5 ghosts of the gloom posted to SOT to get their Halloween started right.  With expectations of consuming an unhealthy amount of sugar, pizza and/or beer, here is what YHC had in store: Mosey down to the track and 4 laps for our mile of the day….YHC managed 30 out of 31 days.  Not bad but room for improvement in 2019. Circle up in the lower parking for COP, including: DQs Helicopters SSHs Spider Merkins – quite a treat! LBCs THANG: 11s with donkey kicks and jump squats and a run around the concession/restroom building in between rounds. Plank-o-rama and…

Seven redwoods posted in cool morning darkness at SOT. Johnsonville (YHC), who had not posted SOT for quite some time, took the Q. This is what went down, more or less: GLOOM — Mosey in front of school near eastern front entrance. Warmup of 15x SSH, then 10x merkins. Rinse and repeat twice more. Mosey west along front of school. EMOM (45 seconds on, 15 seconds off) with: – half burpees – diamond merkins – thrusts – LBCs Rinse and repeat twice more. Indian Run around front of school. YHC drops his phone and breaks screen protector. EMOM (45 seconds…

Two southside regulars posted at Source of Truth for a hot potato Q. Workout: Singer – mosey near track, SSH, Don Q, arm circles, merkins, slow bending squats. Mosey to track – four corners  with 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 jump squats and 20 2-count freddies. Repeat and double numbers. Hand over to Tobit – escalating mile. run a lap – 15 merkins, run a lap 15 merkins and 15 American Hammers, lap – repeat and add flutters, lap – repeat and add LBCs Back to Singer – lindsays – jump up on the rear of the bleachers and dips.…

3 SOJ regulars parked in the streetlights of the Turnpike to get some early morning work done, hot potato style. Mosey down to the track and around a few times to get a mile plus.  Stop near the bleachers for Peter Parkers, Alternating Shoulder Taps and Flutter Kicks. Pass to Tobit, who does a quick pass to DK since he wants to stay at the bleachers.  Ciabatta with Step-ups, repeato w/ Dips. Now it’s Tobit’s turn.  Mosey to the front of the school to Door #1.  Doors 1-10 – Burpees corresponding to door #.  Doors 11-15 – American Hammers, Doors…

5 men posted to SOT to start their hump day with a beatdown.  No Q signed up, so YHC broke out the KBs and a jump rope and off we moseyed…here is what followed: Mosey to track and complete our daily mile…check. Circle up at the bottom of the hill for a brief COP, including: DQs Helicopters SSHs LBCs Tempo Merkins THANG: KB Suck Rotation (Gumbo)  4 pain stations and 1 rabbit (timer) – AMRAP exercises until rabbit  runs to the top of the hill and back down, then rotate.  In round 2 – run backwards up and forwards down. Round…

Two studly studs arrived at SOT this morning to see what the gloom of Midlothian Middle had in store for them. Here’s what went down: Run to the back of the school for a short COP: DQs, Helicopters, SSH Run down Midlothian Turnpike to the now empty building where Rita’s and some wine bar used to be. Perform curb crawls x 5. Run back to MMS and to the bottom of the hill leading to the track. Hill climbs: Round 1: Run halfway up the hill, do 5 burpees, run back down, turn around and run all the way up,…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, not really, it was a cool, wet Wednesday in the gloom at SOT with YHC and a couple of guys that don’t call each other David.  No one signed up for the Q and YHC had an idea this morning that DK liked more than running 5 miles. Break out two kettlebells for a little weighted action.  Warm up with some of the usuals and then on to the triple checks.  With 2 kettlebells and 3 men we mixed it up to have 2 men with KB at…

3 warriors braved the September fog to own the Source of Truth. YHC was asked to move his car to make way for the “bad bus driver”, and we were underway… THANG Mosey to front of school for COP: SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, LBCs, Bob & Weaves Mosey to East end of AO along Midlothian Turnpike for Burpee Turnpike: run down the turnpike, burpee at every light until we reach the first traffic light. Continue the same to the next 2nd light… Lunge down entrance to Pleasants Hardware (Midlothian) shopping center. Mosey to shopping center sidewalk for Three Poles: stop…

YHC arrived this morning with Gumbo right behind and a CCPS bus driver approaching us, to ask to park along Midlo Pike because a lot of buses were moving out and she stated, “I’m not a good bus driver.” Scary…….poor children that have to ride her bus! She did perform her safety inspection with finite detail. 5 SOJ Troopers posted this morning in order for hump day to start out right! 0530…and off we went. Mosey down to bus loop at front of MMS for COP: x 15 invisible jump ropes, x 15 Russian Soldiers, x 15 arm circles (forward…

YHC arrived nice and early this morning at SOT, more or less to assess the AO. Flag was placed and YHC waited to see who was going to post. And with that, 5 SOJ regulars posted for a Flatline Q. 0530….time to mosey but this morning, PAX started on the front side of MMS, down at bus loop. COP…..X 15 forward arm circles ( 10 small, 5 big) and x 15 reversed. X 20 SSH, x 30 Imperial Walkers, x 20 Flutter Kicks, x 15 Freddie Mercuries and YHC drew a blank so time to go. Rapid Fire Curb Steps.…