Category: Richmond, VA

  • Craft Clan Rises to The Challenge

    Bottoms Up Pizza Friday night, The Craft Clan produced a wonderful grocery list for Breaking Bread. Knowing Flatline was working Saturday, the plan was laid out! After dinner, to the grocery store I went!

    Flatline’s M and 2.1 cooked the spaghetti and 2 pans made-Alfredo with broccoli and Marinara Sauce! Thank goodness for bagged Caesar’s salad x 3, 2 bags of cookies, Pepsi 2 Liter and 2L of Sweet Tea.

    All packed up and delivery at 1730. Willey provided delivery service and security for M.

    Providing for those that are less fortunate is a fantastic lesson for our children. For Flatline and M, our tank is filled. Oyster, thank you for “making” me Q Breaking Bread!

    Loud and Proud.

    Flatline

  • Off Campus trip? We’ll keep it short.

    Five men from the north posted on this perfect, dark, misty morning for a hot potato beatdown that went a little something like this.

    Mr. Holland’s Q

    COP – SSH, Don Quixotes, Invisible Jump Ropes, Merkins

    Phonics’s Q – Taking us off campus

    Mosey to the Giles clubhouse playground.

    The five PAX members would rotate 3 times through the following exercises with the runner doing a lap around the parking lot being the timer: Pull-ups, merkins, jerkins, squats, run a lap.

    Helix’s Q – Head us back to campus

    Brocode Elevens – Burpees/LBCs – Do an exercise (10 burpees), then run to Helix’s target. Plank until all are in. Then do an exercise (1 LBC) and run to the target and plank until all are in. Completing elevens tooks the PAX back to Atlee High School

    Corned Beef’s Q – Stay on campus

    Rotate between 5 exercises/running 3 times. One Pax does dips, one does step-ups, the other 3 are running a lap as the timers. One runner peals off and does dips while the step-up PAX member runs with the other 2. In the end, each PAX member should have done 3 sets of dips, 3 sets of step-ups, and 9 laps of running.

    COT – Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    Great workout this morning. All PAX members were surprised how much was accomplished this morning as well as the territory we covered. Well done to Corned Beef and Helix in modifying established exercises.

    Excellent mumblechatter today between the bootcamp and coffee afterwards. The topics YHC can remember were about NFL broadcast channels, College Football playoffs, the Premier League, bullet trains coming to the USA, self-driving cars, the Fall Line Trail, Penn State tight ends, and bucket list European vacations that affordability could be a problem.

    Announcements – Wednesday, January 1 convergence – 7 AM at WDOG.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Taking the Murph back to 94

    5 PAX agreed to tear down the Twin Team Lounge, just this once, and do the Murph. This is how it went down, more or less. No time for warm up, mosey down to the JRHS track for one (not two) laps, then back up to the play ground in the southwest corner of the dirt track. The music was thrown into the way back machine playing only songs from 1994. Thereupon we commenced the following:

    100 pull ups (a few slight modifications here)

    200 merkins

    300 squats

    We broke these up into 10 sets of 10 pull ups, 20 merkins (in cadence), 30 squats (in cadence)

    After that was completed we moseyed back the way we came to the flag. Right on time. Numbers, names, announcements, prayer requests. -New Years Day convergence at Dogpile at 7am.

    NMM

    At COT YHC shared how I have taken family for granted in the past. But I am trying to do better, and encouraged the PAX to do the same. TCLAPS to Redbird who had the idea of doing the Murph today, and for staying strong doing pull ups til the end. Good luck in your next semester at West Point, I’m sure you will keep doing great!

  • How is that Hill 1??

      It was almost a Saturday version of The Graveyard Shift, but this was the Premature Acceleration Road Course. 440 AM and YHC spotted Boberry’s headlights at the entrance to Rockwood Park. No real warmup we just hit the ground running.

    I was looking forward to showing Boberry the area behind Providence Elementary, so after making the trek down Courthouse and through Sunset Hills down to the pass thru near the Elementary School, all the way to the back of the neighborhood, I said to Boberry, “This is the First Hill”.  To which he responded with this backblast’s namesake.

    I went on to show him the other 2 good sized Hills in the neighborhood, before taking us back the way we came, up to Sunset Hills, back to Courthouse and back to Rockwood Park, and time for a hydration stop. The Trail Course of Premature Acceleration, still to come.

  • Magnificent Seven

    It was a wet 70 and sunny on the grounds at Rockwood Park. But that didn’t stop the Magnificent Seven from putting in the work at the last Rocknroll of 2024. Even an FNG!  According to the squirrel that seemed to be mocking us, here’s what happened.


    Warmarama
    Mosey to the basketball court for the standard warmarama with the disclaimer for the FNG.
    Side Straddle Hops
    Ukrainian Soldiers
    Imperial Walkers
    Don Quyotes
    Down to Plank for Mission, Credo, and Core Principles. Mosey back to YHC’s truck, where an F3 Cindy was conveniently placed for


    The Thang


    Each PAX gets to do 10 Thrusters while all other PAX holds Plank.
    Mosey over to the pavilion on the nature trail for a pair of triple checks.


    TC #1
    X Factor situps
    Picnic bench step ups
    Timer runs to the sign about 40 yards away and back


    TC #2
    Heels to Heaven
    Chair Dips
    Run to the sign and Bernie back


    Mosey to the concession stand for some Wall Work
    Hoe Downs and Donkey Kicks 2 Rounds of Each


    Then over to Mudslide’s Hill for Elevens
    1 Jump Squat at the bottom
    Reverse Lunges up (modify to forward Lunge, or side shuffle)
    10 Incline Merkins at the top
    Run back down


    Indigenous People’s Run with the trailer doing 3 burpees and running to the front, then a round with 2 burpees stop back at the Cindy.


    Merkin Ring of Fire
    PAX take turns doing Merkin of choice while others hold Plank.


    Cindy Ring of Fire
    PAX pass around Cindy and do 10 Military Presses while others do squats
    Repeat with Curls


    100 merkins as a group.
    Time


    YHC promised to keep the PAX somewhat dry as long as they could hold Plank, and the PAX managed to live up to their end of the bargain.

    This week YHC reached 100 Qs for the year. Truly a blessing to be able to lead other men, and I encourage you to do so if you haven’t.


    Ponch said he was bringing an FNG the night before, but I have to admit I was pretty skeptical, considering the weather. But Ponch came through and gave it away!  That’s what it’s all about!  Welcome to Carerra!

  • Underground Popup Westhoe 2nd F

    YHC, EF Hutton, and Kubota got together for a 2nd F to talk about 2024 and what can come in 2025. Great times were had. It was extremely last minute but next time YHC will make sure there is time for a proper invite.

  • Skibidi Toilet

    9 brave men (2 of which were FNG’s) joined to see what Handshake had to offer. The 2 FNG’s were Handshakes oldest nephews.

    Mosey over to the circle for a couple laps and a warmup.

    Mosey all the way down to the Tollbooth for Nickel Bridge fun. Starting at the Lamp Post closest to the Toll Booth and do 2 Burpees and run to the next Lamp Post and continue all the way across the Bridge and stop at the Trail Head. On the way back so iterations but switch to 5 WWII’s.

    Mosey down the hill from the Toll Booth to the Pump House and get in groups of 3 for a Triple Check. P1 run down the hill, across the bridge, then back up. P2 HRM’s, P3 LBCs.

    Mosey over to the bottom of bottom of Love Hill and do an Indigenous Peoples Run up the Hill. Hitch was permanent front runner since he was the only one with a Headlamp.

    Mosey to the Amphitheater for 1 round of 3 Dips on every step all the way up to the stop.

    Mosey Back to the Parking Lot and finish with 1 round of 10 “pick you own” Merkins.

    According to Oyster we covered 3 miles.

    Announcements – New Years Day workout at W-Dog (Byrd Park) at 0700-0800.

    Prayer Request – My Father In Laws Brother had a Heart Attack on December 23rd and passed away. Prayers for his wife and children.

    NMS – it was great to have my two oldest nephews come out for the beatdown. I had invited them and never expected them to show but they and it crushed it. Owen is a Junior at James Madison and is studying Finance and has an entrepreneurial mindset . He’s worked for local moving companies during summer/holiday breaks and does his own jobs while at school. Mason is a Senior at Douglas Freeman and plays on both the Golf and Lacrosse teams. He plans on studying Engineering next year at either Tech/UVA/or JMU. Owens nickname is Street Cred and Masons nickname is Brick. Hopefully they will come back out soon.

  • The games are made up and the points don’t matter

    100-4-100 The celebration of reaching 100 posts before the end of 2024. I started with F3 in May, Choo Choo shortly after and Beaver shortly after that. We all reached 100 posts about the same time. Props to Choo Choo and Beaver for starting up the lumberyard and reaching these numbers so fast. I wanted to do something special and stupid. Everything was 100 count or 100 yards. We even had an FNG. Special thanks to the guys who traveled an hour to be here. Several completed the list and added to it. Great job by all. What a way to finish 2024 and looking forward to an even better 2025. I want to shout of Big Rig for dragging me out on that Tuesday back in May to get me where I am today. I want to thank everyone for continuing to push me since then.

  • Pre CSAUP ruck

    Quick 2.5 mile ruck to warm up for the lumberyard CSAUP. The rain held off for a beautiful December morning ruck. Great mummble chatter with Choo Choo. We had a beautiful view of the morning light poking through the clouds and a Beaver running the football field.

  • BroCode

    This being the last Friday of the month, we ran the usual Bro Code route (Pump to Church to Copperas to Ridgefield to Old Prescott and back to the start). For the record, Pigskin led for the first 30 yards. We were also accompanied by Wally and Lulu.

     

    Afterwards, we finished up at Dunkin for some 2nd F.