Category: Richmond, VA

  • No Q Wednesday

    3rd F: (Faith) See Slack Channel for 3rd F to connect to the next Virtual meeting

    2nd F: (Fellowship)
    Double Mint posted:
    Gents – the 2.0s and I are heading out to Evergreen/East End Cemetery again to clear some brush and haul some logs in service e to others — we are on the 11-12:30 shift; volunteers also welcome for 9-10:30. Hope you can make it!
    https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2021/03/30/3rdf-service-opportunity-historic-evergreen-east-end-cemetery-cleanup/

    1st F: (Fitness)

    The Thang:
    1 mile warm up to the parking deck: a few side straddle hops and some Don Quixote.
    today’s main event is:
    run up the flight of stairs to the top of the parking deck. 20 of called exercise, lap around the top deck and proceed down to next level. 20 or same called exercise on each level until you get to the bottom.
    Rinse and repeat 2 more times. 1st round called exercise was Merkins, 2nd round was WW2s, 3rd round was Sumo Squats.
    Time to mosey.. that parking deck stuff sucks.

    Over to the Goose Landing pond.
    Tempo pace to far end. recover pace back to beginning.

    All in and time to head back to the AO.

    3.4 miles of running and bootcamp along the way. it great way to start a Wednesday.

    NMS: Interesting to see 3 AOs all without an assigned Q on the same day. But as I look at the sign up sheet there are tons of blanks.. RVA is the only region I know of that doesn’t have a SLT or site Qs and as a result, I guess we end up without designated leadership, shovel flags, pax consistency, etc to make sure the core principles of F3 are being followed at the AOs.

    SYITG!!

    v/r
    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • Who do people say I am?

    3rd F is quickly becoming my favorite of the 3 F’s in the RVA region. Don’t get me wrong.. YHC loves seeing you guys in the Gloom.. but the mumble chatter while rolling around in the middle of freshly manured spring field has nothing on the 1 hour of COT that we have in the 3rd F.
    It is a COT.. so what is said in 3rd F says in 3rd F. But this is what we covered.

    Disclaimer:
    The purpose of this AO is to push the PAX along their journey in developing the 3rd F – Faith.  We recognize that PAX are at their own place on the journey and proceed at their own pace.  PAX are encouraged to share.  It is not required to share (wise men learn by listening), but there is a requirement to allow others to share.  What is shared in this 3rd F stays with the 3rd F; it is a COT.  None of the PAX has a monopoly on the truth, though we are all truth seekers.  It is fine to disagree.  If there are not disagreements, then we are probably doing it wrong.

    This 3rd F event:

    • Is free of charge,
    • Is a discussion based on the Christian faith, but is open to all men,
    • Is peer led by volunteer Qs who may or may not be certified/ordained.

    We started with: Who is Jesus?
    Mark:  8:27
    “Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?“

    Responses: A man?
    A Prophet?
    The Savior?
    The Bridge?
    The Son of God? (so is Solomon and Israel once he was no longer Jacob)
    The Holy Spirit in the Flesh?
    God?
    Interesting claim:  “‘Son of God’ was a classical term for someone whose father was unknown. Jesus was called ‘the son of God’ because that was a term that mothers called their children when they didn’t know who the father was. There was no great mystical or religious significance to the term, as the churches try to claim today.”

    Why are you searching for Him? 
    Have you found Him or have you found what you hope is him? Are you looking because it was others want you to do or are you seeking for yourself.
    Luke 2:49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”

    John 11:25:  “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;”

    Thank you for allowing me to lead.
    v/r
    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • Steamy Audible

    14 studs converged to find out what YHC had in store for this week at Mary. 12 bootcamp’d while the Esther Williams fan club took a mosey in the adjacent ‘hoods. 70 degrees, sunny and 530? Time to boogie.

    COP

    casual stroll around the stone track back to the world map for COP

    dead man hang, one burpee

    imperial walkers, two burpees

    DQs, three burpees

    jazzercise, 4 burpees

    LBCs, 5 burpees…. mosey to the soccer fields

    The Thang

    Exercise I: Dean Smith’s Four Corners (ascending)

    first corner: 15 hand release merkins

    second corner: 15 hand release merkins, 20 copper head squats

    third corner: 15 hand release merkins, 20 copper head squats, 25 plank jacks

    fourth corner: 15 hand release merkins, 20 copper head squats, 25 plank jacks, 30 WWIIs

    algore and broga stretchin for the six

    Exercise II: Triple Check

    mosey to the bball courts

    pace car bear crawls to the World map and back

    donkey kicks and reverso crunches

    plankarama

    Exercise III: Burpee Loop

    Partner up: run dirt track meet in the middle and perform one burpee

    repeato up to six ….. four

    Exercise IV:

    mosey to the Westmoreland St façade of MMES

    modified Lindsay

    20-15-10-5 step ups at the entrance

    5-10-15-20 monkey humpers on the far side of the building audible due to time

    a few LBCs for Mary

    Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

    Please keep Bleeder’s family and nephew in your prayers. Please keep Slippin Jimmy’s family in mind for answered blessings.

    Freed to Bleed on Saturday. Sign up if you haven’t!

    Humidity is BACK. This morning was an unexpected steamer. Appreciate the camaraderie and collectively getting better. Thanks for letting YHC lead!

  • Brokeback Railing

    A dozen pillars of the F3 community assembled in Bon Air for another exercise themed get together that we like to call The Forge. With humidity on the rise, this was sure to be a sweatfest that is talked about for years to come.

    Mosey to the lower circle for Warm-Ups

    – LBC’s
    -Alabama Prom Dates
    -Incline Merkins
    -Lunge Walks
    -Walking Russian Soldiers
    -Walking Drunken Hillbillies (The next big thing in F3)
    -Walking Helicopters
    -Walking Arm Circles

    Mosey to the hill for Exercise One: Partner Hill Bearpies
    One man does Bearpies up the hill, Partner runs to the light post and back and takes his place, repeat. Finished when everyone was somewhere up near the top. Great working with CTD on this one!

    Mosey to the Rail for Exercise Two: Indigenous People Rail Walk.
    Squat walk side to side under the bar, ascending up towards the school. Man in the back breaks off and does 15 Heels to Heaven, then runs to the front of the line. Finished at the top………..some sort of lunging/heels to heaven hybrid broke out as we were wrapping things up.

    Mosey to the lower area of Mt. Chaplain for Exercise Three:
    10 rounds of 10 WWII sit ups, run up the hill, 10 Chuck Norris Merkins, crab walk down.

    Not sure how many rounds were completed before time was called. I think Fresh Prince may have done 19.

    Back to the flag for names/numbers.

    Announcements: Blood Drive this weekend. See Boberry’s pre-blast. Recently heard that all slots are full!

    Doublemint has an ongoing community service project clearing out a historical cemetery in the East End. Reach out to him or check Slack for details. From what I have heard, it is a great workout, and a good time is had by all.

    YHC took us out.

    Great turnout and strong work by all the PAX!

    We continue to challenge ourselves and each other. Make it great one .



  • Nickel Bridge!

    8 brave men came to WDog for the beatdown. YHC started off his routine route heading toward the pump house. THC mosey to Boulevard Bridge toll.

    • COP:
      • Deadmen hang x10, armcircle x10, DQ x10, Imperial walker x10, helicopter x10, LBC x10, American hammers x10
    • Exercise #1
      • Run to the other side of the Nickel bridge with 3 merkins, 3 WWII, and 3 burpees at each light post.
      • Run back to the toll with 5 jump squirt and 10 flutter kicks
    • Exercise #2
      • Mosey back to the flag through the Love hill.

    Thanks to Oyster for taking us out.

    Prayers are with Bleeder’s nephew and family and people in India.

  • Maybe You Have Male Genital Dysaesthesia?

    6 maybe-not-Italian (ok, Salvucci is probably Italian) Stallions busted out of the paddock for today’s heat-soaked version of the Roller Coaster. According to the kids coloring the road in front of TYA’s house, this is what happened, more or less.

    Two big loops for everyone. 4+ miles. Hills, hills, and more hills.

    NMS:

    Hot today. Not summer sticky hot, but still “we are not ready for this” hot. YHC definitely heard Adrienne Pennino yell out “Stop the fight! Stop the fight!” at the end of the second round on this one. More than one UpChuck was present (if you know what I mean).

    TYA reminded us that, when using skin-burning face wash, keep the face wash on the face. He feels the Bern. A surprising number of PAX had stories of “friends” who had also felt the Bern.

    https://dermnetnz.org/topics/male-genital-dysaesthesia/

    YHC wonders if there is enough aloe in the world to address this situation.

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Mann Potato

    No Q this morning so we did a hot potato which was a lot of fun. I was running late this morning so I’m not sure what they did for warmup. First up was Mud Face. We broke up into 4 parking spaces. 1st person did Sit Up Presses, 2nd Person did presses, 3rd person did Merkin Presses, 4th person ran around the bus loop. After the runner returned, everyone shifted spots down 1. We did this cycle so everyone did each twice. Next up was Yard Sale who had us each laydown on a line next to each other in the parking lot. Everyone holds 6 inches with their KB over their head. #1 rolls over, does 5 merkins and heads to the other end of the line and holds 6 inches. Each does this and we worked our way to the other end of the parking lot. Next up was Rounders. Rounders had us do laps around the parking lot doing various carries. Last up was Mr. Holland who had us do 11’s with lunges in between. The two exercises were figure 8’s and ??. We finished up right on time. Numberama, Namarama, Announcements, Prayer by Mud Face. We talked about Rounders upcoming trip and all headed home. Another great day started with F3. I’m swamped at work but life and work goes better when I start if with F3. SYITG.

  • Hot Potato Pills

    Seven strong answered the call to RVAs earliest AO wondering whether there would be a Whiteboard appearance. Instead a Hot Potato Q was served up instead:

    Upchuck Q: Mosey to The COP of: SSH, Dead man hangs, APDs, Rosalitas, Jazzercises, minor stretching. Head over to main church lot and partner up: Touch a Post: Start at 10 posts then down to 2. Exercises were WWIIs, Pickle Pounders, Squats, CDDs, Burpees.

    Kubota Q: Prostitute (in the church lot) of: 10 each corner of: Merkins, Jump Squats, Monkey Jumpers, WWII(?)s. Q was passed to YHC:

    Honeydo Q: Mosey back to coupon drop zone. Gather in center of lot. 60 Coupon Presses. 15 Thrusters, bear crawl to one end run back, 15 Thrusters + 20 Swings, Bernie Sanders other way and back. Next round add 25 Block Squats then run full loop with 5 burpees at light. 60 more Block Presses then deposit Coupons and American Hammers to finish time at flag. Handshake took us out.

    Announcements: Blood Drive this Saturday, please give. Prayers for EF Hutton continued recovery.

    NMS: First off good to have Bacon Bits out after receiving his all clear to resume workouts yesterday. The PAX were wondering if Handshake would post after his 2nd jab yesterday afternoon. Luckily he did with the only side effect apparently being excessive whining before beatdowns.

    Touch-A-Post took a while but gave us time to ponder why a church would have so many signs in the parking lot, which YHC assumes was Upchuck’s intent. Some may say calling a Prostitute in the church parking lot is scandalous but Kubota does have some sway with RRbC to get away with it. No real OSOTW material this morning as the PAX were hoping Splinter would post after the text thread yesterday.

  • DaVille Relay (Spring 2021)

    21 of RVA’s Finest (including 1 FNG) came up North of the wall for Spring Edition of the DaVille Relay.

    This is how it went down

    We add another runner to each team and added a third loop.

    Loop # 1 – 5.5 miles around Rutland, Knollwood, Cool Spring West, then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop

    Loop #2 – 4.15 miles into Craney Island Estate then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop

    Loop #3 – 4.10 miles starting with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop into Mechanicsville newest neighborhood Giles then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop

    Total Miles Per Runner – 13.75

    Total Miles Per Team – 55

    Finishing Times:

    Team Rat PAX (Corned Beef, Hash, Trout, Memento (Loops 1 & 2), Shank (Loop 3)) – 6:39:20

    Team United Nation (Spit, Fannie Mae, Bulkhead, Opus) – 6:54:33

    Team Tuckahoe West (Gomer Pyle, Upchuck, Bodo’s, Shiplap) – 6:57:50

    Team Trail Blazers (Helix, Pavarotti, Marco Polo, Boberry (Loop 1), Sludge (Loop 2), Phonics (Loop 3) – 7:10:54

    MOLESKIN

    Weather was cooler for it being the end of April which made for perfect running conditions.

    24 hours before the race we had 3 teams down a runner. The scramble was on to get the teams filled. Thanks to Memento (Trout’s co-worker), Shank, Boberry, Sludge, Phonics, Shiplap for answering the call.

    Also glad to have Spike joins us for the first and second loop who was ready to fill in as well if needed

    T-Claps to Luggie who served as our runner support out on the loops all morning getting in 50+ miles on gear

    Great 2ndF time at Kegger’s for some burgers and brews

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Pulmonauts

    Moon-lit and bound for the stars, 12 souls strapped themselves to the NoToll rocket and prepared for launch in the spring gloom.

    T-minus 40 side straddle hops, 10 Don Quixotes, dead man hangs, imperial squat walkers, etc.

    Launch – parking lot 4 corners with 20 WW2s, 40 Rosalitas, 60 LBCs and 80 APDs.

    Low earth orbit around the field to the pavilion for a triple check: run + 3 burpees, jump squats and merkins.

    Orbiting to the middle of the field to admire the massive full moon and ponder our place in the universe. Breathe in, breathe out.

    Slingshot orbit around the field to the bleachers for another triple check: run + 5 burpees, box jumps and heels to heaven. Pausing yet again to consider the paradox of how the breath is voluntary, yet involuntary.

    Bound for Mars, finishing strong with 2 burnouts: parking space lunges with increasing 2-count ball dippers all the way to 10. Then, parking space bear crawl with increasing hand-release merkins all the way to 10.

    Settling down to the surface of Mars with a mosey back to the flag. Prayers for Boberry’s father, prayers for Snuff’s stepfather-in-law.

    Our journey at an end – Elon would be proud.