Tag: Currahee

Corned Beef and Hash came over to the west side from the wall this morning looking for a Friday run with Gomer Pyle’s help on the route we were able to get in some running for both paces. Light house and Hash ran at a faster pace and logged about 5.5 miles while the remaining pax ran 4.5 miles and as a special bonus (thank you GP) an additional .5 miles around the school to log in about 5 and 6 miles respectively. The 4.5 mile route is below, Hash and Lighthouse ran further down Pump then returned and caught up to the Pax to come into the school parking lot.

Lot’s of mumble chatter about everything under the sun, and great to visit this AO.

See route below:

Numberama, namerama, Handshake took us out in prayer this morning.

Have a great day Gents…SYITG….Cheers…CB!

The last will be 1st: Matthew 20:16

3rd F: Faith

• Thank you Gomer Pyle for taking us out today.
• Unspoken TAP for our brother Johnsonville
• Homer and YHC are co-Qing 3rd F on the 20th. Open discussion on the similarities and differences of Buddhism and Christianity with regard to after life.

2nd F: Fellowship

• 7/17: Hitchhiker cook out. see slack for location and details
• 7/27 Home run derby at 0530 Tuckahoe Little League see EF Hutton for details
• 7/31: Richmond Flyers baseball game. See Bone Thugs for details

1st F: Fitness

Currahee brought out 10 pax this morning to enjoy a beautiful 70 and sunny workout. A simple plan but made sure everyone that wanted to push themselves was given the opportunity and yet we all still stayed together.
Warm up was 1.5 miles: Right out of Godwin, Left onto John Rolfe, Left onto Glen Eagle cross over Ridge Field and assemble at the cul-de-sac of Old Prescott.
The THANG: 5K race pace (or all you got) from the end of Old Prescott to Pump rd. (.42 miles)
Recover back for the 6 then all recover back to the cul-de-sac.
Rinse and repeat until 6:10.

Most of us landed somewhere between 4.5 and 5.2 miles today. Lots of hard work put in and lots of pounds lost in sweat. (unless you are Bluemoon who just seems to make it all look easy)

NMS:
The PAX did well today. Many of which are preparing for a Marathon or 1/2 Marathon in the coming months.
Stay hydrated during this heat guys. YHC posted an article in SLACK about the impacts of the weather on your training.

The Summer tour continues: many are unofficially hitting other AOs as others are signed up on the Monthly challenge. YHC will have the patches for those pax that signed up.

Gomer Pyle: I hope you start felling better brother. RICE

Looking forward to hitting the streets of SOJ on Sunday with the OTB crew. Sounded like Roger Roger might be interested in joining in as well.

I appreciate you guys running with me this morning and i cant wait to SYITG!!

AS always: Call a PAX you have not seen in a while. it might be just what he needed to make through the day.
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John (Gypsy) Boles

Three titans emerged from the gloom to enjoy a moist and cooler morning run though the neighborhoods of the West End. 5.25 mile route through Whittaker Woods, Canterbury and Raintree included our favorite Raintree hill – both a fitness test and a man maker. Fireman Ed had it right: that hill is deceiving (YHC did build it up a bit). Some mumble chatter as we started to run started to fade as the heart rate got up. We talked a lot about the commitment of folks to show up early in the morning and how that mentally blocks perspective FNGs. Pinto did have to endure Fireman Ed and YHC replaying some of the conversation last night but he knows he is a better man for it. Great to see Fireman Ed out again.

Currahee!

Three of the area’s finest runners, including a visitor, sat in their cars until the rain faded for today’s Currahee. The route was a simple 5 miler with some bro code mixed in. Old glory made an appearance today and it was passed amongst the three of us. One of Henrico’s finest acknowledged the stars and stripes with a flash of the lights while driving past. All in all, a great run with a small group of dedicated individuals. Thanks for making the effort so YHC didn’t have to carry that flag solo.

Handshake was clearly steaming when he got out of the car and realized he would likely be running solo. That energy fueled him today. Way to crush it.

Marv took us out in a way only Marv can do. Well said.

Last Friday of the month is always a Bro-code run at Currahee. All paces run the same route, but we all finish at the same time. This is due to the circle back for the 6 at each major turn. Some pax will get 4 miles and other will get 5.5, but the over all rule is we always circle back for the 6 along the way and not wait until the finish line.

Bro-Code run tends to turn into a COT between like speed running partners and this week was no different. Lots of mumble chatter on the route. but much of it was COT between pax members. One piece YHC can share is the Johnsonville LOVES the hills and wants all pax members to know that if he is running with you, he wants lots more hill training. 🙂

The route for the Bro-Code in June:
Right out of Goodwin on Pump
Left onto Ridgefield
Right onto Copparas
Right onto Church
Right onto Pump
Left into Godwin.

Lots of up coming opportunities in the RVA area in coming weeks:
6/29 – Ultimate Frisbee at Daville (Atlee HS – mtg at teacher lot behind school)
6/29 – Drinks w Fudd at The Answer (5-8p)
6/30 – Lockjaw Paddle after work (PM him)
7/1 – Start of Summer Tour 2021
7/1 – Ultimate Frisbee at the Forge
7/3 – 7am Dogpile Convergence (CB on Q)
7/8 – F3RVA Town Hall at 8pm (location TBD)
7/10 – Puppypile following Dogpile
7/17 – Hitch House Party at 5:30p AYE!
7/31 – The Fling Squirrels game. DM BoneThugz for more info

Thank you for the opportunity to lead the Bro-Code Run.
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John (Gypsy) Boles

As always: call a pax member you have not heard from. it may be just what he needed today.

Nine nimble giants broke the chains of the fartsack for a Juneteenth free run.

5 mile route – Brookmont Standard, through Raintree, DRP, Cox, Brookmont, Crowncrest and return on Pump

4 mile route – Raintree through DRP to Dover Hunt, Cox, Brookmont, Buffapple and return on Pump.

NMS – Marcus, Lighthouse and YHC focused on running – not much mumble chatter. Good to see Johnsonville back out after a break. Welcome to Fireman Ed for his first jaunt with the Currahee crew.

Currahee!

6 pax showed up Friday morning after the weather guesser said 100% chance of heavy rain.

No rain but 100% humidity.

Easy routes today.. a 4, 4.75, and 5.5 allowing for us all to start and finish at the same time. We broke up into 3 pairs.

• Roger Roger and Greenbow took on the 4 miler
• Garbage plate and HandShake took on the 5.5
• Probation and YHC took on the 5.5 with a few extra.

Route:

• right out of school on Pump
• Left on pump
• Right on Broad (or three chop for 4 miler)
• Right on John Rolfe
• Left i to the school.

Great running with you guys.

COT in a F3 run is just that.. gotta show to know.

SYITG!!

V/r

John (Gypsy) Boles

As always.. call a pax you haven’t heard from it may be exactly what he needed today.

A group of 7 men gathered for a 4th Friday Bro Code run. Gomer texted earlier this week saying he’d be out of town, so Handshake grabbed the Q. We completed and “out back” run. Here was the route: Mosey to behind the school to the trail over to Maremont Drive, right on Willowick, left on Windbluff, right on Raintree, left on Gayton, right on Gayton, right on Gaskins to Westhampton Memorial Park for a small loop around on of the sections of the Cemetery. Reverso.

Announcements: Memorial Day Convergence at Tredegar Monday at 0700.

Prayer Requests: with Memorial Day on Monday prayers for those who have given their life in the service of our country.

NMS – It was a nice morning with the Crew. It was nice to see Greenbow out. Blue Moon used Currahee as a nice pre-run for his training. During the run YHC found out Pinto’s mother and Sprinters grandfather are both buried at Westhampton Backblast title comes for Honeydo’s text yesterday saying “Up for running 4.5 tomorrow” and then he was a no-show. Not sure if he meant with us or not, but I look forward to seeing if he showed up at RAMM.

Six of our finest gathered at the home of the Eagles to question if anyone wanted to take the Q. After YHC arrived and declared he signed up, forgot, then was reminded this morning of his volunteer for the Q, we discussed the route and off we went. Goal was negative splits

The Route
– Meander through Glen Eagles over to Ridgefield
– Left on Ridgefield
– All the way to Tuckahoe Creek Park and across the bridge
– Go as far as you can in 23 minutes then return in 22 minutes
– Grunt and groan up the 4 hills back to Godwin

Announcements
– Memorial Day convergence 7am @ Tredegar

Moleskin
The goal today was negative splits. Handshake quickly dismissed his result as 22 out and 23 back but upon further review, realized he indeed accomplished negative splits. Well on your way to the 6 mile group.

There was some interesting banter pre-BoM about attention to detail on a series of texts from yesterday. Post prayer, the record was checked and accusations of lack of attention to detail were recanted. All is now well in the world. Some of us may make mistakes, but we are always confident in them.

Great running today men. Thanks for letting me lead.

Splinter out.

No much time to write a BB today. Gotta hit the road to pick up the 2.1 from college.

1st F: How it went down:
Easy routes this morning at the land of Currahee and with just Splinter and I today, we decided to long option.
Right out of Godwin
Up Pump (up hill to Church)
Left to stay on Pump.
Right on Broad
Right on John Rolfe (up hill to Church again)
Left in to Godwin.
5.2 miles over 40 mins.

2nd F on at a running AO is found in the comz you have with your running group. You find out the little things about each other, like what types of animals you have, kids names, etc. But its like an extend COT… so you know the rules of a COT.. what is said in COT stays in a COT. Gotta show to know.

Thanks for running with me this morning Splinter.

SYITG!!

As Always: Call a Pax you have not heard from in a while.

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John (Gypsy) Boles