Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor Gloom of night stays these [warriors] from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. – Sort of the Postal Creed. ONE Pax launched into his appointed Rounds for the latest edition of Hoedown. To a superficial being, rain fell and a chill was present, but to YHC temperatures were sunny and 70 in his heart, his zeal for F3 and country carrying him forth for… 3 loops around the horseshoe (but, can you loop around a horseshoe, or does that really make it an oval?), followed by… COP of 1 At Cafeteria Wall:…

Ten plump turkeys strutted their way over to the parking lot for this week’s iteration of Hoedown. Nary a mention of the Redskins today so off we mosey’d to the front of the school, passing the neon ladies, for something that went like this. COPHigh Knees x15Butt Kickers x15Speed Skaters x10Don Quixotes x10Flutter Kicks x20Mountain Climbers x10HRMs x10 The ThangMosey back over to the blacktop for Lindsays. Squats and straight up merkins. Run the distance of the blacktop between sets. Scurry over to Linsday Ct for repeating iterations of catch me if you can. Partner up with one partner doing…

9 fine PAX members gathered at Hoedown to play a hot potato game of Where’s Wojo. Here’s approximately how it went: Mosey to the upper parking lot for a Splinter warmup 20x SSH, 15x IW, 10x DQ, 15x AC, 10x Merkins. Partner up for 3x of squats, WWII, Merkins while the other partner runs the length of the lot. Rinse and repeat with 3x American Hammer, Carolina Dry Docks while partner karaoke’s the lot. Gracious audible called on 3rd round. Toss the Q to Pucker and mosey to upper grass lot for modified beast. 6 stops of 6x, three rounds:…

We had 9 of able bodied souls at U of R west (Tuckahoe Elementary) going for a work out on Veteran’s Day. Even though I am not a veteran, I respect the sacrifices those individuals have made to allow us to keep the freedoms that most nations don’t have. Off to the workout: COP: 34 SSH (in honor of the Jets’ epic 34-27 win over the Giants), 10 DQs, 10 Arm circles, 10 Merkins. Mosey to Bodos’ 3rd parking lot across the way from his church. First Exercise: Four corners: 10 HRMs, 20 jump squats, 30 monkey humpers and 40…

Eight eager PAX picked up a LoveSeat on the side of the road to make it an odd number 9 for some Merkins. We also did some other stuff: COP: SSH, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Hairy Rocketts, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins. Mosey over to 3P dark lot for 4 corners: 20 Merkins, 30 WWIIs, 40 JumpSquats, 50 LBCS. Alternate run & bear crawl. Over to Rite Aid lot: 4 Rounds of 10 Merkins, backwards run length then 5 Burpees. Back to TES, the blacktop: Broad Jump across, 20 Merkins then lunge back, 15 Heels2Heaven. Repeato x3. With parking lot lights…

A little bit of mumble chatter to get things going and then a long stroll down to Trinity for COP. Don Quixote, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, and SSH to start us off. Dora 1,2,3 – 100 Carolina Drydocks, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 Flutter Kicks while the other partner runs the long straightaway to the road and back. Mosey around back for Triple Check. Partner 1 runs the small back parking lot while partners 2 and 3 do Plerkins. Pick up Rock Creek and jog up to Marv’s. 10 HRM in his honor. Down the road to Westham for 20 Jump Squats.…

A Fabulous Five gathered at Hoedown to start a new week. Here’s how it went down: COP: SSHx25 // DQx20 // Helicoptersx10 // Armcirclesx15, Reverso // Lutinent Dans x10 // Merkins x10 // LBCsx15 Mosey to Third Church back parking lot Four Corners: VUpsx10 // Hand Release Merkins x20 // Jump Squats x30 // WW2s x40. Suicide Burpees: Run to the first parking line line, do 1 Burpee. Run back to the curb. Run to the second parking lot line, do 2 Burpees. And so forth, up to 10. HUNGRY HIPPPOS: One man in each corner, crab walk to the…

Nine men, stallions one and all, refused to take a day off for Columbus, or anyone else who didn’t discover America, in order to spend their sunny and 70 morning at today’s edition of Hoedown. Here’s what Mr. Heshem says he witnessed: COP: Slow mosey two times around the horseshoe, then circle up in the main parking lot. SSHs, IMs, DQs, LBCs, FKs, and HRMs, then a quick set of arm circles to limber up for… 11s: First, grab a cinderblock from YHCs van. Mosey to Flag. 11s…Derkins and Rosalitas. Run across small parking lot to complete the circuit. On…

A Lucky 7 or Redwood Pax showed up for a nice little beatdown. Cooler temps prevailed and Fall was finally in the air. Off to the front of the school for COP. SSHDon QRussian SoldiersCopperhead SquatsScorpion Kicks Off to the church across the street being sure to mind the Gomer Pyle speed bump. Red Barchetta was called for the front parking lot including 100 SSH, 75 LBCs, 50 Mountain Climbers, 25 Merkins. There was talk about “doing a dukes of hazzard slide” across the the hood of a car in the way. However, this Subaru Forrester had a hood scoop…

9 high-brow West Enders and 1 Powhatanian landed at F3RVA’s darkest AO this morning to beat some drums and wake up the neighbors. Fortunately, we were all able to work through our previous commitments with Downtown Abbey, Hamilton, picking up dry cleaning, and Tea & Crumpets prior to 0530 to be able to get to work in the gloom today. The Q showed up with pickup bed full of truck tires, and thanks to the help of a few of the PAX we had them out and ready to go in short order. Here’s how it went down: Mosey around…