10 determined woke up and decided to hit the trails this morning. 4 Routes were run. 1. Northbank to T.Pottersfield to buttermilk and back to pump house, 2) Northbank to Belle Isle to buttermilk and back to pump house 3) 1+ add Forest Hill loop 4) 2x route 1. Whistleblower took us out (thanks to YHC for giving her absolutely not prewiring). A little chilly this morning, but the PAX is totally used to the cold temperatures. Really the only place that it totally sucks is coming across the Nickel bridge. As the morning got later, the wind got heavier…
25 F3RVAers showed up to help YHC continue his birthday celebrating and enjoy one last day before the cold weather returns. Weather app showed 55 and cloudy but as you know it always 70 and sunny at F3RVA. This is how went down: PAX completed 2 Burpees every 2 minutes for the first 24 minutes Mosey to the circle next to the amphitheater COP (ALL IC) 33 SSH 33 LBC’s 33 American Hammers 33 Arm Circles (17 forward and 16 in reverse) Mosey to the field in front of the Carillon THANG Field Fun Partner up, first partner runs to…
7 Warrior said “What Rain?” and no to their fart sacks to help YHC celebrate another year older. This how it went down: Mosey around the church COP (ALL IC) 33 LBC’s 33 American Hammers 33 SSH 33 Arm Circles (16 forward and 17 backwards) THANG mosey to the pavilion Let’s just call it Dora’s evil cousin Partner up, first partner runs to the end of the road then back while second partner does exercises: 33 Hand Release Merkins 66 Squats 99 Heels to Heaven 132 LBC’s 33 LBC’s IC for the six Reverso and Repeato 132 LBC’s 99 (2…
In a blatant effort to raise his Q Ratio YHC migrated down to Twin Team and was greeted by one Richmond Proper and 2 SOJ friendly faces ready for a sunny and 70 beatdown or something like that. Here’s how it went down. Weave down bus loop to turnaround circle COP (IC) Copperhead Squats Smurf Jacks Helicopters Flutter Kicks Heals to Heavens Sherkins Mosey to back field 6 Cone Déjà vu Escalator– Merkins x 10, run back Merkins x 10, Jump Squats x 10, run back Merkins x 10, Jump Squats x 10, Carolina Dry Docks x 10, run back…
It was raining hard Will it clear for us to run? No fear, off we go! Deep pools of water Labrat requests job advice Pax provide insight Down campus we go Singer’s beacon flashing on But where did he go? Onward through darkness Iris never disappoints Grove to shovel flag Yes, we did the forward Haiku route today. YHC took us out. The CSAUP is building momentum and many are excited. More information will be available soon, but in the interim get your miles in and start forming your teams. (DK – you can camp after…
2 warriors posted for a hill run, launching from the pump house. The Thang: Buttermilk to T. Pottersfield to North Bank NMM: Weather turned and the outside temp was perfect for a run. The negative on the higher temps was that all the snow and ice melted leaving the trails pretty difficult. Probably shouldn’t have run on the trails today…but once we were in, we were committed. The first 5.5 miles were awesome despite the sloppy trails. We had a good pace and kept the pace hight. Once the sun set and Swirly’s IT band tightened up, the pace slowed…
A PAX of 20 gathered NOJ for a 45MOMM beatdown that went something like this: THANG Long mosey around full perimeter of AO, plank for the 6 COP: 25 SSHs, 25 DQs (pop quiz for TYA to name 4 Tennessee Titans, Lab Rat maintained cadence), 25 Imperial Walkers, 25 Crab Cakes, 25 Crunchy Frogs, 25 Russian Soldiers, 3 arm circles Mosey to middle of main field along the track, plank for the 6 Partner up for Touch-a-tree: partner 1 runs to a tree while partner 2 performs an exercise until partner 1 returns, switcheroo and increase number of trees touched…
Order was restored this morning at Timberwolf as McRib rolled into the parking lot, slightly LIFO after getting stuck behind the garbage truck, and all in all 6 stalwarts attacked the morning like this: Short mosey to the end of the parking lot for COP and to wait for McRib (and, as it turns out, the real LIFO – Mr. Roper). COP included: SSHs DQs Helicopters Imperial Walkers Merkins LBCs Arm Circles Lightpole 11s: Mosey around the front of the school to the bus loop for 2 rounds of 11s using the 10 lightpoles that surround the loop. Two Exercises. …
Fartsack be damned! 3 noble warriors fought through the malaise of the midweek. Here is how the adhoc Q went down. COP 25 SSH 20 merkins 20 2x LBC 20 Russian soldiers Arm circles – 10 small/5 big, front and backwards Lucky Bus Loop – farmers carry to the four quadrants of the bus loop, perform 15 reps of a certain exercise, adding a new exercise for each quadrant, with a total of 8 at the end Lawnmower pulls – each arm (9x) Deep squats (8x) Tricep curls (7x) High pulls (6x) Alternating arm KB swings (5x) Alternating weighted lunges…
4 men made the right decision to MAN UP for MANNDate this morning. The PAX rolled into the parking lot, shared some mumble chatter and then took off into an adventure that went something like this… Mosey around the bus loop and circle up for COP (all IC) – 50 LBCs, 25 SSHs, 20 copperhead squats, 10 don quixotes, arm circles, 50 LBCs… Swing & Goblet Squat Ladder Circle up. 10 two-hand kettlebell swings / 10 goblet squats, 10 swings / 9 goblet squats… ladder down until you perform 10 swings / 1 goblet squat and then back up the…