Category: Richmond, VA

  • A Left then A Right then a Left…

    It had been a decent spell since we traversed the difficult terrain of Mt. Henrico (or “Henricus” as they called it in the ancient times). Nevertheless, with the humidity pulsating and the heat rising, 16 men decided to grab our inner-sherpas, forget the debate between WordPress and Slack for 45 minutes and trundle to the peak of this wonderful county of ours.

    Here’s how you get to Mt. Henrico from the parking lot…

    A left. A right. A left. A left. A right. A Right. A left. A right. A left. A left. A right (5s, jump down to then next line) A left. (4s turn around and double back to the flag).

    A left. A right. A left. (6s double back to the flag)

  • All Jacked Up

    Two guys named Jack and seven more did a whole lotta jackin this fine morn.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Mosey to the Church patio

    COP

    • Imaginary Invisible Jump Ropes
    • Hairy Rockettes
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Arm Circles
    • Heels to Heaven
    • Merkins
    • Plankorama
    • Suzanne Somers L/R
    • Freddie Mercurys
    • Hello Dollys

    Mosey to far corner of Henrico’s smallest park

    Partner Jack Webb 1 – Upper Edition

    • P1 – Run to traffic light and back
    • P2 – Merkins/ Air Presses (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

    Mosey to Cameron and Culpepper

    Partner Jack Webb 2 – Lower Edition

    • P1 – Bernie up hill to street lamp and run back
    • P2 – Jump Squats/ Monkey Humpers (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

    Mosey Cameron/ Thom Loop

    Lindsay – Carolina Dry Docks/ WWIIs

    Mosey back to parking lot near coupons

    Partner Jack Webb 3 – Abs Edition

    • P1 – Bear crawl from light pole 1 to light pole 2 and run back
    • P2 – WWII/ Reverse Crunch (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

    Mosey back to flag

    Ring of Fire

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    After Kubota’s warm up, YHC was total Zen today.  Not even the PAX’s constant eye rolls could kill the buzz.  There was a live Spiderman showdown meme when Ronnie realized there was another Jack amongst the PAX, welcome Flo.  With no prior knowledge of a two Jack post, YHC planned 3 Jacks of his own.  You can never jack enough at First Watch.  Where’s Bleeder when you need him?  With broken promises to win OSOTW by two returning vacationers, Last Call came through and saved the day.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Upcoming NoTolls – Ultimate and HR Derby

    Retreat 9/24 – Sign up for Cornhole

  • Starts with a breeze, and then it was gone!

    10 PAX showed up at SOT for either a run or a beatdown, both happened. A slight breeze was there before 530, but was gone at 532!

    COP – SSHs, DQs, Helicopters, Copperhead squats, Arm Circles, Merkins, Rosalitas, Dollies

    Mosey to Mount Midlo

    First run up – 20 WWIIs, 20 Merkins, 50 Squats

    Triple Check from the top – Runner, Squats, Merkins

    Run Back down – 100 LBCs, 25 Merkins

    Triple Check from Bottom – Runner, Dry Docks, Box Cutters

    Run Back Up – Monkey Humpers, Stretches

    Curb Work – 3 Rounds – 25 Toe Touches, 10 Merkins, 50 Squats

    BTF – Join the runners

    Numbers, Names, Honeymoon took us out

    HDHH – Next Tuesday Triple Crossing Midlo

    NMS:

    -Humid day

    -Not sure how many miles the runners got????

    -Rosie is avoiding Duke Qs for some reason

    -Posey continues to crush it

    -Stretching hurts more than anything

    -God blessed us with another day on this beautiful earth, take advantage of it!

    Duke

  • Bright Path to Coupons

    Gypsy reminded some and informed others of the origination of the WaThoHuk name. I did a little research to add to the story. It was Jim Thorpe’s name from being a member of the Sac and Fox Nation and is translated as “Bright Path”. Jim Thorpe is one of the greatest athletes ever, second to Pigskin. When looking for a new name of this AO, that is located at Pocahontas Middle School, a Native American name was desired and no better athlete for some inspiration than Jim Thorpe. He is also a good lesson for all of us as he struggled a lot after his athletic career with alcoholism, money, finding work and cancer. Being a good or great athlete is not the ultimate goal.

    We leaned some of this from Gypsy while running into the Windsor Place West neighborhood. We then stopped at the little cul-de-sac for some warmaramma of SSH, Cherry/Strawberry Pickers, Merkins and Arm Circles. We then ran down to the Church Run pool parking lot where some coupons magically appeared. Coupons at WTH may be a first.

    We did 5 coupon exercises of ten reps each and in between ran to the other end of the lot and did a ladder of burpees (starting at 5 and going down to 1). Exercises were Overhead press, Curls, Merkins with hands on Coupon, Flutter Kicks while holding up Coupon and Triceps. Had time for one more and Brick voted for Merkins again so we ran to the end of the lot, did 5 more burpees and then back for Merkins.

    Back to Thamesford Way and went up and down the hill 3 times doing 20 LBCs at the top. Started back and did 5 squats at each recycling bin (4 or 5 bins total) then moseyed back to the flag. Ran 3.5 miles total. Coupons are behind the dumpsters in the back of the pool parking lot for the future.

    Always an honor and pleasure to host my favorite AO.

  • Any Day Now…

    5 W Dog All-Stars arrived this morning to see what YHC had in store for them. With the temperature perfect and no sign of YHC’s son coming this morning, here is what may have happened…

    Mosey to the Penny Stage to grab a coupon.

    COP

    SSHs x 20

    Don Quixotes x 10

    Helicopters x 10

    Dead Man Hang x OYO

    Arm Circles x 10

    Coupon Merkins x 10

    All warmed up, mosey with the coupon to the circle by the Amphitheater

    The Thang

    Dora Hundreds

    Timer runs around the circle with the coupon, while the following exercises are done:

    Bench Press x 100

    Curls x 100

    Shoulder Press x 100

    Coupon Swings x 100

    Calf Raises x 100

    Coupon LBCs x 100

    Put the Coupons back and mosey to the Rusty Cage for a Quintuplet Check

    Timer (P1): 15 Leg Raises on the Pull Up bars

    P2: Jerkins

    P3: Flutter Kicks

    P4: WWIIs

    P5: Dips

    Mosey Back to the Flag for a couple minutes with Mary.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out with prayer requests for BT’s daughter who is doing service work in Kenya and for YHC’s M with the arrival of our son any day now.

    NMS:

    Good to be out at WDog and lead this group! Always love this AO and great mumblechatter throughout with parenting advice the hot topic. Appreciate you guys offering any help we might need in the coming hours or days… Potentially the last beatdown before being a dad! Thank you for letting me lead and make it a great day!

  • Why am I waking up at 4:10am?

    That was Handshake’s text to YHC this morning before the departure from the fartsack on this humid, 75 degree morning. We were joined by two more Broga enthusiasts(?) for YHC’s Broga VQ. Also, it was Handshake’s first Broga post, which I’m sure won’t be his last(?)

    We worked most of the body, but for some reason, YHC focused on the groin area more than any other area. Shavasna was nice at the end until the sound of car’s mufflers entering the parking lot disturbed the mood.

    Well done, all! Thanks for letting me lead.

    Kubota

  • Attack the day like we attacked the run

    5 Davillians said no to the fart sack and got out for a run this morning.

    Marco Polo went out on his own and got in a little over 5 miles

    The rest of the PAX ran through Honey Meadows (including the trails) and Taylor Farm with a 5 minute run and 1 minute walk getting in 3.5 to 4 miles.

    Speakeasy stayed with the rest of the PAX but ran the whole time and would circle back and ran his own version of fartleks

    For YHC it was great to be back out after last posting 10 days ago. It was good to have Opus back out with us as well

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Patrolling the Block

    18 fine looking gentlemen and 1 not so good looking lad descended on the hard courts of No Toll to see what YHC had in store for a beatdown to break out from last weeks’ holiday fog. This is what was told back at the precinct by Chesterfields finest ensuring no suspect activity was occurring.

    Mosey to the parking lot for warmups that included all the classics. SSH’s, DQ’s, Helis, Dead Man Hang, Jazzercise, LBC’s, Suzanne Summers. All good… lets get moseying.

    THE THANG…

    Mosey to the Tennis Courts for 11’s. Donkey Kicks on 1 side, Chainsmokers on the other. Plank for the 6.

    Short mosey to the Basketball Court to find the coupon pile.

    DORA… Partner up – 50 Block Thrusters, 100 Curls for the Gurls, 150 Chest Press. Timer runs suicides on the court.

    Triple Check… Find your 2 best friends. Elevated Merkins on the block, Block Squats, Timer runs the loop through the woods and around. No block… improvise.

    Deposit coupons in the woods for future use

    Back to the Courts for quick closing stretch. Numbers, Names Announcements. Doozy took us out

    Announcements.

    No Toll Ultimate Frisbee 7/19

    HDHH – Triple Crossing Midlo 7/19

    Gumbo’s Home Run Derby/Rosie B-day 7/26 Huguenot Little League (behind Robious Elementary ) – No workout at No Toll that day

    Dealer VQ at Forge 7/28 –

    NMS: YHC had some extra cinderblocks of varying size lying around the jobsite. Hopefully they last longer in No Toll than they did at the Forge. Too bad YHC quick math was off for a triple check but improvisation prevailed. More running than YHC expected as that loop was brutal. Good work by Florence, Dealer and Posey. Great mumble chatter and turn out this morning. Enjoyed the company and the day fellas.

  • Broga or Stretching

    Six Borgii veterans arrived early and dressed in their flexible finest. Emphasis today was on the back, hips and shoulders. Good times had by all. Oyster showed his creativity by utilizing seat covers for his broga mat.

  • OTB with the M

    While on vacation last week YHC enjoyed some exercise on the Beach. YHC’s M considered it more of forced quality time, but it was a good opportunity to get some miles on the sand. Weather was nice, conversation was good.

    NMS – this was the only real exercise YHC had while on vacation. YHC has/is dealing with some Calf issues so R&R was needed.