Tag: Currahee

  • Pass on the third

    Seven studs got together on a perfect 70 and sunny morning. After a choose you own adventure discussion, the Q called the old pump route.

    Pump, Burnside, Glen Eagles, old Pump, Three Chopt, JRP and BTTF. Extra credit for short pump park extension.

    Gypsy took us out.  Prayers for Lab Rat, Blue Moon, Pigskin
    NMS – in two years the pax have had limited fauna sitings so some pax could hardly contain their excitement this morning – lots of folks out enjoying the weather.
    Good to see Mr Rogers out again when we started Currahee , Mr Rogers kept the Q company quote a few mornings. Glad to see Gypsy out again so soon after his reset. For YHC, it’s been 9 months since the Achilles tear and after a purposely slow build up and everything felt great! Hit an 8:22 second mile and needed to pull back a bit.  Looking forward to seeing you all out all summer.
    Get some!

  • Bro-Code Friday

    It’s a week late but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

    Last Friday of every month at Currahee is a standing Bro-Code pace. The run is a 4 mile loop with only 4 turns. The rabbits circle back for the 6 at each turn for extra miles. The walkers (IR group dumbed the Broke-dick Brigade) head out on a smaller 2.5 mile loop.

    mubblechatter is always in high spirits on Bro-Code Friday. But nothing from YHC to share since it’s a 45 min COT. You have to show up to hear about it.

    lots of TAPs going out this week. Check slack 3rd F channel to see who you can lift up and add others in if they are OK with you sharing.

    v/r

    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • Where is Pouncey Track?

    8 runners/walkers came together Friday morning to get confused by me calling every road Pouncey Track. If we ever get to Pouncey Track at this AO, someone is in trouble. Here is how the runners went:

    4.5 & 5 milers: Pouncey Track north (Pump) and then a right on Pouncey Track (Church). Took the next right on Lake Pouncey Track (Loreine), went down the hill, stayed left, went to the cul-de-sac and came back around the other way and then up the hill. Took a left on Pouncey Track (Church). 4.5 miler took Pouncey Track Parkway (John Rolfe) to Pouncey Track Drive (Glen Eagles) to Pouncey Track (Ridgefield) while the 5 milers stayed on Pouncey Track (Church), went left into Keswick neighborhood then took Pouncey Track Parkway (John Rolfe) all the way to Pouncey Track (Ridgefield). All the runners merged on the way back.

    We have enough walking wounded that Currahee has become the hot spot for walkers across Short Pump. They have perfected a walking route for anyone else looking for company on a Friday morning. GP is back to a running/walking combo and I know he is looking forward to getting back to the full running group as soon as possible.

    COT: Announcements: Convergence Monday May 30th at Browns Island/Tredegar area. June 4th Blood Drive and the Bridge. Pick one or both! Prayers for Gypsy, Pinto and Lab Rat.

    Thanks for letting me Q. No one got lost or (re)injured so I will sign up again in the future.

  • Two years of band of brothers at Currahee!

    12 mighty warriors beat the fart sack for a nice spring run.

    Of course, the Pax found their own routes. The published routes look line this

    5mi Route
    4mi Route

    YHC took us out Prayers for LabRat and Whitesnake’s pal Ryan

    Memorial Dat convergence at Browns Island 7a.

    NMS- Thanks for supporting 2 years at Currahee! Some pax are still pining for more sightings of local flora and fauna- saw some bunnies today but not much else. The Deep Run and Brookmont route is a decent test. Good hills along the way and always at the right time for training.

    Thanks to all who came out!

    Much has happened in the two years since we started this AO. The original Currahee post describes where we got the name:

    Currahee Mountain | Official Georgia Tourism & Travel ...
    Currahee mountain in Georgia

    Currahee is a Cherokee word translated “stand alone”. It is the name of a mountain outside of Camp Tocooa, Georgia where E company 101 was established and became their motto. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Company,506th_Infantry_Regiment(United_States)

    Distinctive unit insignia of the 506th Infantry Regiment (United States).svg
    DUI for 506th Infantry Regiment

    The lore of the mountain run is “three miles up and three miles back” – much like F3 endeavor. The formation of this unit is pretty well documented in the Band of Brothers episode 1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245384/ .

    For YHC, Band of Brothers Episode 1 is especially poignant because it illustrates a few things about what it takes to take a bunch of guys, in this case volunteers, and train them to be a cohesive fighting unit. In the show near the end, they give some credit to how CPT Sobel pushed them to come together. During my tenure on active duty, YHC had a commander like this and his replacement was able to take advantage of the dislike of the past commander and redirect it toward creating a solid fighting force.

    We dont have anything like 3 miles up in Richmond, but the hills in the far west end can be inspiring. This is the first reason for the AO name.

    The second reason is that Godwin’s mascot is Eagles. The “Screaming Eagles”, is featured in the logo of the 101 Airborne.

    Happy 70th Anniversary to the 101st Airborne Division ...
    shoulder patch for 101st Infantry Division (Airborne)

    Finally, the grand opening of the AO on May 8, 2020 is on the 75th anniversary of VE day – the end of WW2 in Europe. While the corona virus has damped our ability to remember and celebrate, we have a lot to be thankful for on this side of that most important day in our history.

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    US and Russian soldiers link up on VE day

    Get some!

  • A Dirty Dozen

    3rd F (Faith)

    Thank you Probation for taking us out in the COT

    2nd F (Fellowship)

    • 2nd Tuesday 2nd F lunch in west end at Joey’s Hotdog on 5/10.
    • Free to Bleed 6/4. Sign up for time at Red Cross. Look up F3
    • Tuckahoe Take Over next week. Support the pax as they Q across the region
    • 2nd year of Currahee next Friday. We are asking the pax of RAMM to come join us for some running out this way.

    1st F (Fitness)

    The Routes
    4 miles
    Right out of Godwin onto Pump.
    Right onto Ridgefield
    Left onto Cox rd
    Left onto Brookmont Dr
    Right onto Crowncrest Dr
    Right onto Pump
    Left onto John Rolfe Pkwy
    Left onto Glen Eagles
    Left onto Ridgefield Pkwy
    Righ onto Pump back to AO.

    5.5 mile
    Right out of Godwin onto Pump.
    Right onto Ridgefield
    Left onto Cox rd
    Left onto Brookmont Dr
    Right onto Crowncrest Dr
    Right onto Pump
    Left onto Church rd
    Left onto Copperas Ln
    Left onto Ridgefield Pkwy
    Righ onto Pump back to AO.

    NMS:

    Its great to see the numbers of pax continue to grow at Currahee. It allows for various speeds and efforts. The 12 today ranged from 2 mile walk to 5.6 mile run with a few distances between.

    As always.. if you have read this far, take the next 5 mins to text someone you haven’t heard from in a while.. it may be just what that person needed.

    Thank you for letting me lead the route

    v/r

    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • A View of Uranus

    Seven men from the near and far west end or perhaps far-eastern Charlottesville went for a bro code style saunter.  Here’s where they went:

    The Route

    • R on Pump
    • L on Church
    • L on Copperas
    • L on Ridgefield
    • R on Old Prescott back to the Flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Pigskin arrived early to point out 4 visible planets to several members of the PAX.  Not sure if one of them was Uranus or just a big blackhole or something far less amusing.  YHC hopes Elon Musk’s next agenda item is to restore Pluto as an official planet, pretty sure he’ll try to buy the solar system if he wants. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Bluegrass Jam to support Fisher House tomorrow – See Whitesnake
    • Blood drive June 4 – See Pigskin
    • Prayers for Gomer’s 2.0 needing medical attention in Barbados
    • Currahee Anniversary coming up as well as a T-shirt

  • The mission: At least one a year – Lets make ’em stay!

    9 made it out to Currahee for the first temperate run in a while. 5 milers did the Gayton ES route; right on Pump, left on Church, cut across Gayton, left on Kleindale, Right on Poplar Forest, Left on Ridgefield and return. 4 milers same route but from Church, Left on Copperas, Left on Ridgefield. 3 milers, from Church, left on John Rolfe. With two uphills at the end, this is a solid training route.

    EF Hutton took us out.

    NMS – Fudd got me out to Dogpile 5 years ago. This is after saying no multiple times to Toga, Flipper, and Splinter. What we do together is worth sharing. Keep working on folks and dont give up.

    Imagine what would happen if we did 2 things:

    1. Each one of us brought one person on each year.
    2. And then, almost as importantly, as a PAX we made them feel so welcome that they stayed. ‘

         >>  Starting with YHC, that would be 32 across the last five years.

    Get some!

  • The Taxman Came

    30 road warriors coverged and ran towards the dark to welcome the Tax Man.  Would they take the Standard Deduction? Or face the threat of Compounding Interest, or suffer the Tax Lien?  We took it all on and then some!  But according to the guy sky-hooking newspapers on Grove avenue, it went a little something like this:

    The routes were:

    The Standard Deduction is a delightful 6.39 mile romp that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left onto Towana, left on Roselawn to UR Drive, UR Drive till it ends at River Road, and reverso back to Mary. 

    The Compounding Interest is an intoxicating 8.28 mile jaunt that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left onto Towana and stay on it till it becomes Campus, Campus to UR Drive, UR Drive till it gets to the Bat Cave, take the Bat Cave and pass the shops on River Road, take Westham Station Road till it becomes S. Ridge Rd, take S. Ridge Road to Westham Pkwy, Right on Glen Pkwy, take Westhampton to Keller to Westhampton, Left on UR Drive back to the Bat Cave, head up Ridgeway and hug the golf course to Iris, Iris ends at Three Chopt, Right on Three Chopt back to Groooooooove, take Groooooooove back to Mary.

    The Tax Lien (I apologize for releasing this one so late.) is an enchanting 9+ mile balderdash that begins at Mary and takes Groooooooove toward Three Chopt, right on Henri, left on to Towana and stay on it till it becomes Campus, Campus to the woodland trail by the UR entrance near College and Boatwright: the trail brings you to Wheeler Rd., Left on Wheeler, left on Hampshire, Hampshire becomes Baldwin, Stay on Baldwin till you get to Westham Pkwy, Left on Westham Pkwy and take it till it becomes S. Ridge Road, S. Ridge Road becomes Westham Station Road, Take Westham Station Road till you get to the Bat Cave trail, the Bat Cave trail takes you to UR Drive, Right on UR Drive, Right on Campus—it turns into Towana and will cross over Three Chopt and become Henri Road, Straight on Henri to Grooooove, Left on Grooooooove and it’s a straight shot back to Mary. 

    I got to Mary at around 3:45, and I proceeded to get my gear together and stretch out for the run ahead. I was about to get started, when I saw TYA with his dog. I was very happy to see him, because I wanted to go for a personal best today and who better to conquer the Tax Lien route with than the man who cut through all of my excuses and got me into running–so conquer we did! He is always a pleasure to run with!

    There’s running, and then there’s F3 running.  F3 running comes with some therapy sprinkled in, some support, fellowship, safety, all from your brothers who are trying to get better just like you.  There is nothing like it!  The gifts that come from running with your brothers are the gifts that change lives and prevent complacency.  We need each other and one day each of us will be called on to pay those gained gifts forward.  I hope each of you experienced some of the same gifts when you ran with your brothers today!  

    I thank you all for the impressive turnout and for the support over the years and now!  It was a privilege to rise this morning and conquer with all of you!  I’ll end this backblast with one of my favorite poems in its entirety:

    For Every Hill I’ve Had to Climb

    For every stone that bruised my feet,

    For all the blood and sweat and grime,

    For blinding storms and burning heat

    My heart sings but a grateful song—

    These were the things that made me strong!

    For all the heartaches and the tears,

    For all the anguish and the pain,

    For gloomy days and fruitless years,

    And for the hopes that lived in vain,

    I do give thanks, for now I know

    These were the things that helped me grow!

    ‘Tis not the softer things of life

    Which stimulate man’s will to strive;

    But bleak adversity and strife

    Do most to keep man’s will alive.

    O’er rose-strewn paths the weaklings creep,

    But brave hearts dare to climb the steep.

    L. E. Thayer

    I am Bone Thugs, and I will see you at the crossroads.

  • Hills either direction

    7 runners took to the reverse route of what YHC last Q to see if Raintree is easier running the other direction. Turns out the whole of raintree sucks either way you run it.

    4s: R on Pump, R on Ridgefield, R on Raintree. Stay on Raintree all the way until it crosses Gayton then follow it until that road ends on Pump. Pump all the way back to Godwin.

    5s: Same as 4s but take Old Prescott loop once back at Godwin and add that extra mile. No 6ers.

    NMS: Pinto led an insurrection with the 5s and added mileage heading back Pump before Godwin. This was likely a response to when YHC did the same thing when he pitched an 11-mile “Brocode” route a few weeks ago. Well played Pinto. Good running with Gypsy and Whitesnake. Dingy hung with the 5ers and Link was there at the end of the COP having missed us at the start. No EF Hutton here at this morning but YHC sure he posted somewhere to draw even with Handshake YTD in Big Data.

    Announcements: Looks like April West-End lunch will be at Firehouse Subs next Tuesday. Gypsy is the Q for this. Prayers for DTH’s sister.

  • Legend of Zelda

    Twelve men and a Pooch took to the mean streets surrounding Godwin HS for various mileages.  Legend has it the route was 5 miles, though no one’s watch could track it.  Too many lefts apparently.  Here’s where they went:

    The Route

    • L on Pump
    • L on Falconbridge
    • L on Raintree
    • R on Ridgefield
    • L on Cox
    • L on Brookmont (zig zag at end to Pump)
    • R on Pump (L on Pump and circle Godwin for shorter route)
    • L on John Rolfe
    • L on Glen Eagles
    • L on Old Prescott back to the Flag

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    With the route pre-published, no instruction was necessary.  At 0530 the runners launched while the walkers awaited an FNG.  All returned safely with complaints that the route was somehow all uphill and no downhill, just like the route our parents walked to and from school.  Handshake has a name for the route.  Welcome Soul Train’s FNG, Link.  Hope to see you at DogPile. Prank your Ms today, they love that.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Whitesnake has a bluegrass festival to support Fisher House – Needs volunteers and attendees
    • There’s probably maybe doubtfully a HDHH Wednesday at The Answer – No Q at the moment
    • Gypsy is restarting West End lunch 2nd F – details to follow