Heartbreak Ridge: Handshake pulled up. That’s our signal it’s time to begin. I asked “Who’s the Q?” Offshore: “You are!” I write on the calendar when I sign up for Q. Unfortunately, when you are retired, you don’t always remember to look at your calendar. Fortunately, Offshore pays attention to details like who’s the Q. Mosey and karaoke: Then: Warmup: At Parking lot by benches: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 20 flutters, stretching exercise Warmup: Run to the covered walkway: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise Warmup: Run to Pemberton Elementary: 20 Squats, 10 Stagger…
To commemorate the forthcoming decade of silence, YHC held a 40 for 40 at The Swamp (the track at James River HS). 40 laps for each wonderful year of life. No warm up, just run. 40 laps. Go.
Donuts from Boberry and coffeerama from DTH for some extra socialization. What an incredible way to start another wonderful year.
12 Men got their week started off right at Satans Hill! COP – SSHs, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats, Dead Man hang, LBCs, Box Cutters Mosey to the hill – Lunge and mosey up. Intersection run – 100 Squats, 50 Merkins x 2 Team up Grab logs Log Carry back to the trail, all while stopping at intersections for Merkins and Squats Drop Logs, head back to lot. Triple Check – Runner up lot for 10 Jerkins, WWIIs, Dry Docks 100 More Squats BTF – 5 Burpees OYO Numbers, Names, Abignale took us out. Prayers for Honeymoons dad as he fights covid.…
4 men made it to DaVille to get their week started right. COPParking lop tracersInvisible jump ropes x 20SSH x 20Fat Alberts x 20Don Qs x 10Arm circles x 10, 5, reverseHelicoptersRussian soldiersLunges, reverseHRMsShoulder tapsHeels to heavenTennis court drills – lots of sprints and burpeesCircuit trainingPull-upsDipsSit-upsSuicides (timer)Native American run back to flag, burpee optionalMoM and stretchingNotes – It was good to back out again after missing a week in quarantine. Great work gents!
A quiet and lucky 13 started the week off right with a morning at Hoedown. Short stroll over to the small parking lot for COP – Helicopters, Don Quixote, SSH, Russian Soldiers, and Hillbillies. 11s in the parking lot. Exercises are Merkins and 4 count American Hammers. The form of locomotion was call by each Pax member to go over and back. Off to the grassy island around the horseshoe for PLTs – three sets of 25s. Off to the Jerkin Gym for three sets of 7. Over to the sea of blacktop for descending 4 corners: Corner 1 -…
A trio of varsity ballers gathered in the Pump House parking lot to conquer the cold. Heres how they did it: North Bank to T Pott to Buttermilk to Nickel Bridge. Beautiful sunrise, great 2d F and no ice on the trails, and YHC timed his coffee intake/dump output perfectly … what more could you ask for? Numbers, names, YHC took us out. Make it a great one, gents.
4 walked 3.3 miles others ran much farther.
YHC was pumped to host the Pre-run and with last night’s cold soaker expected 1-2 to possibly join for a nice mosey to the Dogpile Monthly Convergence AO from Early Bird Biscuit Company. Roll up to see Upchuck and Double Mint stretching…nice no solo run today and then Hitchhiker rolls in with Handshake following and what?…Hardywood rolls in for this pre-bootcamp mosey! So we are ready to roll and run straight on S Robinson street across bridge and take a right to run around boat lake and stay on Boat lake drive until Westover then to Swan lake drive around…
4 Davillians skip Dogpile this morning to keep up with their 1/2 marathon training. We meet at Honey Meadow clubhouse and started the run into Kings Charter then headed down Ivy Banks rd into several other neighborhoods before running the loop in Kingswood Court. Headed back to Kings Charter. Marco Polo and YHC ran down King Charter Rd then looped back at the 5 mile marker then pushed the pace for the last 1.5 miles. Mr Holland and Opus came directly back to Honey Meadows and did a loop around the schools before finishing with a short walk back to…
Ten noble warriors came together at the maiden AO for the traditional Saturday beat-down. Here is how it went down: COPRun the parking lot followed by parking space tracersIWDQCherry pickersHelicoptersArm circlesMerkinsLBCMosey to the turf field for a cumulative beast216 HRM180 WWII sit-ups144 monkey humpers108 reverse crunches72 2x crab cakes36 burpeesPartner up for partner wheelbarrows followed by 10 derkins – rinse and repeat 4x for each PAX memberRun the outer edge of the soccer field for 5 minutesMosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out Great to be with my brothers today, including some 3rd F…