Author: Saab

  • Reverse Saabski?

    A lucky eleven showed for a cool early morning run.

    Route:

    From Commons, take the Eco-Corridor (aka Batcave) to RR Shopping Center, the Westham Station along the canal, up Ridge Rd. to River.

    Dog-leg left to Gaymont. Take to the end until it intersects with University.

    4 Milers: Take right on University, cross Ridge to Westham Pkwy. Left on Pkwy then right on Lakewood. Lakewood down to College (near lake). Run up to Robins Center parking lot then down to lake. Cross bridge then counterclockwise to Commons

    5 and 6 Milers: Left on University to end, quick right then left back onto University which turns into Ziontown.

    5 Milers: Take right on Holmes avenue to Ridge. Cross Ridge to Sunset. Sunset to Westham Parkway. Go straight (right) to University. Take University to College (near lake). Up to Robins center then down to lake (see 4-miler finish)

    6 Milers: Ziontown to Ridge, then cutover near shopping center to Forest. Forest to Lindsay. Lindsay to Westham Pkwy. Head north to Waveny. Waveny to Wood. Wood to Lakewood. (see 4-miler for finish)

    NMS:

    Thanks to Lockjaw for taking us out, and thanks to his new puppy for waking him up in the first place and getting him out to a spider run.

    Great to run with Sippy, it has been too long.

    Saab Abides

  • 45 Minutes of Gerry

    A Lucky 13 descended upon Mary for an eventual tour of her peripherals led by a clueless elderly gent. This is what transpired…more or less.

    Warmup: Helicopters, Scorpion Kicks, Ball Lickers, (No DQ’s sadly)

    • Curbcrawls (polar bear style)
    • Run to neighborhood. At each street a different exercise (m-climbers, Flutter kicks, LBCs, etc.
    • Hit nearby church for Lindsays (A-Hammers and Box cutters), suicides, bear crawls, polar bears, and other nonsense….
    • Partner up: 150 HR-Merkins while partner runs out and back, WWII’s.
    • Return back through neighborhood. Stopping occasionally for a few minutes of Mary (i.e. Abs)

    Announcements:

    • 2nd annual-inaugural retreat is still on for this Saturday with a 2:00pm start…no sooner
    • CSAUP on the weekend of 23rd/24th. Out and back on the Capital Trail. Form your own team. See TYA for details.

    Saab abides – when able.

  • Around the Rim of Mary – Part Deux

    19 veterans decided to test the waters of Mary as led by a OG-Geriatric on his quasi-post-quarantine VQ. This is what transpired, more or less

    Warmup: DQ’s (Saab style), HR Merkins, Flutter kicks (Esther Williams style), Ball-Lickers (ask TYA)

    RedBarshetta: Run out and back: 100 m-climbers, 75 LBCs, 50 Flutter kicks, 25 HR Merkins

    Curb Crawls: Up to 5 then descend to 1 (Merkins along the way)

    Lindsays: Box Cutters and Dollys…run across field along the way

    Catch me if you can: (wrong place at the wrong time)

    Running: (To and through Windsor Farms, stopping for exercises along the way)

    NMS

    Good to be back in the Q sheet and work my a run in with a little bootcamp along the way. Thanks to Kubota for carrying the flag upon entry and exit…General Patton would have been proud…we know Swirly was.

    Announcements: Labor Day convergence at GridIron

    Saab abides

  • Singer’s Toe…

    10 Titans descended upon UR to experience a new route now hereby dubbed “Singer’s Toe”… affectionately named after Wedding Singer’s sore piggy:

    All: Run to Robbins Parking Lot and spill out onto College

    4’s: Take College up to Westham Parkway. Head south towards River Rd

    5’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Baldwin. Take left onto Westham Parkway from Baldwin…head South toward River Road

    6’s: Take Lakewood to Wood to Waveny. Turn left onto Westham Parkway. Take to River Road. (Follow instructions below, then add an up-and-down on Panorama after climbing Highland)

    All: Take Westham Parkway to River. Cross at River to Country Squire then left onto South Ridge. Take down to Westham Station. Take first left up Old Bridge then turn a quick right onto Highland and keep climbing. Turn around when you reach River Rd and head back down to Westham Station. Head toward shopping center and then take the bat cave home.

    Saab Abides

  • Saab Does Intervals

    A fearsome fourteen descended upon Spider Run not expecting the unexpected.

    They say, keep your friends close but enemies closer. Same goes for intervals – which YHC despises. Yet they are a necessary evil.

    Route: PAX stays together and conducts several climbs up various hills surrounding UR…1 minute up then mosey back down. The PAX climbed more hills this morning than most conventional runners do in a week.

    Saab Abides

  • Hydroplaning

    Three fearsome fellows, and one knucklehead, decided to run in the midst of a tropical storm.

    NMS

    In the interest of safety YHC abandoned his original plans and chose a safer “figure 8” loop that remained on the well-lit – yet flooded campus….

    All finished Safe, Sound, and Saturated.

    Saab abides

  • Roll Your Own

    The Hateful 8 descended upon UR Commons and its signature goose-poop. Since it is all about personal choice, varying routes and distances were had.

    Announcements:

    • TYA is officially sick of running

    Saab abides

  • El Duderino

    Dirty Dozen descended upon UR for the often used, but newly anointed “El Duderino” route. (See instructions from prior week below….)

    Like Choking a Goose

    Announcements: Thoughts go to out to EF Hutton’s dad who is undergoing abdominal surgery today.

    Saab abides

  • Like Choking a Goose

    A strictly legal number of gents descended upon UR to get a run in on what turned out to be a perfect morning.

    Route:

    From Commons, take the Eco-Corridor (aka Batcave) to RR Shopping Center, the Westham Station along the canal, up Ridge Rd. to River.

    Dog-leg left to Gaymont. Take to the end until it intersects with University.

    4 Milers: Take right on University, cross Ridge to Westham Pkwy. Left on Pkwy then right on Lakewood. Lakewood down to College (near lake). Run up to Robins Center parking lot then down to lake. Cross bridge then counterclockwise to Commons

    5 and 6 Milers: Left on University to end, quick right then left back onto University which turns into Ziontown.

    5 Milers: Take right on Holmes avenue to Ridge. Cross Ridge to Sunset. Sunset to Westham Parkway. Go straight (right) to University. Take University to College (near lake). Up to Robins center then down to lake (see 4-miler finish)

    6 Milers: Ziontown to Ridge, then cutover near shopping center to Forest. Forest to Lindsay. Lindsay to Westham Pkwy. Head north to Waveny. Waveny to Wood. Wood to Lakewood. (see 4-miler for finish)

    Announcements:

    Deep Run-Run on Friday (see Gomer)

    Prayer and guidance for those who are having challenges on the home front during these difficult times…

    Congratulations to TYA, Olivander and his M, on their completion of the inaugural Quarantine 50 miler from Richmond to W-Burg last Saturday.

    Saab abides

  • Respect-ful Turnout

    Two geriatric-veterans turned out for a extended trail run covering various scenes and sites of the RVA river banks. Having ignored the prior day’s weather forecasts of torrential rain, cloudy and cool conditions prevailed to make it a perfect morning for a long run. Social-D was practiced among the pax who took two separate routes. Great second-F in the ETs parking lot using the bed of a Lally Construction vehicle as a yardstick.

    Inaugural Capital Trail Quarantine 50 miler next Saturday. See TYA or Olivander for details.

    Saab abides when able