Category: Richmond, VA

  • The Next Generation of Wood

    YHC, Florence, and a young whipper snapper enjoyed some peaceful miles before TryHard’s brutal beatdown. We did the full nature trail; and a good time was had by all.

  • Dropping the Average Age

    Holiday weekends can bring out the 2.0s.  YHC adolescent 2.0 was headlocked by the M, and as a result, got a grade A beat-down as a part of his 4-day weekend.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Jazzercises
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • Suzanne Somers
    • Mosey to the basketball court behind the school for a 4 corners with 10, 15, 20 and 25 reps of an exercise plus a version of an arch loader on the short sides of the multiple courts (running on the long end)
      • HRM and bear crawls
      • Crab cakes and crab walks
      • WWII sit-ups and lunges
      • Hammers and duck walks
    • Mosey to the front of the school for a 3x check with run, Australian mountain climbers and flutter kicks
    • Mosey back to the pavilions for a descending ladder of step-ups (each leg) and dips – 20, 15, 10, and 5 reps (with 30 dips accompanying the 5 step-ups)
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX today, including Mariner.  When you trade Pigskin for Mariner, the average age of the PAX at Gridiron is transformed; no longer the senior citizen AO. Enjoyed the 3rd F afterwards at Starbucks where Blue Moon joined the PAX.

    Prayers for Lighthouse as his father passed this week.  Continue prayers for Lab Rat and other PAX members who are healing injuries, including Blue Moon who has surgery this week.

    Convergence on Monday at 7 am at Tredegar.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • 11 for Stretching..or SOME Stretching

    YHC told the Pax we would stretch, we did, some.

    Either way its a holiday weekend, so YHC doesnt have a lot of time, we stretched, we worked out, we ran, we had fun! Gotta show to know! Have a great holiday, see you all Monday

    Duke

  • Memorial Day Convergence PreBlast

    Memorial Day Convergence PreBlast

    Looking forward to seeing everyone for the Memorial Day convergence!

    Details below but first three requests!

    1. Reach out to folks that you have not seen in a while and encourage them to come.
    2. We would love to see the entire PAX for coffeteria afterwards.
      • If yer on IR, we want to see you. Let me know if you can help with coffee.
    3. Bring your shovel flag.

    Rucking starts at 0600.

    Beatdown at 0700.

    Best parking is at the lot next to the Belle Island access. If that fills up you might need to park up the hill a bit. Plan on extra time to get down there. Anyone coming in hot might be challenged to find parking depending on turnout.

    Like in years past we will do an all PAX COP, split into groups, gather back together to move to the war memorial for a moment of silence to honor our fallen brothers, and then back down the hill for Namerama and Coffeeteria.

    This is a great time to bring out FNGs so reach out to folks!

    Get some!

  • Wash your own Socks

    Twelve pavement (!pickle) pounders gathered at various times for various routes for today’s RAMM. Those that arrived for a 0530 launch enjoyed the following route, curated in the car prior to launch:

    Route

    • South on Commonwealth
    • Continue to Windsor Farms and complete the Berkshire, Sulgrave, Canterbury loop, exiting by going north on Malvern
    • 4s continue north on Malvern to a left on Fitz-Hugh
    • 5s right on Grove, left on Roseneath, left on Monument, right on Malvern
    • 6s right on grove, left on Boulevard, left on Monument, right on Malvern
    • All continue west on Fitz-Hugh to a left on Commonwealth
    • Back to RAMM base

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    Is RAMM disorganized? Of course. Are there consistent Qs? Hardly. Do we still participate in the 3Fs? Absolutely! Not to delve into the conversation of what is worthy of a point or not, but it takes very little effort to think of 3 different routes for people to run for 45 minutes. Perhaps you want to explore a certain area further? Maybe this time of year you want to see what an area looks like in the daylight? Gone are the days where you have to hop in the car (unless you are TYA) and map out a route by driving it. There are tools available (such as https://onthegomap.com/) that make this really easy. Sign up and give it a shot!

    Post run mumblechatter mentioned personal privacy and other activities individuals will undertake this long weekend.

    Announcements

    • Convergence Monday 7am @ Brown’s Island, r-u-c-k @ 6am
    • See slack for departure details for next Saturday 6/4

    That’s all for today. Enjoy the weekend!

    Splinter

  • Murph

    11 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 with several adding the hard way and a couple taking the normal route.  Twin team hard way is no joke!!  Total millage equaled 2 miles with a nice little beat-down in the middle.

  • Giles bound

    YHC rolled in without his 2.0 as he was tired from his coaching from the previous night. Roll in to the lot and meet 4 more to be one short of a six pack for an easy downhill Giles run. Speakeasy, Opus and Corned Beef logged in 4 miles for this route. Phonics and Marco Polo logged in 5 taking the BoJangle’s loop added to the route. No Idea walked is dog with his Ruck and logged in 3 miles.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out in prayer.

  • 10 slices of Coping Cake

    A couple of days ago my wife was taking pictures for a woman who developed a cake recipe inspired by the grief she felt when she lost her infant son. Cashew cardamom coping cake. Then yesterday I was getting one of my own 2.0s ready for school and we talked about some of the things that happened in Texas; it was heavy. I gave him a huge hug before he got on the bus and I went inside and had a giant piece of the coping cake. A few minutes later my wife got a call from a dear friend in Sweden in the late stages of brain cancer. She said how happy she was to live every moment of this life. Afterwards I went back to the kitchen and had to get a second helping of cake.

    We all process our different kinds of grief in different ways. But the most clear to me this morning was that in times of tragedy (especially in times of tragedy) the fellowship we felt out there in the rain and the gloom and in the COT… that is own special recipe. A way through and forward. That’s the kind of energy we respond with, for each other and for our communities. Bad things happen but we have the 3 Fs. For that, I’m grateful. /end speech

    It went like this:

    Mosey down and around to the lower entrance. Warmups were SSHs, DxQs, imperial squat walkers, mirkins, LBCs plus a few other things.

    Dora: timer runs up the stairs, 5 burpees, then back down the grass. 100 WW2s, 200 dips, 300 jump squats. Ended with some slow breathing exercises.

    Mosey up the stairs to the wall for the Pigskin special: 10 people’s chair arm raises, 10 BttW toe taps, 15 donkey kicks OYO. Then 10 people’s chair milkers, 10 BttW Australian mountain climbers, 15 donkey kicks OYO. Then 10 people’s chair Lalannes, 10 BttW hip slaps, 15 donkey kicks OYO.

    Mosey to the amphitheater for a quick little triple check: timer goes up the big steps and around, hold elbow planks, SSHs.

    Mosey back to the flag for the COT and announcements.

    Shout out to Janeway and Comrade for passing through from the wilds of North Georgia. Great to you have you guys out and best of luck to Comrade on his college tour.

    Peace.

  • Just Another KB Thursday

    A six-pack of KB warriors assembled in the morning mist for KB beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Cherry pickers
      • Jazzercises
      • Arm circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • 4 corners – 10, 15, 20 & 25 reps with KB lunges between corners
      • High pulls
      • Shoulder presses
      • Curls
    • Run the bus loop
    • 11s – sit ‘n presses and KB hammers
    • 3x check – run, overhead pulls, and KB presses
    • Ring of fire – 10 merkins
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX, and good to see Bedpan.  It was a quieter work-out today with no White Deer, and sans Pigskin, we stuck to one language.

    Prayers for Ukraine, Lab Rat, Gypsy and others with unspoken ailments. 

    No blood drive on June 4th.  See you at the convergence on Monday.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Replacement Q

    With POG hoping to celebrate his 3rd Anniversary with F3, a sub was called in due to IR. Honeymoon and Duke took the tater.

    COP – SShs, Helicopters, DQs, Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Arm Circles

    Mosey to Alley – Increasing LightPoles

    Brupee, Merkins, Squats, Dry Docks, Invisible Jump Rope

    Mosey to track

    Lady of the Night – 10 Merkins, 20 Jump Squats, 30 SSHs, 40 Monkey Humpers

    Complete Trail run around AO back to the Flag

    Numbers, Names, HM took us out!

    NMS:

    Great work Gents, let push through the weekend and get to convergence on Memorial Day!

    Duke