Category: Richmond, VA

  • 3/4 of Breakfest Club regulars

    3 or F3 RVA’s baddest, toughest, coldest, crew met for Breakfast Club. It was so cold we did the COT while on the run back. Early Bird Biscuits was our reward.

  • Grovveeeeeee

    9 frosty harriers braved the sunny and 70 degree weather to take on the tundra. YHC memorized all the routes, despite not ever remembering a route that is told to YHC. It went down like this

    There was a crew of long distance folks that got out early

    3 milers, well there were no 3 milers but YHC had a route planned just in case.

    4 milers- west on Grove, right on Granite, Right on Patterson, then right on Westview, then left back on Grove, take a left on to the Lexington/Albemarle loop and do one loop, then get back on Grove to the start.

    5 milers- East on Grove, run to Hamilton, then turn around and head back west on Grove, right on Granite, Right on Patterson, then right on Westview, then left back on Grove, take a left on to the Lexington/Albemarle loop and do one loop, then get back on Grove to the start.

    There were no 6 milers, but YHC had a route planned just in case.

    It was good to see everyone this morning and everyone persevered despite the frosty temperatures. For those of you keeping track this was YHCs VQ for RAMM. It only took a few years to finally remember a route.

    YHC took us out with a quick prayer to go into the day and warm someones heart.

  • Rodgers, he’s a player right?

    7 well chiseled middle-aged folks descended on the frozen tundra of Short Pump Middle School and Pouncey Tract Park to endure a beatdown. While we were missing a few of our regulars due to mission trips and fart sacking, we had a good ole time.

    COP: Invisible jump rope, DQs, CPs, FMs and arm circles.

    My daughters purchased a ten-sided foam dice that had different exercises on each side. We would mosey a couple hundred feet throw the dice and see what we had to do. Anything from Bonnie Blairs to mountain climbers to burpees to merkins to Supermans (or Supermen). On our long mosey we fit in the following:

    Curb crawl up to 5 down to 1

    Triple check with pole smokers, SSHs and a run around the bus loop triangle.

    Dora with 100 wide grip merkins, 200 WWIIs and 300 2 count flutters.

    Coupon press wall sits and 2 sets of donkey kicks (15 and 25).

    Finished with an odd-looking stretch led by Tater.

    Closed in prayer. Pray for Pigskin’s cousin’s daughter who has COVID, is 22 weeks pregnant and is in the hospital. I mistakenly said 22 months pregnant; my bad. As we started our workout, Tater was talking to J’ville about playoff fantasy football and J’ville said “Rodgers, he is a player right?” Perhaps he is watching too much soccer.

    Prayers for Pigskin and Gomer doing mission work and for anyone suffering from COVID. We noticed the coffeeteria was more crowded than usual. Perhaps they were hoping to get a glance at us studs. I imagine the ladies (and perhaps a couple of dudes) were disappointed in not seeing Pigskin.

    Have a great weekend and I will root for Upstate New York’s team the Bills.

    Fireman Ed

  • DaPile Ruck and Run

    9 Davillians show up for a crisp Sunny and 70 run or Ruck workout this morning. Circle K showed up with his dog for a Ruck walk workout, the remaining group ran 5, 5.5, 6 and 7 miles. We did the Farmhouse route that takes you through King’s Charter on the East side and some runners wanted to get 6 miles in and ran and extended route through Honey Meadows catching a trail to the condos on Honey Meadow’s road and back through the Teachers lot bus loop back to the flag. To get some hill work in this run we also took the Charter Gate Drive rout to the end and back to Kings Charter Drive. This route had many options for the runners and some finished in 45 minutes along with Circle K returning so we did 2 4 minute Tabata routines (American Hammers and Squats) while waiting on the remaining runners to return and wrapped up at 7:30.

    Numberama / Namerama and Circle K took us out in Prayer today.

    Moleskin

    Great mumblechatter this workout as people started to pair off with Hash and Marco Polo taking a longer route for their faster paced run and YHC and Helix had a sub 9 minute pace for a 5 mile run, while Spit and Bulkhead logged in 6 miles and Opus and Mr Holland logged in 5 miles also. We then went to the Local Cup for 2nd F fund and conversations. It was great catching up with Circle K, great stories and we all had some good laughs!

    See you in the Gloom soon Gents….Cheers….CB!

  • Stay in the Grass

    3 crazy dudes posted to find more snow than they were expecting. So the grass was our best friend today to avoid falling on ice. According to the guy walking his dog in the snow, this is what happened :

    warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry pickers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC

    THE THANG : fartlek with 9 stops for BLIMPS (5 burpees , 10 Lunges double count, 15 Imperial Walkers double count, 20 merkins, 25 plank Jax double count, 30 squats)

    Mary on basketball court : Not So Lazy Boys (20 seconds to the middle, right, middle, left, middle) ; 50 WWII’s IC ; 50 LBC’s IC

    2 laps of runs on the grass

    DONE

    numbers, names, coffeeteria in parking lot

    COT : prayers for Durden’s family as they mourn the loss of two family members and as they wait for heat to be restored in their house

    Dunkin near Rock N Roll now offers indoor seating so we’ll switch coffeeteria to the warmth indoors for future posts.

    NMMS : great fellowship after the Q discussing tough topics our society and children are dealing with

  • Frozen Potato

    13 Crazy’s hot the snow dusted grounds of Dogpile for what was suppose to be a hot potato, but well it froze.

    Mosey to Ampitheater

    COP – SSHs, Arm Circles, Helicopter, Copperhead Squats, Jazzercise, More SSHs, DQs

    Move to the Stage

    Triple Check – Runner, WWIIs, Peoples Chair

    Dora 1 – Box Jumps all the way up, 100 Merkins, 200 SSHs, 300 Squats

    Triple Check – Runner, Jump Squats, Dry Docks

    Dora 2 – Runner to 4th row and 20 incline Merkins – 100 Flutter, 200 LBCs, 300 APDs

    Mosey Back to the Flag

    Invisible Jump rope, Poor Randys

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out.

    NMS:

    YHC was going to hot potato it but changed his mind, something about not wanting to lay in the snow and trusting that other PAX would put him in it, but that’s just a rumor. Like Handshake said the potato must have frozen in my hand. Strong work in the elements today gents!

    Duke

  • All in NM

    An even 5 rolled into Satan’s hill for a beautiful 72 degree day, unfortunately there was a -50 degree windchill. At the bottom of the hour we were off.

    We warmed up.

    Workout: Run though hood stopping at every 2nd mailbox to perform exercises. Started at 5 and worked our way up to 75 reps escalating by 5. Various exercises.

    Hermie took us out in prayer.

  • Frozen Twin Team Trio

    After hitting a few icy spots on the road to BWES, YHC arrived at Twin Team to find Doozy and Boberry waiting. Here’s what went down.

    Mosey to Twin Team hill, climb the hill for COP:

    SSHs, Russian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers, DQs

    Hill Repeats:

    YHC originally had some blinking running lights to mark two spots on Twin Team. Unfortunately, they froze to death and we ended up using a couple driveways/mailboxes as markers.

    Round 1 – Run to first marker, perform 20 merkins and run back to top of Twin Team. Turn around and run back to first marker, 20 more merkins. Keep descending this time to the second marker and do 10 burpees. Run all the way back up Twin Team and wait for the six.

    Round 2 – Repeato but this time with 20 WWIIs and 40 two-count American Hammers

    Round 3 – Repeato with 30 jump squats and 60 LBCs

    Believe it or not, each round took about 10 minutes and so the PAX moseyed back down Twin Team and to BWES for 4 minutes of Mary: flutter kicks, Rosalitas, crunchy frogs, and 5 burpees OYO.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests, YHC took us out.

    NMS:

    Lots of hill climbs this morning and it seems that scaling Twin Team never really gets any easier. We logged almost 4 miles this morning and YHC appreciates Bo and Doozy indulging him on an obviously running heavy boot camp.

    Prayers for pax and their families dealing with COVID right now.

    Enjoy your Friday fellas…peace!

  • Southern Traveler

    5 Davillians and a visitor from south of the wall enjoy a cooler but not cold morning for a run.

    The normal route was called of looping around Rutland crossing over to Cool Spring Forest to hit the trail then back into Rutland and finish with the Bojangles loop.

    We had 4, 4.5, and 5+ miles out today.

    Great mumble chatter this morning had by all. Enjoyed having Doublemint join us this morning

    ANNOUNCEMENTS – The second ramp building date for Jan will be moved to after tax season so sometime in late April. Corned Beef will provide details with a preblast

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Don’t You Park Over There?

    One PAX peeled off the outer layers of The Fart Sack and scrambled forth into an unseasonably cool morning. Temps were 70 and sunny in the heart, 61 on the skin, and south Florida was there for the taking. According to the early riser in the green Camaro, here’s more or less what happened:

    1/2 mile run to the AO.

    COP (in cadence, unless otherwise noted):

    SSHs, DQs, IWs, Dead Man Hang (sans cadence ’cause still cadence is silly), light stretching, WWIIs, FKs, HRMs…mosey 1/4 mile.

    Intermittent running / exercises for 1/2 mile. HRMs, Rosalitas, decline merkins, dips.

    4 Corners (but, stick with YHC on this – do it clockwise. Eh? Harder than the normal way):

    Reverse crunches
    Squats
    Heels-to-Heaven
    Dips

    2 rounds, then for rounds 3 and 4, add a run up the parking garage ramp and 10 HRMs at the top.

    50 SSHs.

    2 mile run.

    BTTVSF. 3 minutes of stretching.

    Number, Name, YHC took himself out.

    NMS:

    Remember when you went to an office building each day? There’s a dude who shows up at 5:45 each day at DHL (building whose garage YHC uses). He parked over there on the outer edge “action style” every day for years. With no one else using the building these days, now he parks “in the middle area.” He’s learned a new habit. Says it keeps his car cleaner. He’s used the opportunity presented to improve things for himself. YHC likes it.

    Prayers for Omar and his mother-in-law who had brain surgery in November and is just not the same. Good to catch up with YHC’s friend, even if he can’t join the workouts due to work.

    Total mileage today was just under 4.2. Plus the beatdown, not a bad way to start the day, albeit in more than 45 minutes.

    UpChuck spits the bit.