what a glorious day to be in the Not so Gloom… here is what went down: Mosey to short pump park circle up 10 don Qs, deadman hang, 10 merkins. Mosey to water park for triple check: Merlin’s, Ww2s, pacer laps park. After that head over to gazebo at lake in west broad village. The rounds of 20 dips, 15 derkins, 20 bench kicks. Head back to flag long way around lake, take bus loop. Circle up: 30 LBCs in cadence and 30 American hammers. Close in prayer great morning to be out with the sky lit with color as we…

The Preblast said it all. The WaThoHuk Challenge is a different F3 workout, no cadence, no COP, no Mary.This is you vs you to set a baseline to compare back to at a future challenge (end of October) It goes like this…Perform exercise 1 using whatever time you need to still have the best form you can muster. Once complete you will run, walk or crawl a predefined lap around the perimeter of the parking lot which is about 1/4 of a mile.Get back and complete exercise 2, do lap, etc. Get through as much as you can until time…

Seven showed up on a beautiful spring morning, ready to put in some work. After a quick warm-up, we ran to Goose Lake and did loops around the water. At the end of each loop, we did 20 Dips, 20 Heels to Heaven, and 20 Jump Squats. Rinse and repeat. By the end, we covered about 3.5 miles. Strong effort all around—great job, fellas!

Several showed today for the perfect start to a day, working out with our F3 brothers as the birds chirped and the sun rose during our 45 mins together. With a traditional WTH work out, we hit the Cul-De-Sacs looking for one of our missing regulars, Whitesnake. Sadly we still don’t know which house is his so we couldn’t harass him out of the house to join us. We moved faster than typical must mean we are getting stronger and faster, probably not, Each Cul-De-Sac gave us the opportunity to knock out 10 merkins and 15 WW2’s, we added an…

Three couples went to the fabulous Short Pump for Spring Break this year. Lighthouse lifted his shirt with glee when the theme was announced (true story). Like at a lot of island resorts, we had to start where it smelled like piss and the picnic tables are chained to the ground (the dog park pavilion). In addition to the running warmup to get there, we did some warmups of IW, DQ then transitioned to merkins. One of the wives complained about the ground being disgusting so after the merkins we continued our trip in paradise at the Water Park! The…

A record-breaking (possibly all-time high) nine posted this morning for a mix of running and bootcamp. Big shoutout to Fudd for making his WTH debut! We ran toward the end of Three Chopt Road, near the retirement community (about a mile and change away). Once there, we knocked out a warm-up before diving into two Triple Checks: LBCs, American Hammers, and a run; Heels to Heaven, Squats, and a run. After that, the faster PAX cranked out 20 burpees while the slower group made their way back to the flag—balancing the clock. Awesome turnout!

5 gathered to continue the quest of fellowship and fitness on a warm spring like morning under the giant Orange Moon! Always the best way to start my day with my brother in arms. The Thang: Head out for the lake at Wellsley from the flag. Pigskin took the early start out of the gate and the Pax caught up as we hit Pump. Circled up at shopping center parking lot for COP with SSH, Don Q’s, Ukrainian solders, Merkins and LBCs to get bodies loosened up, mosey towards the lake, Q decided 11’s were the way to start the…

It was a welcome change in the weather, about 20 degrees warmer than Monday, and seven of us showed up eager to make the most of it. We kicked things off by moseying to the first cul-de-sac to get warmed up. From there, we ran our usual series of cul-de-sacs, stopping at each one to perform 20 Merkins and 40 LBCs. All told, we covered about 3.5 miles, with the warmer temperatures providing a nice boost to our spirits. A few announcements were shared afterward. Pigskin is organizing the usual lunch on the second Tuesday of the month. Gypsy inviting…

COP proved a little challenging while tied to a dog.  Wally, used to Currahee, thought COP was COT.  For his sake, I made sure to get some downward dog in there between various warm up exercises.  With Pigskin having given blood recently, he and Attila took some kettle bells behind Poco MS and apparently got their money’s worth. The bigger crew ran through west broad village, stopping randomly for 5 merkins, 10 jump squats and 20 of a core exercise of your choosing (trying not to repeat it). Good mumble chatter: Lighthouse is impressed with Fudd’s recent meditation, Gaudi’s baby…

when it’s 19 degrees outside and snowing..for many of us, it all comes down to those accountability partners expecting to see you in the Gloom. For me, with out them, anything below 42 and I will use my Joker to make up any reason to not get out of bed at 5am. Like: I’ll do it later, I have a gym for a reason, I need a rest day. Etc. I just ended 9 months of run training and wrapped up the race season this past Saturday. I knew this week would be rough staying motivated to get up with…