Ten runners posted on Sunday at the Pump House for preseason training to prepare for the fall when temperatures and humidity should feel drastically different.
The Route
Most runners did the Buttermilk to North Bank loop for somewhere close to 7 miles. They forgot to do weigh-ins before and after the run.
COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Helix took us out.
NMS
Back in 2016 when YHC first posted with F3 RVA, the Corporate Challenge had been established. The Corporate Challenge was to post at the following locations in one week:
- Monday – Punisher
- Tuesday – No Toll
- Wednesday – Source of Truth
- Thursday – 45 Minutes of Mary
- Friday – RAMM
- Saturday – Dogpile (6 AM), then get head out to Gridiron (7AM)
- Sunday – Sunday Funday
Travelling is what made the Corporate Challenge challenging. By the time that YHC started F3, Spider Run, DaVille, Circus Maximus, and WDog had started meaning there were now multiple options on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to post everyday. Within a few years, other workouts had started. Now, less travel was needed to complete the Corporate Challenge.
Fast forward to today, there are as many as 8 workouts per day in F3 RVA and three 7 AM bootcamps on Saturday. This potentially makes it much easier to complete Corporate Challenge.
Can the Corporate Challenge still exist today with so many options of workouts and little travel required to complete it? YHC asks this because he did the following this week.
- Monday – DaVille (3 miles from YHC’s house)
- Tuesday – Raider Run (3 miles from YHC’s house)
- Wednesday- Manndate (1.5 miles from YHC’s house)
- Thursday – Tomato Run (3 miles from YHC’s house)
- Friday – The Creek (1.5 miles from YHC’s house)
- Saturday – Dogpile (6 AM), then DaPile which ordinarily starts at 6:30 AM but started at 7 AM on 7/26 due to a Puppy DaPile workout. (DaPIle is 3 miles from YHC’s house.)
- Sunday – Sunday Funday
Does almost an entire Nano-Region Corporate Challenge meet the requirements? Is it completed as long as the following are met?
- Post 7 straight day
- Post at Dogpile then head to another AO for a 7 AM bootcamp.
- Post at Sunday Funday either to start or finish the week.
Announcements
- Interested in running the Richmond Marathon? See Gecko. After much discussion during the COT, we believe the date of the marathon is close to November 12.
- Homegrown Half/10K – August 16 at 7 AM at Robious Landing.
- Breaking Bread – Sign up for August
YHC really enjoyed his annual journey to Sunday Funday today. It was great meeting and running with Gecko and Big Wheel. You guys had already run 4 miles before YHC got out of the car. Well done Gentlemen! Much respect today as well today with 7 of the 10 PAX members in their 50s.
Gotta Run!
Phonics
