Category: Richmond, VA

  • Family Time!

    A 16-count crew of PAX brothers and their families gathered at The Forge for an OTB trail blazing hike through the woods. Handshake and his family proudly represented NOJ, and while most of the PAX wore rucks, Bromance wore his adorable 2.0 in an awesome military grade carrier. Shortly after 2pm, we launched down to the railroad tracks and walked West along the tracks and then trail blazed South to Crestwood Elementary. In the melee of 2.0’s pouring through the playground gate, DTH’s 2.0 Banjo caught the sharp side of a metal latch on the cheek and the good doctor/Papa applied a snowball compress and then moleskin (thank you Sable) so he could join the rest. After 20 minutes at play, the rabble was rounded up for a looping hike through the woods and back to The Forge to complete the 1 hour adventure. Sunny and 50’s, the weather was truly perfect for this hike! Everyone then converged at Casa de DTH for backyard play and bonfire time – complemented with archery, axe throwing, zipline, trampoline, swing, s’mores, and bevvies. This is what being family is all about and we’ll miss all of you guys while we’re away in PNG the next few months. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Breaking Bread…it’s dinner time.

    YHC picked up the February 22nd dinner duties for Breaking Bread. It was a simple affair – brauts and kielbasa, roasted potatoes, as well as roasted green beans. Also included a simple salad with dressing and everybody’s favorite, Costco cookies. Simple and delicious…the same words that my M uses to describe YHC. Ha!

    YHC was not able to stick around because the remaining 2.0 in the house had a basketball game. Thanks to @Oyster for keeping this volunteer activity going.

  • I Beat Oprah!

    2 Mountain Goats headed for the neighborhood of Sunset Hills before sunrise, from the friendly confines of Rockwood Park. With YHC’s Blue Ridge Marathon, and Boberry’s River Rock Half fast approaching the miles are adding up, and so are the elevation changes. We ventured onto every side street to get every hill we could, and did the same in the Providence Creek neighborhood.

    YHC read somewhere that Oprah ran a marathon in 4:29 which made YHC double check his time from Shamrock last year. 4:28. Get some, Oprah!

  • Hack-A-PAX

    With temperatures in the low 20’s, it was a perfect day for…….Basketball?? This ain’t Orange Theory my friends; THIS IS ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!

    Mosey to the basketball court for warm-ups: Jazzercise, Monkey Love Makers, Apple Bottom Poppers, Copperhead Squats, Arm Circles, Alabama Prom Dates, Lunges, Karoake, Mario Jumps, Open the Gate.

    Exercise One: Each PAX takes a turn making a lay-up on both sides of the court. They call out an exercise that is done for the duration:

    Merkins, Burpees, Rosalita Dips, Hold Plank, Side Straddle Hops, 4 others that I cannot remember

    Exercise Two: Mini Abcathlon
    Run the perimeter of the park, stopping at 5 stations for 50 count ab exercises:
    Heels to Heaven, American Hammers, Freddy Mercuries, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s

    Mosey to the Snack Bar for Exercise Three: Triple Check
    Runner goes to end of parking lot, Hand Release Merkins, Balls to the Wall

    Bonus: 50 Count WWII’s – thanks Rodeo Clown

    Back to the Basketball Court for Exercise 4: Free Throw Challenge
    Each PAX gets a foul shot: If you make it, lead an exercise in cadence. If missed, everyone does a suicide. After House Party and I made the first two, we endured 7 consecutive misses. Suicides it is. We also added 10 burpees due to several air balls.

    Back to Flag with some Moroccan Night Clubs, Arm Circles, and Raise the Roofs mixed in

    Numbers (9), Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: I had some other things planned, but when I saw the partially deflated basketball during warm-ups – could not resist. Free throws do not appear to be our strength! Despite the terrible shooting, it was a great morning with everyone working hard and contributing various ab exercises. Sounds like the Latino Market is coming back soon – which means Spring is on the way!

    SYITG

  • 41 years and more Pencil Rolls to come

    9 Gathered for YHC’s birthday celebration. YHC had no plan in mind, the Pax was very patient as we did every random exercise under the sun.

    Announcements – Century Classic is coming back. Thanks for Last Call and Orange Crush for taking Breaking Bread.

    NMS – Thanks for everyone who came out, especially for Heist and Purple Rain who aren’t regular attendees of Dogpile

    Prayer Requests – please be mindful of those who work for the Federal Government who are nervous about their jobs. People are scared and not sure what to do. It’s a tough spot to be in and nobody wishes it on anyone.

  • To Parts Unknown

    5 Ruckers and a runner enjoyed the chilly temperatures and some Morning Wood action.

    The ruckers took an unconventional route that took us past the tennis courts, across Hull Street, and through various shopping centers.

    We cut through the sketchy hotel parking lot and jumped over a creek. YHC managed to plunge my leg into 2 feet of water in the process. We blazed a trail through a couple wooded areas and went through 2 church parking lots. Also enjoyed some Teeter Totter time.

    The home stretch took us back into Rockwood Park (via cutting through woods) and eventually onto the familiar paved/unpaved trails. Past the nature center and back to the flag with 2 minutes to spare.

    Big Rig emerged from the gloom as we were finishing. He had already logged 10 plus miles. I then saw him running on Courthouse Road as I was heading home from RnR. What a stud.

    Thanks to all who came out!

  • Brekkie brings em out.

    4 guys showed up for a freezing beatdown and then some much deserved brekkie.

    COP — lots of fun exercises

    DORA
    100 merkins
    200 WW2/flutters
    300 squats

    donkey kicks/ smurf jacks thang
    20 of each — do it twice

    Fun times at brekkie. Love Rise and Shine!

    Opus

  • For Rucks Sake!

    This Beaver is ready for warmer weather.

    2 Sugar Rays met up early this gloomy morning for a 3-miler around the Lumberyard grounds. Choo Choo talking about Florida had me daydreaming about warmer climates, sunshine and all that other good stuff.

    Fastest mile was 16:23 pace.

  • Just the two of us!

    Just the two of us, we can make it if we try! That’s what the YHC kept singing all morning. Did you know that Will Smith made that album without saying one cuss word on the whole album? Anyway we had 2 veterans of New Kent out this morning playing around on that Bermuda grass. This is how it went down……

    Warmarama

    • Toe touch’s
    • Some lower back twist
    • Thread the needle
    • Throwing a hotdog down a hallway
    • Roscoe, Fudd and someone else’s wife
    • Runners stretch
    • Freddy mercury
    • Copperhead squat

    COP 1 Mosey to the football fields!

    The Cooper

    • 10 burpees
    • 10 squats
    • 10 knee tucks
    • 10 merkins
    • 1/4 mile run
    • 10 rounds decrease by one each round

    Got over 2 miles in with this one!

    COP 2 Mosey to the field goal!

    Railroad Tracks

    • Partner up
    • One guy low planks while other broad jumps over and so on until you reach the destination.
    • 50 yards

    COP3

    Lieutenant dangers

    • lunge, lunge, squat and Merkin until you reach destination.
    • 50 yards

    Ended with Mary!!!

    • Flutters for 1 min
    • Hoedowns
    • Knee touches
    • Knee tucks
    • Planks
    • Goal post sits
    • Crunchy frogs
    • Forgot a few

    Sprint back to flag!

    Don’t remember what happened after that really. But what a beat down! Very grateful for F3.

    Don’t waste the day!

  • The cR4zY 8

    Route was posted Thursday night. It allows for many alterations, but full route was 5.5 miles with 400+ feet of elevation gain.

    Arrive at AO with temps in the teens. Quick discussion of route to hear that the route was “a little excessive”. Pace pairs talked about where to cut route to make it back 0615. Headlamps on.. It’s 0530, let’s mosey. YHC ran solo, so was not part of any Mumble Chatter. Back to flag with a few mins left so circle back for the 6. YHC does like this route. It is a challenging 5+ miler. Rollers the 1st 2 miles. Mile 2 to 3 is a steady grind uphill…a step Incline 4 miles. Then a nice downward grade for a mile back to the AO.

    Enjoy your day.

    thank you for the Accountability.

    John (Gypsy) Boles