Tag: Currahee

Six stallions took down Currahee today for a cool morning run.

4.5 milers did Pump Three Chopt, John Rolfe.
2 miler did Pump, Falconbridge, Raintree to Maremont.

Roger Roger took us out.

NMS – 2 mi group rather quiet – lost in thoughts of why backblasts take days to get done when not done right away. How many neighborhoods is this route, officially? Whatever happened to English basements? How is this route exactly 2 miles – who came up with this and other various ruminations.
There were a few discussions about why pax would HC a workout and then no show. Resolved. 1. that it happens to the best of us at times 2. A healthy ration of brotherly encouragement is warranted to avoid repeat performances.

Get some.

Four redwoods gathered in the gloom for a nice easy if cool run. 4 mile route Ridgefield, Copperas, Church, Pump. 2 mile route into Raintree and back.

EF Hutton took us out.

NMS – Good to see EF Hutton out at Currahee. YHC is looking forward to getting moving a bit faster again.

Six showed to a spring themed brocode run.

4mi Route is Gypsy’s favorite: Pump, Church, Copperas, Ridgefield and return on Pump.

2mi Walk was out and back on Old Prescott and around MGHS.

Handshake took us out

NMS – not a lot of chatter after due to us scooting off to 3d F. Ghost sighting from Splinter as a bag of shoes appeared mid workout. Pigskin and YHC discussed living abroad, balance exercises, and our upcoming Honduras mission trip – Super excited he is joining us!

Six svelte west end stallions met for a nice tour on a feels much colder than 48F morning. Here is the route from the clipboard said:

IR Route was a little like this.

Still not sure what route Handshake took (or was planning), but sometimes thats what you get when you LIFO a running AO. ** Updated with handshake route.  This is a sturdy one. 

Handshake took us out. Prayers for Upchuck’s M, GP’s M, and others at this time of year.

 

NMS – based on some past experience YHC breathed a sigh of relief when the overdue PAX made it back without any wrong turns. Route was a little long, but YHC was aiming to make it straightforward and its a great route with two fitness tests at the end. Definitely among YHC favorite Currahee routes. Accused of staging a clipboard Q, YHC is reminded that its 45 minutes of movement and that means that a 2 mi IR route is just fine and in fact suggested to increase workout participation.

Coffeeteria was fun with a lively conversation and maybe a few over explanations in our 2 hour marathon.

Merry Christmas to all. Reach out to friends that might be having a less than jovial Christmas. This is a tough time of year for those that are missing loved ones for the first time or that are feeling alone. Dont let anyone you care about feel like they are alone.

Announcements

• Brocode at Currahee next Friday normal time
• Also next Friday at 6:30, 3rd F coffeeteria at Boberry’s Starbucks – next to mellow mushroom.
• Convergence at 7 New Years Day at Rockwood Park.
• Happy hour Tuesday Dec 28 5:30p at Hardywood West Creek.
• Final Collection of all shoes and men’s interview clothing at same Happy hour. Get your stuff to Gypsy or Vagabond if you cannot make it.

Get Some.

We had an exceptional morning out at Curahee! The pax showed up on this fine morning to put in some miles. The route was altered by Roger Roger to include 5 loops for the 5 mile group and 2 loops for the 4 mile group. With some doing 5.5 miles and some logging 4.5 miles. YHC covered 5.2 miles with the rest of the pax.

The route- leave Curahee with a left on pump rd, left on sancrest, left on winding ridge, continue straight across falconbridge weaving our way through hickory ridge and back across falconbridge into willow glen, continue straight and it hits the loopy hill around logwood cir. 4 miles equals two .4 mi laps. 5 milers complete 5 .4 mile loops then the reverse back to the AO.

The temperature was fantastic and the company was even better.

Announcements:

clothes and shoe drive get them to Gypsy.

Halfway house workout tom. No cursing follow guidelines given in slack

pinto Christmas party tomorrow (open invite to our F3 folks- contact pinto

Thanks for letting me host!

4 warriors came out to a beautiful morning at Curahee for what started out as hey we might get lost on this route, but in the end all roads were expertly navigated on this 5.0 mile tour of the west end!

The Route. RT Pump, RT crowncrest, LT brookmont, RT Cox, LT Turtle Creek, straight through the light onto Flintwood, RT Falconbridge, RT HickoryRidge, RT Sancrest, RT Pump and back to the flag!

Thanks for listing me host this hilly adventure.

Announcements,

Shoe Drive, Clothes drive (business casual)

Thanks,

RR

3 PAX rose up early for a bro-code 5.7 mile trot that meandered through the West End neighborhoods. We stayed together and dug deep while working off that chocolate, pumpkin, and apple pie we indulged in. It was a beautiful morning for a run. Orien was out and the stars were bright! As we went down Pump rd into Waterford and around the lake back to the flag via pump rd. Have a blessed weekend everyone! Thanks for letting me host!

3rd F: There is planning for a 3rd F convergence on 12/31. A few of the regions around RVA hold small faith-based discussion groups weekly and we are looking to expand upon it a few times a year with a 3rd F convergence. More details to come in the next few weeks.

YHC will be collecting men’s clothes and gently used shoes in the month of December.

2nd F: Black Friday loops… See TYA for details. but it sounds like lots of running while the Ms go shopping.

1st F: The thang… ITs a running AO… so we ran.

We started off with a slow warm up. Knowing Handshake committed to coming out this morning and he was not around at 530, we kept the warm up close by the AO launch point. If there is one thing YHC has learned about Handshake since moving here to Richmond is that he is a man of his word…
Sure enough… 4 mins late… but he jumps out and is ready to go… time to redirect to the main event over at the Godwin track.

A couple of laps around the track for a warm up then we get to work.

5 x 400 meter AYG. recovery of 30 seconds after the 6 finishes
4 x 200 meter AYG. recovery jog 200 meter.
4 x 100 meter sprint the straight, 100 meter walk the turn, 100 meter straight, 100 meter turn.

a little over 3 miles of track work and a 1 mile warm up.

Track work is not fun but it’s essential to help develop your top end race speeds. Not much mumblechatter today since we were all focused on breathing after the sprints and the recovers were just long enough to allow max effort on next interval. I appreciate my brothers in the gloom meeting me out there this morning.

NMS: Some talk this morning about taking WhaThoHuk off the national map.. (turn it into an off the book tweet and meet.) low attendance now that the crew that started it up has moved to central Richmond and SOJ. As well as some of the former regulars cant make it to this Wednesday AO any longer. Speak up if you want to take lead of this AO before we pull the plug.

Thank you for allowing me to lead this morning

v/r
John (Gypsy) Boles

Told to Follow…. Freed to lead.
SYITG!!!

Started out by going behind the school, then taking foot path to Maremont, right on Raintree, right on Windbluff, right on Willowick back to the footpath. This ‘block’ is roughly .75 miles.

Next, we finished the route around the school to Pump road, right on Pump to John Rolfe, left on John Rolfe to Glen Eagles, left on Glen Eagles to Ridgefield. Crossed Ridgefield and stayed on Glen Eagles to Old Prescott, left on Old Prescott back to the school. This section was roughly 2.75 miles. Counting the loop around the school we went about 3+ miles.

At this point, we were about 3.8 or 3.9 miles. Then we went around the school and added maybe another .9 mile. Total route was about 4.75 miles. Most of the route was either on sidewalks or on non-busy streets.

Handshake advised me when I used Map My Run to look for the clouds as it rained on us pretty good at the start.

I led from behind as I’m the slowest, but the pax are very supportive, for which I am grateful. Gypsy ran more than I did because he doubled back to pick me up more than once.

3 PAX came out to Currahee in the first day of below freezing temps of the season. YHC took the Q with a lead from behind directions style. Route: Left down Pump, turn L on Falconbridge and over to Deep Run, around lake and back via Ridgefield. 3 min of stretching and then COT.

NMS: YHC pulled in first at 5:26 and wondered whether this would be a cold Solo run. Luckily Handshake and Gypsy pulled in to make the gloom tolerable.