Category: Richmond, VA

  • COP Merkins are just harder

    Eight eager HBR regulars found their way out on a legit fall morning. 5:30 and off to PES for COP: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks.

    Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 LBCs. Run length of parking lot in between. Mosey down to Benches & grab a coupon:

    4 Rounds of: Coupon Pullovers, Benchkicks, & weighted Step-ups. Deposit coupons back & back to flag for some Mary and some bonus Merkins. Merkin count for the day was 150 merkins.

    NMS: While standing around before kickoff Tater was full of his normal energy, including a Leprechaun like Irish Jig. Handshake loved the Dora to start, especially with 100 Burpees. That and 200 Merkins ate up a good chunk of the beatdown.

    Coupon work on the benches was fun until trying to do the Step-Up with a block in the slick mud.

    In the COP Handshake noted that Merkins during the COP seem much harder than regular merkins during the course of the beatdown. All seemed to be agreement.

    Mumblechatter taught the PAX that if you’re going to Rona-quarantine – do it at Notre Dame, sounds like the Ritz.

  • Oh! an Ark Loader

    Even Chum needs a night off, EF took the Q.  Here’s what went down.

    Mosey to the side field.

    COP (IC)

    • Invisible Jump Rope
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Helicopters
    • HRMs
    • Elbow Plank
    • Box Cutters
    • Crabcakes

    Mosey back to parking lot triangle

    • Sprint, Mosey, Mosey
    • Sprint, Sprint, Mosey
    • Sprint, Sprint, Sprint

    Mosey to Bus Loop

    Ark Loader (move up and down loop)

    • Bear Crawl, Duck Walk, Crab Walk, Gorilla Shuffle, Polar Bear, Bunny Hop

    Mosey to BBall Court

    Merkin Ladder

    • 1 Merkin, run to other end, 2 Merkins, …up to 10, repeato and back down

    Mosey to back corner

    Double Trouble 1 (3 rounds)

    • P1 – Run to shelter x 10 Dips
    • P2 – Wall Sit

    Double Trouble 2 (3 rounds)

    • P1 – Reverse Plank
    • P2 – Lunge to tree and back

    Double Trouble 3 (3 rounds)

    • P1 – Wall Climb
    • P2 – Touch 3 different trees

    Mary

    • LBCs, Right Leg LBCs, Left Leg LBCs, No Leg LBCs, Reverse Crunch, Heals to Heaven

    Ring of Fire

    Mosey to VSF

    • Burpees x 3

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Perfect conditions for an evening beatdown.  The improvement in Animal and Flea is clear.  Very cool to see their work paying off.  Good to have Bowser (Chum’s 2.0) join the ranks and the banter with Flea and Animal is amusing.  Feels strange to YHC hearing crickets chirp during the Nameorama, but it’ll normalize in time. That Q probably felt a lot like a Chum Q, YHC steals from the OG all the time.

    Announcements –

    Thanksgiving Convergence – Mary 0600

    Black Friday CSAUP – Loops around Forest Hill Park 0700?

  • Frosty No Toll

    17 Warriors hit the frosty fields at the stroke of 530 this morning for a little Duke reunion Q!

    COP

    SSHs x 15

    DQs x 10

    Copperhead Squats x 10

    Helicopters x 10

    Imperial Walkers x 10

    Merkins x 10

    Flutters x 10

    Butterfly stretch, Leg Stretches

    3 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Field

    Triple Check – Runner, Dips, WWIIs

    Love Hill – Runner, Bear Crawl, Broad Jump Burpee, Lunge – Repeato

    Dora – 100 Crunchy Frogs, 200 Flutters, 300 LBCs

    Mosey to parking lot

    5 Sprints

    Mosey to basketball courts

    Increasing Merkin Suicides, increase by 5 at each line

    Ring of Fire – Carolina Dry Docks

    Burpee Shuffle

    Back to Flag

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Thanksgiving Q for TYA at Mary! Forest Hill loops the next day!

    NMS:

    Great to get back in the gloom after the hiatus for a few months of run training. Way to push in the cold this morning fellas, make it a great day!

  • Crab-Bisque

    A lucky 13 arrived to experience a modified version of Splinter’s “Bisque” route from earlier this Summer. Route is as follows:

    • Head out Richmond Way towards River. Right on Westhampton Way to past tennis courts, sorority houses (TYA), and Alumni Center.
    • Right on UR Drive. Left on River. Left into Batcave
    • Right on Ridgeway. Right on Fairway which turns into Robin & Iris
    • Briefly cross Three Chopt to Henri (near head of access road)

    Fours:

    • Take access road and then left across Three Chopt onto Campus
    • Turn in campus entrance and then turn right past the stadium then to the Commons

    Fives:

    Hop onto Grove. Left on Maple then left on Ferguson (near the triangle-park). Left on Henri back up to Three Chopt. Follow 4’s instructions above

    Sixes:

    Hop onto Grove. Left on Granite. Left on Patterson. Left on Maple. Take Maple to Ferguson. (Follow 5’s/4’s above.)

    Most followed directions, one did not (his name rhymes with “Pee-My-Way”).

    Saab abides

  • It was a great morning to run….alone..

    Did the farmhouse loop backwards (not running but direction). There was not much going on, few runners here and there. A lot of thinking on the run and while running through the back subdivision i remembered that someone said there had been some coyotes running around so was just praying to get back to the car. I thought I saw mudface and no idea and gave them an owl call but no response… made it back in one peice…trout

  • SalisBellevue

    Eight emerging regulars posted for the most recent Punisher, including six neighborhood kids and two visiting from Southside. Mosey to the western edge of the school for warmup COP with the usual. Completed two Starfish rounds (mixing in chest, legs, and core), one old school Jack Webb, some other Merkins in between, and a sequence on the wall before finishing with a COT. YHC took us out.

  • Keeping Batteau afloat

    The recently formed tag team of Goldberg and Chaplain linked up at Batteau for another Monday morning beatdown. According to eye witnesses, this is how it all went down:

    Warm up – Don Quixote’s, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Dean Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Hand Release Merkins, Freddie Mercury’s

    Mosey to the sledding hill area.

    Stopped at three stations: top of hill one, bottom of hill one, top of hill two. Then run back to the start.
    Round 1: 25 each, Merkins, Plank Jacks, WWII sit-ups
    Round 2: 50 each, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Dates, Squats
    Round 3: 75 each, SS Hops, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Tap Merkins
    Round 3: 100 each, Side LBC’s (50 per side), Monkey Humpers, Arm Circles (50 front, 50 reverse).

    Mosey to the hill of ill repute

    One man runs up the hill, then switch off. Partner does sets of Dips. Incline Merkins, Ball Dippers.

    Mosey back to the flag for 45 seconds of Hello Dollies.

    YHC took us out.

    Goldberg had some interesting perspective on the glory days of Batteau. We have both committed to getting out there next week. Hope to see some additional PAX!

  • Pain Yields Power

    The Hoedown gloom welcomed 11 studly vets and 2 newer brothers for a DTH start-the-week-off-right party. Here’s what went down:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the Planted Flag
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH, DQ, ISW, Opus, WWII, Plank Alt Leg lifts, etc etc

    COP #2:

    • Mosey up to the Field for the KILODORA – which is ONE THOUSAND Reps divided into:
    • x100 HRM’s
    • x200 Rosalita Whips
    • x300 Ball Dippers
    • x400 LBC’s
    • Moving partner runs across width of Field, completes x3 pull-ups and returns to switch with partner. 
    • Front runners help the WIX finish

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the Murky Bottom for Triple Check:
    • P1 – People Chair
    • P2 – Derkins (feet held by P1)
    • P3 – Run the Loop

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Variable Mary until times up — yes, there were things the PAX was not familiar or necessarily comfortable with…

    COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Always a good time with the Hoedown crew, and enjoyed getting to know BaconBits and HotYoga. Glad to partner up with RogerRoger. Typical snarky mumble chatter from Upchuck and Handshake. If it hurts, you’re doing it right. Keep headlocking those guys who need this! SYITG, YHC, DTH

  • G.I. Joe with Kung Fu Grip

    As the temperature drops so do the attendees. 4 white collar workers showed up to get their hands dirty. They say it went down something like this.

    Warmarama – jog the parking lot 15 mountain climbers at each corner; SSH, russian soldiers, cherry pickers, quad stretch, imperial walkers, spiderman merkins, freddy mercuries

    The Thang – 1. all about the Benjamin’s; all with coupon; 25 curls for girls, 25 lunges 25 copper head squats, 25 lunges. next set, 25 triceps extensions, 25 lunges, 25 plank jacks, 25 lunges. 2. 11s; curls for the girls at one end and merkins at the other. bring coupon hallelujah style between two points. 3. 3 rounds of 10 cadence count jerkins + 10 count merkins. 4. X marks the spot 20 merkins in the middle and 20 squats at the corners (corners were as follows 2 in parking lot, 1 down satan’s hill and 1 up satan’s hill). 5. ring of fire 2 rounds of 10 merkins. 6. over to the wall for 60 seconds of the peoples chair. back to the flag for a few minutes of mary.

    numberama, namerama then out in prayer. Nice work boys. lots of ground and pound. only 1 mile of running. Sorry had some additional Q energy which carried into overcounting, forgot announcements and prayer requests.

  • Nancy Lopez’s Cheese Touch Epiphany

    No runners showed up at OTB. On a runners note, congrats to the runners of New Market for completing the half & full marathons on Friday 13th.

    We covered a bunch of topics on the walk, but the best conversation came after Nancy Lopez spilled his Vente chocolate drink (with a bunch of directions – light foam, non dary almond milk……………..and a bunch of othe Starbucks terms). Nancy was sharing a story about the Cheese Touch tradition his family did when kids were younger (yes – we paused to explain to Aisle 5 what Diary of a Wimpy Kid was) and how a random dude at grocery heard them and apparently started chasing Jake around store. While the story was entertaining, the best part was when Nancy paused and got the epiphany that “In hind sight, that probably wasn’t a good thing.” The pause and reflection in his facial expression was a classic and will live forever. Very funny and we wish more PAX could have experienced.