Category: Richmond, VA

  • Oh, the choices we make!!!! If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

    4 adventure ready PAX with so many choices had little to no time to put a lot of thought into what they really wanted to do. Dunkin was considered but Bullseye with pack headed off into the Gloom for a solo ruck, YHC had texted the group that Wednesday was going to be an 8-10 mile day so Doozy was left to a solo run, Don Draper and Heist moseyed off into the Gloom and got 5 in.

    YHC was struggling with a strong head wind and even if it where only a 6 mile run I doubt a 45 minute return would have been possible. Choices were made not all were the best….

  • With Hitch, HIMS takes on a whole new meaning

    Nine fine gentlemen, at least 2-3 of which are very bald and 1 of which has more hair than ever, gathered for 45 minutes of Mary this fine morning. The clock hit 0500 and off we went.

    COP on the Blacktop. Deadman hang // helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Ukrainian Soldiers // Merkins // Elbow Plank Punches // High/Low Boats + Flutters

    Four Corners on the Blacktop: 10 Squats each corner // 20 Merkins x4 // 30 LBCs x4 // 40 SSHs x4. Bonus Round! 5 Burpees x 4. Mosey to the picnic tables

    Triple Check #1: P1: Box Jumps , P2: Mtn Climbers , P3: Run to sidewalk and back. Mosey back to Blacktop

    Triple Check #2: P1: Dips, P2: Wall Sits, P3: Run to the Pull up bars, 5 pulls ups, run back. Audible after 2 rounds, back to the Flag

    Concluding COP: High Knees and UpDowns for the final minute

    NMS: Hitchiker’s kids have been taking his phone and snapping photos of his bald spot- which in turn propelled him in a fit of insecurity and panic to subscribe to Hims ™ Hair regrowth product for men. Hitch is convinced that his locks are now more luscious than ever, even as 1-800 informed us of the untold number of lawsuits currently out against “hair growth” companies. Hitch suggested that Faceplant and Upchuck give it a shot, which they demurred. Next week we will do a review of Hims ED product, which seems to cause hair loss.

  • ??!? What exercise?

    3rd F (Faith): thank you Atilla for taking us out this morning. Prayers for pax brothers, family, and friends.

    2nd F (Fellowship) YHC will be hosting a field day at my farm in Mineral (Ataraxia) on Saturday 22nd starting at 11am. Bring your chainsaws, shotguns, and beer steins. We will take out a few trees and run them threw the multcher. Once we wrap, I have 2 cases of skeet and 2 skeet launching machines. Let’s see who has the best shotgun skills. Oh did I mention the Cooling pond beer that will be on tap as well.

    1st F: The Thang: Worm Burners

    This one is an easy one to Q: Called exercise to be completed by the PAX while a single pax pushes a 35lb bench plate across the parking lot and back as a timer: Think Bear Crawl, but both hands on the plate pushing it along. Called exercises were given to each pax. You just tel the guy to right what you did and move down the line as the pacer does a Worm burner.. But some how we ended up with all sorts of exercises that were not orginally called. Run through this rotation twice.

    Finish up with a few rounds of burners (the Kettle bell does not touch the ground) :

    7 up-right rows, 7 tea bag squats, 6,5,4,3,2,1.

    7 clean and press, 7 Swings, 6,5,4,3,2,1

    7 American Hammer, 7 chest press 6,5,4,3,2,1

    7 Plank pull troughs, 7 Merkins 6,5,4,3,2,1

    3 mins of Mary remain.

    All done: time for coffee.

  • Warm cul de sacs

    It was a welcome change in the weather, about 20 degrees warmer than Monday, and seven of us showed up eager to make the most of it. We kicked things off by moseying to the first cul-de-sac to get warmed up. From there, we ran our usual series of cul-de-sacs, stopping at each one to perform 20 Merkins and 40 LBCs. All told, we covered about 3.5 miles, with the warmer temperatures providing a nice boost to our spirits.

    A few announcements were shared afterward. Pigskin is organizing the usual lunch on the second Tuesday of the month. Gypsy inviting people on March 22 to his farm promising a solid opportunity for some good fellowship and fun. We closed out in the Circle of Trust by offering words of encouragement and lifting up our intentions for the day and the week ahead. Great work from everyone; it’s always better together.

  • 12:1

    7 grown-boys ran around the parking lot at Timberwolf this morning. Here’s what went down.

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed around the perimeter of the parking lot and pulled up to stretch. YHC slowed things down to buy some time for Ponch. Gave the mission and stretched out.

    COP #1 – 11’s. Started at the bottom of the bus loop and ended at the top.

    • Exercise #1 – Merkins
    • Exercise #2 – Carolina Dry Docks

    COP #2 – The F3 Exicon has this labeled as “The Jeffrey Leonard” but YHC made some tweaks so it shall now be known as “The Cycle.” Cones were set up to mimic a baseball diamond. The PAX started at home plate, spaced out to give each other room and began…

    • Sprint out a single, jog back to home, QTY (1) called exercise
    • Sprint out a double, jog back to home, QTY (2) called exercise
    • Sprint out a triple, jog back to home, QTY (3) called exercise
    • Sprint out a Homer, QTY (4) called exercise
      • Round #1: Burpees
      • Round #2: Squats
      • Ring of Fire (Abs)
      • Round #3: Lunges
      • Round #4: Lt. Dans

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00pm- SOJ Leadership meeting at Heist’s place

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN – Ponch has hit the 20-year service mark with the Army. Appreciate you, Bro!
    • PRAYER – YHC has final interview today for a new gig.

    Love y’all and am always so proud to lead!

  • Thank you. Thank you. The Circus is in town.

    One very thankful, black t-shirt wearing American said thanks for the opportunity to celebrate 9 years and 5 months of The Clinic. Temperatures, thankfully, were 70 and sunny. According to the front desk clerk (thank you for staying, Mr. Upchuck), the following might have happened.

    Ran north thankful for the pleasant breeze. Then, Fudd at the office (thankful for the nice tp). Further north, until Broward, looped back and retraced the route. Just shy of 5.

    Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

    NMS – The Circus is in town, both metaphorically and actually. Anyone in the vicinity of the Westfield / Broward Mall Metroplex (Gumbo?) should come on out if you have the guts and / or the wrench set required to enjoy safely a circus carried on 20 tractor trailers. Sketchy.

    Question of the morning – which PAX member could you picture working at The Circus? Which ride / attraction?

    Announcements: already made.

  • That’s 9 Happy

    Two PAX intent on getting in some tough training met this morning for this weeks Graveyard Shift on location at Mt Midlo. After a loop around the pond we hit the hill. 9 times to the top, with a 30 second walk and a job back down each time. Final tally 4.4 miles, and between 500-600 ft of elevation change. Great work this morning. Big Rig and YHC are feeling good about our races coming up. Feel free to join where the training takes us next week. #graveyardshift on slack SYITG

  • A Soggy Beast @ The Zoo

    WARMARAMA: Mosey to far bus loop for SSHs, helicopters, dead man hangs, cherry pickers, merkins, and American Hammers, and Alabama prom dates

    Mosey to parking full of broken glass and needles. 

    COP 1: The Zoo – Find a parking lot. 1) Crawl Bear across and do 20 merkins with both feet on the curb. 2) Crab Walk across and do 15 merkins with your right hand and foot on the curb. 3)Bear Crawl across and do 20 merkins with both hands on the curb. 4) Murder Gorilla across and do 15 merkins with your left hand and foot on the curb.

    Mosey to soggy, wet field. 

    COP 2:  The BEAST – 6 exercises, performing 6 reps at 6 stops. Burpees, Lunges (two count), Imperial Squat Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, Squats. YHC did not make the PAX lay in the mud. You’re welcome.

    COP 3: Found a wall. Peoples Chair for 15 Muhammad Alis and 15 Donkey Kicks OYO. Round two was Peoples Chair for 20 milkers and 20 Donkey Kicks OYO. 

    Mosey back to flag for some Peter Parkers.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chilli Cookoff at L Woods 3/22. See Slack for deets. 

    PRAYERS: For brothers getting laid off who have tuition, mortgages, 2.0s, Ms, car payments, and other responsibilities for which they are responsible. Let’s help how we can and recognize the human toll. 

  • The George Noory Hour

    A fabulous five ditched their leotards and instead donned their packs in the pursuit of rucking gold. Along our nearly 4mile journey we listened to Purple Rain’s recounting of what he picked up from the morning’s finest radio program, Coast to Coast with George Noory. Lizard people, aliens, and flaming skulls at Indian burial grounds were the highlights of what we assume is a daily listener, long time caller situation for our friend PR. Many other tall tales were told along the journey and we barely escaped a shakedown by a Stony Point mall cop to return safely to Einstein’s for coffeerama.

    Prayers for the Hendersons as they are just getting settled in PNG and prayers for Dealer’s family as his step mom battles health issues.

  • Conversational Broga

    2 insomniacs pulled out their sponsored Broga gear to welcome the warmer tides of spring. Introductions and salutations were upfront with good stretch session that emphasized the shoulders, neck, back, hips and glutes. Shorter shavasana then planned as the breeze created a bit of a nip.

    Always enjoy the conversation with Hutton making the effort to answer the bat signal. Great way to catch up on life. Thanks for the comradery.