Finally Some Respect

14 seasoned gloom warriors showed up to see if ol’ BT was finally going to change the esteemed ranks of maturity and gain some respect. The weather was perfect as always in RVA. Here’s how it went down.

COP

Mosey to the Carillon circle for SSH, Abe Vigodas, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, and LBCs. Then Mosey to the Cage.

THANG

Partner up for Pull-ups x 5 and dips x10 while partner runs to the hydrant and back. Repeat 3x.

Mosey to Penny Stage and grab a coupon for block work in unison:

Overhead press x 10

Curl x10

Squat x 10

Block Merkin x 10

Carolina Dry Dock x 10

Repeat 3x

Mosey to field for Super 7s (7 Burpees, run to other side of field, 7 merkins, 7 squats, run back to start for one rep). Repeat 7x.

Take a longer Geri-friendly mosey around field and down to bottom of Amphitheater. 10 dips, 10 inclines and one each of burpee, squat and merkin to make Super 7s an even 50.

Mosey back to flag with a minute and a half for 25 merkins (thanks Saab) and a minute of American Hammers (no thanks, TYA).

COT

Numberama, Namearama, YHC took us out.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Shiplap is going to welcome a new PAX along with his M sometime in 2022 despite the sage advice of Saab and TYA!! Congrats!

NMS

After 6 years of being 49, the page finally turned for YHC and respect has been achieved. A little over 7 years with this crew has given me much more than I could every give back, and for that I am eternally grateful. It is an impossible task to summarize in this format what the F3RVA Pax means to me, but suffice to say you have made my life better and more meaningful, and I have forged friendships that will never die. My only wish is that the big day could have fallen on a Convergence so YHC could have seen all of you at once, although I undoubtedly would have forgotten to add many of your names to this backblast because well, I’m old. More importantly, Ship is having a baby (see above)! Prayers, thoughts and thanks to all of you studs.

BT