Category: Richmond, VA

  • Southside Italian Night

    YHC and his 2.0’s had the honor of preparing a dinner for 10 of Southsides finest gents. Based on the menu organized by my daughter and shopping performed by my son, this is what was on the menu for Sunday night feast.

    Ceasar Salad with all the fixins

    Lasagna with Italian Sausage and Garlic Bread/Rolls (choice of either)

    Brownies, Cookies and Ice Cream for Desert

    Ice Tea, Lemonade (both original and raspberry)

    Meal was delivered and placed in the Southside Health Center. Really nice facility and it was a pleasure to meet Shandra who helped us set everything up. Gentlemen were out enjoying the day in the back and were very grateful for the meal. Really nice facility and it was great preparing this with the family.

    Encourage everyone to participate in this easy project that is fulfilling and inclusive with other family members. Great laughs and conversation throughout the day in preparation of the meal. Look forward to participating again soon.

  • Stallone Style

    Six men came out to defend the Alamo

    WARM UP

    • SSH
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Leg stretches
    • Back stretches
    • Arm stretches
    • LBC
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • Merkins

    Moseyed to the Tunnel

    Thing 1: Tango & Cash (Dora)

    • 100 Merkins
    • 200 LBC
    • 300 Squats

    Thing 2: Daylight (11s in the Tunnel)

    • Exercise 1: American Hammers
    • Exercise 2: Crunchy Frogs

    Thing 3: Rocky (Triple Check)

    • Partner 1 & 2 Leg Throws
    • Partner 3: Run Loop/Stairs

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayer

    Make it a great day fellas!

  • Graveyard Shift OTB 3/27/23

    Big Rig and YHC linked up for our first group run for the 4:30 am Graveyard Shift rather than a Bootcamp. Went back to our roots at Rockwood Park. Here’s what the two deer a couple feet away from us on the trail observed :

    4.97 miles (we’ll call it 5) route that went through the forest paved trail big loop, then to the route behind the nature center, out to Courthouse Road, cross over to Old Courthouse Rd, go through two church parking lots and apartment complex, back into Rockwood Park for half a loop, then BTTF.

    NMMS : Big Rig’s growth in 1st F is the fastest YHC is seen among any PAX. Truly inspiring. Enjoyed the run today brother. Keep up the great work. Here’s a snapshot of the route from onthegomap.com :

  • There are routes, and then there are routes

    13 lucky lads and lassies launched at first light in the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the knuckleheads who park badly at the Pump House, the following route(s) likely happened.

    Start on the North Bank of the James River, at the North Bank Trailhead. Take that trail east, under the bridge. Regardless of any other choices, keep the river generally to your right; ensure that bears and dead bodies remain to your left. Oregon Hill can decide which applies. Turn right at the parking lot. Traverse the wavy bridge, turn right to stay on the Belle Ilse loop. Turn right to traverse the sturdy, wooden bridge. Turn right to stay on the trail. Turn right many times up the staircase. Right at the end of the bridge. Stay on that trail. It’s called Buttermilk. It will take you home.

    When you see the big bridge, go under that road and take a LEFT on the other side, then another LEFT at the road. Go across the big bridge and take a LEFT to the end of the run, where your friends will be waiting.

    Or, get lost somewhere along the way, call your friends, and have someone pick you up.

    NMS:

    Superb day for a morning run. Unless you like clouds. And, rain. If you slept in today, the Fart Sack lied to you, for it was not in fact better.

    Offshore is excited. After five years, the “fluids” study has been published. On the off chance that someone donated, ahem, he thanks them.

  • 3 dice 2 guys

    YHC procured some exercise dice to use for today’s workout. Bulkhead was ready to go so here is what went down:

    COP

    We mosey from parking lot to the bus loop side of Atlee High school and for warmarama: 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Helicopters, 15 arm circles 10 small 5 big, reverso, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 4ct LBC’s, 10 reverse scorpions and we recover.

    THANG

    We had 2 dice with exercises and one dice decide on reps or times to perform ranging from 10 reps to 30 reps, and 30, 60 or 90 seconds for the six-sided rep dice. The exercises were were two dice and we rotated the dice to make sure we covered all of the exercises. Heel Taps, burpees, LBC’s, flutter kicks, sit ups, merkins, squats, dips, lunges, plank, Alabama prom dates and Side Straddle hops were the choices.

    We had time for 3 sets of 40 reps on the Jump ropes with out tripping…had to do 40 in a row…we were able to do this in less than 5 minutes.

    Mosey back to flag for numberama, namerama.

    This was a good workout and hope to see more in the gloom next Monday as starting of the week is tough for some…for YHC and Bulkhead…it’s a great way to start the week!

  • Gettin’ it done

    One walker and four runners hit the mean streets of Midlothian for this week’s edition of OTB.

    Gumbo rolled in looking for a porta-john and seeing none decided to desecrate Starbucks before the baristas knew what hit them. Feeling the weight of last night’s dinner off of him, we were off.

    Runners got in a well paced 6.5 before returning to Starbucks. YHC and Draper took off again for an additional 4.5 to hit this week’s training target of 11.

    Not sure of Nancy’s route although we did encounter him along Coalfield. Regardless, Nancy got it done.

    Safe journey for all those traveling for spring break or whatever.

    Have a great Sunday!

  • Visitors at Dapile

    YHC pulled into the Atlee HS parking lot to find two new faces. Quick intros with Brown Noser and Larry (FNG) as the rest of the PAX rolled in, then we moseyed. Also had a couple of runners who had already started.

    • COP
      • Parking lot tracers
      • SSHs, imperial walkers, arm circles, helicopters, shoulder taps, mountain climbers, HRMs, LBCs
    • Mosey to bus loop for catch me if you can
      • P1 bearcrawl, P2 runs loop then switches, complete full circle
    • 11s at the tennis courts
      • WW2s + Squats, run the edge of the tennis court in between the exercises
    • Pull-up + Merkin pyramid
      • 1 pull-up + 2 merkins, 2 pull-ups + 4 merkins, all the up to 5 pull-ups + 10 merkins then back down to 1 pull-up + 2 merkins
    • Mosey to the practice soccer field for some pole smokers
    • Native American run back to flag with burpee optional
    • Mr. Holland and Spit joined the PAX after completing their 7+ mile run.
    • A few minutes of stretching, numbers, names, Opus took us out
    • Notes:
      • Welcome Brown Noser and Sigmund (FNG), keep coming back out
      • Great 2nd F at the Local Cup

  • Just like riding a bike

    14 HIM’s showed up to Rock N Roll for a House Party Q. Here’s how it went down.

    Mosey to the basketball court for COP which included SSH, imperial walkers, Don Quixotes, and flutter kicks. Before each exercise we did 3 burpees OYO. While at the bball courts we moved to the baseline for suicides. The suicides’ included going down and back the traditional way, lunge walking, bear crawling, and broad jumping while stopping at each point to do an exercise.

    Indigenous peoples run to the hill for a triple check which included mountain climbers, squats and the runner running up the hill.

    Move to the parking lot for a 1 man dora which included doing 4 sets of 25 merkins, 50 squats, and 75 LBC’s running the parking lot after each set.

    Mosey over to the adjacent parking lot for a 4 corners making sure we came back to hit each corner. Exercises were 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 flutter kicks and 40 SSH’s – BTTF

    Its been a while since YHC has been the Q at Rock N Roll to the point I wasn’t sure how things would go. I didn’t think I had enough planned and would be trying to come up with things to do on the fly. Turns out I actually had too much to do and ran out of time. I guess regardless of how long its been since your last Q, it comes back too you, just like riding a bike. Thanks for letting me lead today fellas!

    House Party

  • So bright, lots of light

    4 runners at 630 took off around Rockwood Park for the weekly Saturday morning run. Conditions were great(a lot warmer, very comfortable) plus it was odd to see all the baseball fields lit up. We later found out today was the first day of practice so we will be seeing them for the rest of the spring and summer. The 4 of us took off, nice pace(House Party and I today were smart and we did not attack the hills). Good move with House Party having the Q today, we did not need to go hard.

    As we passed about the 1.25 mile point, we saw the ruckers approaching from another part(gave them a quick shout). a few minutes later, we were back at the flag getting rest and setting ourselves up for the main part. The main thing: get out there we not running at a fast pace. it’s nice and easy. At first it’s difficult but over time, starts to get easier. The body becomes more comfortable, yet to do so have to start with that first step(first stride).

  • Dogpile the Favorites

    10 Dad’s with their New Balance 857s (White Bruh!). Ready for the first cut of spring. Let’s take a tour of Dogpile first.

    WARMARAMA:
    Mosey to the far side of the field. SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Hillbillies, DQ, Monkey Humpers, Merkins, Hand-Release Merkins, LBC, Alabama Prom Dates.

    THE THANG:
    Partner up on the Field. Field Check
    1. Partner1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Bear Crawl. Switch.
    2. Partner1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Lunges. Switch
    3. Partner 1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Broad Jump Burpee. Switch
    Repeato until both partners reach the end of the field.

    Mosey to the Amphitheater stage for a Triple Check:
    1. Run the perimeter of the Amphitheater
    2. Flutter Kicks
    3. Heals to Heaven
    (3rd round run the other way).

    Mosey to the Rusty Cage. Partner up
    Partner1: Run to the Fire Hydrant, 1 Burpee, Run back
    Partner2: 5 Merkins, 1 Pull-up. Repeat until Partner returns, switch
    3 Rounds

    Mosey to the Triangle.
    Corner1: Partner Leg Toss x20 (switch, 1 round)
    Corner2: 20 Caroline Dry Docks, mosey to the next corner
    Corner3: American Hammers, Dying Cock Roaches, WWI in Cadence.
    Bernie Back

    Mosey to the Fence Line for a Modified Dora. Partner up
    100 Merkins, Tag 3 trees
    100 Jump Squats, Tag 3 trees
    Mosey back to the flag.

    2 Minute: Plank. (According o Flatline, Army minimum for 40yr+ is 1m.25s)
    Stretching, Deadman Hangs, Cherry Pickers. Time

    NUMBERAMA:NAMERAMA

    Announcements:
    Next Friday at RAMM — Is Amateur Hour for RAMM GEARS. Bring a bike, any bike. Mountain bike, Beach Cruiser, Your kids Bike, your M’s bike. Neighbors Bike…. 5:30am at Mary Munford Friday.

    Contact Flatline – if you are interested in joining his CPR Class coming in April.

    Be on the look out for an upcoming CSAUP at Currahee: Ruck, Boot Camp, Run.

    YHC took us out.

    NMS: What a great morning, looks like we just beat the rain. Nice little tour of Dogpile, we hit the favorites this morning with the Field, Amphitheater, Rusty Cage and the Triangle. Great to see Swamp Donkey, glad you found us this morning. Senor Frogs going strong brother. Keep it up!

    Oyster