10 PAX Showed up to tour the intersections of New Market this morning. COP – SSHs, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Helicopter, Merkins, Copperhead squats Love Hill x 2 Lady of the night with Various Exercises Long loop around hood back to the flag! Numberama, Namerama, Hermès took us out. Strong Work Gents! Duke
A super strong 14 gathered in the gloom to start the week in the right way. Here’s what went down. COP: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Ct. SSH // Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Crabcakes // Crossleg APDs // LBCs // Merkins // Inverted Crabcakes // Picklepounders Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 does lunges. Switch. Next round: Bear Crawls. Next round: Broadjump Burpees. All the way to the top of the hill. Mosey to Third Church middle lot…
After procuring adequate and fully compliant parking, 3 HIM converged on Robinson for the Breakfast Club run. Those some PAX wore pants, the weather was 70 degrees and sunny. Got in 3+ miles with a scenic route around the ponds to Dogpile. Followed by a direct route back to the biscuit joint that took the PAX past where the giant puddle used to be. NMM TCLAPs to Gomer Pyle and UpChuck for the brisk pace on this one! This was the first time that YHC had ran Breakfast Club from Early Bird, and said establishment was actually open. The biscuit…
Eleven of the faithful posted in the far west end on a cold Saturday morning. Johnsonville (YHC) was Q for the day. Without any side straddle hops, and without any kind of normal COP warmup, the Q sent the pax (and himself) on a particular 1 mi route around the school, up Pouncy Tract Road, around pickleball courts and to the pullup bars. Upon arrival, each member of the pax did a round of 10 pullups and 20 merkins (OYO count and in no particular order). After all completed pullups and merkins, YHC led the pax in 15 F3-count (30…
4 horsemen jumped on their steeds at the ripe hour of 2 p.m. for the latest edition of Sunday Funday, Off the Books-style. Temps were 70 and sunny. According to the kids on the TES playground, this is what happened, bro-code style: Route (with some elements of “maybe those streets don’t connect, so you figure it out”): TES to Ziontown to University to Ralston to Gaymont to River to South Westham to the parking lot to UR / Bat Cave Entrance to UR Campus to Bridge over lake to Lakewood to Westham Pkwy. to Lakewood to West Drive to Lindsey.…
6 Davillians arose from their fart sacks on this clear and cold Saturday to enjoy a hot potato beatdown This how it went down Spit’s Q Lap around the parking lot running forwards, backwards, and karaoke style. Kept running to the front of the HS COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s, HRM’s, Heels to Heaven, Arm Circles Helix’s Q Mosey to the MS parking lot Ascending Ladder – a mix of the beast and lucky horseshoe, Start with one rep of Buprees stop at the median 3 times up and 3 times back. Add a rep and an…
The frozen tundra of Dogpile welcomed 15 warriors to test their metal in the furnace of another DTH beatdown. Here’s how real meal shed the slag: The THANG: COP #1: Mosey to the CircleWelcome & F3 DisclaimerUsual DTH-style warmerama routine COP #2: Mosey to collect coupons at the StageHead over to the Bowl for a LINDSEY:30–>10 Squat ThrustersCarry coupon between sides10–>30 Block Merkins COP #3: Mosey down the forested back road to the Pump house, carrying coupons, stopping to complete x3 Block Burpees every time Q calls (maybe x5 sets total)PUMP HOUSE TRIPLE CHECK:P1 Al Gore Block CurlsP2 Block-on-Chest WWIIP3…
4 mile route. Track warmup and neighborhood loop. NMS – Andy Jenks was not available for a rap video and its easy to harbor confusion on whether we would work today. Was it a test? You decide. Consider: This is the first day of the rest of your life… Was the weather hyped up? What isnt these days? In a world of ready to reuse recorded forever comments and layers of lawyers, of course VDOT needs to say “stay off the roads” and Chik-fil-A need to announce a delayed opening. Did it look bad? From the window maybe. Cars had…
Six runners tested the roads and departed the AO for a morning run. TYA and Swirl took the long route. Saab may have taken the scheduled Lockjaw route – Commonwealth, Monument west, Chantilly, Patterson east, Willow Lawn, Grove home (or something like that) Corned Beef, Singer and Hash ran the YoYo route with a few added measures to total 4 and a quarter. Roads were fine, but there were several significant weather related incidents during the run – downed tree/large branch falling on or near Grove, and a transformer or two blowing up to light up the sky and echo…
While witnessing falling branches and blown-transformers, a half a dozen knuckleheads braved the unpleasantness and took in various routes and distances. Thoughts for the day: While we chose to face adversity this morning and push ourselves through unpleasant conditions, many in this country are facing far worse – and not by their choosing. Let’s keep them in mind and be thankful for what we have. Saab abides