6 Davillians (5 runners and a walker) got the week started with a practice run for the Daville 35.
Routes
Mudface looked to be solo today and seem to do the reverse Honey Meadows loop
Runners started early from the Rutland clubhouse, came through Atlee to check for any 5:30 runs, then loop around Honey Meadows then back from a 10k
Opus showed up a little later and got started at Atlee to get in 4.8 miles
Great run for everyone this morning!
SPIT ON THAT!!
After months of avoiding any appearances in the gloom, yours truly decided to go back out and Q. It was nice to see 14 able bodied warriors descend upon the fashionable Westham west location. The workout went like this:
COP: 20 SSH, 10 DQs, 15 arm circles each way, 25 Freddie Mercuries
Exercise 1: Mosey to where Bodos holds his outdoor services. 4 corners: 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 40 2 count flutter kicks
Mosey to another parking lot. Lunge about 200 feet. Curb bear crawl up to 6 merkins
Mosey back to school. Elevens with merkins on the bike rack or nearby with run to teacher’s parking lot and do WWIIs. 55 Merkins total. I nearly tripped checking out the nearby running group.
Mosey to nearby wall and partner up. Partner runs the horseshoe while other person does donkey kicks and then balls to the wall for the second loop.
Finished with SSHs led by Tryhard, DQs and cherry pickers (stretching is good when you are getting old).
Announcements: Iron Pax information should be on another backblast. I think that Twin Team will have the first installment led by Dr. Tryhard.
Campout (2nd F) to be held in Amelia County on 10/3. Registration should be on one of the backblasts.
The seasoned folks at Gridiron are discussing holding a convergence for Labor Day (9/7). More details or a vehement denial will be posted this week.
I enjoyed getting back in to the early morning workout. More to come.
After a few weeks hiatus, YHC was back at Satan’s Hill this morning with 5 others to get the week started right!
COP
SSHs, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats, LBCs, Merkins, Imperial Walkers
Mosey to top of SH!
4 Corners as a group!
Corner 1 – 25 Merkins
Corner 2 – 50 Dry Docks
Corner 3 – 75 Squats
Corner 4 – 100 LBCs
Reverso
Mosey back to the lot.
Coupon work
Curls, Squats, WWIIs, Shoulder Press, Bench Press – Toe touches on curb in between sets.
Back to the flag – 3 burpees OYO!
Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.
Prayers for Florence’s Mother in Law
NMS
Great to be back in the gloom! Way to work fellas!
Runners got various miles and walkers got 4.5 miles.
Not sure of any conversations on the runs (I mean if you can talk and run, your not running hard enough), but the walk conversations were engaging and entertaining.
Found out Aisle 5 is REALLY filing for his Italian citizenship. So Aisle 5, since you can’t speak italian yet (connect with Rosetta), check out the attached video.
After enjoying half a Honeydo Q at Dogpile, YHC ducked out for the long drive to Short Pump, finding a handsome gaggle of (mostly) Respect-level veterans at GridIron. Here’s how YHC delivered a painful IPC practice round plus other stuff…
The THANG:
COP #1:
COP #2:
COP #3:
COP #5:
COP #6:
COP #7:
COP #8:
COP #9:
Mosey BTTF for COT:
NMS:
Seventeen strong braved the rain and fog and were pleased to find freshy cut grass across the AO, albeit not bagged.
COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Merkins, Arm Circles, LBCs, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to end of street for:
Burpee Road: 2 Burpees at every light up & back. Then over to Carrillon field. Partner Up – Wheelbarrow across and back 2 times. Stay together for PLTs: 3 sets of 25 each.
Rusty Cage: 4 sets of – 6 Pull-ups & 10 Dips. Over to the bowl behind Amphitheater: 5 rounds of up & back with 10 upside down WWIIs and 15 Merkins on the side.
Amphitheater: 5 Box Jumps each step – all the way up. Finish with some time in the Honeymoon Suite to honor Wojo’s big day today.
Announcements: Hardywood’s Alpaca-palooza for today has been CANCELLED and will be rescheduled. Iron PAX will be Tuesday’s at all AOs except for Spider Run. So if you want soccer arms go to Spider Run, otherwise sign up for the next 4 Tuesday and particpate in the IronPAX challenge, see Boberry’s Pre-blast
NMS: A lot of sore pax from the 10k yesterday slowed or kept PAX out this am. Still 17 in the rain were ready to go, including Bone Thugs, aye! DTH double dipped, leaving at the Rusty Cage to go take the Q at Gridiron. Not sure that has been done before.
On the initial mosey Malpractice mentioned he had never attended a Honeydo Q before which doesn’t seem possible. Been a while since we did a Burpee road but the darkness at 6 is back.
The field for PLTs was good with all the newly cut grass as everyone was properly covered in grass clippings. At the Rusty Cage we were met with a Box Jump box at the bottom along with several huge boulders, like too big for Swirly to pick up….
Box Jumps seemed to take it out of everyone but spirits picked up when we earned our time in the Honeymoon Suite. YHC was hoping Wojo would post so he could have some last second practice.
Good times at ETs including at Circle K sighting.
Fellas, we are going to postpone tomorrows BBQ at the Hardywood family farm in Amelia. We have a brutal case of poison ivy that has taken down the M. We are gonna get her back in good shape and reschedule soon.
So sorry for the late notice.
Your pal,
Hardywood
After Mister Rogers appeared in the gloom at BMNT we agreed to run at least 6.2 in honor of our downtown brothers.
NMS – The route was a new one with a little of this and a little of that. I knew it was going to be a smidgen long, but also know that Mister Rogers is up for anything. We were with you in spirit.
Congrats Bone Thugs!
Currahee!
Humidity and rain have departed. Ideal conditions greeted 5 faithful warriors for a KB beat-down. Here is how it went down:
Great work by the PAX today. Enjoying having Gypsy in RVA. Reported soreness from Gypsy post-workout due to the cannonball weights he used. White Deer and Byproduct chose not to comment after looking at their KBs. Plenty of mumble chatter from the PAX, but not on that one.
Reminder of the family BBQ at Hardywood’s farm this weekend. Check the pre-blasts for more detail.
God is good all of the time! Attila
Warmarama :
15 F3 count SSH
10 F3 count merkins
The Thang :
Mosey to end of parking lot to prepare for copious amounts of animal movements (Wilson said he loves all forms of animal movements and encourages all Q’s to utilize them)
First movement – Backwards bear crawl aka Joe Hendrix the full length of the parking lot then sprint back to starting line
Second movement – regular bear crawl the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Third movement – front facing crab walk the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Fourth movement – backwards facing crab walk the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Fifth movement – Kangaroo hop the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Sixth movement – Broad jump (also termed “lemur jumps” by Nancy Lopez) the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Seventh movement – Lunges the full length of parking lot then sprint back
Switch to ab exercises :
30 WWI’s
30 LBC’s
30 F3 count flutters
5 LCRC’s
Mosey to rock pile, grab a rock, and lay down on your back for 100 chest presses while doing flutters the whole time (if finish early, stand up with rock over your head until last man finishes)
20 bicep curls with rock then put rock back in the pile
Mosey to metal railing :
30 dips
Sideways Plank walk the full length of railing then repeato facing the other direction
Sprint up Satan’s hill then mosey back down
With 2 minutes remaining, AMRAP mountain climbers
DONE
COT :
prayers for the health of Nancy Lopez’s mom. He mentioned she is doing a little better but still has a long road ahead of her.
YHC
-Florence