoop ran valiantly only losing to Wildcat, so the PAX paid the penalty – two burpees each.

    Warby wondered where the trail went so we did an Indian run to show him. PAX members were dropping like flies so we turned it into a slow mosey back to the start of firecracker alley. Did butt kickers > high knees > karaoke back to the playground.

    Four Corners on The Dukes block. It’s a big block. Someone tried to make a last minute rule that if you cant see the next corner then you can’t do four corners. YHC vetoed, lets go. 10 J’Lo’s, 20 V sit ups, 30 donkey clappers, 40 mountain climbers. BTTF for a ring of fire. PAX clocked 2.6 miles today, not too shabby!

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayers. Prayers for Futons family and those impacted by the storms in TX.