Category: Richmond, VA

  • City Run

    Beautiful morning for a run yesterday. This is more or less the route the 8 PAX executed.

    Out on Grove headed East, back on Floyd til it ends left on grove 

    4s at n meadow 

    5s at N Harvie st

    6s take grove until it ends, take a right, follow park avenue until you get to more park, loop it until you take a left on Floyd 

    most pax were close to 5. Great work by all. Faceplant held himself back since there were no other sixes. Great run fellas! Always a good time to run in the city with some great company!

  • 2 10 year men

    12 veterans of the gridiron came out to see which SOY man would be leading the Mecca of F3 Richmond for the final day? Of SOJ takeover. YHC signed up early for this one due to enjoying going to where it all started. We had 2 10 year men with us (J’ville and Chum). We owe a dept of gratitude to these and all 10 year men. Without them breathing life into F3 in the early days there may have been no F3 for all of us to find. We are all grateful.

    According to the early morning pickleball crew here is what went down.

    Mosey to the gridiron for warmarama. COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; 10 Each, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, , Copper head squat, Dead man hang, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters.  

    Line up on goal line for a Build a Beast. Squats, Merkins, LBC’s, Flutters, Drydocks, SSH’s. 6x6x6

    Back to goal line for a triple check. Runner, Deshaun Watson merkins, LBC’s.

    Back to goal line for various runs over various distances up and down the field 3 times. Back to COT. YHC took us out in prayer.

    Whitesnake is playing at Richmond Roll today 12-2 for a biker rally if you want to partake.

    Always an honor to lead.

  • Every Day is a Gift

    The summer return of RAMM gears has been a great return indeed. 6 of us met at 5am, and 5 of us rode out River to Robious and back. Saw a deer, a fox, a beautiful sunrise, and had an all around stupendous time. Total mileage around 21 miles. HBD to No Tools for his 56th bday. His father having passed at age 56, TYA reminded us to appreciate every day.

  • A Homage to Morning Wood Past

    Morning Wood has evolved over the years – you can pretty much do whatever the F you want before Rock N Roll. This morning House Party and I ditched our Rucks and brought back the traditional run. Completed the paved trail loop plus half a lap around the park. Finished just in time for Broga. Always a great time catching up with HP!

  • cobwebs, coupons, and cartwheels

    Coupons were brought for all to share during the ruck. None opted to bring Cindy or the sledge hammer for the rifle carry. Rodeo clown at one point showed us his agility with a cartwheel proving he does all his own stunts. Our best calculations showed to be about 2.6 miles. Mudslide got the only pull up in before he split for broga. We finished strong with the one last quick lap around the park just in time for the Florence Q. Great work PAX.

  • Summer Staycation

    YHC intended on Q’ing DogPile for SOJ Takeover but alas, Oyster beat me to the punch. So I did this staycation at Rock N Roll with these 20 hombres instead :

    Mosey to nearest baseball outfield and circle up

    F3 disclaimers and Mission Statement

    Warmarama : 25 SSH IC, 20 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 Merkins IC, 10 Pelican Squats on each side (you had to be there to know what these are)

    Line up for indigenous run to the Latino Market then turn around and head BTTF

    Mosey into forest trail side entrance and stop at workout station

    Triple Check : Pull Ups, Lay down on your six and hold your legs up six inches off ground, Timer runs to gate and back

    Mosey out of forest trail to the bottom of the grass hill

    Front Facing crab walk up to the top of the hill

    Crawl Bear across next parking lot

    Lunges across next parking lot

    Naked Murder Bunny across next parking lot (think Murder Bunny without the cindy)

    Mosey to baseball outfield and line up in line with home plate

    6 sprints of 30 yards

    Mosey farther into the outfield and circle up

    1 min, 30 sec elbow plank

    50 Butterfly Situps IC

    Hold Legs up six inches for 40 sec

    Partner Up for Dora : 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC’s

    Had to cut the LBC’s portion of the Dora a little early to head BTTF

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Prayer Requests : Doublemint getting melanoma area removed on Monday; OC’s coworker has advanced melanoma. He’s only 35 and has a 1 year old baby; DTH’s FIL and YHC’s MIL have advanced lung cancer

    Announcements : Next Sat 6/22 launch of new Chester AO “The Iron Bridge” at Goyne Park 7 am – 8 am; Summer Tour ongoing

    NMMS : Great to have E.F. Hutton join us this morning and earn both a 1st F point and a 2nd F point at coffee afterwards. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed YHC’s cute pink microphone blue tooth speaker that I borrowed from my daughter as well as the copious amounts of commercials during YHC’s playlist.

  • 3 Men, 3 Lakes

    easy breezy beautiful, breakfast club

  • So That’s Why It’s Called TwinTeam

    A studly mix of SOJ and Westhoe PAX checked another box on the summer tour at TwinTeam this morning. YHC had never experienced the renowned hill that gave the AO its namesake, and we certainly got our money’s worth today.

    WARMARAMA

    • Mosey loop around the school entrance and back to where we started.
    • SSH, Helicopters, Ukrainian Soldiers, Hillbillies, Suzanne Somers, Hello Dollies, etc.

    COP #1 – Quad Check

    • Stop Sign Squats, Picnic Table Decline Merkins, Garden Bench Dips, Timer runs to the painted rock and back. Four rounds.

    Indigenous people run across Robious to the bottom of Twin Team Lane. PAX in back does one burpee before taking the lead.

    COP #2 – Pass the Crabs

    • Make a large circle and hit your six.
    • Hold feet six inches off the ground while the PAX take turns crab walking clockwise to the next PAX in the circle. After passing your crabs to the next guy, resume holding feet off the ground until a full circle is completed and everyone rests.
    • Repeato – Hold Open Crunchy Frog

    COP #3 – Bernie Twins

    • Time to finally conquer the hill. Best to buddy-up for Catch Me If You Can!
    • Partner #1 Bernie Sanders up Twin Team while partner #2 executes three merkins before running to catch their partner.
    • Ouch.

    Mosey back down Twin Team to recover and then indigenous people run as before headed back across Robious to the flag.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    • OC – Coworker’s recent health surprises and difficult prognosis.
    • Rosie – Father-in-law’s treatment through Lymes Disease.
    • NTB – Grandfather is passing away in the coming days and the family is driving down to NC to say goodbye.

  • Coupon Creek

    Two SOJ usurpers stamped passports, hopped a clown car, and after hours of quality mumble chatter landed their craft safely at The Creek. They were greeting by five fierce natives of the north lands who resisted the takeover until they were placated with gifts of latex-dipped gloves. The wild northmen then gaped in awed silence at the gifts of coupons emerging from the aforementioned craft, and solemnly each warrior accepted a token of good will. Here’s what two bewildered deer witnessed:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Each member of the PAX directed to collect a unique heavy item – the options were: 40# GTE team weight (rocks in a duffle), 60# sandbag, 30# ruck, 50# kettlebell, 25# metal track plate, another #40 GTE team weight, 30# kettle bell
    • Mosey to the basketball court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey to a grassy area between two large poles
    • COUPON ELEVENS
    • Coupon Squats x10–>1
    • Coupon Press x1–>10
    • Run between sides carrying Coupon
    • *At random intervals PAX directed to stop and stretch then switch coupons

    PLANKORAMA INTERMISSION:

    • Halfway though 11’s, PAX directed to circle up
    • Name the man to your left, but x5 merkins if you mess up …whispered cheating ABOUNDED so merkins awarded at the end
    • Remain in plank to quiz PAX on the Mission, Credo, and 5CP’s. Maaaaaany more merkins awarded…

    COP #2:

    • Mosey out to the small track
    • COUPON FIFTIES
    • First to complete x50 reps calls out then all stop to mosey with coupons to the far side of the track
    • x50 Coupon swings
    • x50 Coupon presses (some did curls)
    • x50 SSH’s (no coupons)
    • x50 Coupon Squats

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the field closer to the flag
    • Line up on your six for COUPON CAROUSEL
    • Coupons passed down the line, last man runs to the front to keep coupons flowing

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Awesome to have LWoods SOJ company for the takeover this morning – MUCH appreciated brother! This was YHC’s 6th post and 4th Q for the week, and as a result, A) YHC is hurting all over, and B) YHC knows the well is not yet dry. You don’t know what you’re capable of until you try! And well, YHC tries hard… (emoji sunglasses smiling face here).  Thanks to our Daville brothers trying something new with a few coupons today. Not a lot of running, but it felt as much like a ruck as a bootcamp, so the burn was good. Keep posting fellas! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • SOJ Takeover ongoing
    • Summer Tour ongoing
    • June 21 SOJ Poker Night
    • June 22 new AO “The Iron Bridge” starts at Goyne Park at 7am
    • 2.0-Friendly Daville Bootcamp upcoming – ask Spit
    • July 4th Convergence, 7am, Forrest Hill Park

    Prayer Requests:

    • Opus and M leaving town for a week of vaca in Canada and praying teenager doesn’t burn the house down

  • Surprise!! guess who’s the Q?

    90% of the 8 men that made it to Curahee this morning assumed that YHC would be the SOJ rep to Q the run and they were correct. It was pointed out that if you are a regular at that AO, you technically shouldn’t be allowed to Q it as a takeover.

    5:30 lets roll, Right on Pump, left to Dunkin, Right on Glen Eagles and up the big hill

    YHC had no real plan except that I wanted to start with that hill. After some discussion with Mr Rogers and Light House about what could be added to the route YHC decided to cut through the apartments get on Pump to Broad and then come back down John Rolfe. However when YHC got close to Broad I realized I was already on John Rolfe (not Pump) so instead of going right I had to go left. Once YHC got on to Pump I saw Mr Rogers and Light House coming from the park and we all headed BTTF

    Numbers / Names Mr Rogers took us out

    NMS: So ends a week of Q’ing runs for the SOJ takeover, if Atlee wasn’t a 40 minute drive for YHC I would probably make it to those runs at least once a week. I encourage each one of you guys to get out and see as many new AO’s as you can or visit ones you haven’t been to in a while.