Category: Richmond, VA

  • Shit Happens When You Party Naked

    Nine men pushing for good results turned out for the latest edition of the Hoedown. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the people who created Senor Frog’s shirt, the following might have happened:

    Today was supposed to be a HoneyDo Q. With the Silent Assassin on the DL, the Pax moseyed to the school wall in his honor. 20 donkey kicks.

    Circle up for a proper Circle of Pain.

    50 SSHs x4 count
    Imperial Walkers 10 x 4 count
    Hillbillies 10x 4 count
    LBCs x 20
    Rosalita’s x20
    HRMs x10

    Triple Check Numero Uno

    Partner 1: Run the loop.
    Partner 2: Dips on the benches.
    Partner 3: Donkey kicks (in the seemingly unlikely, but nonetheless real, scenario in which a Pax member, or three, have forgotten what a donkey kick is in the last 4 minutes, do wall squats).

    Mosey to the parking lot, then up the steps, take a hard right around the tree, then a hard left towards the road, then down the “median” marked by white lines, then press the button on the crosswalk (waiting for the lone femalian to drive right through the illuminated crosswalk lights, then left, then right, and into the Third Church Alternative Parking Lot. Grab 3 blocks, then grab 3 more blocks.

    Triple Check Numero Dos

    Partner 1: Run the loop, clockwise.
    Partner 2: Block presses
    Partner 3: Block overhead presses.

    A little stretching.

    Triple Check Numero Tres

    Partner 1: Run the loop. But, this is no ordinary loop. Down the steps, hard left, up the other steps, out the parking lot entrance, then left onto Forest, then left onto Silverspring, the left into the parking lot, and back to the start.
    Partner 2: Block squats
    Partner 3: Block swings. These hurt YHC’s back, so if you can’t do it, don’t Q it. After 2 rounds, swear quietly, and switch to presses.

    A little more stretching.

    Mosey in the general direction of the TES parking lot, but take the crosswalk (using the lights, again, for safety). Pax run all over, leaderless.

    Q instills some form of management. Circle up on the TES front lawn (or concrete, for those who did not want to get their whittle shirt wet). Don Quixotes and then HRMs.

    Mosey to the Teacher’s Parking Lot.

    Triple Check Numero Quatro

    Partner 1: Sprint the 11 parking spaces and back.
    Partner 2: World War II-style sit ups. (No verification that anyone in WWII actually did these).
    Partner 3: Merkins.

    Mosey to the Circle for Mary

    Freddie Mercury x11-ish
    Hello Dolly 10ish
    Flutter kicks x25

    Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    El almuerza, manana (el martes), El Casa de Sandwiches de Estacion de Bomberos, Broad Street. Contact El Piel de Cerdo for details. But, do it in Spanish. 12:30 p.m. El conta en espanol; yo escribo in espanol.

    Pickle Ball Mondays starting May 20 at Batteau. Repeato, in the words of Kid Rock, all summer long. This is one of two events at Batteau that might teach humility. Option 1) Attempt to beat Lockjaw’s son in Pickel Ball, and Option 2) Complete the Grow Ruck. C’mon. Who are you kidding? Your only chance is the Grow Ruck.

    NMS:

    The BB title comes from Senor Frog’s shirt this morning. That’s all. Just the words on his shirt.

    Honey Do is on the DL with a calf injury. Heal up.

    Bodo’s apparently survived a targeted assassination attempt while riding an e-bike. Wow. Glad to have him in the land of the living. Heal up, amigo.

    Other dudes are on then mend as well. Heal up.

  • (Honey) Did 1,000

    Thirteen gathered for yesterday’s GridIron. Following a few minutes of greetings, we started with a short mosey around the nearby sheds, concession stand, and bleachers before assembling our circle at the usual spot in the parking lot.

    Initial COP with 15 x Full SSHs, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 10 x Don Quixotes, 15 x three-quarters SSHs, 16 x Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, 15 x half SSHs, 10 x Merkins, 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 35 x APDs, and finish with 12 x one-quarter SSHs.

    Move to the nearby grassy hill adjacent to the parking lot. Line up for 11s. Run downhill for 10 x Carolina Dry Docks, Bear Crawl uphill, and complete one x Prisoner Squat. Run back downhill for nine and continue in the usual fashion until completion of one and 10 of the called exercises. Replace the Bear Crawl with a Bernie halfway through.

    Run across the football field to the rectangular parking lot just beyond the other side. Start in the middle of the parking lot, running to each corner to complete 50 of a different exercise, including WWIIs, Reverse Crunches, Jump Squats, and Single Count Side Lunges. Complete exercises in whatever sequence you like, but return to the center after each round and complete five Burpees.

    Relocate to the Middle School’s field, circle up, and take a knee for Jack Webb with Arm Circle chaser. Stay together for each round completing one Merkin, four Overhead Presses, and eight Arm Circles. As usual, add a Merkin each round and maintain the same ratio for the other exercises. Break briefly midway through with some short runs and Al Gore.

    Mosey off the field, across the parking lot, and back to the football field and line up on the sideline for a few rounds of taking turns running across the field and back.

    Return to the parking lot with a few minutes to spare for some stretching. COT and Attila took us out. Most of us hit the usual coffee spot after – Starbucks at Lauderdale and Broad.

    While great to see our GridIron regulars, too, we appreciated seeing EF Hutton, Honeydo, and Kubota this morning. Congratulations on 1,000 posts Honeydo.

  • Release the Beasts

    This morning, saw a hawk getting ready to look for his daily feast then the geese decided to wander and check out what the humans were up to(plus maybe they were looking for a tasty treat). One morning, maybe I will bring some cracked corn(they like it) and of course they will poop. Plus as they saw us, they figured let’s see what we are up to.

    A robust group of 16 came out for another Mudslide session. Mosey over to the courts for a WARMARAMMA (SSHs, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs, Alabama Prom Dates) plus a little hip/back stretch to get ready. Once completed, of to the woods

    A mini Dora to start out: 25 2-count hanging mountain climbers, 50 Bulgarian split squats, 100 Shoulder taps. I knew I was feeling good when I blitzed the 100 shoulder taps, hit the squats then the hanging mountain climbers my head was up at bar level. I have another variation to try out, just simply working on the hangs and trying to get your arms at 90 degrees will improve things

    A new thing I have been wanting to try out: Inchworms will work things from head to toe but add a little tweak(turn it into a variant of a burpee plus for later, a great tool). First round simply going up then back down, second round reach out, then hoop your feet to your hands, third round your option what I did what take my hands part the shoulders in plank, then hop the feet in. We did not have to go far for what’s next

    A Dora: yet reversed it and added a couple of things. 300 LBCs, 200 squats, 100 Merkins, 50 Hollow Body Rocks, 25 coffin situps. Now the kicker: using the bands(the LBCs band at the feet, holding your arms at 90, squats band at get and head(taught Speedo the suitcase squat which he liked, Merkins band around back and on hand(heavier band makes it harder), hollow body rocks the band is at the feet and head level, coffin situps feet straight out coming up like a dead person(I also call them Undertakers). We finished and had time for one final thing.

    The painkiller(a kick ass version of an 11s). Mankillers(the way Doozy does them sorry I was not a fan of how they were being done last week) plus bunny murders. The way to end it: if there’s anything left in the tank empty it out. The geese were going damn: don’t mess with those humans. Completion of the workout: back to the flag for numbers and names(a good amount of RESPECT today most I have seen in a while

    See Slack for the latest announcements and news: a lot going on over the next few weeks. Prayers for Florence’s mom(and his new job), Broadway’s daughter still battling migraines and good luck to a Speedo in June running his first 5k

    Today I felt good….. One thing I try to make sure to work on being mobile and having my body move that it doesn’t feel like it’s struggling. That’s the thing as you get older, things change but working on flexibility, mobility helps. Can we all get better(sure)! It’s taking each day plus now I am starting to get that true itch back where I need a race. This year it just likes right now September Spartan weekend the super and sprint at a spot about 1 hour 40 minutes from home. Next year, I have had this goal since 2020 but 2025 time to achieve it. I have always wanted to do a trifecta in one weekend(Beast Saturday, Super Sunday morning then right after the sprint). There’s also the Ultra Trifecta(am ultra Saturday with the super and sprint the next day). Luckily I can go to NC there’s a spot about 3 hours away that’s where I would go for it. I hope to find one in the summer, do the September races then start the training. I can do it mentally, physically I have some weaknesses I need to fix. If I find a race that I feel a group of us might like and it’s reasonable, I will let you know. Have a good one see you next time

  • KB Beast

    YHC was short on sleep and just trying to gut this one out.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB beast
      • Sit ‘n press with behind-the-back carry
      • High pulls and waiters carry (RH)
      • Curls and waiters carry  (LH)
      • Swings and death crawl
      • Sumo squats and around the worlds
      • Tricep press and lunges
    • Run the loop
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Good work from the PAX.  Tough one since we remain under-weight the whole time, and those death crawls down the bus loop suck.  T claps for Fireman Ed moving up to 40 lbs. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Brunch club

    Slack post didn’t call all the boys to yard. Solo table for one to enjoy some prerunning brunch.

    All good, I put on the ear buds the newest WESTHOE 2nd F Tuesday book: 12 Rules for Life and started off on an 8 miler prerun.

    Wrapped up up the run and joined the Gridiron PAX right in the middle of a Jack web at 40 Merkins, 36 Air Press and 60ish arm circle.. the rest can be read on Chum’s BB for Gridiron.

    SYITG!

    v/r

    Gypsy

  • Birdie’s first post

    3 runners (1 with 4 paws) Made it out for an extended version of Premature Acceleration. Birdie is YHC’s run buddy during the week and it was time for her to make her F3 debut. She even has herself a good little F3 name (Eagle)

    YHC was a couple minutes late getting to Rockwood, but never got into a vehicle, and we would be traveling on foot (or paws) the whole way!

    We met up with Boberry at Rockwood and all of us got a solid 2 hours in. Boberry is a beast having just completed GTE less than a week ago and willingly coming along for a long run! And from what he told me about last weekend, this more like a walk in the park.

    Eagle was a beast as well, always out front of YHC and getting in the whole 13.1 this morning.

    Lots of talk about other topics, including our thankfulness for our M’s who are there to support us every day, and our plans to support them on this Mother’s Day weekend.

    Always great running with Bo! Take care of your moms this weekend! Happy Mother’s Day!

  • RuckWood

    The dawn mists of Rockwood welcomed 7 ruckers and 2 walkers for an hour of Morning Wood. Mudslide set a brisk pace and seemingly covered every possible trail in the woods while 4 post-GTE HIM’s told war stories. A big welcome back to Speedo! Strong work everyone. Yours, DTH

  • Is it 5:30 yet?

    The Q woke up at 5:30 but I thought arriving at 5:39 was pretty good. After a circle around the school I found the pax at the playground doing a triple check. I assume they warmed up with out me and it sounds like they spent time in the gazebo and did some parking lot tracers. I finished up the triple check with he pax and took over with a modified wilt. We did a 4 corners with the following exercises: lbc, heels to heaven, lunges and monkey humpers. The first and second times around the circle we did 40 of each exercise and the last we did 20. Mosey to the parking lot. Ring of Fire in plank position – 10 merkins for each pax member. We did boat – canoes to finish it out. Numberams, Namarama, Spit took us out with a prayer. It was a great morning – thank you guys! SYITG

  • Simple route down Monument

    7 runners and 10 riders showed up for this week’s edition of RAMM and RAMM Gears. While the riders planned their route, YHC told the runners we were headed to Monument. Everyone takes Commonwealth to Monument and then turns right on Monument. 4s turn right on Arthur Ashe Boulevard to Grove, and then back to the flag. 5s turn right on Meadow to Grove and then back to the flag. 6s turn right on Harrison to Grove and then back to the flag.

    Numberama / Namearama

    YHC took us out.

  • No blacklights allowed in the RV post trip

    7 dudes showed up at Twin Team today, 6 regs + 1 FNG. The summary of events is as follows:

    Warmarama:

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Arms Circles Front/Back
    • Don “Keep it Low and Slow” Quixote’s
    • Helicopters
    • Merkins
    • WWI’s
    • Merkins
    • Big Boy Sit Ups
    • Merkins
    • WWII’s
    • Merkins
    • American Hammers

    Thang 1:

    5 Laps: 10 pull ups (round 1 only) followed by a run around the track. Remaining rounds, 5 pull ups followed by a run around the track. Run was bro code style.

    2 Laps: 20 2 count air squats with a bro code run 1/2 way around the track after each set of exercises.

    1 Laps: 10 Carolina Dry Docks followed by a 1/4 lap run bro code style.

    Back to the Flag for a quick set of Merkins, Dry Dock and Werkins. Time Called.

    YHC tooks out.

    Welcome to Coil Toss. We asked him to tell us an embarrassing story and that the bar was pretty high after Skinny Dip’s Ohio State adventure discussed at No Toll Tuesday. Coin Toss rose to the occasion and told us the story of his emergency whiz on the 50 yard line of a CNU football game following a fly over.

    Special Note: The PAX was really supportive of YHC today. The only mumble chatter came in the form of praise and encouragement. Your words mean so much.

    Back blast title….had to be there.