Category: Richmond, VA

  • You forgot what?

    A notorious nine gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Mary beatdown. Well, um, one of the nine forgot to bring his shoes, so he had to run home and then came back to join us about 10 minutes later. So 9, then 8, then 9 again. Here’s what happened:

    Mosey west on Grove, hang a left on Luck Lane, Circle up in the First Pres parking lot.

    COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs// Tempo Merkins // Plank Jacks // Pickle Pounders // SSHs

    7 of Diamonds: Around the four corners of the parking lot. Stop at each corner, 7 Jump squats // Next round: 14 Merkinsr // 21 LBCs // 28 squats // 21 LBCs // 14 Merkins // 7 Burpees. Mosey back to Mary

    Triple Check on the blacktop: P1: Wall sit, P2: Flutter Kicks, P3: Run to fence, 10 jump rope skips, run back.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: We’ve all forgotten to bring our gloves, or maybe a water bottle, but our shoes?? that’s a first, Hitch. Welcome to BENDS, a new FNG invited by Jimmy. Saab had a hard time with the Burpees on the last round of the diamond which really messed with the symmetry. But he made up for it with this triumph in the jump roping.

    Great work guys! SYITG.

  • F3 style disc golf

    6 LPGA want-to-be’s showed up to a Forge beatdown knowing not what was in store for them. According to the off color, color man this is what went down.

    Mosey / try to out run GP coming in hot

    COP – DQ’s, Helicopters, Weed Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers

    Mosey to the back of the school at the bottom of the steps Crab Cakes and LBC’s, Box Jump to the top

    Find 12 (cheep Wal Mart) Frisbees take one and write your name on the painters tape on the bottom.

    YHC will pick an object (as the flag) for each hole. Everyone tees off at the same time (hence the names on the bottom) before you can throw your disc you have to do a burpee for the number of shot that you are on. Start with your first shot is one burpee, your second is two so on and so forth. Once you have taken your shot you run to your frisbee and do your next round of burpees before you shoot again. If you catch an opponents frisbee they have to do an extra 5 burpees as a penalty.

    In total I think we did 8 holes possibly 9 (YHC lost track) at minimum 40 burpees but I think most of us did much more than that. I know YHC had at least 2 holes that where 8 shots and twice YHC’s frisbee was caught giving him 5 extra burpees each.

    After last hole near the flag stop for a quick round of Man Killers

    BTTF

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    Last Time proved to be the best hands of the PAX this morning, both of the penalty catches YHC had where caught by Last Time and one was off a quick skip that YHC was trying to get around him on.

    Frisbees where .10 each at Wal Mart and flew like you would expect a .10 frisbee to fly. They may get you banned from an actual Disc Golf coarse if you where brave enough to play with them in public. For a bunch of 30 to 50 year old goof balls they where perfect.

  • The Cooper

    Lucky number 7 PAX posted in high humidity at Timberwolf to take on The Cooper. Here’s what transpired.

    Warmarama :

    20 SSH IC

    10 Russian Soldiers IC

    10 Don Q’s IC

    10 Cherry Pickers IC

    10 Imperial Walkers IC

    10 Merkins IC

    Mosey to Track

    THE THANG :

    The Cooper – Run a lap around track then do 10 burpees, 10 squats and 10 merkins. Run a lap around track then do 9 of each exercise. Repeato down to 1 rep of each exercise.

    Mosey back to Ole Glory

    COP :

    Each PAX calls out an ab exercise of 10 reps IC

    Honeymoon – Freddie Mercuries (YHC had to step aside to wiz before he pissed his pants. Chugged too much H20 before the Q)

    POG – Crunchy Frogs

    YHC – Flutter Kicks

    Pearl – LBC’s

    McGruff – WWII’s

    Time expired before Vagabond and Nancy could call an exercise

    DONE

    COT :

    9/3 or 9/4 F3 Movie Night, 9/18 F3 Field Day, 9/25 F3 Retreat

    Prayers for Afghanistan and our military service members who served there. Reach out to a veteran to encourage them as they go through this, even if it’s just to listen and spend time with them. Prayers also for Haiti, Cuba, Taiwan and India.

    YHC took us out in prayer

    NMMS :

    Welcome Brian, now known as Pearl. He’s a guitarist and Pearl Jam sounded too kool so we shortened it to Pearl. You’re welcome.

    The Cooper was a good warm up for POG who lapped everyone by the time it was over.

  • All apologies to Oyster

    Mea Culpa

    Oyster ended up missing the start of our run last week but ended up running his own route. He did meet us at the end for our COT. YHC offers humble apologies to Oyster for leaving him off the backblast from last week.

  • Swampy Burpees

    A lucky 7 turned out for a soggy hot potato Q at WDog. Despite the slop, spirits were high. Bodos grabbed the reins and here’s how it went down:

    COP:

    Mosey into the base of the amphitheater for Dead M Hang, Cherry Pickers, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers and Russian Soldiers.

    THE THANG:

    Bodos Q: Triple Check with Incline Merkins, WW2 Sit-ups and a lap around the amphitheater steps. One group of 3 and one group of 4. Hand off to BT…

    BT Q: Stay put in the amphitheater for a Mint Julep (5 Box Jump Burpees, run to top of steps, 10 merkins, run back down to bottom. Repeat x 5). Hand off to Hitch…

    Hitchhiker Q: Mosey to the Carillon field for a shortened Dora (100 Burpees, 200 SSH, 300 Jump Squats). Can’t really remember the last 2 exercises for certain since we ran out of time.

    Mosey back to VSF for COT. Announcements: check the backblasts for Sit and Sip, Field Day and Field Trip to Vinny’s Chateau in the great C’ville Mountains. Neutral took us out.

    NMS:

    Good to have two father/son combos out in the Gloom this morning, especially with soggy result of a late night deluge. Men molding men! It made things a bit challenging on the triple check with uneven numbers and gave Bodos a headache, but it worked out. YHC brought back some Box Jump Burpees in the pit, much to my own chagrin as Hitch doubled down and kicked off his turn with 100 burpees on the Dora…yikes. I’m not sure if anyone finished the first round since we ran out of time, but YHC was blacking out and may have missed something. T-Claps to Gigabyte and Ishmael for coming out pushing their dads; can’t wait to see them out next time. Way to push, fellas. It was soupy mess out there! See you in the gloom, boys!

    -BT

  • We’re gonna do that again?

    hot potato ?

    doozy with cop – warmups then parking lot tracer

    bullseye with crawl bears, bear crawls, an assortment of exercises in between with a Yukon surprised by the rinse and repeat method.
    Wedding singer with a 4 min all out track run, some abs

    kicked to yours truly to finish. I went Kung fu style with dan’s dojo. Run up the hill, many front, side and round kicks, Kung fu hustle and a Mary ring at the flag.

    Announcements and prayer requests, Doozy took us out with a good word. There is no finer set of gentlemen to work out with than my F3 bros. Grace and peace ✌?

  • Fat Busters Ride the Snake!

    The choking predawn jungle humidity of WaThoHuk cloaked four Jimmy Tango acolytes with shaking beads of sweat as the PAX embarked on another Meth-fueled journey to Bust the Fat for good. See video for context…

    https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jimmy-tangos-fat-busters/2861295

    WARMERAMA: Four laps around the bus loop with x10 stretch reps IC after each lap

    THE THANG, AKA “Ride the Snake”:

    • Run to the neighborhood, with interval stops every 50-100 yards, completing increasing increments of variable exercises at each stop… 
    • x5 Body Builder Burpees IC
    • Run
    • x10 Opus Walkout Merkins IC
    • Run
    • x15 WWII
    • Run
    • ETC ETC, for a total of 20 stops, riding the neighborhood snake of fat busting glory, then all the way BTTF to conclude with x100 High Knees

    COT:

    • Counterama #4
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • PIGSKIN took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  A mighty fine war party of WaThoHuk warriors bit the head off the snake today. HOW FUNNY is that old SNL skit! Anyway, YHC enjoyed wonderful conversation and camaraderie with Snuff on our journey to and from the Far North. And Pigskin gets TRIPLE RESPECT in my humble opinion. That man is a beast! Thx for letting me lead ya’ll. Peace, DTH

  • Starbucks and Swingers

    A quintet of early risers descended upon the River Road Baptist Church parking lot to see what YHC had in store. No rain, but the dewy thickness of August was certainly present. 5 am sharp and no lights needed, lets begin:

    Mosey to church patio for warmarama that included the following: Dead Man Hang, DQ’s, Helicopters, Plank Jacks, Heels to Heaven and the ever popular Scorpion Kicks (still not sure what this accomplishes). Everyone seemed warm, lets move.

    THE THANG:

    Mosey to church parking lot for 7 of Diamonds. 4 corners of the parking lot with the following exercises at each corner. FRB (Front/Fast Running Bastard) picks the resting exercise until the arrival of the six. Exercises included 7 Hand Release Merkins, 14 2 count Ball Dippers, 21 World War II’s, 28 Monkey Humpers (for those regulars on vacation), 21 American Hammers (2 count), 14 Carolina Dry Docks, 7 Burpees (by popular demand).

    Mosey across River Road to small parking lot to collect coupons. TABATA time. 45 seconds of exercise 15 seconds of rest. 4 rounds of each exercise then run a lap. Exercises included Chest Press w/coupon (run a lap), Block Pulls w/ coupon (run a lap), Alabama Softball Players (thank you Honeydo for the rename) – return coupons then run a lap. BTTF.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements. YHC took us out. Upchuck and Oyster headed off for coffee afterwards.

    Lot going on in September. See slack for details. Prayers for Upchuck as he travels to the Northwest for family vaca. Prayers to those in Afghanistan. Thank you gentlemen for the opportunity to lead. This is a great group of guys that always brings joy to my day.

    NMS: Good to Oyster as he continues on the summer tour. 2 stops left – crushing it. Not much mumble chatter outside of some complaints on the modify selections by some of the PAX. Burpees should not be considered a resting exercise. TABATA with coupons was more difficult than imagined. YHC will rethink of more social exercises in the future. Title comes from the text chatter as many of the regulars are on vaca this week. New Starbucks coming to River Road Shopping center. Seems Handshake and his M have found F3 and Fia neighbors at the beach.

  • F3 Movie Night 9/3 or 9/4?

    Shang Chi, the new Marvel movie, debuts over Labor Day Weekend. YHC is trying to get a group together for some 2nd F to see it but wanted to get input first on location, day and time. YHC’s thought on location is CMX CinéBistro at Stony Point (9200 Stony Point Pkwy Suite 101, Richmond, VA 23235). This location is very central within the F3RVA footprint so it seems optimal but YHC is open to suggestions? The one problem with CMX CinéBistro is we’d have to wait until 1 week before the date to purchase tickets, whereas other movie theaters around Richmond already have specific showtimes for Shang Chi that you can already purchase tickets for now. Lastly, what day and time do PAX prefer? Fri 9/3 at 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm? Or Sat 9/4 at 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm? Leave a comment here or on Slack.

  • Moist Rocks

    Seven runners, 2 by road, 5 by dirt, grinded out 7-10 miles on a glorious 70 and sunny morning. Trails were great despite the previous days’ weather. ET’s followed with discussions of BRR and the PAX’s favorite movies. Saab and TYA can’t recommend the movie The Lobster enough.