Category: Richmond, VA

  • Trout in the House

    YHC rolled up on an early this Monday AM expecting light numbers at the Pickle Ball craze is on @ Batteau. The flag is planted and look up to see a long lost F3 brother pull up…Trout, then Bulkhead…YHC is happy for this as we have great numbers now with 3 on a Monday. So here is what went down:

    COP

    We mosey to the West side of Atlee High School and triangle up for 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Imperial Walkers, 15 Arm Circles (10 small and 5 big), reverso, 10 4ct LBC’s, 10 Wind shield wipers, 10 Alabama Prom Dates, 20 merkins.

    THANG

    So bus loop action is happening with 3 gents today for a triple check. P1 – runs lap, P2 – 20 Carolina drydocks then Yoga moves until P1 returns (Fudd(downward dog), Wilsons Wife, plank all person’s desire to stretch and hold. , P3 -step ups on the bench, alternating legs. We rotate through stations for 1 set and repeat for 2 more sets for a triple check.

    Mosey to Bball Court 4 corners, Corner 1(C1) 10 merkins, C2 – 20 LBC’s, C3 30 lunges (alternating legs – 15 each leg), C4 – 40 squats. We fast jog between each station bro-code style.

    Last lap we perform 10 reps of the same exercises at each corner and walk between each station.

    Mosey back to flag for 2 minutes of stretching.

    COT

    Numberama, Namerama, Trout took us out in prayer.

    Great workout this morning gents…see you in the gloom soon, Cheers…CB.

  • NTB wishes he bought the road hazard coverage

    Backblast (better late than never?)

    Title: NTB should have bought the road hazard coverage

    Date: 2023-06-22

    AO: #ao-forge

    Q: @Greenbow

    PAX: @Don Draper @Dr TryHard @Machismo @NTB @Dealer @Greenbow (did I miss anyone? I swore I had a video of nameorama..)

    FNGs: none

    Count: 5

    Moleskine: GQ (Greenbow Q) as it’s not my first but also it hasn’t happened in a while. We sprinted. Maybe too quickly. NTB blew out a tire on the 2nd lap. Was great to get out there the week before I traveled to India

    WARMUP: Running approximately .25 miles. Not quite enough to get the youngins’ warmed up, apparently.

    THE THANG: Starting with the Q, a pax member calls out an exercise. Sprint to a place. However many finish after that pax, the exercise called x7 is performed. I believe we started with 21 burpees? Also did others as called. (NTB only) Pop a hammy on the 2nd sprint. Mosey down stairs to the top concrete overlooking the field. Prostitute with WW2s, Merkins, dips. Make fun of Huguenot High for having a mascot other than a Hawk. Some more running.

    MARY: stretching the hamstrings, Rosalitas, leg lifts, etc

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: breaking bread The Bridge – contact Upchuck

    COT: prayers and out.

  • Ruck and Ride

    A rucker and 2 riders gathered on the grounds of Atlee High School to enjoy the beautiful with low humidity. One of the riders then noticed that his bike had a flat. That ended his ride. This is what the lone remaining rider and lone rucker did.

    The Route

    Rucker – Started at 5 AM and went more than 4 miles.

    Rider – Started at 5:30 AM – Went about 9.5 miles through the grounds of Atlee, Honey Meadows, Kings Charter, Totopotomoy, Milestone, and back.

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

    NMS

    Being cautious because of a quad injury, YHC mentioned last night the idea of doing a ride instead of a run. Mr. Holland said he would join him. When Mr. Holland showed up this morning, he noticed that the tire which was fully inflated last night was flat. YHC then said we will try it again next week. When YHC arrived back at the VSF, only one rucker, No Idea was there. Interesting that we posted at the Anvil Run to have no runners 3 posting there.

    Announcements

    Anvil Amateur Bike Ride – Take 2 – Next Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30 AM.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Ultimate returns to Heartbreak

    8 frisky wanna be Lab Rats descended on the less than stellar football field of Quioccasin Middle for one of YHC’s favorite ways to spend 45 minutes…..Ultimate frisbee. Bodos was nice enough to bring his small orange cones. After setting up the field and some last minute changes back and forth on light vs. dark jerseys we had our 4 vs. 4 and kicked it off. About 5 minutes in Attila showed up to throw off our even numbers, making it 5 vs. 4. The dark shirts stormed to the lead with superior numbers, and after the score reached 5-1 Lighthouse volunteered to abandon the dark side in favor of the light side. Our paler brethren then rallied to come back but were unable to eclipse the dark team’s lead, despite the spittle flying from Handshakes lips as he continued to harangue his teammates whenever they dropped a pass. YHC announced that the last goal scored would win, and Bodos and the other “lighties” quickly stormed down the field to score the “winning” goal.

    COT: Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    Announcements: Honeydo is now calling himself “Horneydo” and has declared that he is back in the dating game! Katie bar the doors and someone better warn the ladies of RVA as it has been a while since this stallion has roamed the pastures looking for mares.

    Thanks for coming out today guys! That was a blast. I love playing Ultimate and hope to do this a few more times while we still have the early AM light.

  • For the Love of Fours

    Initially 4, then 5, and eventually 6 rolled out to run the roads of the Spiders. No Q on the sheet, not a single 5 or 6 miler in the parking lot, the 4s chose the bridge and off we went. Out 2 miles and back 2 miles. Upon the return Speakeasy had arrived but had bad intel on where to meet and missed the starting block. Enjoyed the run today amigos. -Singer

  • Pickleball at 45MM

    Pickleball at 45MM

    YHC greeted eight strong men for the first pickleball at 45MM. Moseyed to the tennis court and did COP as follows: Deadman hang x 10, helicopter x 10, imperial walkers x 10, SSH x 10. Played double and single.

    A couple of things to note:

    • Speakeasy played tennis through high school and he quickly picked it up.
    • Given his first time play, Singer played really strongly. He did solid returns and volleys.
    • Fergie and Anthrax played pickleball first time and they seemed to enjoy it a lot.

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (summer tour, Bateau pickle ball, and F3RVA Pickle Ball Tournament).

    Oyster took us out!

    Thanks!

  • We Love to Like to Hate

    7 strong, including an FNG at the latest round of the Bermuda Triangle! The fellas were ready to put in some work today. A brief summary for your viewing pleasure…….

    Mosey to the elementary school for Warm-Up:
    Don Quixote’s, Arm Circles, Ukranian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers, HRM’s, Choking LBC’s, Freddy Mercury’s.

    To the Basketball court for Exercise One: Leg Circuit.
    Out and back on the court doing to the following exercises:
    Lunge Walk
    Big Rig Jig
    Broad Jump
    Karaoke
    Appalachian Lunge Walk
    Bernie Sanders
    Flying Monkey Humpers

    Back to the Parking lot to retrieve coupons, then out to the football field for Exercise Two:

    Circuit: Each PAX completes the following
    Runner with parachute – sprint to end zone and back
    Upright row (kettlebell)
    Lawnmower Pulls (kettle)
    Merkins
    Shoulder Taps
    Jump Squats

    to the Parking Lot for Ab Circuit. Everyone picks a 50 count ab exercise.
    LBC’s
    Freddy Mercury’s
    Straight Leg LBC’s
    Side Straddle Hops
    Standing High Knees
    WWII’s
    American Hammers

    Back to Flag for two minutes of Monkey Humpers

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Request

    YHC took us out

    Final thoughts:

    It was awesome hanging with the Triangle Mafia this morning. Big welcome to Mr. Kimble, who is a friend of Preach. He had a great debut – keep posting! Big Rig is so strong that he broke the parachute.

    SYITG

  • Slurpee Day Q

    The Summer Tour is awesome.  Highly recommend it.  Sixteen rookies and veterans from far and wide gathered for a long overdue Q on Slurpee Day 2023.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Mosey to the back parking lot

    COP

    • Don Quixotes
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Helicopters
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Jazzercises
    • Crabcakes
    • Suzanne Somers L/R
    • Merkins
    • Heels to Heaven
    • SSHs

    Mosey to the back soccer field

    DORA 1-2-3

    • P1 – Run across field and back
    • P2 – Exercise (100 x Mike Tyson Merkins, 200 x Reverse Crunches, 300 x Monkey Humpers)

    Mosey to the front soccer field

    Triple Check

    • P1 – Bernie across field and run back
    • P2 – Dips
    • P3 – Muscle Ups

    Mosey to the untapped half of front soccer field

    Bearyah Chase

    • P1 – Runs across field and back to P2
    • P2 – Bearcrawls chasing P1
    • 10 Booyah Merkins and Flip
    • Repeato until Team has completed Bearcrawl across and back

    Mosey back to VSF

    Mary

    • American Hammers
    • LBCs
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • Burpee

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Forgive me PAX for I have sinned, it has been 1,288 days since my last No Toll Q, shameful.  All jokes aside, it was awesome to be back at No Toll and lead.  YHC swears he used to be there and do that all the time.  Then SpiderRun became too convenient.  Always fun to see old faces, meet new ones, and have a familiar face pop up.  Someone commented that YHC must be angry today.  I was going to joke that if I wanted to kill the SOJ guys I’d have sent Pigskin to Q, but he was there, so perhaps guilty by association.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Ultimate at No Toll 7/18

    Prayers for Toto

  • Kettlebell Kickstart

    5 HIM came out in the gloom and enjoyed the cool morning…. until the humidity reminded us its still summer. Here’s what went down.

    Warm-a-rama. Quick lap around the parking lot, Helicopters, Don Kehotes, SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, dead man hang

    COP 1- circuit performed 2x at 10 reps

    Plank pull throughs with merkins, WW2, Front raises, overhead press.

    lap around parking lot and 5 kettlebell burpees between each circuits

    COP 2- circuit performed 2x at 20 reps

    Skull crushers, squats, oblique side raises, Alabama prom dates

    lap around parking lot and 5 kettlebell burpees between each circuits

    COP 3- Cinco de triple check

    Timer set pace for flat bench press, lunges, American hammers, kettlebell swings.

    Finished up with a ring of fire, PAX choice with 20 reps

  • Just Playing a Round

    Playing a round of frisbee target golf. Throw the frisbee to the target, taking turns until the target is hit. Various workouts and reps were called for each hole.

    Chum Bucket led us through some yoga at the end and YHC took us out.