Category: Richmond, VA

  • ET Phone Home

    Baker’s Dozen at Heartbreak Ridge today. But no ET. What Whitesnake said was true. ET got a permission Slip not to be here in order to get ready for BRR. But Handshake was here.

    Pinto was released from Injured Reserve so that he could make it today. In honor of his return, we climbed no trees and handled no gas-powered equipment.

    Doozy and Posey (Doozy 2.0) were here. Last time I saw Doozy, he was inflicting a severe beatdown at Gridiron. Today was not up to a Doozy standard but I did my best.

    Somehow or another, I’ve missed Bacon Bits for about a month. Atilla showed up in between managing winning championships in baseball. Nice to have Flo here. Despite yesterday’s awful beatdown at Hoedown, Flo was back for more. We had Seymour and Rosie who worked Heartbreak into their rotation. In addition to those previously mentioned, great to have the usual suspects here (Lighthouse, Honeydo).

     

    And so it went like this:

    Warmup head-fake in the parking lot. We didn’t run anywhere.

    SSHs, Helicopters, IWs, Don Quixote, Plank stretch

    Mosey to Railings

    11s Hand Release Merkins and Ukrainian Hammers while running over/under railings

    Mosey to at the basketball courts behind the school and tried to avoid falling down due to the sand on the bottom of our shoes.

    15 People’s chair air press in cadence

    10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    15 People’s chair milkers in cadence

    10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    15 People’s chair Lalanne in cadence

    10 BTTW Toe Taps in cadence

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali

    10 Dirty Hookup

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to the covered walkway:

    Run to the end but Belly touch every 2 poles.

    2X

    Bear crawl/crab walk to the second doorway

    Mosey to the benches in front of the school; 3X

    15 Dips single count Cadence

    15 Derkins single count Cadence

    10 Bulgarian split squats, right leg back, single count Cadence

    10 Bulgarian split squats, left leg back, single count Cadence

    Line up on curb near benches and burpee/broad jump to the loading dock

    Mosey to flag

    4 minutes of Mary

     

    Announcement:

    Hump Day (minus 1 day) Happy Hour tonight: Southside at Triple Crossing Beer in Midlothian. Questions? Contact Doozy

     

    Take out by YHC

     

    I was very happy to see so many people today! More than the normal numbers. It reminds me that once in a while, I should visit some other locations and meet some other people. As many have said, I am very grateful for F3 and the people I have met here. It has really made the move from Charlotte to Richmond wonderful.

  • There Can Be Only JUAN!

    Eleven HIM’s converged at NoToll to play Ultimate Frisbee. Last Call looked like a well oiled Gumby sauntering over from a Solo Broga, dripping with confidence and namaste vibes. Juanita showed up with cleats and his own light up disc – which should have clued us all in. The following details the morning’s shenanigans, but it was clear – there can be only Juan! 

    WARMERAMA:

    • Mosey to the Field
    • Warm-up loop and place cones
    • Variable IC Warmup Reps
    • Teams randomized by counting off into Team 1 and Team 2, making it 5v6, with tiny JV pennies supplied by Juanita 
    • RULES: x3 Merkins for any player involved in a turnover, and x3 burpees for the losing team on each touchdown.

    GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

    It became immediately clear that Juanita was familiar with handling a disc, which was a good thing since the other team had Snuff who we all know is the dark horse of Ultimate (it would have been super bad if they were both on the same team). YHC ended up on the team of 6 and generously offered to have a man switch teams half way through to even things up… apparently, a slimmed down team of 5 PAX was the perfect number for the small field cause our early 2-2 score quickly took a turn for the worse as the five young guns ran a 6 touchdown streak, keeping YHC’s team exhausted with repeated burpees. Down 8-2, YHC verbally browbeat the lads into our own little streak with the final touchdown in Bone Thugs nimble fingers, valiantly losing 7-9 to the bad guys. 

    Noteworthy bad guys were Florence who will now be known as “The Hammer” for his unique and quite effective throwing style, Judge who is waaaayy faster than he lets on, Bullseye with his sneaky passing down the middle, and Last Call who will now be named “Mr Inertia” after body checking YHC (like a rag doll) off a catch and right out of bounds. It was not dissimilar to Orange Crush sending Snuff into a flat-spin, but to Snuff’s credit he held onto the disc for a touchdown. 

    Kudos to House Party for putting his height and fast hands to work, and it should also be recorded that while OC’s early efforts were generally disastrous, he made up for it with creating touchdown opportunities in our rally. A solid effort by all and a good number of merkins and burpees all around. Thanks for posting fellas. SYITG, DTH

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 11
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Healing for McGruff, Heartburn, and Labrat

    Announcements:

    • TODAY – SOJ Happy Hour at Triple Crossing
    • 7/21 – NavySeal Themed BoneThugs Q at The Forge (bring a squirt gun!)
    • 7/26 – Gumbo Q’s Home Run Derby
    • 7/26 – Pool Party HH at Snuff’s place
    • 7/28 – Dealer VQ at The Forge 
    • 7/29 – 3rd F at Starbucks (Broad&288)
    • 7/30 – Boberry Q’s School of Rock
    • 8/2 – Ultimate at Heartbreak Ridge
    • 8/4 – New Glory at The Forge
    • 8/8 – Daville Takeover all AO’s
    • 8/9 – 2nd F Lunch at Innsbrook

  • Pair Off

    Eight upstanding citizens and a dog arrived at Atlee in the gloom, and at least six of them knew what was coming. Runners split based on pace: Marco Polo and Speakeasy in the lead, covering about 5 miles, Holland and Trout trotting along behind hitting 4. Ruckers included Yardsale and No Idea, joined by SOJer Jinxy and an FNG, COTU. Dunno how far they went, but they took their time getting back!

    Welcome to the PAX COTU! He’s a real estate agent and talked up Hanover County in ways that would make one think Ashland really is the Center of the Universe. Keep an eye out for him Tuesdays and Thursdays!

    YNWA
    -Mr. Holland

  • The Baggie, The Hand Mask, and the Toupee

    A strong twenty of the area’s finest gathered in the bowl for today’s Spider Run. Plenty of quiet suppositions prior to launch, with many questioning when there would be instructions. 0530 arrived and off we went.

    Everyone head west along the lake, across the bridge, right through the (now dark) path, and huddle up at the base of University and College.

    Intervals were next. All were 1 minute up hill followed by 1:45 recovery back down. First round of intervals were up University. On the third interval up we took a right on Wood and slow moseyed to Lakewood.

    Continue past the PoJ and complete 3 intervals up Lakewood. On the third, continue the recovery north on Wood.

    Continue on Wood to the Baldwin intersection on the left. Third round of intervals were up Wood. Apologies to the neighbors on the street as we completely took over that road. It was only 3 intervals, which is just over 8 minutes, and then we disappeared without a trace. Ok, maybe there was a trace of something left behind which stirred up the neighbors.

    Slow mosey back Baldwin, through Fraternity Row, then back to the flag which Flatline so graciously planted.

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • TYA is heading up The Bridge this Saturday. Contact him if you are interested in a 6am clown car.
    • Prayers for Lab Rat, Swirly’s MIL, and others in our PAX who are recovering or managing life’s various challenges

    This was the first interval session since winter. The common consensus was that winter is better for these shenanigans. That’s why we modified and chose different hills today. Great job to all.

  • Preblast – Tomato Run will be at Virginia Center on Thursday, July 28.

    Preblast – Tomato Run will be at Virginia Center on Thursday, July 28.

    Want to running challenge? On Thursday, July 28, the Tomato Run is going to be at Virginia Center for the hill challenge. PAX member should park at Buffalo Wild Wings at 1090 Virginia Center Parkway, Glen Allen. From there, the PAX will run down Virginia Center Parkway for 1 mile to Village View Parkway. Village View Parkway has a median and goes downhill for 1/4 mile and then uphill for 1/4 mile. The Marathon Training Team using this hill for training. Most PAX members will run 3 – 6 hills and then return for the 1 mile easy jog back to Buffalo Wild Wings. Contact any DaVille Pax member for questions.

  • Half way there

    2 regulars decided to run rather than Ruck this morning, the route was from BWES through JRHS cross Robious into River Downs, turn left up the hill turn right on River Downs turn right on Robious BTTF

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    According to Big Data today is 50 Q’s for Doozy, so half way to YHCs goal of 100 for the year. It was a good time to go a little deeper than just the surface with Singer this morning and YHC is glad we had that time.

  • The Crossett Fit Games – Hoedown Edition

    Twelve gentlemen gathered in the waning morning light at Hoedown for our tribute to Treehugger. It went something like this:

    Mosey to the blacktop for COP

    COP

    • SSH x25
    • DQ x10
    • Hillbillies x15
    • LBCs x20
    • Scorpions x10
    • Shoulder Taps x15
    • Mountain Climbers x10

    Mosey to the top field for The Crossett Fit Games.

    • 10x Pullups
    • 20x Vee Ups
    • 30x Merkins
    • 40yd Broad Jump Burpees
    • 50yd Sprint
    • .5 mile run to the corner of Forest & Lindsay and back
    • Repeat 5x (we only made 4x)

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out with prayer requests from the PAX.

    Moleskin

    Last night while contemplating today’s workout, YHC stumbled across Florence’s slack post. YHC changed plans and opted for the tribute this morning. Man was it a heck of a workout, even without wearing a 20# vest. Prayers for Treehugger and his family.

  • no weinke, no cry

    8 guys came out this morning to take on the challenge of a new day.

    COP — SSH, arm circles, squats with a hitch

    Headed off campus to the giles neighborhood. Stop for various exercises along the way.

    When we got to the traffic circle, we partnered up for a little CMIYC. One person lunged, the other person ran around the circle and caught them. trade off and keep doing this until we finished the circle.

    Hey! We made it to the clubhouse and look! Pull up bars. Triple up, .. I mean… quadruple up for a triple quadruple check. four exercises done three times.
    timer — 20 skull crushers on the rock or log of their choice.
    pull ups
    lbc’s
    monkey humpers
    Obvi, the Q did not give great directions on this one bc someone’s group messed up the order of things. and people didn’t know which exercise they were supposed to be doing. Eventually it all got sorted out. kind of.

    head to the parking lot for a mini dora
    50 merkins
    100 ww2
    150 SSH (cut short a little so we could get back to the flag)
    other person bernie sanders towards the road, regular run back

    back to the flag included a few sprints, a few walks and a few exercises.

    time for 2 minutes of stretching

    Numbers names and announcements, YHC took us out

    NMS —
    1. Great showing this morning!! Was not expecting that many dudes, but was thrilled!
    2. Either some people need to give directions better or some people need to listen better. Not going to throw any of my teammates under the bus.
    3. Yardsale is a beast at running backwards! He might be faster running backwards than forwards!!

    Peace out,

    Opus

  • Back in the Saddle

    8 dressed properly to run the Sunday Funday loops this morning. Temperatures were actually 70 and conditions were sunny. According to the biker who tried to run down one of our runners, the following might have happened:

    North Bank to T. Pottersfield to South Bank / Buttermilk.

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Sign up to run BRR. Sounds like we have 18 so far.

    Prayers for Lab Rat who is dealing with Round 2. Let’s nail this once and for all. We are with you, my friend.

    Prayers for YHC’s friend JB. Uphill battle with a serious health issue.

    F3RVA continues to support groups of men working to improve upon unfortunate circumstances or prior choices. Let’s get guys out to The Bridge. HoneyDo did a solo yesterday, and we can do better. Pick a weekend – this weekend – and plan to help out. It’s a great experience and growth opportunity. The guys there appreciate it.

    Second opportunity coming up. Shakedown and Offshore have spent several years helping with The Healing Place here in Richmond. A few of us have shown up for moral support as well. Now is our opportunity to demonstrate what “open to all men” means. Look for more information coming up from Shakedown on ways to become more involved with bringing these guys into the F3 world on a more regular basis.

    NMS:

    Excellent morning to get sweaty running the loop. It’s been a minute since YHC did a Sunday Funday after being a regular for years. Great to see so many awesome dudes.

    Special thanks to Helix who drew the short straw and had to run with YHC today.

    Great chatter at ETs. Food remains the COVID standard level. Meh.

    Sunday Funday Final Exam Question. Discuss the validity of this statement: A tank top is better running attire than going shirtless.

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Lawless Sunday – Off the Books

    Three walkers, one rucker, and four runners covered various distances by foot. Multiple laws were broken, not all by the F3 PAX.