Urban Farmhouse Midlothian
Two stallions explored the streets of Westham by foot; surveying the aftermath of Halloween. It was in fact pretty calm and quiet with no signs of the previous night’s events. Pucker came up with a nice running tour of Westham, UR, and the surrounding neighborhoods. Crisp morning for a run!
Two watermen enjoyed the nearly non-existent current for a quick paddle. Upstream and back. The river was low with great visibility. Peaceful!
2 HIMs enjoyed a starry morning tossing the Cindy around. While I missed our normal entourage of Bermuda bros, it was a pleasure chattering with ma dude Florence . He remains a friend and mentor that helped welcome me into F3 a few months ago – not to mention working out with him “pushes my capacity” to say the least – iron sharpens iron. I pulled out the old Crossfit Exicon for this one… Warmarama, Intros, Mosy to Playground COP 1: Cinderblock “Cindy” (+ RUN) 5 Cinderblock Pull-ups (Hold Cindys w/ feet) 10 Inclined Merkins 15 Cindy Weighted Squats 200m…
3 svelte aspiring Tour de France participants hit the roads of Goochland this morning for a Pedal Powered beatdown. Fog was present in abundance but the cooler temps were a welcome change from summer. The mileage wasn’t too high but it was a solid workout nonetheless. YHC enjoyed the conversation and time in the saddle with these brothers. We missed having No Tools along, as he is never short on interesting conversation, but he was apparently in need of some beauty sleep this morning. Announcements: the Tour de Midnight is on 10/21 starting at 8am. There are 3 distance options…
Post run/walk coffeteria led to an offhand comment of missing OTB BBs recently and a lack of Big Data points for Aisle 5. When offered the chance to post his own BB, he demurred. He also said he posted downrange with an FNG but as we all know, if there’s no backblast it didn’t happen. Walkers did their thing, half marathon prep is rolling and runners got in 9 miles that only seemed like 6.
4 Iron bell maniacs smashed through Goyne Park this morning. 2nd week of our Off the Books Thursday chester AO is going well – JOIN US! 35th Bday Q made this one feel extra special. We actually got Florence to sweaty to hold the kettlebell – the path there read something like… Warmarama SSH, Helis Stretch with the Kettle (loosen up side and front body) THE THANG COP1 – Clock KB Carry Rifle to 3 o clock 5 No Cheat Merkins Farmers Carry to 6 o clock 5 NC Merkins Repeat with various carry options (Front Raise, Lunges, 1armed) Swap…
Almost fall-like (but not quite) as a PAX of 10 hit up OTB this morning. Two walkers and eight runners. Don Draper planned an 8 mile route for the runners as RVA half marathon training is now in full swing. The trip up Grove hill toward the end was a nice touch. 2nd F at Starbucks. Almost had the 10 PAX requirement for a free Rowhouse session this morning, but Draper had to bail early b/c of his Ms birthday. Happy birthday to Mrs. Draper. Great morning to be out!
The Bermuda boys are doing focus group testing for interest in a Thursday/Friday AO on the SOUTHERN southside of the city. Beta test run today offered a little cindy beatdown for a trio of HIMs. Went something like this! Warmarama with coupons, stretch, dead hang 3 laps around the circle Rifle Carry to burnout Murder bunny to burnout Farmer’s Carry to Burnout Rinse and Repeat for 3 laps Crab walk Cindy’s Triple check Cindy on back merkins Ww2 w/ Cindy Run Bear Crawl Corners Set Coupons on 4 corners of court 10 reps of dealers choice at your corner Bear…
4 middle aged cyclists shrugged off the fartsack to book some miles in preparation for a century in a few weeks. Launched from the DOG, down Westwood through Brookland Park to the Cannon Creek Greenway south. Picked up the Cap trail and headed East to turnaround at Varina HS, back to downtown, cross the river on the Potterfield, up Riverside, back across the Nickel, make a few turns to arrive back at the DOG. Stats: 28.3 miles, in just over 2 hours, w/ 900 feet of elevation. TClaps to NoTools for keeping us going the right direction and for logging…
7 Runners, 4 walkers, and a friendly pup got out on the streets for some low humidity Sunday miles. Runners found some hills in Salisbury getting ready for the Homegrown Half on 8/19.