Category: Richmond, VA

  • Rain Men

    3 were undeterred by the rain that stopped on time just for this Q :

    F3 mission and principles 

    Warmarama on tennis court : 20 SSH IC, 20 IW’s IC, 20 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 Merkins IC

    THE THANG : 

    On tennis courts : Front facing crab walk across, Crawl bear back, lunges across again

    Mosey to other side of the school parking lot

    Sprint 3 times without stopping across the length of parking lot 

    3 more sprints with breaks in between

    Mosey to wall on side of the school

    Triple check : donkey kicks, navy seal burpees, timer runs across parking lot and back

    Triple check : merkins, one legged LBC’s, timer runs across parking lot and back

    Triple check : Alternating Punches in Al Gore, Alternating Straight Leg Kicks, timer runs across parking lot and back

    Mosey BTTF 

    Mary with American Hammers for 2 minutes

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Announcement : Tuesday 4/9 at 8 pm SOJ Happy Hour and Leadership Meeting at Capital Ale on Midlo Parkway

    Prayers : healing for Rosie, Nancy, Draper, DTH’s FIL, Florence’s MIL

  • AI Signal for WDOG

    Hitch sent out the AI bot message and 6 regulars answered the call.

    Mosey to circle – warm up. SSH, squats, merkins, flutters, cross leg LBCs

    Carillon field modified beast – 1 burpee at each of the 6 stops in first run, 1 burpee and 2 WWII in second, 2 WWII and 3 LBC in third, 3 LBC and 4 merkins in fourth, pause.

    Mosey to far roundabout – Dora. 100 merkins, 200 jump squats, 300 LBCs

    Mosey to amphitheater. Increasing Irkin climb up steps., Return to AO start.

    Another beautiful morning at one of RVA’s finest AOs. Thanks for letting me lead gents. Good conversation with some old friends. Stay healthy and enjoy the ride.

    -Singer

  • Mothers

    10 men in the rain and the gloom with the tunes. Flagpole warmarama with the usual SSHs, DQs, Imperial Squat Walkers, etc.

    Mosey to the wall for the Pigskin special: wall sits (Muhammad Alis, milkers, Hoedowns), balls to the wall (hip slaps, Australian mtn climbers, toe taps) and donkey kicks, repeato x3 and finish with a dirty hookup.

    Down the stairs for a triple check: jump squats, dips and run the loop. Some minor grumbling about the rain so we moseyed to the club: Snuff Underground.

    Triple check in the dry: WW2s, plank jacks with the timer on the small loop. Then 11s across the short space: ball dipper and hand-release mirkins. The music was pumping.

    Mosey back to the flag to finish on time.

    COT: Prayers for Scram’s mom as she enters hospice. She does so in high spirits with characteristic personality. She takes those last few steps down her path and we are the ones who are left behind. Take today to honor the mothers in your life: they brought us in to this world, and our children into this world, they are truly blessed.

  • Heed the Mandatum

    3 bootcampers and 3 walkers converged on this rainy morning. The walkers headed out and we other 3, after a warm up mosey, made our way to the pavilion for some ground and pound. After some stretching COP, we commenced the following ladder:

    100 SSHs
    90 Squats
    80 LBCs
    ** 15 Burpees **
    70 Mtn Climbers 2x
    60 American Hammers 2x
    50 Merkins
    ** 15 Burpees **
    40 WW2s
    30 Ball Dippers 2x
    20 Hand Release Merkins
    10 Burpees

    When finished, we moseyed up and down Commonwealth and returned to the pavilion. We cut the exercises in half and worked our way back up the ladder, finishing with 50 SSHs.

    COT, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Happy Birthday TYA! It must feel amazing to be an octogenarian. We love you buddy. Today is Maundy (not Monday) Thursday. Maundy comes from the latin word Mandatum, meaning “command.” This day remembers the last meal Jesus had with his disciples when he washed their feet. He then said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

  • Wet Tomatoes

    2 Davillians braved the cold wet rain this Thursday morning. YHC started with a run but ended up walking getting around 2 miles. Beef did his ruck getting around 1.8 miles. Both of us thought was a good day to call it short

    Spit On That

  • Chatty Runners Steal the Show: Doozy, Ponch, and Cookie Set a New Record in the “Talk and Trot” Category

    In the world of sports, where intensity and fierce competition often reign supreme, three unlikely heroes have emerged to challenge the status quo. Meet Doozy, Ponch, and Cookie – not your typical speed demons, but rather, the masters of multitasking on the track.

    As the starting gun echoed through the stadium, signaling the commencement of yet another exhilarating race, the crowd’s attention quickly shifted to the peculiar trio. Instead of the usual grimaces of determination, they wore grins of camaraderie, ready to embark on a unique journey down the track.

    Doozy, the smooth talker with a penchant for puns, led the pack with his effortless stride and witty remarks. Ponch, matched him step for step, firing back with quips and anecdotes of his own. And then there was Cookie, the laid-back observer, weaving through the conversation with insightful comments and occasional bursts of laughter.

    With each stride, they delved deeper into the conversation, discussing everything from how they got their names to fun-filled college life.

    As the time reached 6.15 hours, Doozy and Ponch bid farewell, and Cookie continued to run until he reached his 10K goal.

    They had redefined the essence of competition, proving that sometimes, the most significant rewards come not from the speed of your feet but from the warmth of your conversations.

    In a world where winning is everything, these three runners reminded us there’s joy in the journey — especially when you have good company. So here’s to Doozy, Ponch, and Cookie, the champions of the “Talk and Trot” category, who taught us all that sometimes, it’s okay to slow down and enjoy the ride.

  • Its just rain…right????

    After getting a heads up from a few Crossing regulars that they couldn’t make it, YHC figured there would be a couple guys to post since we’ve been getting pretty good numbers on the regular. Even the last time it rained we had 5 to post, Not today. After a brief warmup of SSH, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, and copperhead squats, YHC decided to take a lap around the perimeter of the church then do 30 Merkins, 30 LBC’s 30 squats, and 10 burpees. YHC was able to do 3 rounds. The last round, with time running low, YHC decided to do 2 rounds of 10 Merkins, 10 LBC’s, 10 squats and 5 burpees and only run the upper parking lot. With only 2 minutes remaining YHC did burpees til time.

    Prayers to all F3RVA pax experiencing any sort or hardship whether it be an illness, injuries, or issues with the family.

    House Party

  • Bearing Burdens

    8 macho men took the trails of Machismo’s backyard for a multi-wooded ruck. We started heading through waterlogged fields, crossed a damn, over the hill, through the woods, but to Grandma’s we dare not go. No, there on the return, there was yet another log. This one weighing in at a speculative 800#s together we hoisted said burden to varied shoulders and marched near 300 yards. Maybe this log is better left in the woods.

    Prayer requests for DTHs acquaintance going through detox from Alchoholism. Dad’s family bearing the burden of his father’s death. Also add Machismos neighbor Kerri at the time of the ruck YHC didn’t know she had passed on from her battle with Cancer.

    We bear each other’s burdens.

  • No rain, some pain and the ghost of Senor Frog

    6 Pax dodged the non-rain of First Watch to enjoy a limited cardio coupon workout. After taking a fart sack sabbatical from FW over the last several weeks, he reappeared to Q ahead of his next birthday. Kubota was nice enough to bring coupons so we could look Spring Break vacation worthy.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, DMH, merkins, MCs and LBCs. Mosey to covered area which was unnecessary but when a workout plan is made, thou shalt abide by the plan.

    Triple check with bench press, curls and run to top end of parking lot. In the middle of the workout, a seventh PAX appeared who looked like Senor Frog. He said a couple words and he was told to get a coupon. Such PAX member vanished for the rest of the workout. Very spooky. Spooky stuff happens during Holy Week.

    At the same location, we did a new Triple check with coupon flutters, squats and run to Forest Ave. and back. After completion, I asked my timekeeper Hutton for the time (I could not find my watch – stinks getting old) I realized there was enough time to return coupons and do stationary 11s consisting of dips and derkins (off the guardrail at home base). Handshake signaled he was done with a burst from his tailpipe. Mosey to home base.

    Finished with American hammers, heels to heaven and some stretching.

    Prayers for Handshake’s M’s second cousin who is getting treated for bone cancer and for my father n’ law who found out he has stage 4 liver cancer. Congrats for Bodos for his interview on the radio (did not know his last name was pronounced Widamer). Safe travels for all those going somewhere for Spring Break. Happy Easter to all! It was good to be back.

  • Dumpster route

    A trio from the far west end followed the garbage man this morning and according the smell, we did the following:

    We followed the garbage truck from Pocahontas to Short Pump Park and did some warmups under the Pavilion-SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, IW, Merkins, LBCs and Flutters.
    We then went to the Pergola courtyard and did some triple checks. First one: timer does the small loop, others do HRM and Squats. Second: timer runs to pavilion wall and back, others do dips and incline merkins—we shared a bench even though there were many to use—we are the cutest. We finished with 11s: WWII and 4 count flutters. Started with bear crawling up and down the courtyard, evolved to lunges, jogging and crab walk. We then headed home.

    Came in 2 minutes late. I did not charge extra. Only did 2.4 miles but Lighthouse gave me a pass because of the bear crawls.

    Prayers to all those suffering and fighting through cancer.

    Thanks for letting me lead.