Tag: Currahee

four gazelle showed this morning for a run, no que on the sheet so we decided to do the bro-code run, 4.68 miles covered on a drizzly humid morning.
for coffeteria we decided maybe we would go to Starbucks near Tunnel vision to meet up with some of our other brothers, only to find out just tater posted and he didn’t stay for coffee. The four of us had coffee at Starbucks with interesting conversations about generational differences between now and the past. Looking forward to gypsies 50th Q tomorrow.

So what’s the deal with trail running? (please read this backblast in my terrible Jerry Seinfeld voice)

We start at Miles Godwin High School. Nice parking lot. Sidewalks. Roads. Civilization. And the first thing we do is leave all of it.

Nobody has ever looked at a perfectly paved road and said, “You know what this needs? More roots.”

You get into the trail and suddenly every step is a game show.

“Is that a root? Is it a stick? Is it a snake? Find out in three-tenths of a second!”

And why are roots always exactly where your foot wants to land? The entire forest floor is a giant practical joke.

Then you’ve got the creek. We crossed that creek so many times I started wondering if the creek was following us.

“Didn’t we just cross you?”

“Yep.”

“And now we’re crossing you again?”

“That’s right.”

The wooden bridges don’t help. Nobody trusts a wooden bridge in the woods. Every guy who steps on one does the exact same thing. He slows down and looks at it like he’s evaluating a used car.

“Looks okay…”

creeeak

“Maybe not.”

Then there’s the cobweb situation. The first guy on the route isn’t a runner. He’s a human windshield. Thanks Lighthouse!

Every spider in the county spent all night constructing a beautiful web and we’re charging through like a parade float.

And the guy behind him? Completely fine. That’s the injustice of trail running. One guy eats the web, the next ten get a clean path.

At some point we ended up in Stone Run. How do you know you’re in Stone Run?

Because somebody always says, “Are we in Stone Run?”

And three different guys answer with three different levels of confidence.

“I think so.”

“Pretty sure.”

“No idea.”

That’s not navigation. That’s a focus group.

Eventually we found our way back through Trellis Crossing and returned to the school, looking like a group of men who had escaped from somewhere.

You know you’ve had a good trail run when you get back to the parking lot and think, ‘Look at this place… roads, signs, pavement. We’ve really come a long way as a society.”

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

In a reverso of two weeks ago, Wally posted and Mr. R fartsacked.  Here’s where the rest of us went.

• R on Pump
• L on Sunrise
• L on Waterford
• L on Church
• R on Pump
• R on John Rolfe
• L on Glen Eagles
• L on Summerwood
• L on Burnside
• R on Pump
• Back to Godwin and VSF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Whether it’s a hand gesture or a comment about being juicy, Salt Lick has a knack for making the COT uncomfortable.  Some of us talked bourbon this morning.  It’s SpiritsPalooza today and tomorrow for those in the know.  Happy hunting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Summer Tour

Prayers for Charlotte

Lunch Tuesday at Taziki’s (Innsbrook)

10 men came out for a run. All right turns at Pump, Raintree, Falconbridge, (not ridge) and Pump. YHC had proposed a death run on Gayton, but fortunately that was vetoed.

10 studs didn’t let a little rain deter them from the grind. 8 runners. 2 ruckers. And no dogs this week. Wally was itching to go actually, but doodles hair is a bit like Bob Marley’s after playing in the rain.

Everyone took various routes through and around Deep Run Park. Hutton and Up Chuck exited the back of the park and were spotted going down Cox (hehe). Pinto braved the park, but took a shortcut back to GHS. And the ruckers returned to the flag in time for the end of the prayer at COT. It’s U V U and we all got in 45 minutes of movement. Mission accomplished. Well done men!

BTTF 4 COT: Names. Numbers. Announcement: Memorial Day Convergence at Dog Pile at 7am. Check with Handshake if you’d like to bring some water, gatorade, etc. Handshake’s son, Trip, and Pinto’s son, Ethan, both celebrate b-days today. Happy Birthday young men!

No prayer requests. YHC took us out, Pigskin sytle (dropping a little knowledge before the prayer). The knowledge, summed up by AI:

“The human body operates as an inescapable ledger for our emotional truth.

When we engage in denial and suppression, we do not eliminate our pain; we merely force it underground. This trapped psychological distress routinely manifests as physical pathology, driving genuine psychosomatic illness and chronic dysfunction. The body cannot sustain the burden of a divided self.

True healing begins only when we stop resisting our reality. Crucially, acknowledgment is not a passive surrender, but an active, necessary confrontation that relieves the physiological toll of deception and allows the nervous system to return to equilibrium.” There are no stone-wall men amongst us. Life on life’s terms impacts us. Acknowledge what you experience, and move through it. Allow it to guide you. Don’t get buried beneath it.

Happy Memorial Day weekend gents! Go out there and do something for someone else today. SYITG!

Thirteen gathered to sniff each others’ butts and put down a few miles.

Here’s where:

• Exit Godwin via Maremont
• R on Raintree
• L at Raintree Racquet Club and loop around the lake
• Continue on Raintree
• L on Deepwood Cir
• R on Raintree
• L on Falconbridge
• R on Pump
• Back to Godwin and SF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Third Friday of the month is now Bring Your Dog to work day at Currahee.  Just don’t do so if you’re an FNG.  Or maybe do.  Salt Lick has an interesting new way of conveying his name during the COT. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for Charlotte

Flatline Q at DogPile tomorrow

Memorial Day convergence

Flatline/ Offshore Happy Hour TBD

If only Gypsy’s brush guard could have cleared the signage at Cottrell then Pigskin wouldn’t have ended up at Three Chopt and Gaskins.

Here was the prescribed route:

• R on Pump
• R on Buffapple
• L on Singingwoods
• R on Brookmont
• L on Cox
• R on Cedar Knoll
• R on Cottrell
• Merge onto path into Deep Run Park
• L onto main road through Deep Run Park
• L on Ridgefield
• R on Falconbridge
• R on Raintree/Pump (M/L)
• L on Maremont
• Back to Godwin and VSF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

What Senor Frog does with his fingers on a Thursday night is no one’s business but his.  Mr. Rogers is working on a concept album and ready to rock the Bluegrass Jam to its core next May. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for Charlotte

Prayers for those protectors who put their lives in the way of harm Lunch Tuesday at Tres Machos

Forgot to write the backblast..

Ran the crazy 8. That route sucks with mile 4 going up Glen Eagles.
We solved all the world’s issues like understanding the Egg definitely came before the chicken… And if someone is wearing at Ruck back they might actually be going rucking.

Rumor has it Upchuck has an assignment for someone willing to help Reach to him for more details.

After too many Bernie Sanders on Monday, it was only fitting that LeftSnake control the route this morning. Left on Pump, Left on Falconbridge, Left on Raintree, Left on Ridgefield, Left on Pump–Repeato. Total is about 4.5 miles. Ten runners and 3 dogs navigated the tough directions. I ran with Saltlick and we talked jobs, AI, zombies and outer space. Looking forward to all four interacting one day.

A famous set of twins once said “things will never change until you want them to”. They also grew up with Bob Dylan sleeping on their couch and Uncle George (Harrison) hanging out at their house. So what do they know??

After I posted that we were gonna run hills for 45 minutes, I thought numbers would be lower, but 11 showed up to suffer for a while, leaving only the wimps of Westhoe to go to Tunnel Vision.

The Main Event: We ran up Glen Eagle, going up and down any dead end with some incline in it. Once we hit 22.5 minutes, we retraced our steps. Lots of hills today. Well done men!

Names. Numbers.

Announcements: Upchuck is still hoping a HIM will reach out to him about taking on RVA’s Site Q responsibilities for The Bridge.

Prayers: Prayers for those still in need of healing and comfort.

YHC took us out in a thick fog of gas, which no one owned. I’m not sure anyone heard the prayer, as we were being choked out.

Moleskin: Discipline makes us stronger. When you get more comfortable in the fire, you are able to handle more. Today was all hills and horrible gas. And somehow we are all a little better for it. I hope everyone has an excellent Friday. It could only get better after this start to the day.