Tag: Dogpile

Byrd Park

  • 7 years

    Perfect Triple Check numbers despite road closures for todays marathon.

    We trekked through various road closures and took advantage of empty streets.

    New variations of exercises with excessive counts were completed.

    Announcements – WestHoe 2nd F at Joes Hot Dogs at Innsbrook on Tuesday at noon. 2nd F sponsored by SOJ on March 22nd, Chili Cookoff. See Slack for details. Gypsy is hosting a 2nd F on March 22nd as well, Drinking/Shooting/Chopping (in that order) at his property in Louisa.

    Prayer Requests – Upchucks employee, Anastasia Mohammed, her mother is battling an infection, prayers for recovery and guidance of the medical staff.

    NMS – A lot has happened in 7 years. YHC has seen AO’s grow, YHC seen AO’s shrink, YHC has seen Pax come and go. YHC is appreciative to still be here.

  • Big Dinner? Extra 5LBs; No Problem

    Six semi-hard middle aged F3 vets started off March with a few extra pounds this morning.

    Each man grabbed one coupon disc, with some reluctance on getting in the back of said Subaru, and started a fast paced mosey to the toll shed parking lot for a somewhat standard COP warm up with disclaimers.

    Mosey across James River while stopping to do 3 WW2’s at every light post.

    Mosey back across James River while stopping to do 1 burpee at every light post.

    Mosey to road that loops around back of park. Partnered up for some speed curls while timer runs.X3.

    Mosey a little further for some partnered arm exercises while timer bear crawls across the street. X3

    Mosey to road that goes up mountain stopping to do 30, 25, 20 dips.

    Mosey up said road while leader loops back for six repeatedly.

    Mosey to Amphitheater for some partner Cassius Marcellus Clay punches while timer runs to top of Amphitheater while doing 5 squats at top. X3

    Mosey back to the flag with a quick glance and wave at parking lot full of race club girls.

    Gomer lead the group in Pledge Allegiance to the flag.

    UpChuck asked for us to continue to pray for our great country and for him working on a more even temperament with his friends, family and neighbors.

    We flagged down a biker that is fresh out of AA to join us in a prayer.

    YHC took us out.

    Thank You for letting me lead. Weather was warm and sunny just like the F3 groups disposition. Mumble chatter, moaning and groaning was at a minimum.

  • 41 years and more Pencil Rolls to come

    9 Gathered for YHC’s birthday celebration. YHC had no plan in mind, the Pax was very patient as we did every random exercise under the sun.

    Announcements – Century Classic is coming back. Thanks for Last Call and Orange Crush for taking Breaking Bread.

    NMS – Thanks for everyone who came out, especially for Heist and Purple Rain who aren’t regular attendees of Dogpile

    Prayer Requests – please be mindful of those who work for the Federal Government who are nervous about their jobs. People are scared and not sure what to do. It’s a tough spot to be in and nobody wishes it on anyone.

  • Open Discussion

    According to the five deer touring the AO, a strong Pax of five emerged into the gloom working the favorites, pushing each other, and having great open discussion about life. The discussion continued at LM where the coffee was flowing.

    YHC took us out.

  • Frozen Triangle 2025: Pretty much the definition of completely stupid and utterly pointless.

    Cold, rain, miles, and misery: the perfect combination for a CSAUP to kick off 2025. 

    Here is how it all went down:

    20 Ruckers and a few straight through runners (Doozy and Big Rig) set worth, with the remaining 16 or so Pax joining Hitch for beatdown #1. 

    Hitch Beatdown (stretch session). Dude. Thank you. Hitch basically warmed us on under the amphitheater and did helped get us ready for the run. 

    Interesting side story: During the stretch session, a popping sound, followed by smoke came from Beaver’s head. Well, turns out his battery in the headlamp exploded. Damn dude!

    Grabbed the flags, ran to Punisher in freezing rain. Runners arrived around 7 a.m.  Had a few snacks and sips of Gatorade or Water. Ready for whatever NTB had in store. 

    NTB Beatdown aka the never ending fire bucket brigade: I saw the GrowRuck-style sandbags and started having GTE 47 flashbacks, but it wasn’t too bad. We were basically shoulder to shoulder, with our backs against the wall, in a squat position—handing over three bags repeatedly around the entire perimeter of the school (which took about sixteen minutes). One bag (sand-filled) was heavy as crap and became even heavier as it got waterlogged. The other two bags were not too heavy, and there were many guesses as to their contents (charcoal, Lincoln Logs, COVID spike proteins?).

    Looking around at the cold and soaked guys, Rosie and I could tell people needed to keep moving…off to Mary. 

    Run to Mary was fairly uneventful, runners arrived around 7:45 a.m. Triple claps to the pit crew who had all the refreshments ready to go!

    Beaver Beatdown: Triple check on the basketball courts. Runner to the fence and back, other Pax on merkins and sloppy donkey kicks. Next up, a very wet and cold Beast (all abs) on the tennis courts. I think this is where everyone’s hands started to freeze. 

    Everyone was eager to get moving, so away we went for the final stretch back to Dog Pile. 

    Runners arrived at Dog Pile around 8:40/8:45 a.m. and very much ready to get out of the cold rain. Everyone back by 8:50 a.m. 

    Numbers/Names. 

    Very cool to have an FNG brought out by Broadway to join the Pax today. Former Army and retired police officer. Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon) was the perfect name. Even at 54, Murtaugh is “not getting too old for this shit.”  Please watch this classic clip from Lethal Weapon 2

    Announcements (and sorry for rushing these, I was feeling pretty miserable):

    • April Hike/Ruck with Rodeo Clown to support Make-A-Wish. 
    • Beaver invited guys to grab some grub at Taco Bamba
    • And most importantly, Belay joins Team America as a US citizen in the next few weeks! 

    Ball of man. Wildcat took us out. 

    Hey – Big Thank you to everyone that showed up today, pushed through the weather and physical challenge of Frozen Triangle. Made me proud to see all the HIMs out there this morning. 

    And…HUGE thank you to the guys that volunteered to stand in the rain and make sure the participants had refreshments. Bulkhead, Cornbeef, Faceplant, Fudd, and UpChuck. 

    Everyone deserves a nap! 

    Stats below: Looks like runners go over 10 and ruckers just under 9.

  • Playing to the Crowd

    Bash Bro Hornydo and seven other gloom warriors followed YHC into the abyss.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Slaughter Starter

    Mosey down Shirley to the intersection

    COP (IC)

    • Interrupted Don Quixotes
    • Hillbillies
    • Jazzercises
    • Helicopters
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • Plankorama
    • WWIIs
    • Inverted Scorpion Kicks

    Mosey to the hill next to Shields Lake

    Bernorama

    • P1 – Bernie up the hill and run back (each round add a Bern, max at 3)
    • P2 – Merkins, Jump Squats, Freddie Mercurys

    Mosey over to the wall

    Dipkins

    • Dips x 20
    • Derkins x 10
    • Repeato, Repeato

    Mosey up to Westover and Berkley

    Triple Check

    • P1 – Run about 100 yds to the white sign and back
    • P2 – Imperial Squats
    • P3 – Captain Thors

    Mosey down Berkley across the VITA Trail to the end of the Carillon field

    Booyah If You Can

    • P1 – Run to the end of the field and back
    • P2 – Bearcrawl, Lunge, Wounded Bear
    • Booyah Merkins x 6 at each switch, continue until both partners are at the Carillon

    Mosey up to the rooftop

    • PLTs x 20 x 2
    • Dipkins x 2 sets

    Mosey back to the flag

    • Ring of Fire

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    After a quick reconnaissance mission, YHC decided the lake by Maymont was a safe place to Bern.  The PAX was skeptical, but no injuries were reported.  UpC would attest YHC is a great choice of partners for bearcrawls, but apparently a poor choice for Booyah Merkins.  The rhythm was all off.  Anyone get the mileage for the day?  YHC still hasn’t gotten his watch settings fixed since Tuesday’s Garmin outage.  Felt like a lot of ground was covered.  Coffeeteria was great as always, Hitch says thank you for smoking.  #Zyn

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Frozen Triangle next Saturday

  • Dogpile – 6am

    8 alphas ready to take on the day. Let’s go!!

    Warmarama:
    SSH, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers…… Let’s mosey

    The Thang:
    Light pole: Round 1
    10 merkins each light pole.
    Light pole: Round 2
    5 Squats, 1 Jump Squats, increase jump squats for each light pole.

    Mosey to the field:
    10 Merkins at 25
    10 Merkins, 10 SSH at 50
    10 Merkins, 10 SSH, 10 DQ at 75
    10 Merkins, 10 SSH, 10 Squats, 10 Flutters

    Mosey to the Amphitheater:
    Ascending Incline Merkins to the top.

    Mosey to the back of Carillon for Quad check:
    American Hammers, Squats, Flutter Kicks, 6 Trees – X 4 rounds

    Mosey to the Fish Bowl for 11’s… maybe 7’s
    Carolina Dry Docks / WWII

    Mosey to the circle:
    Lunges
    Bernie
    Bear Crawls
    Lunges
    BTTF

    Numberama: Namerama
    YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: Keep it moving with no long moseys. Except for Hitchhiker who went on the hunt for 6 trees no one has ever touched. Legend has it he’s still running in search for those 6 trees.

    Great to have Nancy Lopez back in action. Thanks for letting me lead today. 2nd F at Libby always great.

    Oyster

    Announcements:
    Breaking Bread (This weekend) – Machismo and Gumbo have the Q.
    2/8 Frozen Triangle
    TBA — 2nd F Brewery Ruck

  • Ghost Sighting

    I finally crossed the river and exercised my ghost flag option with Bootleg graciously stepping aside. Now he has a whole beatdown and pre-written backblast in the can. Thanks buddy! 

    12 PAX deep, YHC muddled through an hour somehow. It seemed for most of that hour half the PAX didn’t hear my called exercises while the other half heard them clearly and grumbled. Grumbles mean you’re on the right track. Treacherous ice and snow on the ground, the PAX was careful not to turn an ankle. 

    Little mosey with a lap around the traffic circle. Circled up for:

    Andy Dufresne, dead man hang, helicopters, SSHs, copperhead squats, merkins, Freddie Mercurys with variable cadence, cobra and downward dog, 30 second OYO stretch

    To the bottom of the amphitheater for a dora. Timer box jumps up the theater seats and runs back down. 100 merkins w/ feet on a seat and hands on the ground (derkins?), 200 squats, 300 SSHs. 

    Fumbled through the gloom, asked for directions, and arrived at the pullup bars close to the pumphouse trail. A 6-pack ensued. It’s like 11s but with 6. Pullups followed by a short mosey with burpees on the other side. 

    We carefully picked our way down the trail arriving on the road next to the pumphouse. Between streetlights we did walking lunges, a bear crawl, a crab walk. 

    Mosey to the nickel bridge then mosey across with a burpee at each streetlight. On the return mosey two Spiderman merkins at each streetlight. Mosey BTTF. 

    Circle up at the flag where one PAX would call an exercise and rep count, then run to a street sign and back. Jump squats, dead man hang, APDs, and maybe one more thing I can’t remember. Time called. 

    Names. Numbers. 

    Upcoming frozen triangle. Ruck, run, bike, and other options. The only limit is your imagination. BOLO for opportunities with breaking bread and the bridge AO. 

    Prayers for the family of Bootleg’s friend who recently died from stomach cancer. Prayers for Gomer Pyle and his upcoming trip to Honduras. Thanks given for our innumerable blessings. 

    It’s my honor to lead you guys. Dogpile is the best AO no question, and I love seeing my northern brethren. Until next time.

  • Hate Ends on 500

    12 of RVA’s finest enjoy some fresh powder which made a for perfect setting for YHC end of hate and 500th Q

    This is how it went down

    Slaughter Start – 10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to the traffic circle

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, Cooperhead Squats, LBC’s, Scorpion Kicks, ALT’s, HRM’s, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Mosey to the bottom of the Amphitheater

    Amphitheater 40’s – Complete 40 Dips, wait for the six, head to the tope complete 40 Incline Merkins, wait for the six, head to bottom, 40 2ct Flutter Kicks, wait for the six, finish with 40 Calf raises at the top

    Mosey to the Carillon

    4 Corners – 10 WWII Situps, bear crawl up the steps, 20 squats, mosey across the carillon, 30 LBC’s, lunge down the stairs, 40 SSH’s

    10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to the triangle

    Triangle Hill Dora 500 – Partner up, first partner holds plank or Al Gore while other partner works on the excerises. Switch when needed. After completing first set run to the bottom of the hill. Complete 2nd set then Bernie Sanders back up the hill for 3rd set. Rinse and repeat for sets 4 and 5. Sets were as followings:

    • 100 Merkins
    • 100 (2ct) American Hammers
    • 100 WWI Snow Angels
    • 100 Smurf Jacks
    • 100 Heels to Heaven

    10 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Love Hill and complete Donkey Kicks on the stone wall for the six

    Love Hill (Quarter Size) – Starting around stone wall, partner up, partner one runs to the gate while other partner does exercises up to the gate. Switch, Rinse, and Repeat. Exercises were Broad Jump Burpees, Polar Bears, Lunges

    Native American Run (with Burpees) around the Carillon, The Triangle, then back to the SF’s

    1 MOM – 10 Burpees OYO

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    Its already great to make a trip to Dogpile on Saturday and to only way YHC could celebrate 500 Q’s. What made it great was being there with DaVille takeover but also with Dogpile regulars YHC has gotten to know over the years.

    For the first time ever, YHC got to be apart of a ‘NO Hate” COT.

    YHC’s is looking forward to the next 10 years in no hate and what life has in store

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Gomer’s mission trip is coming up soon. Prayers for the work he has there
    • Frozen Triangle – 2/8, save the date!

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Frozen Triangle 2025

    Frozen Triangle 2025


    Who: All Pax

    What: An epic CSAUP involving running or rucking to various AOs, stopping for a brief bootcamp at each AO.

    When: February 8, 2025 (day before superbowl). Beginning at 6 a.m. Wrapping up around 9 a.m.

    Where: Route begins at Dog Pile ==> Lynwood Elementary ==> Mary Munford ==> Dog Pile. Here is the route: https://tinyurl.com/2025-Frozen-Triangle-Route

    Why: It is a CSAUP. You get to burn a bunch of calories prior to superbowl. Be a HIM. Wave around the American Flag. To quote one of the greatest HIMs, “Transformation does not happen in the comfortable middle. Transformation happens at the hard edges. ”

    What’s next, how can I help?

    1. We need people to Q at Dog Pile, Punisher, and Mary. I have reached out a few via DM (check your messages).
    2. DTH to lead rucking group. Thank you.
    3. Need a team to lead provisions: I wanted to try something new for snacks/drinks this year. My idea being we could have a few guys drive an suv/van loaded snacks/drinks (I will provide) that meets the runners/ruckers at each destination. 
      This group would basically “setup” before arrival. If they want, participate in the AO beatdown. Then load up the supplies and move on to next AO waiting for people to arrive again. I think this would be a better approach because we won’t have to preposition vehicles or snacks. 
    4. Would you be interested in helping or participating? Let’s go!!