Tag: WestHoe

  • Army of One

    Yes it was snowing – yes it was slippy – that does not stop folks from heading out though. The Q gave a few more minutes grace for the unexpected car clean up and then got to it. According to the geese a laying and the swans a swimming on the lake this is what went down, more or less.

    Burpee warmup. Recon the trails around Wellesley past the tennis courts, down by the basketball courts and around the lake. The decking at the clubhouse is still under construction so was not able to complete the trek around the lake and hit time when headed BTTVSF. Only one other set of footprints out there from part of the way. Quiet.


    YHC prayed for the PAX and their families in the holiday season. 2F at Einsteins with Hutton and Handshake.


    NMS – Solo posting is tough – but since no one else was out on foot – and just a few cars made for plenty of winter wonderland. It really was coming down at one point and was strange seeing ducks / geese with their backs covered in snow paddling round the lake.

    PSA – Please clean up your cars completely for visibility and safety – you are not qualified to drive a tank through a minimal periscope view and we are not in combat zone where we dont have to worry about what we run over. Further, frozen sheets flying off of VAN and SUV roofs can create driving hazards and injuries. Safety is worth the extra 15 seconds to do it right.

    Get some!

  • Leroy Jenkins Touches His Tree

    Eleven F3RVA regulars and one Rock Hillian, recently acquired in a trade for Doozy, launched at 5 for the pre-Thanksgiving version of First Watch. Conditions remained steady at 70 and sunny. According to Leroy Jenkins, the following might have happened:

    Short mosey around the parking lot taking a series of left turns, then across the street to the front of the church for…

    …58 or so SSHs,
    Dead Man Hang,
    Fudd’s wife (hey, Roger),
    Right leg high, left leg high,
    Pigeon right, pigeon left,
    Fudd’s wife, Wilson’s wife,
    Hand release merkins (feel the wetness!),
    Flip over to WWIIs
    Flutter kicks
    Freddie Mercuries

    Mosey to the Satellite Parking Lot for…Touch-a-Tree, or Pole, or Post…
    10 – flutter kicks,
    8 – same,
    6 – squats
    4 – squats
    2 – burpees


    Round 2: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2…squats, Carolina dry docks, and burpees.

    Mosey to the triangle for Triple 20’s. Groups of three. One man run the triangle. Men 2 and 3 do 20 merkins, 20 four-count flutter kicks, and 20 four-count SSHs. 3 rounds, or due to time and Leroy, 1 full round.

    Mosey back to the parking lot, touch 10 cars, and a couple of rounds of Mary.

    Numbers, names, and YHC took us out with a message of thanks for what actually makes America great – our unique set of individual rights to free speech, a free press, the absence of state-sponsored religion, free assembly, and the ability to petition our government when we see fit.

    NMS:

    Leroy Jenkins returned to First Watch and made the appropriate impact adding just a little bit more to an already run-heavy beat down. YHC thanks Handshake for being ready to step in. YHC’s back has been acting up, and it’s always good to know someone is ready to help if need be.

    Announcements:

    Thanksgiving Convergence. 7:00 a.m. Mary “Mumford,” or Mary Munford, Elementary School, whichever you prefer. Handshake will lead us in being thankful for friends, family, manscaping, and mumble chatter. Those who park in the parking lot will be appreciated by the neighbors sleeping in.

    Breaking Bread continues…9 years of F3RVA supporting The Daily Planet’s medical respite…sign up on the Q-sheet.

    The Bridge continues 4 years, or so. Kubota leading the charge on December 27. We are looking for a Q to step up for January or February. Anyone who has been once previously is qualified. Who will lead us?

  • The Fire Marshall has Tunnel Vision

    6 Swole Studs gathered on a warm morning to see what WestHoes newest AO had to offer. According to the Rabbits that ran by this is what went down more or less.

    Gomer Q. Welcome. Gitty up start: 8 Burpees. Mosey to the Tunnel. 10 Merkins at each overhead bulb. Mosey to the Tennis courts for a short COP, all IC: Mountain Climber x25, Turn & Bounce x10, DQ x10, Deadman Hang with VMI extension, LBC x 15, uphill LBC x 25, L leg straight LBC x 15, R leg straight x15, both legs six inches x15, both legs 45 deg x 10, both legs 90 x 10, APD x10, Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister (uphill) x10.

    Roger Roger Q. Mosey to the big parking lot. Triple check. Jump Squats + Box cutters. Merkins + Flutter Kicks. Mosey to the basketball courts.

    Atilla Q. Ark Loader: Bear Crawl, crab walk, Lunge walk, sprint. 4 corners: Burpees, HTH, WW2, Merkins and reverso. Mosey BTTF 10 Burpees. Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, Stretching.

    Blue Moon took us out. Prayers for those seeking jobs. Healthy pax and families

    NMS – Eschewing Members Only as it sounds too exclusive and various offered aviation terms or other euphemisms Roger Roger settled on Tunnel Vision – because you know, we are so focused on our goals.

    TIL that there are 400 LI batteries in the cabin on each flight. For years YHC and other road warriors are responsible for at least 5-6 (laptop, tablet, phone, small battery backup, large battery backup, headphones, etc) so its easy to do the math. The issue is that many are very cheaply made with minimum standards and more importantly if they catch fire (daily – at least one) they are difficult to extinguish while in flight as the airlines in their infinite wisdom wont let us crack the windows to vent to atmosphere like you can on a spacecraft. And it turns out there is only so much baking power carried on each flight. So silly.

    Also we found the nearest AED at the pool safely behind a fence that we need something bigger than a pickup to knock down. Luckily YHC has a lot of experience with heavy equipment – if you know what I mean – and there is a Bobcat supporting the construction work.

    Get Some!

  • Crazy 8

    With the temps back in the 30s and 40s it makes it easier to push the pace and distance. 14 pax showed up to Rick and Run around Westhoe. There was a little mumble chatter off the start about being sore from yesterday’s KBs at Circus… But that soon faded as we turned to go take on some hills.

    Pushed the pace today on the 5.5 mile route with Chicaron, so we didn’t get a chance to chatter with others.

    The ruckers all seemed to be in good spirits when they returned to the AO.

    EF Hutton said we wanted more hills..

    Pinto and a few others took on the 4.5 mile route

    Lighthouse picked up Full House and covered some extra credit.

    thank you all for showing up and holding me accountable.

    V/r

    John “Gypsy” Boles

  • Wells Bells

    7 pax showed up for a brand new AO in the heart of the far west end. The beatdown was hosted by Roger Roger for the unofficial kickoff of the new AO with a planned launch date of November 7th. Attila will lead us in week 2 on a spooky edition of a beatdown Friday October 31.

    It went a little like this:

    Mosey the parking lot loop to a dry spot for 

    Warm-a-Rama:

    20 SSH

    10 Don Qs

    20 copperhead squats

    20 Imperial Walkers

    20 pickle pounders

    10 merkins

    25 LBCs

    Time for a mosey underground for our first H track.

    which went like this: 

    Start in the middle of the H for two burpees 

    hit a corner and do 10 merkins

    Middle of the H 2 burpees 

    20 WW2s next corner

    H 2 burpees

    30 dips

    H 2 burpees

    40 LBCs

    H 2 burpees 

    Mosey to the ascending watch deck for our competition tennis players. 

    4 levels up 

    Level one 

    20 step ups alt leg

    Level 2 

    20 dips 

    Level 3 

    20 Decline merkin

    Level 4 

    20 Incline merkin

    Mosey to sports field: 

    4 corners 

    1st corner : 25 SSH

    2nd corner : 50 merkins ( due to complaints on incline and decline Merkin – penalty)

    3rd corner : 75 LBC

    4th corner: 100 squats

    Mosey to watch deck: 

    What goes up must go down-

    Reverse 4 levels- 

    20 each level:  incline Merlin, decline, dips, step ups

    Mosey to underground tunnel:

    7s 

    Burpees and squats

    Mosey to playground:

    Continuation of 7s- 

    3 rounds

    Half do -7 pull ups 

    Half do 20 dips 

    Mosey the loop:

    50 LBCs

    20 APDs

    20 Heels to Heaven

    20 reverse crunch

    Butterfly stretch

    Right leg out/left leg out (stretch) for time!

    Thanks for letting me host the first one at our soon to be named AO. Some good names were thrown around and one that is standing out is Members Only, Wet Caps, Wells Bells, and a couple were quickly shot down. Lots of Mumble chatter to throw the counts off and mess with the Q. All in the excitement of a new AO and getting the opportunity to name it. Stay tuned and come participate. We will blast this on the Wells Bells Facebook page and paper copies to the Members only page to make awareness of our presence. Come out next week for a spooky spectacular debut at Attila’s lair on October 31st.

  • Where are the coupons?

    Not even missing coupons could stop this block party!

    12 high-impact men met under a full moon for a coupon carrying carnival.

    -Warmarama

    -150 merkins in the soggy bottom

    -Birthday block beatdown in the parking lot

    -100-yard-dash to the flag

    F3 exists for the invigoration of male community leadership. Leadership starts at home and expands outward. God gives us wisdom. Integrity will be our edge.

  • Cool & Sweaty

    9 Braves (incl 1 LIFO just back from down south) joined us this morning to see if 62F was too cool to work up a sweat. Lets just see about that.

    Gitty up start: 6 Burpees. Mosey to COP. Welcome. Disclaimer.

    All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters, 10 Turn and Bounce.
    Arms: 10 HRMs, 10 Grass Angels, 10 Australian Grass Angels, 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up and Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 ‘Mer’cans, 5 Ranger ‘Mer’cans, 5 Wide Arm Mer’cans, 10 HRMs, 10 Shoulder taps, 10 Leg twists, 10 Shazam.
    Abs: 10 WW2, 10 WW1, 20 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Leg Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. Beauty Queen stretch. 10 APD, 10 TTPP. 30 min in.

    Mosey to light pole alley.
    Set 1. 10 HRM, 20 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 2. 15 HRM, 15 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 3. 20 HRM, 10 Sumo Squat, 20 WW2
    Set 4. 10 Mercan, 20 LBC
    Set 5. 15 Mercan, 15 LBC
    Set 6. 20 Mercan, 10 LBC
    Set 7. 5 Burpee, 10 Mercans, 20 HTH
    Set 8. 10 Burpee, 15 Mercans, 20 HTH

    Ring of Fire

    Stretch, Stretch at home.

    Announcements. The Bridge 8/16. Homegrown half. Labor Day Convergence.

    Seymore took us out. Prayers for Fudds sister, Handshakes neice, Back to School.

    NMS – Great to be leading again. Welcome back to Banjo. Two goals today. Burn off latic acid from GridIron & stretch backs after hard work on the weekend. This workout is intended to build strength and some would agree its working. Regardless it does build up a sweat without the running. Stretching is important, but surprisingly, some pax dont need the extra stretching YHC recommends.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

    Get Some!

  • It’s getting hot out there

    10 Gentlemen of the WestHoe converged on The Deep on this beautiful muggy and warm (aka 70 and Sunny) morning. According to the two teachers doing their workout, this is what might have happened:

    COP
    Mosey around the front parking lot and back to the flag in leu of the otherwise standard SSH’s – YHC’s knee is not currently a great fan of those…
    Helicopters, DMH, DQ’s, Ukrainian Soldiers, leg stretches on your six, perfect Merkin (8-count) and APD

    The Thang
    Mosey to hill for 11’s with Mohamed Ali’s and WWII
    Mosey to Bus loop for a round of Dirty MacDeuce with HRM, WWI, Deep Squats. Karaoke on the short sides, Mosey and Bernie on the long sides.
    Pole Smoker relay with Pax doing pole smokers while last person does 2 x Burpee’s and runs to the front. Repeato until we ran out of poles.
    Mosey to the court yard for a Lindsay 10/30 – 20/20 – 30/10 with Dips and step ups.
    Mosey back to the flag

    COT – Numbers, Names

    Announcements
    4th of July convergence at Atlee High School – DaPile 7 AM – this is a Summer Tour event!
    July 19th @Whitesnake will head to The Bridge – more details to come but clown cars are forming – rumor has it this might also be a summer Tour Stop
    PSA – sign up early on the Q sheet. Numbers of attending PAX are higher when people know someone has signed up and they are not stepping into a hot potato.

    Prayer requests
    Roger Roger healing after surgery, and his M’s upcoming surgery in September
    Prayers also for two pilot co-workers/friends and their families (one in coma after accident, the other terminal cancer)
    Fudd’s sister Mary continued prayers
    Praise for Fireman Ed after successful treatments and prayers for continuing to be cancer free.
    Healing and health in general.

    YHC took use out. Thanks for letting me lead today.

  • Meet Gloom, the Neurodivergent Pup

    The Pax set out on a route as simple as it gets with YHC.  Here’s where:

    The Route

    • R on Pump
    • R on Ridgefield
    • R on Raintree
    • Circle the Lake behind the Raintree Racquet and Swim Club
    • Continue on Raintree to Gayton
    • Reverso on Raintree
    • L on Falconbridge
    • R on Pump
    • Back to SF

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    The Pax was greeted by Salt Lick’s hairy 2.0, Gloom.  Well-meaning, but a bit eccentric, Lulu said “Boy Bye” and Wally was just like “Chill Bruh.”  Miles were accomplished, no pickups were injured.  It was a beautiful morning, ruined by the fact that we were in fact running.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Breaking Bread – maybe needs a Q for tomorrow?
    • Convergence Monday – Tredegar Ironworks

  • Getting to work before going asynchronous again…

    A strong 10 showed up for this week’s edition of Hoedown. Temperatures were sunny and 70 despite the impending snow later this week.

    We started with a mosey around the carpool drop off loop to give the late arrivals time to catch and then head down to the bottom of Lindsay Court for a warm up that included SSH, Arm Circles, Don Quixote, Dead Man Hang, both wives, WWIIs and Flutter kicks.

    With everyone warmed up, we partnered up to head back up Lindsay. Partner 1 runs to the top of Lindsay while Partner 2 works his way up the hill doing a series of exercises which included Bear Crawl, Broad Jumps, Crab Walk and Polar Bears (if needed).

    After a 10-count, we mosey to the southern end of West Drive Circle for a triple check. Once everyone counted correctly, here is how it went down. Partner 1 ran around the circle. Partner 2 jump squats. Partner 3 Hand Release Merkins.

    Next, mosey across Lindsay Dr to the northern end of West Drive Circle for a Dora. Partner 1 runs to the light at the end of the street. Partner 2 does series of exercises. 50 Merkins, 100 LBCs, 150 Flutter Kicks. After dissension amongst the pax about which light YHC meant, we completed the dora.

    Then, line up for an indigenous people’s run back to the parking lot for 11s. Bernie sanders across the parking lot and up the hill for WWIIs then run back to the other side for merkins. Start with 10 WWIIs and 1 Merkin. YHC called time when the pax got to 3 WWIIs and 8 Merkins.

    Numberama / Namerama / Announcements

    Breaking bread this week. Last Call has Sunday. See Oyster to pick up Saturday.

    YHC took us out.