Category: Richmond, VA

  • Make up your mind as you run

    YHC had big plans to run from MOT to Timberwolf which is 6 miles +/- but with only 3 runners this morning an audible was called and we decided (well YHC decided, Rosie just agreed) on a fast paced run through Walton Park. Even as we headed down Walton Park Rd we were trying to decide if we should cut back through Watch Hill and make it a 4 miler or keep going and get in the 5 miler.

    Midlothian TPKE to Woolridge, Left on Walton Park Rd to the T, Right on the rolling hills of Queensgate, Right on Coalfield and BTTF. 5 miles +/- YHC started his watch around the .75 mile mark so Rosie has the actual numbers. Pace was between 7:30 and 7:40 somewhere.

    Wedding Singer hit Queensgate and turned BTTF for what I’m guessing would have been 3.5 or 4 miles

    Numbers / Names OC took us out

    NMS:

    YHC loves the rolling hills of Queensgate and it’s always good to have a friend like Rosie to keep you company while you’re putting in the miles.

  • Sorry…I think you have the wrong number.

    5 HIM’s joined YHC this morning for a little SOT beat down. What a perfect morning it was.

    Warmarama: SSH, Helicopters, Dead Man Hangs, Downward Dogs, Merkins, Wide Grip Merkins, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Dates, Single Leg APD’s on both sides.

    Thang 1: Triple check – Partner 1 runs around the bleacher area. Partner 2 – your choice of Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Wide Grip Merkins. Partner 3 – Monkey Humpers

    Thang 2: 11’s. Bottom of the hill = WWII’s. Top of the hill = Carolina Dry Docks. This here portion of the workout was a challenge. Cookie and Hardywood slayed this beast easily though.

    Thang 3: 50% up the parking lot hill. At the halfway point, top and halfway point (back down) – 5 burpees. Next round – 75% up the hill with 15 heels to heaven at each point. Next round 100% – up to the top of the hill for Merkins. Final round – backwards run up the hill turning around at the top and back to the flag.

    A few minutes to spare so a couple ab exercises were dished out along with some awkward Suzanne Summers. Awkward for teachers arriving for school, not for us!

    Announcements a plenty: Check Slack for details.

    YHC took us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead. There was tremendous effort today with Hardywood particularly inspirational with humor and effort. Way to bring it my friend! If you ever need someone to send random condolence texts, he’s your man.

    It’s a great day.

  • Special Guests

    5 SOJ ruckstallions converged for a 45min OTB ruck at The Forge, but quickly escaped the AO into the hills of Oxford. After a half-mile loop, the PAX found themselves at YHC’s house being introduced to our special guests, a collection of 8’ logs, procured specifically for such GTE#47 purposes. Two logs were selected and shouldered, and YHC was sure to include the big hill in our little log-training circuit. This was not easy, and yet the PAX made it look easy. YHC felt better once the logs were returned and the complaining commenced (phew! I’m not the only one who found that challenging!). These now extreeeeeemely experienced ruckers covered a little over 2.5 miles, and returned to find an HHS admin scoping our shovel flag and cars. Apparently Wednesday morning gets attention but being there at the same time every Thursday for the last FIVE years doesn’t get noticed? It was odd, “Mike” was invited to join F3, he backed away slowly. Purple Rain felt pretty sure (slathered with sarcasm) that he was a HC for coming out tomorrow… ha! Well, we’ll be there anyway. Thanks for letting me lead fellas! 🔥💪🙏

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Crossing (new AO) kicks off this evening at 6pm at WEAG. Also, DTH and others are tackling a PRE-FrozenTriangle ruck this Sat AM (leave from Dogpile at 0600). See Slack for all other ruck options.
    PRAYER REQUESTS: Pray for NTB as he and his M are grieving the loss of a loved one.

  • Thanks, Bulkhead

    It’s been a long time since YHC has led a KB Q — thanks to Bulkhead for pushing YHC’s ass to do it.

    COP —
    in no order
    Helicopters, DQ, arm circles, IW, Sumo Squats, KB leg raises, Bob and Weave, Am ham with and without kettlebell

    4 corners
    Waiter carry to first corner — do 20 kb flutters
    side lunge to next corner — do 20 goblet squats
    waiter carry to next corner — do 10 high pulls
    move to next corner — 20 mountain climbers no KB

    11’s
    merkins/burpees and demon crushers

    almost a triple check
    run to the spot and back
    KB swings
    Presses

    some boat canoes for fun

    Great time had by all!

  • Last day of Dry January

    5 faithful gathered this cool morning and got our steps in today. Living up to the running boot camp we covered 4 miles today. We ran to our popular neighborhood and hit the Cul-De-Sacs. First few we did 10 Merkins and 10 WW2s, after those we bumped up to 15 or each, on the way back to the flag we took the long way around the lake. 135 merkins, 135 WW2s completed with 4 miles run. Thought we lost Pigskin for a few mins at one point. A good day to workout! Reminders of frozen triangle coming up, closed in prayer and off to start the day!

  • Build a Beat

    16 beasts lurking the the ice cold gloom. 1 beautiful Q to lead them on a merry musical chase.

    Warmarama with Snuff’s mix cranked to the max: 6x each of SSHs, LBCs, plank jacks, mirkins, Lieutenant Dans, burpees. A foreboding preview of the the workout: Build a beast, with compliments to Oyster.

    The beast ladder: run the field stopping to do 6×6 SSHs. Next, run it back with (6x SSHs and 6x LBCs)x6. Continue the ladder all the way up to 6x(6x SSHs, 6x LBCs, 6x plank jacks, 6x mirkins, 6x Lieutenant Dans and 6x burpees). 36+72+108+144+180+216= 756 reps

    Miraculously finish with time to spare, so we ran the field and sprinted back.

    Parking lot bear crawl with ascending mirkins, run it back with lunge walk and ascending squats.

    Mosey back to the flag for COT and a whole host of announcements. Check Slack for details.

    Gratitude for the music, for the morning, for the the beastly men who crushed the workout. More complaints about the music than the beatdown – now that’s impressive.

  • Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Literally)

    4 Pax got out of their fart sacks, wouldve been 5 but ShawShank admitted to fart sacking! 💨 We went to explore some of the surrounding neighborhood and ended up making a few wrong turns and couldn’t find our way back! Lost in the Bermuda Triangle!

    Starting with some warm ups at the basketball courts…blah blah blah, and off for a little run to the neighboring neighborhood, ran around a few roundabouts onto a few cul-de-sacs where we performed some burbees, merkins, LBC’s, American Hammers, World War II’s … And some moree burpees. One cul-de-sac had a pile of small boulders which performed – which I like to call the “Stoners burpee!” State Farm had a cool name too but I forgot it!

    on the way trying to get back to the flag we got lost! Broadway said to make a left and ran into another cul-de-sac so yes we did burpees… Then we ran some more and made a right onto another cul-de-sac! And yes some more burpees… This time we went straight (mind you it’s pitch dark) with us in headlamps scared this guy messing with his car in another cul-de-sac! So we did 1 burpee to keep it moving because this guy thought we were running up on him…lol.

    Finally we went up a street that took us back towards the flag still with 10 minutes remaining we did 21’s in the parking lot doing WWII’s and American Hammers. Audibled to cut it short to run back to the flag.

    Annoucements:

    Frozen triangle 2 Saturdays from now (do not show up to R&R that Saturday.

    Prayers went out to Big Rigs mom and Broadway had prayers for someone too but I forgot what it was! Sorry man!

  • Kettlebell Suicides

    5 men decided to see what YHC had in store at The Old Hundred this morning. 4 showed up with their kettlebell and one with a cheese slicer…Here is what went down

    quick lap around the parking lot followed by WARMARAMA- SSH, DQ, Arm circles forward and back/ big and little, cherry pickers, merkins, LBCs

    THE THANG

    started off with a circuit of Squats, Halos, chest press and lunges – 25X

    CARDIO – then off to the side parking lot for some kettlebell suicides. carrying you kettlebell we did suicides stopping at each point for 10 merkins.

    Round 2 – Swings, curls, skull crushers, overhead press- 25X

    CARDIO- side shuffle the parking lot with kettlebell and in each corner 10 merkins

    Back to the front parking lot

    Round 3 – big boy situps, lawnmowers, flutterkicks with raised kettlebell, plank pull through

    2 laps around the speedway with kettlebells alternating holding kettlebell above our head

    finished off with parking spots….10 reps of excercise called by pax for each spot and a run to the end of the parking lot in between each time getting one spot closer. exercises were burpees, single leg dead lift, allen iversons, overhead press

    Time called

    announcements- frozen triangle, growruck- YHC took us out in prayer

  • Fuzzy Navels

    A lucky seven assembled in the gloom to reverse the curse of last week’s running workout.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Jazzercize
      • Suzanne Somers
      • HRM
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the black top for four corner with 10, 15, 20 & 25 reps
      • 70 HRM
      • 70 WWII sit-ups
      • 70 copperhead squats
      • 70 side crunches, each side
    • Mosey over to Heartbreak Hill for an 11 on the hill with H2H and monkey humpers
    • Mosey around the track to the pull bars where each PAX does 7 pull-ups while the rest Al Gore
    • Bernie up the slope and mosey back to the shovel flag for some dead man hang
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX today.  Several PAX members sported the short shirt tail, exposing the midriff for all to gag on.  Pasty and unsightly.  A lot to stomach (pardon the pun) in the gloom.  Great to have Pigskin back safe!

    Check slack for upcoming Frozen Triangle and Grow Ruck.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

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