4 Gents and 1 Lady shook off the post-holiday reverie and posted to what appeared to be the lowest attended 45MOM in recent history.  That said, it’s not the quantity but the quality so here’s what transpired – more or less…. COT:  Helicopters, DQ’s, Merkins, Flutter Kicks Run from tree to tree performing 5 Merkins at each Doras:  100 J-Squats, 200 Mountain Climbers, 300 Flutter Kicks.   Partner runs to bars and performs 10 dips Triple Check (sort of):  10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, 10 WWII’s, run to end of court, 5 Burpees.  Return running backwards.  Repeato (double each number)…

YHC showed up this morning at 0520 with only 3 PAX members on scene and by 0530, 14 strong posted for an always entertaining Q by YHC. Let mosey… COP on blacktop….. x 10 Don Quixote, x 25 SSH, x 15 Imperial Walkers, x 15 Merkins, x 15 Flutter Kicks. Mumblechatter was light during COP so why not get going. Mosey over to corner of  Cary and Westmoreland…….Catch Me If You Can-triple up. Partner 1 performs x 14 Merkins and x 14, 2 count American Hammers. Partner 2 is carried by Partner 3. 2 and 3 begin to walk around…

24 soon-to-be drenched PAX gathered in the gloom, speculating whether it would be their lucky (horseshoe) day – it was not to be. The Q arrived at the start, planted the SF, and led the pax to take off exactly on time, according to the only watch that counts. THE THANG Mosey to the corner of the AO at Westmoreland & Grove. Quick disclaimer. Warmup COP: Invisible Jump Rope x20, Russian Soldiers x12, Russian Kickbacks x12, Merkins x10, DQ x10 (all in cadence) Mosey to the field, line up along baseline. Plank-o-rama (thanks Circle K) Touchdown Beatdown: A mock football…

18 strong posted for some 70 degree fun at 45 MoM.  Here’s how it went down: Lockjaw led the mosey to the northwest side of school for the warmup COP: SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, LBC, Imperial Walkers… Mosey to West side of school for Lindsey= Donkey kicks and Dips Mosey to basketball court for ye ol’ triple check: P1 elbow plank, P2 Capt Thor, P3 karaoke down and back Extended elbow plan to make sure time was divided equally then pass to Toga for Q. Pax split in half with one group going clockwise and the other counterclockwise around…

Twitter lit up last night about the possibility of there being at least a couple FNG’s this morning at Mary, along with one kinda visitor.  I say kinda, because Obama (F3 Swamp Rabbit) posts often enough and knows enough folks up here to hold dual citizenship with F3 RVA.  Not going to lie, in the light of day, I was really scratching my head figuring out who were FNG’s, who were the visitors, and who were F3RVA guys which I just wasn’t too familiar with.  Besides, it was a massive group of 30 guys with too many LIFO’s to count…

15 redwoods descended upon the tropical rain forest known as Mary Munford.  The Garmin clicked 530 and off we went. COP Arm Circles – small, big, forward, and reverse Don Quixote – Stretch it out! Box Cutters Hill Billies Copperhead Squats Mosey to the west end of the soccer field and line up.  Perform 11s with merkins and American hammers as the exercises. Elbow plank at the other side. For the round trip, partner up for partner carry.  Stop half way and perform 5 dive bombers and swap roles to finish the field and perform 5 more dive bombers. Oblique…

YHC arrived to 45MOM with Big Blue posted and 2nd to arrive with TYA following close behind…..and the PAX quickly swarmed the parking lot! 23 F3 Soldiers posted-22 RVA and 1 ATL…for what can always be an amusing yet thrilling Q by YHC. 0530…time to mosey. COP at the basketball courts….x10 Russian Soldiers, x 10 Don Quixote’s, x 10 Box Cutters, x 10 LBC’s, x 10 Flutter  Kicks, x 11 Copperhead Squats (for you TYA), and x 12 Imperial Walkers. Let’s go….mosey to corner of the basketball court. Ascending 4 Corners…….Corner 1, x 10 Freddie Mercuries and bear crawl to…

The Pax gathered for a workout of Napoleonic proportions. Warmup began with helicopters, Don Quixotes, 34 SSHs for the age at which Napoleon became emperor, Imperial Walkers for his august apex, and Hillbillies for his humble origins. Napoleon’s father was an impoverished minor nobleman who gambled away what little he had, so we did 34 LBCs for the hunger the family experienced. Skipping up to the French Revolution, we celebrated Napoleon’s quick crossing of the Alps and conquest of Italy by running south down Westmorland to the soccer fields, stopping at each oak tree for a round of 20 2-count…

20 strong came ready to work at Mary Munford Elementary School this morning.  The temperature was just right, the light from the breaking dawn was just enough and the field had a nice thin layer of dew on it.  Time to work! Mosey to the center of the field for: COP (all in cadence) Don Quixotes x 10 Cotton Pickers x 15 Russian Soldiers x 15 SSH x 20 (Saab did 40) Merkins x 10 Flutter Kicks x 10 Stay on field but move over near the Tennis Court side for: Touch a Tree DORA (modified) Partner up and…