Category: Richmond, VA

  • A balmy 13 Degrees @OTB

    5 Ruckers for 3.5 Miles

    3 Runners for 5 plus Miles

    Strong Work

  • Fourly Bird

    Breakfest Club run. Cold day, but luckily not as cold as last week. Traditional route to and fro.

    No announcements.

  • Viking Funeral

    The 530 crew header out Hamilton to Westwood and hang a left. Westwood turns into Malvern. 4s take Malvern to Grove and back to the AO with 5s hanging a right on Patterson, a left on Lexington, and a left on Grove.

    The crew took a sidebar to admire the Carvanna facility and search the pockets for some change to get a car out of the machine.

    YHC took us out.

  • Digging Deeper

    Despite the roads being completely clear this morning, YHC wondered if the sheer fact that it snowed last night might keep some away. As expected, Doozy was already there when YHC arrived at 6:50. Florence rolled up soon after and DTH came in hot with 30 seconds to spare. Here’s what went down:

    Mosey from parking lot 1 to parking lot 2 for COP:

    SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs, Flutterkicks

    11s

    Mosey down the safe snow and ice covered stairs to the bottom of a snow covered hill. Doozy says: ”You’re not using that hill are you?” Between the stairs, bleachers, and hill, the hill seemed like the safest option. Starting with 1 merkin at the bottom of the hill, run/sprint to the top for 10 WWIIs, and keep that up until 10 merkins at the bottom and 1 WWII at the top.

    Jackass Burpee Webb

    Find a wall and perform the following….1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks, 2 burpees, 4 donkey kicks, 3 burpees, 6 donkey kicks….and keep going until 10 burpees, 20 donkey kicks.

    Abs Beast

    Using a large parking lot, perform all 6 rounds of a beast using abs exercises.

    Round 1: 4-count American Hammers, Round 2: Rosalita leg lifts, Round 3: 2-count FMs, Round 4: Crunch Frogs, Round 5: Reverse crunches, Round 6: WWIIs

    Killer Bees

    Bear crawl the long length of parking lot. Turn around and broad jump back with 3 burpees after every 5 broad jumps.

    Mosey to basketball court for 5 MOM: Flutters, Hello Dollies, Merkin ring of fire, hold plank

    BTTF

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayer request, YHC took us out.

    Announcements: HDHH at Triple Crossing Midlothian this Wednesday (Feb 2) at 6pm. Word on the street is Nancy Lopez is turning 50.

    Prayers for Florence’s 1 yr old niece who is dealing with some possible digestive issues.

    NMS: The wind chill was rough this morning but YHC did his best to keep the PAX moving. It was during the Jackass Burpee Webb that DTH reminded us of Luke 6:48: ”They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.” From a commentary I was reading, it is in this verse that Christ reminds us of the importance of doing as well as hearing. A rock foundation represents true understanding and only in obedience to a personal relationship with Christ can we find stability.

    Cofeeteria followed at Dunkin’.

    All 3 F’s were present and accounted for this morning. Couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the day.

    Enjoy your day fellas! Don’t take anything for granted. Peace!

  • Ice skating or running

    2 Davillians braves the winds and ice for a Saturday morning run.

    With the conditions and Marco Polo running behind we only got in 4.5 miles.

    Route was up and down the road of Craney Island then head into Giles for some hill work before heading back

    Coffee at the Local Cup afterwards

    Cold morning but good to get in the miles

    Spit On That!

  • Very little snow, too much wind

    Fifteen fearless warriors fought off the fartsack and snow to find a beatdown. Helix was dressed for a 70 & sunny good time so that is what we did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins. Mosey to the bottom of Amphitheater to avoid the wind: 5 Incline Merkins up, 5 Squats on way down. 2nd Round: 5 Dips up, 10 Pickle Pounders on way down, no audible.

    Save mosey up to stage for 3 sets of 25 PLTs. Mosey up to coupon drop zone. Parnter up: Murder bunny across field while partner does 5 burpees then runs to end then SSH until partner hits the line. Switch and back. So much fun so repeato.

    Stay with partner. 1 does block exercise while other runs to fence & back. 1st round: Squat thrusters, 2nd round: Block swings, 3rd round: Curls.

    Down to Rusty Cage to see if it was shielded from the wind. It was so we stayed a while: 4 rounds of 8 Pull-ups and 15 Dips. Then 4 rounds of Jerkins. Mosey up to Carrillon field: Bear crawl across, broad jump burpee back. Crab Walk across, lunge back. 5 Burpees then sprint the length of the field. Back to flag and 30 Merkins to finish on time.

    NMS: YHC noticed the Q sheet was open for Dogpile on Thursday so took the Q. Snow turned out to be a non-event but wind made it plenty cold. Was great to see 15 pax brave the conditions. YHC tried to keep the pax out of the snow and nobody slipped on the ice at the bottom of the amphitheater but Hitchhiker did try. Handshake broke his SOP streak while EF Hutton, Doublemint, and Helix remained true to the cause. There was lots of groaning about the pickle pounders down the steps, next time YHC will call Scorpion kicks in the snow. It was great to take the Q back at Dogpile, it’s been a while. Always a pleasure to lead. Coffeteria after at Libbie Market was well attended and a good time as usual.

    Announcements: HDHH at Triple Crossing in Midlothian. Bring your M to keep Doozy out of the doghouse.

  • Lost at a Lake

    YHC rolled up to see a couple of gents ready for the run for the morning, we had 3 walkers post @ 5am so they could get in a long walk to return by 6:15 at the clubhouse. It was definitely COLD this morning that the runners started immediately once we arrived…did not have time to open the hand warmers…just get moving. YHC had to modify route to a 4.3 mile route with a slower 9:30 + / mile pace. The route had some gradual declines followed by a long steady climb for about 2 miles. Great mumblechatter and was nice to catch up with some brothers that have not posted for a run AO in awhile. The ruckers logged in 4.5 miles this morning. They got to a Lake one they had not seen before, initially thought they were lost; however, soon were able to orienteer to where they had a route to return to the clubhouse…that had to be some good mumble chatter for sure.

    Numberama, Namerama, No Idea took us out in prayer.

    We had a new guy post (Justin) with the Ruckers this morning as he wanted to get a ruck walk in, he is not sure on returning back so we will see if he posts next week and we will officially give him a name. What first came to mind for the group was the Biebs (Justin Bieber)…so we shall see.

    An honor to lead a route today and look forward to seeing you in the gloom…Cheers…CB!

  • Party of 5

    YHC was wondering how many PAX would be a Satan’s hill considering the Murph was happening on the other side of SOJ. YHC had singed the Q sheet to keep SH open surely not to avoid the Murph. With 4 PAX eagerly awaiting the beatdown we began.

    COP- various warm up exercises performed .

    Thang- station time. runner as timer. 4 different exercises

    including using some resistance bands and jump rope. completed 5 rounds with Mary to round out time.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

  • The Wrecking Crew

    A band of 4 gathered for a early morning jaunt around Western Henrico, Bro Code style

    Godwin to south on Pump, Left on Falconbridge, Left on Raintree, Left on Windbluff, Right on Willowick, Right on Avenham, Right on Raintree, then repeat the loop and left on Raintree, Left on Ridgefield, left on Glen Eagles, Left on Old Prescott and back to Godwin. 4.2 Miles

    Announcements/Prayer Request – Pigskin and Gomer while they are on their Honduras trip

    NMS – quiet morning, typical mumble chatter. Its good to see Hutton settling in as a regular at Currahee

  • It’s a picnic

    4 guys came out to have a little picnic today. Here is what shook out.

    COP — russian soldiers, LBC’s, Arm circles, Arm circles in am ham position, am hams, merkins with a pump

    The Wall touch a tree–
    one partner touches two trees, the other one does dk’s
    one partner touches four trees, the other partner does stump merkins
    one partner touches six trees, the other one does the wall sit
    one partner touches eight tress, the other one does alternating hand touches to wall

    The Picnic–
    10 of each exercise — dips, derkins, skull crushers, inclined
    then run and jump the loop
    10 bulgarian lunges
    run and jump the loop
    10 of original exercises
    lunge short sides, run long sides
    10 bulgarian lunges
    bear crawl short sides, run long sides
    15 of original exercises — add a pump to the dips
    run and jump the loop
    15 bulgarian lunges
    Back to the flag for some stretching!
    NMS — great work this morning from all — fun stuff!