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Ten brave souls converged in the dark and discovered it was much warmer than anyone would expect in the middle of February. Instead of heading to the parking deck (as we did the last two weeks), we tested the roads to see whether they were finally clear of ice, and overall conditions were pretty good—we only hit one patch we couldn’t avoid. After a warm-up, we knocked out a Four Corners with 20 Merkins, 20 Squat Jumps, 20 Heels to Heaven, and 20 Hand-Release Merkins. Then we ran around West Broad Village, stopping at every corner for rotating sets of Merkins, leg work, and ab work. Total distance was a little over 3 miles. Great work, everyone!

Another 70 and sunny day in Richmond, complete with snow piled deep on the sidewalk. We decided that the Dave and Buster’s parking deck needed some company.
After disclaimer and warm up, we did the following cycle together. Run to the last covered level of the deck, over to the stairwell, down to the bottom, all the way back to the top of the stairwell. To avoid the ice and snow on the top level, we went down one flight and across to the other level, up to the top of the stairwell and then to the bottom. 20 Merkins, 20 Crunch Frogs and 20 Carolina Dry Docks.
After this, everyone was on their own. I completed almost 6 cycles before time was up.
Honorable mention goes to Wally, Mr. Rogers’ faithful dog who showed up once again for another workout. He’s got to be close to qualifying for one of the 1,000+ post workout shirts.
Announcements:
This Saturday Frozen Triangle. Gridiron is available if you would like a lighter workout.
Tuesday, February 10. 2nd Tuesday, 2nd F at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook at noon.
COT
FYI: Title for this Backblast is inspired by “Endless Summer” an album of the Beach Boys ‘Greatest Hits’ released in 1974.
Banjo, Borat, Fortran, Lighthouse, Mr. Rogers, Pinto, Pigskin

It was sunny and 70, so I was told, but the frozen snow everywhere must have been a figment of my imagination.
Borat and I met at Pocahontas. At 5:30, we drove over to the Parking Deck at Buster and Dave’s. We did five ‘cycles’ of the following: run up the ramps to the level where the ice starts, over to the 1st stairwell, down to the bottom and back all the way to the top, down one level and across the deck to the other stairwell, up to the top and then down to the bottom, 20 merkins and 20 crunchy frogs.
Finished with a few stretches.

Seven brave souls and a lean looking Wally went hunting for Huntwick. Similar to being cuckoo for Cocoa puffs.

We first needed to hit the ATM so we went to Wells Fargo and did some warmups.

We then went down Park Terrace and took the second left into the Huntwick neighborhood. We split into two groups for some triple checks. Each group went a different direction to run a different circle. First triple check was merkins and WW2, timer ran the circle. Groups then switched sides and we got a little more than 2/3’s of the way through a another triple check of jump squats and flutters.

Time to head home. Actually, left two minutes late. Got 2.8 miles in. Seems like all we did was run but somehow ended up a bit short. Too many warmup exercises? I will do better next time. No one circles the Wally’s like the WTH crew.

Get to the Bridge this weekend before the snow comes and ruins everything! Pigskin is leading so reach out to him.

Frozen Triangle on Feb 7th may be the next time you can leave your house after this storm so plan on being there!

Gumbo leading Circus tomorrow. Coffee and Gumbo always a great combination. Hope to see you there!

today fell on Pinto to take the reigns, after a week away eating and drinking with 6 -20 something aged kids I was ill prepared to take the lead. Cul-De-Sacs we went running to. We did 10 of them with 10 merkins, 15 LBCs then stopped 2 more times for 12 rounds. 3.6 miles covered, extra time allowed for Mary with Fredy mercuries, American hammers and WW2s to close us out.
good mumble chatter about little kids with inquiring minds , sibling dynamics and pecking order. Always great to be out with our Brothers.

the bridge coming up on 27th and frozen triangle on Feb 7th

Fourteen posted on an unusually warm winter morning for a mix of running and bootcamp. Salt Lick got a head start on his 100 daily Burpees before the workout, and the Q—motivated to help him out—sprinkled in sets of five Burpees from time to time. Two PAX went rucking, while the rest of us ran down to the retirement community at the end of Three Chopt Road, stopping for a warm-up along the way.

Upon arrival, we knocked out a triple check: 20 hand-release Merkins, 20 LBCs, and running. On the way back, we stopped at every intersection for five more Burpees. All told, we covered about 3.5 miles. Great job, everyone!

No, not the one married to Bon Jovi’s kid. We had eleven at WTH to celebrate the end of 2025. According to the people waiting at the closed Dunkin Donuts and the one guy by himself at the Lauderdale Starbucks, this is what we accomplished:

Nine went for the traditional WTH and two did some kettlebell. The two lifted them up and down a lot. They also had about 5 kettlebells per person. I did not see the kettlebell juggling exercise.

The nine runners went to the upside down and did one of my normal routines backwards. We started with a warm up run to the Roger Roger pad. There we did some DQs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Flutters and Hammers. We then looked back on 2025 by going to the Nissan dealership first for some white car burpees (5) and red car jump squats (25). We stopped at the flag after 35 burpees and 75 jump squats. For the second half of the lot we did red car 25 jump squats (4 times) and blue car 25 LBCs (3 times).

We then continued on our reverse path and went to the SPES drop off/pick up loop for a triple check. Timer ran the loop, partners did prisoner get ups and Irish hammers. No one got chased by a demogorgon.

We then headed to Wally’s park. The cold and maybe the holidays helped keep the piss and shit smell down–thanks Wally! We went to the water park and circled up for some Copperhead Squats in cadence and then some plank stretching via right hand to right foot and then right hand to the sky, flapjack and then repeat.

A route around the path (construction work is done!) took us to the pavilion for 20 step ups (each leg) and then WW2 in cadence (26 total). From there, we headed back to Hawkins.

I only had 2.3 miles on my watch but you can’t trust GPS in a wormhole. Also cannot trust which Starbucks the group goes to since one is 1.3 miles away and another is 4.2 miles away. You take a guess which one everyone but me went to…

Convergence tomorrow at 7. Also Circus will be open at 5:30 for a double dip or double fart sack.

Happy New Year!

AS usual we found the morning to be70 degrees and sunny, hopefully somewhere, but 12 men showed to fight off the holiday treats that are flowing abundantly these days! We moseyed toward West Broad Village and stopped at the familiar PAD for warm ups. After the legal ease warnings, 15 SSH, 15 Don Qs, 20 LBCs, and 10 slow merkins. We then launched to start the Christmas window shopping in the Trader Joes parking lot with a cumulative 4 corners done twice to match our 8 days till Christmas. We did 10 merkins, 20 WW2s, 30 squats, and 40 SSHs. After the 2 rounds we moseyed over towards the Gazebo along the lake. We took in the beautiful Christmas lights and feeling especially festive stopped in from of ACAC to give the F3 hello to those paying for their workouts, from the 2nd floor the treadmill runners enjoyed seeing 12 men waive hello with 25 Monkey Humpers and then 10 Merkins. Heading to the Gazebo we stopped and said a quick hello and then continued the long way around the lake to the flag. Pulling up with little time left and 3 miles covered. 6 of us headed to Dunkin after for some F2 time. Prayers for those sick and battling cancer, those who are hurting emotionally and for the blessings to be able to be out of bed and working out with these fine men. Thanks for allowing me the lead today. Merry Christmas!

Eight braved the elements and posted at WTH despite frozen roads. To keep the PAX upright, we shifted to the parking deck and ran it up and down. At every turn we knocked out 15 Merkins; at the bottom we switched to 20 two-count Freddie Mercurys. On the third round we did 15 Jumping Jacks, then finished things off with a final round of 5 Burpees.

Strong work by all who showed!

Eight showed up on a warm 60° morning for a mix of running and bootcamp. We hit the Lake again for four loops, stopping each time for 20 Derkins, 20 Dips, and 20 Heels to Heaven. By the end we logged around 3.5 miles and plenty of mumble chatter, with strong effort and great attitudes all around.

Sorry for the delayed backblast, fellas.