Tag: DownRange

One conquistador moseyed forth on the high plains of Santa Fe in the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Hardywood’s, I.e., the family sleeping in their off-roading vancruiser across the street, the following might have happened.

Exit front door of AirBandB, light stretching mixed with contemplation of the overnight snowfall (about an inch) at The Clinic. Mosey up the hill for about 2/5ths of a mile. 56 SSHs (to celebrate YHC’s big brother turning 56 today), 20 merkins, 20 LBCs, 20 flutter kicks, and 20 WWIIs.

Mosey to the end of the street, call it another 1/5th of a mile. More SSHs, more stretching, 10 burpees, 20 Rosalitas, and some Frederick Mercuries.

Reverse the route, stopping every few adobe walls for a traveling COP. WWIIs, flutter kicks, Freddie’s, LBCs. Find a wall and do some inverted merkins (Balls to the Wall, but add merkins). 5 per round.

Continue moseying down the hill to Santa Fe’s smallest park, home to 7 benches and a few picnic tables (and a bunch of snow). YHC only brought one pair of walking/running/hiking shoes, so keeping dry was at a premium today with temps in the low 30s, so merkins, WWIIs, dips (on the curb), and more BTTW with merkins (when does this just become a derkin?) were in order.

Mosey down the street to Fort Marcy Park, home of a fort built by the American Army shortly after taking over Santa Fe during the Mexican-American War. These are the local heights, about a 150 foot climb bottom to top. Santa Fe is at about 7,100 feet of altitude, so percentage-wise, this is not a big addition. Come out here and run it, and YHC believes you will find a good challenge for us sea-level dwellers. You will also find a 15 foot cross at the top and a vista worth writing home about. Something for everyone.

Mosey back down, back to the VSF, and pick up the iPhone (and the M). Mosey back to the top (huffing, puffing), and take some photos.

Number, name, and YHC took himself and the M out.

Announcements:

Blue Ridge Relay in September. Drop TYA a line if you are interested. 210 miles of nice hills / mountains over about 30-34 hours, and a ton of fun with 10-12 friends (maybe 24, if we have 2 teams). F3RVA has been doing this for roughly 10 years. You will have fun, you will push your limits, and you will make new friends.

NMS:

Altitude is no joke. 7,100 is not terrible, but it’s a tax on YHC’s fitness. It’s also a nice added challenge. Lastly, today was the first snowfall at The Clinic, a traveling AO that more frequently visits warm climates in places like Florida, California, southern Europe, and small islands. Not the coldest Clinic yet, but certainly the first one with snow.

One 2-legged traveler strapped on the blue (not the purple) New Balances for another rendition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Brother adding Skateboarding to the F3 repertoire, the following might have happened.

Hotel, cross Broward, Fudd (office continues to pay off), north to Broward, reverso, and BTTVSF.

Number, name, and YHC took both he and Omar out (can you just show up for the COT? YHC says no).

NMS: it’s hard to define the AO for a run, but at The Clinic we take all comers. Homeless men, workmen, HoneyDo, and, now, skateboarders. On the reverse run, there he was flying through the AO, a Garbage Plate-esque man (6’1’-6’3, but that includes the four wheels and the wooden board), moving at high speed. Probably a battery assist. He did a few laps of the parking lot (AO), and then off to the next parking lot before YHC lost sight of him. Does that count as posting? Do we have dueling Clinics? Unfortunately, YHC has a few weeks of alternative travel, so we’ll see if this is a one-off or a trend.

Note: he did have a backpack, so Ruck-boarding might be a thing.

1 early riser launched hard and fast. Temperatures were actually 70 and sunny. According to the Tesla YHC had rented, the following bodies of mass circled the car.

Route – wanderlust. 45 minutes. Roam the hotel campus and surrounding neighborhood.

BTTVSF. Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

NMS: YHC learned three things:

1. Renting a Tesla should require a 5 minute lesson on how to operate the car.
2. Yes, you can lock yourself out of a Tesla.
3. It takes about 20 seconds to break into a Tesla without damaging it. YHC estimates $8 as the cost of the tools. DM me if you want a lesson.

One wild and crazy dude hit the mean streets of Plantation for the latest edition of The Clinic. Temperatures were 55 70 and sunny. According to the semi-frozen Nile lizard monitoring the run, the following might have happened:

Route: Circle, north, cross Peters, parking lot, Fudd, north again, past apartments, past temporary circus tents, Broward Blvd., reverso (minus the Fudd). Number, name, and YHC took himself out.

NMS:

“Where’s your little friend, snake man?” — Omar

5 Tampa PAX, 1 FNG, 1 DR Tallahassee PAX, and 1 DR RVA PAX converged upon the Tampa Convention Center. Here’s what happened :

Warmarama : SSH, Don Q’s, Peter Parker’s, Cherry Pickers

THE THANG :

11’s up a huge set of stairs in back of convention center : Started with 10 Merkins at the bottom and 1 leg lift at the top 

Mosey to nearby bridge 

Line up : Pax at the back does 3 Burpees then sprints to the front while the rest of the PAX bear crawl. At the top of the bridge, stop 

On the way back down bridge, 5 Derkins at every other bench 

Mosey to smaller set of stairs on the side of convention center 

Partner Up for 3 sets of the following : Partner 1 does Toe Taps at the bottom while Partner 2 runs to the top and does 10 Star Jacks (Basically a Squat Jump flaring your feet out to the side when you jump up)

Mosey BTTF

Mary consisting of LBC’s, Dollie’s and Rosalita’s

DONE

Numbers, Names, Maverick took us out

NMMS : Small world of F3. Warden started F3 in Tallahassee this past August so I caught him up on how I started there and he told me what’s changed. Thought I would see Major Payne today who moved down from F3 DC The Capital to Tampa but he probably had work. Good to see Cyborg and Maverick again who I posted with in October down here. And great to meet the other guys 

YHC was still Downrange in Roanoke and posted at The Pain Train with 12 other PAX. Piney was the Q and started out with what was thought thought to be the standard Side Straddle Hops until Bundy pointed out that he does them backwards. It took YHC a moment of watching with a puzzled look, before realizing what that meant.

After the standard warmarama we moseyed over to the fields for a Circle of Pain. One PAX would carry a Cindy to the light pole on the other side of the fields and back and call out an exercise for other PAX to do. Lots of exercises that will be coming to an AO near you. The final exercise was the Star Hop, which Piney was doing backwards as well. PAX got a good laugh watching this attempt.

Bttf for names and numbers.

Great PAX today! Looking forward to posting in the Noke again!

YHC was downrange in Roanoke and got a long run in for marathon training. Summitted Mill Mountain right at the 20k mark and it was a hard trip down the mountain. 16 miles logged then great to catch up with Legz (a former coworker), who got a training Ruck in for GTE. They finished their ruck a bit earlier then expected but he hung around for some coffeeteria with YHC. Thanks Legz!

4 PAX, led by LegKick, roamed from Central to West Philadelphia to visit the Palestra. Apparently it’s one of the oldest basketball venues still in use. 4.7 miles covered on the snow and slush covered sidewalks with some pain stations looped in. The people out in Philly at 630 in the morning are much nicer than those out at 630 pm.

Onsite coffeeteria post workout.

Visiting my parents in Wilmington NC and made my first downrange visit to Baywatch. Flight Nurse was the Q and 20 strong (including 3 FNGs) got to enjoy a beautiful morning on the beach.
We started at the basketball courts for warmups and the ran halfway to the beach for more exercises. Then we ran to the beach and did 11s (merkins and plank jacks) and then a combo of bear crawls and crabwalks. To make it interesting, the beach is under renovation and there is a 3 foot round pipe across the entire beach (to add sand). A sand hill got you over the pipe but it added elevation to all the workouts. BTW, Crabwalks on the beach should be illegal. We then ran back to the AO. Total of about 2 miles running back and forth to the beach.

After no shows Wednesday. I tried again with success. BTW bringing a nasty Merkin variant to a post near you. Very new Pax. Good dudes.

Here is copy and paste of the backblast:

BACKBLAST!:
Date: 2024-02-16
AO: #ao-Top City
Q: @Jack
PAX: @Bob Ross, @Mudflap, @Ultra Crunch, @ Heist
Count: 5
Warm-Up: Side straddle hops and stretching
The Thang:
25 count of:
Prisoner Squats
Shoulder Taps w/alternating Knee
LBC’s
Single leg RDL Left & Right
OH Press
Bicep Curl
1 min Skull Crusher, R & L
Mercan 2 Step
Run
Repeat
COT:, @Bob Ross, thankful for freelance work, full time employment, @Mudflap-Finances, @Ultra Crunch-Maintain positive thought patterns, @Heist- safe travel home.