Tag: DownRange

  • The Bridge Charlottesville is changing lives

    1 lone PAX (YHC) made an 1 hour 15 minute trip to Buckingham (Charlottesville Area) to make a GP appearance and just visit a new AO.

    COP: SSH’s, DQ’s, 3rd Graders (Cherry Pickers), Imperial Walkers and Merkins

    No mosey: 21’s PAX does SSH’s in cadence while Q counts to 6 and then stops. PAX is supposed to count in their head to 21 and stop. If not in sink PAX does predetermined exercise, PAX never did get in sink. Don’t remember all the exercises but there where many Burpees, Merkins and Ball Dippers

    Again No mosey: 6 minutes of Mary with WWII’s, an odd new one YHC will bring home they called plank jack but not how we do them and American Hammers

    Numbers / Names

    NMS:

    WOWWWWW, what a program. You have got to go to this AO. This facility take in guys that have had addiction issues of one sort or another and for 6 months they rehab, learn new skills (HVAC, Auto mechanics, plumbing and more) then they job place them with their new skills and put them in a half way house. Once they graduate from there they have more options. Also once they are at the halfway house F3 Charlottesville has an AO for them to go to call Green Trees. God has been laying some things on YHC’s heart lately and this program just changed my direction and plans.

    YHC will be planning another trip to the Bridge in September if anyone wants their world rocked

  • On Columbia!

    One PAX awoke with the dawn and set the tone: wet, stinky, and sweaty. Temps were 70 and sunny, with a touch of Columbia River windy. According to Harry, a trained killer mutt with 4 inch legs, the following might have happened:

    Mosey to the patio for The COP:

    Imperial Walkers
    Side Straddle Hops
    Hillbillies
    Swirly’s Dead Man Hang
    Mercans
    WWIIs
    Reverse Crunches

    Mosey to the 7th Hole (green) of the Frisbee Golf Course for a Beast:

    Mercans
    box cutters
    WWIIs
    4-count flutter kicks
    Hello Dolly (Harry joined YHC for this round)
    burpees

    Al Gore between each round for The Six.

    Mosey to the 7th Tee for three rounds of stuff:

    Derkins x5
    Dips x20
    Abs x20

    Bear Crawl to the 8th Tee, about 75 meters.

    UniTriple (one PAX, three rounds):

    WWII X10
    FKs 4 count x20
    Rosalita x20

    BTTVSF

    NMS: YHC is taken a little R&R with the family along the Columbia River, straddling the border of Washington and Oregon. Harry, perhaps the smallest dog YHC has ever seen, decided to break from his owner’s grip to work out with YHC. Nicely done. Harry put in some serious running, probably 200 steps to cover 20 yards. He then sat down in the grass. It’s you against you, brother.

    Name, number, Mumble to self. Try not to wake the dude meditating on the patio.

  • Acadia with 2.0 Coupons

    YHC has spent a glorious 5 days with the M + 2.0’s + brother John (AKA “Flint”) on Mount Desert Island (Maine), enjoying all that Acadia has to offer. Among many hiking/boating/swimming/fishing adventures, today’s rigorous climb to the summit of St Sauveur Mtn (679’), carrying one or both 2.0 “coupons” was quite the workout worthy of a backblast. The frequent near-vertical rock scrambles made the going a bit hairy, but YHC had the occasional breather picking blueberries along the way, and the views of Somes Sound were breathtaking. The descent was killer on the quads, and we were all exhausted when we reached the bottom. Of course, since we found ourselves about a mile from where we parked, YHC volunteered to complete the workout with a sprint to retrieve the vehicle and maintained a sub-7-min pace on the mile. This was exactly the vaca YHC has been aching for – thanks be to God. SYITG, YHC, Tryhard

  • Soup of the Day

    One PAX took to the mean (deserted) streets of Plantation to indulge in the latest edition of The Shopping Trip. Temps were sunny and 70. According to the construction worker attempting to nap on his truck bed (this is Florida, so easily the least weird thing that YHC has seen), this is more or less what happened:

    Route: hotel to DHL building, across Peters to office park to La Quinta to Westfield Mall. Reverso at Broward Blvd. 4.1 miles. Not bad for YHCs second rehab run.

    Number, name, YHC talked to himself.

    Quick Coffeeteria, minus the coffee, with Omar, the maintenance guy, in the parking lot. His kids are now in Davie from Jamaica, hoping to stay.

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Doozy and Posey took a little trip and found Big Data

    It was an epic trip to F3 Indianapolis where YHC and Posey found nothing but true F3 hospitality from the downrange AO’s that we were able to get to. YHC made it to 3 local AO’s and Posey made it to 2. Our tour guides where Kindergarten Cop on Tuesday, Wrigley on Wednesday and Motor Boat on Thursday. We saw this car near Pittsburgh but where unable to find out the true identity of the driver as he went right when we went left.

  • The Shopping Trip

    One PAX returned to the pre-COVID AO for the most recent edition of The Shopping Trip (not to be confused with The Field, which is a beat down). Conditions were sunny and 70 (with a side order of humidity). According to the series of business park Security Guards, this was the route:

    north on Pine Island, east to 8150, then through 8151, past the LaQuinta (no police / obvious arrests today), left on SW 10th, left on SW 78th, left on Federated to Broward. Reverso and BTTVSF.

    Name, number, YHC took us out with a quick RIP for Omar’s (see below) father and grandfather who both passed recently.

    NMS:

    You can always go home. YHC has become solid pals with Omar, who runs the building operations where YHC stays on business. He’s a Jamaican, solid human (he’s F3 without ever having posted to F3), and only hasn’t posted because his work hours are 10-7. Safe travels to Omar as he heads home to Jamaica to pick up his kids, who will move to the USA. Great to catch up with a friend YHC hadn’t seen in a while.

    YHC spits the bit.

  • Pupcation

    YHC had a pupcation for this summers break. Unfortunately the beach house that was reserved the year before ended up not allowing pets. So the M and 2.0 headed down to join the rest of the family and YHC stayed back with Daisy our new puppy … Then YHC get’s a call hey there is a campground close by y’all could come visit for a day or two… On the way baby !! Daisy and I rolled down – she’s is an awesome traveler by the way ! We arrive and there are rules for pets on the dang beach.. They can be on before 9am and after 5pm. Whatever no worries we can get some early morning beach runs in and that is just what we did. Not sure if you have ever tried running with a 4month old puppy but that ain;t easy boys… Camping was hot as crap so Daisy and I rolled on back to town after 2 sweaty nights with misquotes the size of freaken small birds – thankfully YHC had packed and I mean packed the cooler !!

    Glad to be back with y’all in RVA – See ya in the gloom ..

  • Solo Run in Midtown Manhattan

    YHC visited Manhattan last month to celebrate his 21 Wedding anniversary with his M who used to live in the upper East Side. Wanting to get an easy 4 mile run in before returning to Richmond and before it was getting hot (was a cool non humid 70 degrees at 6:15am) found that I was running a sub 8 minute average pace for the entire run. If anyone has been to Central Park, there are some hills and it is a BIG park as my route was about 1/2 of the park north and south(about 2 miles (30 street blocks(59th to 89th street) and stayed on the East Drive most of the run.

    During the run YHC was thinking of how COVID-19 has severely impacted this area as we were still wearing masks in the buildings and on the streets when not exercising (I jogged to Central Park from the hotel near Lexington and 55th Street which was about .5 miles each way which turned into a nice warm up and cool down for the run), but still had to mask up in the hotel back to the room.

    Look forward to visiting again soon….cheers…CB

  • Who Wants to Tell Their M the Name of This AO?

    Who Wants to Tell Their M the Name of This AO?

    One PAX launched while on holiday. It was 70 and sunny. YHC works out here a few times a year. The AO still needs a name. See above and below.

    COP: Two loops of the park, SSHs, DQs, dead man hang, LBCs, flutter kicks.

    Mosey around the park to the picnic tables.

    Derkins on one bench, snow angels on top, incline mercans on the other bench. Four tables means four rounds. 10 the first round, 15, then 20, then 15. Run the park loop after each round.

    Elevens: HRMs and Rosalitas. Polar bear one way. Run the other.

    Run the park loop two more times.

    Pick two mailboxes. Bear crawl between them. 20 flutter kicks, 10 WWIIs, and 20 squats. 3 times.

    Mary on the way out.

    Announcements: That would be weird to do alone.

    NMS: The AO is pronounced the way it is spelled. It’s a Native American name. The sign on the local bridge has been stolen so many times that the local authorities no longer replace it. Alas, the sign at the trail head remains. Please add any suggested AO names to the comments. Winners will be announced on Slack; need not be present to win.

  • One

    One PAX sallied forth on an Off the Books, Down Range run. Temps were sunny and 70. Really. Except the sunny part.

    Route: 1 mile north on boardwalk, reverse, past the starting point, 1.5 miles south, reverse, BTTVSF. 5 total.

    NMS: Vinny sent this. Golf season is around the corner. Get your wardrobe advice now.

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