Category: Richmond, VA

  • The Lord’s Crevice

    Fourteen men came out to see if Marv’s prediction was correct. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.  Here’s the route: 

    4s/5s:

    • Up UR Drive
    • L on Campus

    6s:

    • Up UR Drive
    • Bear Right up Roselawn to Campus
    • Add a trip up Bostwick
    • Continue on Campus

    All:

    • Take Path and L on Wheeler
    • R on Horsepen

    4s:

    • L on Patterson
    • L on Westham
    • L on University
    • Path to backside of Lake
    • Circle Lake and back to the Flag

    5s/6s:

    • L on Normandy
    • L on W Durwood Crescent
    • Cross Patterson to Westham
    • L on Club Vista Lane
    • L on College
    • R on Westhampton Way
    • R on Crenshaw
    • L on UR Drive back to the Flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Apparently, Marv correctly predicted that YHC’s route would involve crossing Patterson.  YHC’s only real habit is to never call Grove or the Bridge but will try and be a little less predictable next time.  No real inspiration but when plotting out the route, the small and medium routes looked like a chicken leg, so there you have it.  The 6’s looked like a leftover chunk of something got stuck to the leg in the fryer.  You never know what a pre-run conversation might entail, today’s included stubbed toes, spider bites, and the little elementary school library tables and chairs.  Thanks to Marv for taking us out with an interesting perspective to say the least.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    BRR Teams forming

  • 3 Plus 1

    3 Dudes Plus 1 Pup hit the streets of New Market this morning for 3.5 miles!

  • A True Recovery Run

    3 Davillians got out and enjoyed the cooler weather on this Tuesday morning for a recovery run. Marco Polo has been training hard for his marathon and YHC has been dealing with a sinus/ear infection so we truly took it like. The route was 4 miles with Marco Polo and Speakeasy getting in a little bit more after turning back for YHC.

    T-Claps to Speakeasy for getting in an extra 3 miles this morning with run from his house and back

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Two Up, Two Down

    A pair of studs posted to Bettie Weaver ES to pound some pavement; here’s how it went – more or less:

    4 mi : Up the Twin Team hill, right on E Brigstock, at Netherfield 180* and BTTF

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    NMMS: Always great to run with Wedding Singer – that *%#! hill is better with company

    Make it a great one!

  • Back in the saddle

    16 of Virginia’s finest sons (some native, others transplanted) posted in the pleasant pre-dawn gloom to participate in something that F3RVA has not experienced for at least 4 years…..a Fudd Q. Here’s how it went down:

    The Thang:

    Circle up in the grass of the horseshoe for COP

    SSH x 30

    Don Quixote x 10

    Dead man hang

    Leg crossover stretches

    Various Yoga poses

    Merkins x 15

    Mosey to Trinity UMC for Triple Check:

    Rd 1: P1 wall sit, P2 plank, P3 run a lap around the church

    Rd2: P1 bttw, P2 flutter kicks, P3 run a lap

    Rd 3: P1 burpees, P2 crabcakes, P3 run a lap

    Kubota gave us a 20 count, then mosey to the front of the church for the Tunnel of Love. Started at the main church doors and tunneled our way towards Rock Creek until we got to the 2nd hydrant. Splinter gave us a 10 count and we then moseyed back to the VSF for 8 or so minutes of Mary:

    Alternating V ups x 20

    Flutter kicks x 30

    LBC’s x 20

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    Plank for 2 minutes

    Merkins x 15

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS:

    It was great to be back in the saddle, Q’ing a workout in RVA once again. Oyster pointed out that YHC’s watch is slow…..maybe that’s a legacy from Colorado mountain time. Noted Oyster…..we’ll get started on time at my next Q! It was interesting to see how the intervals between dudes in the tunnel of love magically got significantly wider once the ending point was revealed as the second fire hydrant. Also noted for the future.

    YHC appreciates the showing today for his 1st RVA Q in a long time. It was great seeing some of the same faces that have accompanied my F3 journey through the years. YHC started with F3RVA in early Oct. of 2014 and it’s pretty incredible to think about how far this group has come in the last (almost) 8 years. Countless lives have been changed and the ripple effects from the men we have affected for the better continue to extend out and touch places and people that we may never see or know. I love the fact that we change men’s lives for the better. When you change one man’s outlook…..when you change his attitude, his countenance, his confidence……. you change the lives of everyone he loves, everyone he interacts with, everyone that shares even a small portion of his time on this earth. I’m addicted to the belief that we change the world a little bit every day…… in ways that many of us will never truly know.

    Thanks for coming out to support my return fellas. Stay on the lookout for men that could benefit from this life. Have the courage to ask them to join us.

    And never stop chasing the wabbit!

    Fudd out

  • June – Murph

    6 for the Murph

    Mossy around the school and the track for a mile to get to the main playground.

    10 rounds of the below with each round consisting of the following exercises.

    • 10 pullups
    • 20 Merkins
    • 30 squats

    After we completed the 10 rounds we headed back to the parking lot.  Total millage equaled 2 miles with a nice little beat-down in the middle.

  • Bus Tour at Daville

    YHC was pumped to see that a bunch of cars were in the lot this morning for a Monday beatdown; however, a large bus was parked there and people were dropping the kids off for a summer trip. Flag was planted and 2 more showed up for a beatdown and here is what happened:

    COP

    We mosey to the bus loop and form up on the West Entrance side of Atlee High School for 25 SSH, 10 DQ’s, 15 Helicopters, 15 Imperial Walkers, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 4ct Emoji LBC’s, 15 4 ct American Hammers, 10 Reverse Scorpions, 10 scorpions and 20 merkins.

    THANG

    With 3 in the PAX and a bus loop it is natural to go to a triple check. P1- runs the loop as the timer, P2 – Indian Squat to calf raise (Nice Yoga ‘sun salutation’ Move benefit here), and P3 – LBC’s. We rotate through to complete on set and perform 2 more sets for a triple check.

    We then mosey to the tennis court for 4 corners, Corner 1(C1) – 10 merkins, C2 – 20 Lunges each leg, C3 – 30 – Indian Squat, C4 – 40 LBC’s. This completes one set, we have time to perform 1 more set before we head to the flag to stretch for 2 minutes.

    COT

    Numberama, Namerama – YHC took us out in prayer.

    Announcements – Bulkhead is looking to host breakfast at his house after DaPile workout Saturday, July 16, 2022. Details to follow.

    Hope to see more of you in the gloom soon…Cheers…CB!

  • Killer Kangaroo

    A couple PAX and their gaggle of 2.0’s converged for the June edition of School of Rock. After surviving the HPVQ, here’s how YHC cooled down:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:  Mosey to a lush outfield and set up for a soccer scrimmage – x5 merkins earned each time a goal scored.

    COP #2:  Classic Game of Tag, then Oreo introduced “Kangaroo Hunter” where everyone’s hopping around like a kangaroo except the hunter who had easy pickings (fairly realistic actually).

    COP #3:  WWII’s called in cadence to the song “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”, getting faster each round. Also a couple other IC exercises. 

    COP #4:  Basketball court suicides, then another round of tag, this time called “Killer Kangaroo” wherein the kangaroo was it and everyone else was bear crawling to escape the hopping tag.

    Mosey BTTF for an informal COT over cold Gatorades & Granola Bars. NMS:  Fewer numbers today with some SoR regulars vacationing, but as you know “where two or more are gathered” was still a great time. Turns out when you let the kids come up with exercises, they’ve got some great (exhausting) ideas… all the more challenging when a certain (ahem Banjo) 35lb 2.0 wants to be a ruck the entire time. See ya’ll for a Boberry Q next month. ~DTH

  • Bomb Squad in Myrtle Beach gets a Doozy Q

    11 Regulars and 1 traveler show up at 4:45 (yes 4:45) for a 3 mile pre-run ans then a beat down at 5:15.

    This AO is comparable to Twin Team (at least from BWES) it’s a Church with a recreational area (baseball fields, soccer fields and things like that).

    COP in the parking lot

    DQ’s – 5 Burpees, Helicopters – 4 Burpees, Hillbillies (they liked the added jump) – 3 Burpees, Imperial Squat Walkers – 2 Burpees, LBC’s – 10 Burpees

    Mosey to the end and teach them parking lot crawls and on the way back crabwalks with LBC’s

    Mosey between the baseball fields for a triple check partner 1 does dips, partner 2 does incline merkins, partner 3 runs (X3)

    Mosey to the side lot for Man Killers

    Mosey back to the main parking lot 4 corners – Corner 1 10 ball dippers, Corner 2 20 Jump Squats, Corner 3 30 Squats, Corner 4 40 Calf Raises

    Mosey BTTF Merkin Ring of fire end with Not So Lazy, Lazy Boys

    Numbers / Names Cross Stitch took us out

    NMS:

    This was my first ever Q outside of RVA and YHC had the best time. I have been to many other AO’s and learned all kinds of new things but to be able to get out and get after it with a group that you don’t know and at an AO that you’re only vaguely familiar with is a different experience all together. Thanks to Cross Stitch and the gang for letting me lead and if you’re ever in Myrtle Beach look these guys up (Nameorama will be posted in the comments).

  • Solo Run

    Launched from Early Bird Biscuit Co. to Dogpile through the lake and got back once Dogpile was finished.