6 brave and determined souls heard the rain drops beating against the windows this morning and swallowed the red pill anyway, giving up the warmth and comfort of the fartsack to start this day and this year off right.  The gloom was warmer than normal for the season but the cold rain killed the warm temperature.  Here is what went down, more or less: Mosey to cover by the entrance to the elementary school for COP. COP: SSHs x25 IC Don Quixotes (Swirly style) x10 IC Imperial Walkers x15 IC Arm Circles (10 small and 5 large) IC forward then…

This post Christmas morning, 4 brave RVA men ventured into the River Run AO to shake off the egg nog and cookies and take on the last Monday of 2016.  Here is how it went down. CoP 20 X SSH 12 X Don Quixote 20 X Imperial Walkers 15 x Arm Circles 20 x Flutter Kicks 12 x Merkins 4 Stations Around Track Station 1 = 10 Pull Ups (This person triggers rotation) Station 2 = AMRAP WWII Sit Ups Station 3 = AMRAP Hanging Leg Lifts Station 4 = AMRAP Merkins repeat until PAX performs each rotation 2 times Mosey…

5 stalwarts escaped the warm fartsack and arrived at Bettie Weaver Elementary School for the penultimate River Run of 2016.  Given the holiday week and YHC’s recent bout with chest cold, YHC planned an easy 3-mile mosey tacky light tour through Tarrington with some decoration-inspired workouts (i.e., 5 burpees for ever inflatable, 10 merkins for each tree/bush with lights, etc.) and some group exercises at the 3 or 4 roundabouts along the rout..  Well, YHC jumped out of the sack early this morning to drive the route and see how this was going to go down….no lights, no inflatables to…

Two towering Redwoods and YHC gathered at Bettie Weaver ES in the comfortable early darkness. Johnsonville planted a SF and took the Q. This is how it went down, more or less: THANG: Mosey out to James River Road and take a left toward JR HS. Turn left in front of JR HS and head back toward the football and baseball fields. Mosey around that loop counterclockwise to the intersection with Robious Road. Wave to Gumbo, who was almost certainly snug in his cozy FS. Head east along Robious Road, crossing over to the cul-de-sac at the terminus of Twin…

A cozy PAX of 4 posted on a warm(ish) and wet(ish) Monday morning at River Run to start their weeks off right. YHC will admit, there was a point at about 10 p.m. last night when the cold and cough that is stuck in YHC’s house seemed to settle in to YHC’s chest and YHC was feeling more like chicken noodle than Gumbo and I actually thought about passing the Q to Rosie.  It turns out that Rosie had already hit the fart-sack to prepare mentally for YHC’s beatdown today, so YHC sucked it up and thought…What Would Hardywood Do…thus, today’s…

9 brave souls entered the cool gloom at River Run to work off the over consumption and tryptophan induced haziness from the long holiday weekend. Here is what went down. The Thang CoP 20 X SSH 10 X Don Quixote 15 X Arm Circles 20 X LBCs Mosey to field Dirty MacDeuce IC 12 x 2ct Merkins IC 12 x  Copperhead Squats IC 12 x 2ct LBCs 1 lap around track Repeat, Repeat and Repeat Mosey to Playground Six Pack Using whatever pull up bar available each PAX member performs the following… 1 Pull Up and 5 burpees 2 Pull Ups…

Eight redwoods posted in the chilly darkness at #Riverrun this morning. Most waited in their cars until about 3 minutes out, and then hopped around until we got down to business. Johnsonville (YHC) planted a VSF near the SUVs and took Q. This is (very) roughly how the gloom went down: COP warmup near VSF (ssh, don quiote, slow squats) Bear crawl to front side of the parking lot for more warmup (extreme hillbillies, arm circles). Mosey out to James River Road. Commence 31 sets of EMOMs (i.e., “Every Minute on the Minute”) with 40 seconds “on”, 20 seconds “off.”…

A brisk sunny and 70 morning on the southside of RVA brought 6 men out early to see the supermoon.  After checking out the moon and a little mumblechatter about the temperatures, YHC decided to warm us up a little bit. Warm up circle around the parking lot to give McRib a chance to catch up. Circle up for SSHx25, IWx20, ArmCircles x20 F and R, 20 x OH Press, Copperhead Squatx15 THANG Mosey over to the hill next to the school for Jacobs Ladder, start at the bottom with 1 merkin, run to the top for 1 burpee repeato…

Five of the faithful and two FNGs posted at RiverRun on a crisp fall morning for some gloom. McRib arrived at the last minute. Johnsonville (YHC) planted a VSF, gave a lengthy disclaimer, and commenced the following workout: COP warmup — SSH, Don Quiotes, Imperial Walker, arm circles Mosey across field behind Betty Weaver ES to large parking area across from JR football field. COP warmup — hillbillies, scap merkins, LBCs Blackjack as follows — — start beneath light near corner of parking lot — run clockwise around lot to light near next corner. Plank until all are together. Do…

6 stalwarts posted to the Swamp at River Run to push themselves on a fantastic Halloween morning, and it went a little something like this: Daily mile – The PAX headed out for the last October daily mile with a run to the track at the football field and a 2 laps around the tract.  It was more than a mosey, as YHC’s watch clocked us at just over a 9 minute mile – way to push it men. Circle up in the endzone for COP: Imperial Walkers x10 IC SSH x 31 IC (see what I did there?) Copper…