Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

16 regulars and 1 FNG posted for a beautiful morning in the near West End.  The fields of Mary Munford were closed but the PAX was not deterred.  The beatdown went something like this:

Slaughter Start – 10 Burpees OYO

Mosey around full, long blocks

Circle up for COP: SSH, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Crab Cakes, Bob & Weaves

Mosey to fields only to discover they are closed.  Audible to Tennis Courts.  Partner up for Darrell Greens – 1st partner starts in merkin position, 2nd partner sprints to end.  Upon starting, partner on the ground performs a merkin and sprints to try to catch partner 2.  Repeato x 4

Slow it down for the Human Centipede – groups of 4 – 6 plank head to foot, guy in back bear crawls to front, resume plank.  Repeato until group reaches the end

Partner up for 2 more Darrell Greens

Mosey around fence to basketball courts for Space Invaders – majority of PAX lines up as aliens in horizontal columns and Bob & Weaves left and right, shooters line up 20 yards back and lunge in a straight line trying to tag an alien without reaching out.  If tagged, alien becomes a shooter.  If missed, shooter does 10 burpees.  Repeato x2

Partner up in groups of 3 for Triple Check – donkey kick, plank, run to fence and back

Circle up for 4 min of Mary – LBCs, Capital Letters, Freddie Mercuries, American Hammers, X’s & O’s

Mosey back to flag

COT – Bleeder took us out

Naked Moleskin

Wow…the PAX accomplished a lot this morning…more than YHC had planned.  The Triple Check and Mary were audibles.  YHC pulled some new things out of the bag while bringing back some SOJ favorites (slaughter start, crab cakes, x’s & o’s, darrell greens).

This was definitely the first time YHC remembers a member of the PAX trying to carry on a conversation with the Q while he’s counting cadence.  TYA wasn’t phased by the fact that YHC was counting out Russian soldiers when engaging in preseason NFL smack talk.  Like his Patriots, and in true Agressor form, TYA must think the rules and etiquette don’t apply to him.

Seriously, Saab, when was the last time you crossed the river that didn’t involve traveling to an F3 workout?

6 sprints are 6 too many, especially if you partner up with Oyster.  Dude has wheels…and finally caught YHC on the last Darrell Green.  Well done, sir.

Space Invaders was good fun.  YHC had considered bringing water balloons but didn’t want to deal with cleaning up the mess.  We played 2 rounds.  Round 1 starting shooters were those living SOJ.  Round 2 starting shooters were anyone who had been part of an F3 Podcast, which ended up being 80% of the PAX.  Impressive.

Lots of mumblechatter today, especially when the PAX was circled up.  The Capital Letters shut everyone up quickly…followed by the X’s & O’s with a dead silent, slow 10-count by Swirly to end things in X formation.

Welcome to Kubrick!  Way to crush the workout this morning.

Peace, Love & Hail to the Redskins tonight!

 

20 strong men rolled into Mary on this beautiful Sunny & 70 morning in RVA.  Some were hoping for a ground and pound after a tough hill run yesterday and others praying Gumbo wasn’t going to double-down on the Old Glory this week.  Well, this is what transpired:

Long Mosey around the Commonwealth-Cary-Westmoreland-Grove square outline of the AO and back to the field for COP, which included:

• SSH x20
• DQ (Swirly Style) x10
• Helicopters x10
• Imperial Walkers x15
• Flutter Kicks x20
• Hand Release Merkins x15

THE THANG:

Red Barchetta–

Mosey to the end line of the field along Commonwealth and line up for the Red Barchetta, which consists of the following:

• Sprint the entire length of the field and perform 100 single-count SSHs at the other end of the field, then jog back to the starting point and plank-o-rama for the 6.
• Sprint the 75% of the length of the field and perform 75 single-count mountain climbers , then jog back to the starting point and plank-o-rama for the 6.
• Sprint the to the mid-point of the field and perform 50 LBCs, then jog back to the starting point and plank-o-rama for the 6.
• Sprint about 25-30 yards and perform 25 merkins, then jog back to the starting point and plank-o-rama for the 6.
• Sprint about 10 yards and perform 10 Burpees , then jog back to the starting point and plank-o-rama for the 6.

Triple Check EL (Extra Long) —

Form in groups of 3 near the monkey-bars.  Pax 1 performs dips on the border around the monkey-bars, Pax 2 does monkey-humpers and Pax 3 runs the entire gravel track loop.  3 times.

Mosey back to the Flag for COT, number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• OBT is in town to talk about The Iron Project — he will be at The Veil Brewery at 1800 hours — stop by if you can.
• SOJ takeover next week.  And SOJ (the New Market crew to be exact) now has possession of the Ghost Flag so look out for its next posting.
• First Thursday Ultimate Frisbee gathering in DaVille tomorrow 6pm. Then head over to Marty’s (9357 Atlee Rd, Mechanicsville, VA 23116)  for drinks. M’s and 2.0’s welcome to join
• Reesestrong registration is now open and Phonics has created the F3RVA team: https://runsignup.com/RaceGroups/4045/Groups/386047
• New AO starting up SOJ (Tomahawk Middle School) on Thursday 8/17.
• New Sunday Bootcamp in DaVille starting this Sunday 8/6 at Atlee HS at 0700 – see Spit for details
• Convergence – September 30 – Gridiron – 0600 to 0800 (or an option to start at 0700) — bring FNGs and go get our Kotters.
• PuppyPile (name pending with Corporate) – 2.0 workout at DogPile is the 3rd Saturday of the month (8/19 this month) — see Marv for details.

NMS–

It is always great to grab a Q at 45-MOM – the PAX is always large and full of energy and mumblechatter.  Today was no different – though some were disappointed that we were not in fact going to “check” on Bleeder’s house and make sure the pool was still working.  Maybe next time.  The pre-start mumblechatter at 45MOM is always good, including hearing today about the several methods of transportation that Marv must now use to make it to the AO, including harrowing transfers.  It is like Planes, Trains and Automobiles for him know, but he is figuring it out.

YHC wanted to get some running in the workout today, so we started off with about a mile and logged 2.4 total by YHC’s watch.

The PAX crushed the Red Barchetta.  YHC saw that a while back in the Exicon and has been wanting to break it out during a Q.  Today was the day.  The Oyster sprint was in full effect – he even sprinted the whole damn field in round 2.  Guess the brakes didn’t work?  Following the RB up with a long triple check was not easy and those monkey-humpers were burning in round 3, but again, the PAX knocked them out.  Sticking close together provided ample opportunity for mumblechatter and even some form-policing by non other than TYA.

Well done today fellas.  It was a pleasure to lead.

No more Gumbo for you!

14 F3 RVA regulars, 1 F3 New Orleans, and a couple of LIFO’s posted this morning with a unique beatdown for most.

THE THANG

Long Mosey to the Church Field in Windsor Farms for COP
Usual F3 Disclaimer with the addition of “if you think you may Drown, don’t do the exercise”

20X SSH
10X Don Quixote
30X LBC’s

Short Mosey down the street to a friendly neighborhood pool
Instructions on Pool Safety – shoes off
10mins of Triple Check
Dips, Merkins, 2 short laps in the pool

100x World War II sit-ups, the wet kind, feet on the edge of the pool, body in the pool (try not drown)

Game of modified Marco Polo

Mosey back to Field at Mary
Plank-o-rama
Superman

Mosey back to the Flag
Ring of fire- 10x Merkins

COT Mary took us out

Moleskin

Although YHC ran to the AO this AM, YHC made the decision not to post an additional Back Blast. The 2 Lifo’s did some version of a four corners drill, and missed the opportunity for drowning.

At One minute to 0530, YHC announced that gloves would not be necessary for the workout, Splinter, in what can be described as a celebratory move, threw his gloves over his shoulder in the general direction of his vehicle; during the first COP, in Plank position, he proclaimed that his hands were now dirty, YHC re-assured him that they would soon be clean.

The Pool Q was something that YHC has been waiting to bring it to the PAX for quite some time; as good fortune would have it, Thursday Q slot was empty earlier in the week, and the weather was mostly cooperative and as good fortune would have it, the Discovery channel’s annual Shark week happened to coincide which helped bring the thought of adding the Jaws theme music to the pool activity. The neighborhood had already been put in code orange Land Shark Alert.

Welcome to Reluctant Yankee from F3 New Orleans, you picked a unique day to come out Brotha!

Pre-workout, Upchuck was giving a thorough description for TYA’s new Wilson inspired running gear. Although his lunch was not agree with him yesterday, the shirt performed as delivered, and TYA did not look like he had swam during his run as he normally does.

Although the fountain was not operational this morning, MARV has put in his request for a corresponding fountain lake to TYA to add to his new backyard. YHC looks forward the Pre-move-in party.

Also, When YHC walked back by the pool this morning post-workout; there was a spoon at the bottom(which can be retrieved at the owner’s leisure) which begs two questions, 1) Did anyone see DK at the workout this morning. & 2) What exactly did one expect to use the spoon for at a workout — next time, YHC will make this announcement, “You will not need gloves nor spoons during the workout.” just to alleviate any confusion.

Announcements

Upchuck is riding the Capital Trail this Saturday starting at Three Chopt, see him for details

Convergence Sept 30th – Gridiron

A Super Hardywood announced- Egghead RVA – https://www.eggheadrva.com/ is looking to do some test orders of 10 – 15 people for breakfast catering. He’ll be specializing in easy to eat and clean up foods. He’s starting with sandwiches and quiches. If you’d like to reach out to Nate directly, you can reach him at eggheadrva@gmail.com

Skinny Bitch Bleeder out

18 strong – tackled Mary this morning and here is how it went down.

COP: SSH, Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s, LBC’s APD’s, Flutter Kicks

Polarbears : Polar bear ( bear crawl every 5 steps Merkin) to the gate – 20 donkey kicks lunge back – plank. Repeat 3 times replace lunge with – Russian Solder – then Karaoke.

Swirly Ball : Break up into to teams – shirts and skins – 9 on 9 for some back yard football – Swirly style… Offense has 4 downs to make it to the end zone. Receivers are allowed to throw the ball in any direction after they catch it to keep the play alive before they are tagged. Defense has to do 5 merkins for every offensive completion – offense has to do 5 merkins for every dropped pass. Turn over on downs – 10 merkins – interception 10 merkins Touchdown defense has to do 20 partner leg toss.

Highlights : YHC has been wanting to bring out Swirly ball for a while just to change things up a bit. YHC always enjoys the Q’s that involve games or the pax playing around in the grass/mud like a bunch of boys. As the pax gathered this morning YHC was discussing with Bleeder that if there not enough guys showing up YHC would adjust the game plan. During the polarbears Bleeder announced to YHC (Hey dude you know we got 18) 18 was YHC’s minimum number for Swirly ball – therefore it was time to play ! We mossyed on over to the field and broke up into teams shirts and skins… The shirts had a slight advantage cause the field/ball was really wet… Anyway here are the highlights of the game: First Freaken play – Long Bomb – Marv to Grunt TD! and just like that the skins were doing partner leg toss… YHC thought wow my kid is fast and where the hell is the safety all at the same time – but whatever time to regroup … The game was tight for the rest of the time period – both teams moved the ball but no other TD’s were scored – Yep a 7-0 game ( we all did lot’s of running and merkins) . There are some outstanding plays/player awards YHC needs to report. The play of the game was the hail mary pass Marv to Grunt (however after further review the offense was off sides so the TD is called back – (Just Kidding)..  Pele gets the big hit of the game – Pele playing the middle line backer position  freaken leveled Ronnie – Ronnie made a hell of a catch but just as he did Pele put his ass on the ground – Boom! Viral ans Swiper get – best hands award 🙂 just kidding guys I know that ball was slippery Viral – Swiper your drop was pure fear and nobody blames you dude cause Bleeder was coming full speed and was inches away from trucking you – I have know idea how he was able to stop himself but am glad he did cause if he would have hit you at that speed you may have ended up on the tennis courts. Gomer Plyle and Rosie get the tip drill award (that ball YHC threw you two dudes kept alive by tipping it in the air for 5 freaken minutes .. incredible   (The play that almost was)   – YHC 15yard pass to Flipper – Flipdog catches turns and throws a beautiful pass that drops right over the left shoulder of Cottonmouth who was booking down the side line towards the end zone – and aaaaahhhhhh incomplete – son of a bi….&&**% Cottonmouth that would have tied the freaken game man …. Just kidding bro – good try – whatever ….

The time seemed to fly by today guys – it  was fun pretending to be Southpaw’s age out there today – And great job Southpaw – glad to have you on the skins team dude..  YHC always enjoys leading this great group of men and while this was in no way one of the typical Swirly beatdowns it was a hell of alot of fun ! You can bet YHC will be bringing this back !

Thanks to Bleeder for taking us out.

Circle K’s Father’s funeral today @ 3pm Our Lady of Lourdes

See y’all in the gloom..

21 warriors rose to meet the challenge of a new day.  According to legend it went a little something like this.

COP SSH, IW, LCB, FM X 20 IC, Merkin X 10 IC

Modified 4 Corners – Complete exercise at each corner on the way out and back, adding a corner each round.  Plank in between each round.

The exercises were the following: Corner 1 20 Decline Merkins at , Corner 2 20 WWII Situps, Corner 3 20 Dips, Corner 4 20 Burpees

• Round 1 – Corner 1
• Round 2 – Corner 1, Corner 2, Corner 1
• Round 3 – Corner 1, Corner 2, Corner 3, Corner 2, Corner 1
• Round 4 – Corner 1, Corner 2, Corner 3, Corner 4, Corner 3, Corner 2, Corner 1

Leg Ladder – Mosey to tennis courts.  This is a modified suicide workout.

• Hop on 1 leg across 1 court and complete 10 (2 count) American Hammers, run back to start.
• Hop on opposite leg across 2 courts and complete 10 (2 count) American Hammers, run back to start.
• Hop on opposite leg across 3 courts and complete 10 (2 count) American Hammers, run back to start.
• Hop on opposite leg across 4 courts and complete 10 (2 count) American Hammers, run back to start.

Bearly Alive – Partner up at soccer field.  One partner runs to the opposite end and the other partner starts to bear crawl.  Partner one touches the opposite side and runs back to partner.  Upon meeting back up complete 2 boo-yah merkins and switch.  Completion is when the length of the field has been bear crawled by the team.

Hermanos En Fuego – Partner up for a modified Ring of Fire, partners get on opposite sides of the circle.  All men in the plank position.  First team bear crawls to middle and completes 10 Boo Yah merkins the crawl bears back.  Next team goes until the entire squad has complete.

Numberama, Namerama, COT, Viral took us out.

Moleskin – On Tuesday afternoon YHC checked the Q sheet to see how much espresso and Ibuprofen for WDog. Much to the surprise of YHC 45MOM was sans Q.  The timing was great, as after a week at the beach YHC was ready to get back into action.  Big shout to Wilson  and Swiper for slaying it on the modified 4 Corners. Grunt and Scrappy put on a burpee clinic.  Hermanos En Fuego was well received.  Great to see the sons and dads team up and show the strength of their respective gene pools.  Kudos to Gumbo for jumping in with YHC for a second helping of Boo Yah merkins.

After careful consideration an adjustment has been made to our newest member of the tribe.  Cabbage Patch was a guest of Shake Down.  He introduced him as a gardner and the rest of the description was lost from there.  Several names were thrown out, before settling on Cabbage Patch.  One thing we do not do is settle.  The Commission on Special Naming Projects revisited the name.  The thought process went like this.  Gardner -> Red Hot Chili Peppers -> Crotch Sock -> Blood Sugar Sex Magic -> Sugar Sock.  Welcome Sugar Sock.

News – Please keep brother Circle K in your thoughts as his father has entered hospice.

Be super,

Hardywood

 

YHC is a little late getting the BB out because he was fasting before doctor’s appointment this morning, and after the event, the YHC was living up to his F3 name.  Now that all is well and YHC is properly hydrated, here’s what went down:

24 gamesmen entered what had to be one of the more pleasant glooms in while.  There was a nice chill in the air and light dew on the grass for the VQ.

Mosey to the blacktop for the COP

SSH x 10 x 2 – there was a lot of chatter (and laughter) from the PAX about the Q’s unique, yet stylish SSH form; Q saw others imitating it, which is taken as the highest form of flattery.

Imperial Walkers x 10 x 2

Hillbillies x 10 x 2

Arm Circles

Don Quixotes x 10 x 2Mosey to

Mosey to tree line at far end of field for a game of “Chutes & Ladders.”  PAX climbed the ladder by running to each tree to perform an exercise, increasing by one at each tree, until they reached the top of ladder at the 10th rung, and then they worked their way back down the ladder with a different exercise decreasing by one each rung.Ladder #1 – Jump Squats up the ladder, and 2-count mountain climbers down

Ladder #1 – Jump Squats up the ladder, and 2-count mountain climbers down

To keep it fun, the PAX did burpee “chutes” between the ladders.Ladder #2 – Carolina Dry Docks up the ladder, and

Ladder #2 – Carolina Dry Docks up the ladder, and rosalitas back downMosey to the tennis courts for Triple Check.  Divided into groups of three. First team member bear crawls to

Mosey to the tennis courts for Triple Check.  Divided into groups of three. First team member bear crawls to middle of first court and back, run to middle of second court, back, run to middle of third court and back; other team members are 2. Six inches; 3. Elbow planks.

Mosey to monkey bars for AMRAP in seven minutes of “LabRat-etta” Dora.  PAX partnered up for 3 merkins, 4 plank jacks, and 5 2-count American Hammers while the other partner ran to the pull-up bars and back.  Despite the number of ladders the PAX had already climbed, they crushed it!Mosey back to the flag for a quick Ring of Fire before Numberama and Name-o-rama.

Mosey back to the flag for a quick Ring of Fire before Numberama and Name-o-rama.

Announcements –

TYA reminded everyone that the new F3RVA regional website is going live on July 1.  Be sure to comment on BB to help with your information transferring to new site.  Names will migrate, but will need to reset password. Special thanks to Splinter, Swiper, Swirly and others for their work on the new F3RVA site.

Viral also reminded everyone about F3 RVA July 4 Convergence; check the BB.

YHC wants to thank everyone for their support on his VQ event, including the clown car from the Southside; great to meet some new PAX.  YHC was pretty nervous, couldn’t eat the night before, had fitful night sleep and was up for good around 3:00am, but all was well once the chatter started during the COP.  Also, a huge shoutout to Hardywood who helped plan today’s AO, planted the flag, and was pretty damn persistent in EH-ing this VQ; thank goodness!

Respectfully submitted,

Cottonmouth 

19 men entered the gloom to start the day by working up a good step.  This is what went down:

Mosey to far corner of school grounds for quick disclaimer and straight into the workout.  10 merkins and run to corner at Cary.  10 LBCs.  Continue to run Cary around school grounds to next corner.  10 Caroline Dry Docks.  Continue run to Grove corner for 15 flutterkicks.

Mosey to blacktop near flags for The Escalator.  Floor 1 – run to fence, 5 merkins, run back.  Floor 2 – Floor 1 +Run backwards, 5 LBCs, Run backwards. Each successive floor you complete the floors below.  Floor 3 – Kareoke and 5 WWII situps, Floor 4 – Lunge, Floor 5 – Polar bear down and run back.

Mosey to corner of track for Progressive Four Corners. Corner 1 5 boxcutters, 10 merkins, 15 WWII situps, 20 flutterkicks.  Increase exercise count by 5 at each corner.

Mosey to tennis courts for 1 Suicide.

Mosey back to the flag.  Numberama, Namearama, TYA took us out with thoughts and prayers for F3 brother (Cheech, John Flanagan) in SC who was hit by car while running.

NMS – What better way to start a humid day, than with a beatdown that kept the PAX moving the entire time.  YHC selfishly wanted to test the legs this morning after last nights Hill Run, in an effort to prepare for the BRR.  Mission accomplished, as I am typing this, my legs are smoked.  The PAX can thank Cottonmouth for The Escalator returning.  Yesterday morning at WDOG, he was talking about his first F3 workout, where The Escalator was introduced to F3RVA.  He said he was smoked then, but he crushed it this morning.  Great work Cottonmouth.  When YHC started the beatdown without a COP, the PAX was confused with TYA asking about the warmups.  YHC response was 10 merkins and run a city block.  The PAX caught on quickly and we still made a big loop around the school grounds.  (Sort of like a COP.)  With the constant movement involved in today’s beatdown, not much mumblechatter from the PAX, but everybody crushed it this morning.

Welcome to Flat Tire (FNG).

Circle K

18 thought the rain was over and thought today would be a dry workout.  The humidity and this workout proved all wrong….

COP – SSH, IW, Don Quixote

Mosey back to the soccer field for the Beast:  Monkey Humpers, WWII Situps, Burpees, Copperhead Squats, Heels to Heaven, Scorpions

Onward to the tennis courts for the Triple Check: Plerkins and running the length of the court.

Back to School: Lindseys – 30 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl out to the track and 10 Mountain Climbers, Mosey back and repeat til the split is 10/30 (increase and decrease by 5).

Quick Mary – APDs, Dealers Choice for American Hammers (Marv), Merkins (Tu-Can)

Back to the flag where Circle K took us out.

NMS:

The Beast kicked off with a little mumble chatter this morning, but by round 3 (burpees) silence came over the Pax.  (Note to self, open with burpees earlier in the Beast).

It also appears that Keymaster carries his dog in the back of his wagon.  Circle K is a big fan of large dogs.  K9 + Colbeer = Circle K nirvana.

We may be on to a K9 friendly concept Q.  Perhaps Labrat will run with that…

Announcements:

• C-Ville needs you! – Labrat is looking for members of the Pax to take a leadership role and help establish that AO.  See him for details.  It’s a great AO.  Not a single hill or anything resembling one.
• New F3RVA website launching July 1.  See the new site for future backblasts and announcements.
• Upchuck has a golf tournament on August 8 for a good cause.
• VQ week is coming up soon!  Lot’s of open spots.  If you haven’t Q’ed, sign up before Corporate instates the VQ draft.
• Lockjaw will Q the July HDHH.  It will be a proper send off for Toga.  More information to follow.

Lockjaw

21 warriors rejected the mediocrity of the fart sack and stormed into Mary Munford Elementary school for a light workout that went something like this…

Mosey to far field next near the tennis courts and circled up.

COP (all IC)

52 SSHs, 10 merkins, 20 imperial walkers, 10 merkins, 10 mountain climbers, 10 merkins, 15 don quixotes, 10 merkins, arm circles, 10 merkins

THANG

Mosey to the path next to the tennis courts. Partner up. Each partner sprinted in opposite directions around the field and returned to the starting location. Each partner then took off in opposite directions to do exercises at each tree (5 two count mountain climbers at one tree, 10 LBCs at the next tree). 10 booyah merkins when the partners met up along the way.

Mosey to the tennis courts

5 merkins, bear crawl to the middle, 10 merkins, bear crawl to the corner, 15 merkins, bear crawl to the next corner, 20 merkins, lunge to the middle, 15 merkins, lunge to corner, 10 merkins, lunge to the starting location, 5 merkins.

Mosey to the monkey bars for monkey bars version of a ring of fire. Each person did the monkey bars both ways and returned to the circle while the PAX did 1 minute of dips followed by 1 minute of derkins (and rotated back and forth – one audible for heels to heaven before going back into dips and derkins).

Mosey back to the SF… 52 SSHs…

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements. Spit took us out.

NMS

The DaVille takeover continued this morning with YHC and Spit rolling in early to see the blue truck and a noble crew already camped out in the parking lot. YHC found out quickly that the ground at the AO can provide ample challenges for planting the SF. TYA observed from the car and later shared that he saw a lot of humor in the flag-planting scene. The SF did get planted and the festivities then began.

YHC expected some good trash talk as things got underway. Podcast 52 effectively poked the bear and fired up the DaVillians to bring some pain at the AOs all over the RVA. TYA let us all know that there was going to be a bunch of “light workouts” this week on the podcast (noted with a smile by YHC). He then applied the pressure right away this morning when he said, “What time do the workouts begin in Mechanicsville?” at 32 seconds beyond 5:30 am. YHC took the hint and we fired up the beatdown.

The mumble chatter was alive and well on the mosey over to the field. YHC adopted Abacus’ use of 52 SSHs to kick things off in honor of Podcast 52. YHC did not “pull a Carpenter” (another TYA quote) and go all the way to 100 but that may happen in the near future… YHC also used his approach to the merkin in the COP and brought a total of 100 merkins over the course of the warm-up. YHC heard someone say, “that was some serious pain in the circle of pain!” Goal achieved…

The PAX went to work on the sprint around the field and then the exercises at the trees. They carried the momentum into the tennis courts where the pain was increased by the bear crawls and merkins. Mumble chatter all but died at that point.

The real fun came when YHC led the PAX over to the monkey bars for a different version of “ring of fire.” The monkey bars provided a challenge but the non-stop dips & derkins brought more fun to the morning. YHC could hear the grumblings of muscle failure all around the circle. It was a glorious time shared by all.

It was an honor to lead this morning at 45MOM. YHC continues to realize the great opportunities that come with visiting other AOs. The new connections and reconnections are priceless. The new terrain is also a major plus. The DaVille Takeover has provided all of the above. YHC is looking forward to continuing the fun on Saturday morning at Dogpile!

Announcements:

• Charlottesville is up and running and still needs our support. Consider and commit to get out there and help the efforts to get Charlottesville up and running. This week is Roanoke’s turn.  See Lab Rat
• Cornhole & Rock ‘N Roll, a ReeseStrong Childhood Cancer event, is this Saturday, June 10 at Marty’s Grill in Mechanicsville.  The first band starts at 11 am.  The cornhole tournament starts at 12:30 PM.  To register or for more information, click here or see Phonics.
• Fudd soiree this Saturday! It will be at his house and M’s are invited. RSCP at his preblast.

A lucky 21 came out to Mumford on a beautiful June morning. This is how it went down:

COP – SSH, Merkins, Box Cutters, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers.

Burpees up Westmoreland- Burpee at each tree up to Cary.

Head to field for AMRAP Laps- AMRAP of a named  exercise then run length of field. Exercises were Merkins, Heels to Heaven, CDDs, WWII situps, Merkins again, Flutterkicks, Tuck Jumps.

Burpees along Cary- Burpee for each tree. Lunge down Commonwealth to Tennis courts.

Go length of courts – Bear Crawl and Lunge, then Crab Walk and backwards run. then sprint the courts.

Triple Check- Plerkins and Run courts.

Mosey to Basketball courts for Mary- American Hammers, Box Cutters, Alabama Prom Dates.

Back to the flag. Viral took us out.

NMS – Great Pax this morning. Mumblechatter was reduced with TYA leaving after the COP. Hope you feel better.

Good to see some Kotters back at Mary including Pelosi 5.0 and fireman Ed. Viral was especially excited to have another Jets fan in the PAX, surely he will EH him into his local Jets-fan support group at some point.

Merkin count was roughly 145 or so, your mileage may vary. A good start for the June monthly challenge.

The Plerkins were a hit as always. They really are the perfect Triple Check pairing.

Announcements – Fudd’s Party, F3 Cville. BRR is 3 months away.

This is YHC’S 2nd 45Mom Q. Wanted to go back to where it all started for YHC 2 years ago this week. Here’s to many more with this great group of men.