Author: Kubota

  • What do you want to do for Father’s Day, honey? Run Trails, of course!

    Eleven strong posted for the latest edition of Sunday Funday, Father’s Day style!

    Nickel Bridge to Buttermilk to T-Pott to North Bank to Pumphouse Parking Lot.

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Roller Coaster/HDHH this Wednesday the 19th at Palani Drive rear parking lot. 6pm launch for run. 6:45pm for refreshments.

    Independence Day Convergence. July 4th at Tredegar. 7am.

    Summer Tour

    Shakedown shaving head. Needs $74.00

    NMS:

    YHC’s M asked him a couple weeks ago what he wanted to do for Father’s Day. Answer was Q the Sunday Trail Run for starters. YHC really never was in the lead for the run. We left that to Crickey and others. Beautiful morning on the trails. There was a Hardywood sighting on the Buttermilk(non-F3 sanctioned) and Faceplant ran the opposite direction due to being LIFO and taking a guess which way we went. YHC had no idea Flipper was with us until at the end at the parking lot he appeared out of the woods at the end of the trail. He was a couple minutes LIFO and kept us in sight for the most part. Dude is piling on the miles right now. Great job, Flipper!

    Thanks to all who doubled back or waited at times for YHC to catch up. Enjoyed this morning very much and also enjoyed the new part of the North Bank Trail that was just finished, though it does cut some distance off from the old route. Also, ET’s was fun but brief for YHC. Had to roll and spend the rest of the day with my other family:)

    Have a great Father’s Day all and see you in the gloom!

    Kubota

  • PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH JUNE 19TH @6PM! (note time change)

    PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH JUNE 19TH @6PM! (note time change)

    The Wednesday June 19th Roller Coaster hill run will launch from the parking lot behind Palani Drive (401 Libbie Avenue). We will meet in the parking lot and have a hard start at 6PM. We will then run up and down some nearby hills and then retreat back to Palani Drive for HDHH! If you cannot make the run, please join us at the restaurant. Runners should be back by 6:45PM or so. There is outdoor seating at Palani Drive, which will be key for those that do not smell the best after a run. This will be good training for BRR 2019 (the running part and the beer drinking part afterwards.) Also, you can check off TWO SUMMER TOUR ITEMS from your SUMMER TOUR list, one of which is EXTRA CREDIT! See ya there!

  • Splinter’s Countryside Lollipop Feels Great!

    Well, if you made this far into the backblast, the title must have caught your eye!

    15 strong posted for a version of Splinter’s Countryside Lollipop ROUTE which felt great this morning in the 50 degree gloom. 0528 and the PAX were given instructions for the 4 and 5 miles routes. YHC had already revealed to Saab the 6 mile route via text yesterday, so he could lead them on the long distance run. 0530, let’s go!

    4 Mile Route: Around the lake via the trail to a left onto College. Immediate right onto University. University across Westham and Ridge and up to Ralston. Right onto Ralston, immediate left back onto University. At the end of University, run up the driveway that turns into a trail that comes out onto Roslyn Hills. Go right up the hill to September and then turn around and backtrack to the VSF

    5 Mile Route: Same as 4 except turn left onto September which turns into Countryside. Come down Countryside and hang a left onto Ruggles Rd. At end of Ruggles, turn left onto Roslyn Hills and venture back to trail and return to VSF.

    6 Mile Route: Same as 5 except do not turn onto Ruggles. Stay straight on Countryside until it ends at River Road. Left onto River Rd. Left onto Charnwood. Right onto Standish. Left onto Roslyn Hills. Back onto trail and return to VSF, but adding a jaunt to the footbridge and back to get 6 miles in.

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Summer Tour is in full swing, except it didn’t feel like Summer this morning.

    Next HDHH/Roller Coaster run is going to be Wednesday, June 19th at 6pm. Palani Drive rear parking lot. Run hills at 6pm. HDHH at 6:45pm. Great chance to check off two Summer Tour items, albeit, one is extra credit(HDHH). ***NOTE THE TIME CHANGE***

    Independence Day Convergence is on Thursday, July 4th at 7am at Tredegar, just like Memorial Day.

    NMS:

    Lots of PAX members got turned around this morning. “If you haven’t been lost, turned around or second guessed yourself at a Spider Run, then have you really been to a Spider Run??”

    Lug Nut continues to absolutely crush runs and boot camps day after day. He got in over 5 miles this morning and is looking slimmer than ever. Well done!

    The 4-Pack of 6 milers (Saab, Sippy Cup, Marv and Faceplant had a slight jaunt on a busy River Road but made it through safely and smoked it on the way back.

    Glad to have Prohibition from North Carolina run with us this morning. Well done!

    Comments were made after COT that the Seal Team’s version of PuppyPile was in progress this morning around the lake. Someone called it “Kiddie Seals” or was it “Kitty Seals”? It may have been “Baby Seals”? Not sure, but all are good names.

    YHC enjoyed finally getting back out to Spider Run and leading you fine men this morning. Please don’t forget the sacrifices that were made 75 years ago this Thursday as the Greatest Invasion ever planned and completed began. D-DAY!

    Kubota

  • Florence Griffith Salvucci

    YHC thought that it was just going to be he and TYA for the Roller Coaster run this evening, but as YHC pulled into the parking lot behind Palani Drive, he was happy to see Posh already parked and ready to go. Not far behind, Ronnie showed up ready to go and then, the man himself, TYA pulled in and met us at the corner ready to start, except, his running shorts were on inside-out. Now, if you don’t already know, TYA has some challenges with running attire. Well, this attire looked like Florence Griffith Joyner with her underwear outside of her running shorts. After realizing his mistake, TYA hid behind the bushes and made things right.

    The route was Palani Drive to Granite south to Cary St. Crossover carefully and proceed to the hills Tempsford and Kennondale. Only this time it was going to be Kennondale only. Continuing the interval theme from Splinter and Spider Run yesterday, YHC called out intervals up Kennondale after we got to the bottom of the hill. Two minutes up as hard as you can and three minutes down to recover. Five repeats were had and then we proceeded back to Palani Drive. YHC saw a Kennondale local and thought he knew her from college, but it turned out to be someone else. Kinda embarrassing.

    Back at Palani Drive, the four runners met up with Handshake, Lockjaw and Vinny who had secured the big table on the patio. YHC is proud to announce that Lockjaw still has 100% attendance for F3RVA HDHH’s! Well done, LJ!

    Some of the topics discussed during HDHH were as follows:

    -Saab

    -William and Mary stuff

    -BRR

    -Kayaking the James

    -Summer Tour

    -Lab Rat’s devil horns

    -Saab

    Great time tonight and we will do this again soon!

    Please keep Swirly and his M in your prayers and be ready to help them out with whatever they need. We are here for you, brother!

    Kubota

  • PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH Wednesday May 15

    PreBlast – Roller Coaster/HDHH Wednesday May 15

    We will be moving the Wednesday May 15th Roller Coaster hill run to the parking lot behind Palani Drive (401 Libbie Avenue). We will meet in the parking lot and have a hard start at 5:30pm. We will then run up and down some nearby hills and then retreat back to Palani Drive for HDHH! If you cannot make the run, please join us at the restaurant. Runners should be back by 6:15pm or so. There is outdoor seating at Palani Drive, which will be key for those that do not smell the best after a run. This will be good training for BRR 2019 (the running part and the beer drinking part afterwards.) See ya there!

  • Only 15 More Miles to go…

    13 strong hit the streets for the Pre-Field Day Breakfast Club run. Several flags flying including the VMI flag (Ra VA Mil!)

    2 miles there/1.5 miles back.

    Some thought Swirly’s truck had been stolen and an imposter was driving it.

    Highlights of the run were the gentleman on the sidewalk yelling “Only 15 more miles to go!” and the family eating breakfast at Can Can watching us from the front window run back to ET’s looking like we had just played in wet, red clay.

    Nice run and time fellas!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Chilly Breakfast Club

    11 strong hits the streets of Carytown in order to make their way to Dogpile and made their way back in order to earn breakfast. 2 miles out and 1.5 miles in. Kind of chilly this morning which equals great running weather. YHC took us out.

    Helix was feeling it this morning! Led the way there. Totally destroyed Dogpile and led the way back. Saab told us about a new show “I’m Sorry.” Interesting sounding show to say the least. Nice showing from all nano-regions this morning.

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Maundy Thursday

    19 strong (4 Attorneys/15 Non-Attorneys) posted in the gloom this fine Maundy Thursday morning for a Kubota beatdown. This is what went down:

    Mosey over to the NW corner of school yard for:

    COP:

    10 x Don Quixotes

    15 x Helicopters

    15 x Russian Soldiers

    15 x Cherry Pickers

    15 x Hand-Release Merkins

    20 x LBC’s

    Mosey to bus loop for:

    Curb Crawls:

    Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear curb to curb. 1 Merkin/2 Merkins/3 Merkins/4 Merkins/5 Merkins/5 Merkins/4/3/2/1 Al Gore for the 6 six.

    Mosey over to field for:

    Suicide 11’s:

    Using the 10 trees on Cary Street, perform 11’s suicide style. 10 WWII’s at first tree/1 Jump Squat at baseline. Repeato until all trees have been covered and finish with 1 WWII/10 Jump Squats. Plank for the six.

    Stay on field and partner up for:

    Touch-A-Tree(fence) Dora:

    In rotating fashion, Partner 1 runs across field and touches new fence.

    Partner 2 completes: 100 x merkins, 200 x LBC’s, 300 x SSH’s

    Stay with your partner for:

    2 x 25 Partner Leg Tosses each

    Circle up for:

    Burpee Shuffle:

    PAX member calls out 1, 2 or 3 Burpees. Cannot repeat number before you. Shuffle feet while waiting. About 40 Burpees completed.

    Time Up! Back to the flag!

    COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Bodo’s VQ is May 8th at WDOG.

    Don Draper had his VQ this morning at The Forge.

    Gomer Pyle week continues at RAMM tomorrow.

    Upchuck has Breaking Bread next Sunday the 28th. Please see if you can help him. Need someone to sign up for May and the rest of the year.

    Today was “Swirly has his Annual Physical Day” I’m sure he and the doctor banged out some PLT’s or Wilson’s Dying Cockroaches together.

    NMS:

    It was nice to get back in the saddle this morning with you men. YHC has had a rough couple of weeks with the Flu, kid’s being sick and work functions. This was the longest that YHC has gone in between posts since YHC started. YHC didn’t know if he would be fresh and ready to roll or feeling out of shape this morning. Let’s just say it was both. The rest of the PAX looked like they were in great shape and killed the workout. Well done!

    When YHC returned home this morning, he looked at his Garmin App and checked out the map of what had been accomplished this morning. Let’s just say that YHC was amazed at what he saw. Unintentionally, we mapped out a perfect CROSS on the field with the Suicide 11’s and the DORA. With today being Maundy Thursday and tomorrow Good Friday, let’s reflect on the pain and suffering that our Savior Jesus Christ went through to save us from our sins. Also, there always seems to be a certain peace that we can enjoy during this Holy Week, so let’s try to soak that peace in.

    Welcome to FNG – Time Out (Eric). Time Out is a Litigator at Hunton and Williams and works with Gumbo. Being from Michigan and a Michigan Wolverine’s fan, Chris Webber’s mishap in the NCAA Final against UNC was a fitting name. Plus, he ran to and from the workout and killed it! Great job and come on back!

    Enjoyed it fellas and have a great rest of the day!

    Kubota

  • Hill Repeats and Pilsner Repeats

    Some ran, Some ate, Some drank, Some ran and ate and drank.

    The Route: Palani Drive parking lot to Granite Ave south to Cary Street. Crossover to Tempsford/Kennondale. Complete as many hill repeats as you like. Mosey back to Palani Drive.

    Apologies to Upchuck. He didn’t realize we were meeting behind the restaurant and didn’t see us when we took off. He ran his own route, though. Chum Bucket hit the trails and then met us for HDHH. He is training for a 50k with Johnsonville that will happen at the end of April. EF Hutton, Greenbow and his new 2.0 joined us for HDHH. Good times!

    We may try to do this again in May and June and July….stay tuned! Good BRR training.

    Enjoyed it fellas!

    Saab Q tomorrow at 45MOM and DTH Q at the new AO The Forge tomorrow.

    Kubota

    keep posting!

  • Inaugural Hoedown Old Glory/Q Sucks Wind

    Old Glory flew around parts of Westham this morning as 7 able bodied men attack the Inaugural Old Glory workout at Hoedown. The following is what YHC could remember:

    No COP! Grab Shovel Flag and complete a 1 mile run from TES to Trinity Methodist by way of a route through Westham.

    Plant Shovel Flag at the corner of Forest and Rock Creek and identify the following four corners to the PAX:

    Corner 1 – Forest and Rock Creek complete 20 Merkins

    Corner 2 – Back parking lot corner to the rear right of church property complete 20 Jump Squats

    Corner 3 – Back parking lot entrance to the left rear of church property complete 10 Burpees

    Corner 4 – Forest and Stuart Hall complete 20 WWII Sit-ups

    Complete as many circuits as possible in the allotted time frame which was 20 minutes or until 6:00am.

    Grab Shovel Flag and reverse the 1 mile route back to TES.

    Circle up for 5MOM:

    Upchuck – 16 x Reverse Crunches

    Gomer Pyle – 15 x Hello Dollies

    EF Hutton – 15 x APD’s

    Bodos – 15 x American Hammers

    Handshake – 15 x Flutter Kicks

    Garbage Plate – 15 x Back Arches

    Kubota – 15 x Scorpion Kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements and YHC took us out

    Announcements:

    Roller Coaster/HDHH is this Wednesday at 5:30pm sharp for the run. Meet behind Palani Drive Restaurant at 401 Libbie Ave. Run hills until around 6:15pm, then go inside Palani Drive for HDHH.

    Faceplant has his Run VQ tomorrow at Spider Run.

    Need someone to Q Breaking Bread for April. Sign up on the Q Sheet. Thanks to Slurpee for handling February and March by himself!

    NMS:

    Old Glory seemed like a good call this morning in order to keep the PAX guessing beforehand whether there was going to be some April Fool’s shenanigans or not. No jokes, only fools, but we are better fools for completing an Old Glory workout. We clipped a nice pace on the way over and attacked the stations with precision and speed. All except YHC. Urination break and trouble breathing kept YHC lagging behind the rest of the PAX who absolutely crushed it! The circuit distance was about as close as you can get to the No Toll Old Glory circuit distance. Just a small fraction less. The run back was were YHC had to give the shovel flag up to Gomer Pyle because the flag should fly in front of the PAX, not behind where YHC was hanging out/struggling. A nice round of Mary completed a great way to start our week. Upchuck noticed that Bodos calls great cadence and then made a comment about Bodos maybe Q’ing soon……???

    A column has been added to the Old Glory tab on the Q sheet to record how many circuits you completed. YHC will Q this again at an unknown date to see if anyone can improve on this morning. YHC sure hopes he can improve.

    Have a great day, fellas, and it was an honor to lead this morning!

    Kubota