Tag: WaThoHuk

On the eve of his ten year anniversary (according to Big Data), Attila (aka Groh) made his first appearance at WTH. Even Centrum Silver, our guest from Roanoke, was here for his second time!

Attila and Pigskin went off in the dark to work on their grips while the rest of us went for a 3 mile run that included Short Pump park, some warmups and then a couple triple checks (Step Ups, Dips, Lap: Balls to the Wall, Incline Merkins, Reverse Lap). We then went back to the start and lapped the school to get to 3 miles. On the way, we found the kettlebell couple and gave them some monkey humpers in salute.

Prayers for Fudd’s sister and family, Fireman Ed, Faceplant’s sister and Gaudi’s wife and family.

Heavy Metal Kettle tomorrow! We can all look as cool as Mr. Rogers for one morning.

5 brave souls showed up, ready for some running. While Pigskin stayed dedicated to his school loops, the rest of us ventured over to Geese Lake. After a quick warm-up, we began our circuit around the lake. At every loop, we stopped for 20 Derkins, 20 Freddies, and 20 Squats. Popular demand kicked in by the second loop, with HYC adding 20 Dips to the mix.

Four loops around the lake later, we made our way back to the flag for a final round of bus loop laps.

We closed with thoughts and prayers for the health and well-being of Fudd’s sister Mary, Fireman Ed, and Roger-Roger’s wife.

Great work this morning!

Five gathered for a Wednesday run and bootcamp interwind all together in the cool October air. Our hero Pigskin gave blood this week and decided he would take it easy and stay watch over the flag while the remaining four took off in the dark. Here is the thang:

Mosey towards West Broad Village, stop after half mile for warm up. Circle up, disclaimers, and 10 SSH, 10 Don Q’s, 20 LBCs, 10 Merkins. Mosey to the parking deck. two rounds of up and back. start with 5 burpees, at eack platform, 10 merkins to the top. At the top, 5 burpees and then head back down doing 15 WW2’s at each platform. Next round: 5 burpees to start, 10 Jump squats at each palform, repeat. 5 more burpees then 2 count Freddie Mercuries on the way back down. For the record thats 7 rounds of each exercise plus the 5 Burpees. Mosey back towards flag. Todays cold made people unfriendly, two hellos and no reply, stop for 10 burpees (parking deck burpees were the result of a silent indivdual who ignored a hello from pax). keep movin back to flag, then a game of find the Pigskin. Once we reached him we headed back to the flag, had two minutes to recap the earlier routine, 10 merkins, 15 WW2’S, 10 jump squats, AND 10 FREDDIE MERCURIES, closed in prayer, prayers for Fireman Ed and also Fudd’s sister and all those in need of prayer concern! The morning was enhanced by Bluemoon making a return to WTH!! 3.5 miles covered this morning. Be Well

Four Horsemen

Pestilence, War, Famine and Death are the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Today, Pinto, Whitesnake, Lighthouse and Pigskin, the 4 Horsemen of WaThoHuk, invaded Whitesnake’s neighborhood. Unfortunately, the neighborhood’s sprinklers were on and there were scary Halloween decorations including a 12-foot tall Skeleton. So instead of bringing the Apocalypse, we brought 15 Merkins and 15 Freddy Mercurys to each Cul de Sac. That kept the sprinklers in their place, although they did threaten us by spitting streams of water to keep us off the lawns. Having laid waste to the Cul de Sacs, we left the neighborhood and returned to Pocahontas Middle School for some stretching exercises. In my mind’s eye, I can still see the trembling of the Halloween decorations.

Pinto, Whitesnake, Lighthouse, Pigskin

A beautiful morning at WTH, the best 5:30am Wednesday workout in Westhoe. According to all the ATM machines we ran by, we did something like the following:

Ran to the Wells Fargo at Pump and Three Chopt. Did some warmups in the parking lot that I was able to block off with cones and some ride from the State Fair. We then ran to the parking lot off Westgate for 11s of merkins and jump squats. We needed help counting and having German on one end and Spanish on the other did not do the trick.

We then headed to Flo’s parking lot and did touch a light pole with decending burpees starting at 5.

Running late, we headed back behind the Dunkin, through the Truist and Publix lot and cut through the dark park trail. Pinto did not need his rape whistle.

We got back to the Flag late and after 3.8 miles.

Lunch next Tuesday at Fireman Ed’s sub place.

Prayers for Mary and Fudd.

Thanks for letting me lead. Have a great Wednesday!

7 brave brothers showed up in the gloom to do the work this morning, One downrange F3 brother from Charlotte area, Two Timer, We always enjoy seeing new brothers. Hers what went down. We headed out from flag towards pump to a spot that we have only hit once before, Three Notch town homes for some 11’s. YHC didnt remember how long the road was and after 30 mins we had only completed 5 rounds of Merkins and Jump squats while covering 2.6 miles already. Recognizing time was a problem and distance two great we switched to a triple check with American hammers, Merkins and a pacer. Once completed we headed back to flag grabbed the bus loops and covered sidewalk for 20 pole smokers and 20 mountain climbers, two rounds of this and time was up. We found the bus loop just in time as it really started pouring while we finished up. We covered 3.65 miles finished with COT and names. Was great to have 2XT out there with us.

It was a dark and misty morning, but that didn’t deter five brothers from showing up, ready to tackle a mix of bootcamp and running. The day began with a run down Three Chopt Road, the mist adding an eerie charm to the usual gloom. Despite the conditions, we managed to cover a solid 3.6 miles over the course of the workout.

Once we reached the end of the road, we jumped right into the first triple check. Hand Release Merkins, LBCs, and some running. With that in the books, we moved on to the second triple check. This time, it was American Hammers, Squats, and more running.

As is tradition, Pig Skin got a head start on the run back. To shake things up a bit, YHC decided to introduce a new rule: for every time we caught up to Pig Skin, the group would do 10 burpees. This added an extra layer of motivation for everyone, and it worked perfectly—Pig Skin stayed ahead for the entire run back to the flag, while the rest of us were left chasing and gasping for breath between burpees.

SYITG!

Today was (Alice) Cooper day. I warned the Pax that today would suck and I delivered! School is no longer Out for Summer which means cooler weather which was welcomed.

We first ran to the Gazebo and did warmups of IW, Ukrainian Soldiers, DQ, LBCs and Merkins. Then we ran past the Golf Galaxy and deep into the bowels of the newest West Broad Village development. As if we were Caught in a Dream.

Here is where we did a running version of the Cooper-Welcome to My Nightmare: 10 Burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins and then a lap around a large parking median. Then 9s, then 8s, etc. Lighthouse let me have it with the Poison Burpees: “Your cruel device, Your blood like ice, One look could kill, My pain, your thrill”

We finished the 55 Burpees, 55 Squats and 55 Merkins and headed back to the Gazebo.

We still had time to further Feed my Frankenstein so we then did 3 sets of 20 Dips at the Gazebo and then headed back to the Flag. Mileage was a little short (Pinto shouted “Hey Stoopid!”) so we ran the bus loop two times to get over 3 miles.

Good to see Brick Back, (the Man Behind the Mask). Also great to hear Pigskin discuss what 71 feels like:

“Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I’m in the middle
The middle of life
I’m a boy and I’m a man
I’m (mentally) eighteen and I like it”

X Anniversary coming up. Reach out to a Pax you have not seen in a while and get them to Dogpile 7AM on 9/21.

The heat and humidity were no joke as four of us gathered for a Wednesday morning beatdown. Three regulars were joined by a guest visiting from Charlotte. We went to the lake, cranking out loops with breaks for some upper-body and core work: 20 Derkins, 20 Dips, and 20 Heels to Heaven.

Our Charlotte guest, not typically a runner, pushed hard and felt the burn but finished strong, winded yet satisfied with the effort.

In total, we knocked out a solid 3.8 miles. Great work, fellas! Sorry for the delay on the backblast.

SYITG

6 faithful gathered this cool morning and got our steps in today. Living up to the running boot camp we covered 3.73 miles today. We ran to our popular neighborhood and hit the Cul-De-Sacs. First few we did 15 Merkins and 15 LBCs, at each Cul-De-Sac, then headed back to the flag we arrived with 3 minutes left so we added one more set.. 165 merkins, 165 LBCs completed with @4 miles run. A good day to workout! Reminders of 10 year anniversary coming up check slack for all the details, closed in prayer and off to start the day!