Tag: Currahee

6 men without excuses wanting to better themselves met in the gloom and get a little wet on a warmer than normal winter day.

We did the Canterbury route which seemed a bit harder today than in the past – its a good mix of hills and with all the turns, tough to plan out to get exact but we will figure it out.

Handshake took us out.

NMS – Much discussion about excuses. Some may be anticipating some scathing remarks similar to those made in the moment yesterday morning, but on reflection YHC wants to take this in a different direction.

• Its fun to rib each other – conversely, the locker room of life makes you a bit better, when comments can be kept constructive -ish. Growing up, its how boys learned to accept their flaws and moved past their child side feelings to focus on what matters most become men. Thats why we rib each other and give nicknames that would not be at the top of our personal list of appellations. At least in my vintage this is the case.

Think about it – do you really care about someone elses excuses? So why do we make them? Is there some scoreboard that must be kept? What is the line between a reason and an excuse?

YHC, deep in thought, got this text at the right time from Swirly: Boom ? https://twitter.com/inkyjohnson/status/1357661983202570241?s=10

And then all was right.

Do or do not. Make yourself better through action. Reach out to a brother and see if you can help with motivation or guidance or a PT exercise that you think will help. Be there for a brother. Make the world better by your example.

So lets hold each other accountable. Lets not demand to know why someone is deciding to whatever…. take the morning in the smartsack even if they were talking up their boldness the night before. We have all done it.

When someone starts making excuses, kindly interrupt: “brother, we just want you out a soon as you can muster”

Currahee!

The thing:

4 woke up to a brisk 21 degrees with one pax coming in hot at 5:30. We started off at a 7:45 pace. We slowed a little in order to meander through old Prescott and the Uphill Glen to warm up. We continued to John Rolfe then into the Waterford neighborhood which brought us out on Robson and into summer wood. We then went back down John Rolfe and downhill on Glen Gary and through old Prescott for a 45 min beatdown that covered 5.16 miles.

thanks for showing up Pax!

Six Stallions gathered for a cool morning run on a cross neighborhood route named after a law firm. Greenbow took us out.

Route – S on Pump, Wellington, Weather Vane, Tunbridge, Gayton, JRP, Glen Eagles, Old Prescott. More or less.

NMS- parts of the West end can feel like you’re in a rabbit warren. The neighborhoods around Gayton are key examples (looking at you Wellington and the back 9 of Kingsley). They feature just enough turns to head you in different directions so that you question which way you’re looking and thus it’s tough to make a decision to go left or right – then you try something only to find a dead end. YHC has maps but the pax want to learn the back roads on their own, as good navigators would and so we are resigned that familiarization takes a bit of time. That’s ok because it’s the only way to get your bearings and overcome second guesses. Also it doesn’t help that some of the maps – the ios maps for example – make it look like roads connect when they don’t. Maybe they did at one time, but concerned neighbors wanted to reduce traffic and here we are. At any rate, it provides for adventure on the par that @Bodo’s would accept, but we likely need to find things to climb over to get him out. The Q slots are open, there’s nothing like planning routes to help you get your bearings.

NB One challenge, some of our early morning driving neighbors get freaked out by runners on the streets, so the TTP is to plan routes attempting to minimize time on any street without a sidewalk. That strange incident on the Ridgefield X weeks back is seared in our memory.

Currahee!

Three gentlemen left the comfort of the fartsack to venture into the cool morning air for a 5 brocode mile run. Handshake took us out.

NMS – We love this route because it is challenging at the right times after recovery from the last. Handshake likes how the twists and turns within DRP makes the time melt away For whatever reasons today we were more challenged – need some bad days to know what the good days feel like. Power through and get it done. Good work gents.

Currahee!

Four of us went out to see just where we might end up. This route cut some corners from the original, and still comes in at 5.5 – but there is no point in running to the lake if you dont run around the lake – come on man!

Pinto took us out. Prayers for the world.

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NMS – YHC was heartened today by one of our west end neighbors that is always out of Friday when we are. “Run with the Lord!” he always shouts as we run by. We need to get him to a COT to bestow an F3 name. (sadly, Milkshake is taken now) Trying not to be disappointed in our other neighbors… of 2 other runners we got zero reaction our well placed good morning – maybe our lighting was too dazzling, or maybe we just need more RHL leadership examples from Upchuck – HBD brah.

Most importantly:

Hot Wash of Pinto’s flawlessly executed far ambush response: return fire and break contact.

• @WeddingSinger, that means that if you are being shot at while driving on Parham, you should get low and keep driving, ideally laying down suppressive fire, err I mean, shooting back, and Pinto told us the story.
• The actual story is rather amazing, including Pinto telling Henrico’s finest 911, “Ive been shot” (while meaning his car), and Pinto having to convince the responding officer of said finest that he might have evidence lodged in his personal conveyance, blue in color.
• Turns out good ol’ M196 5.56/45 mm NATO moves quite well from the top A frame and down the side to the bottom. Good thing the perps know that slightly more powerful 62gr M855 green tips are not allowed on the range. Unfortunately due to pesky court cases, Pinto does not get to keep his ballistic souvenir.

Sadly one of the shootout victims died. We are very grateful that Pinto can talk about it. Our prayers go out to all involved and their families.

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Currahee!

Seven svelte stallions gathered in the gloom to shake out the cobwebs and enjoy a 3C clear morning. We ran the Brookmont route in reverse.

 

NMS – This is a solid route and we have not run it since we moved the start so it’s a tad long at 5.5. The good thing is that it should be pretty easy to make into a 6 and 5 for next time. YHC backup headlamp died at 550 in DRP – It’s dark in there and a reminder that headlamps and vests are a good idea at Currahee.

Mumblechatter on par today, including a debate about the displacement of Gypsy at sea level and the impacts of pesky gravity on saddlebags. Some call them age spots I call them ugly, what’s a woman to do?

Prayers for us all as we enter a new phase of concern, worry, fear, and government response.

Let’s reach out to our gym and non gym friends and get them right.

 

3rd F: Thank you Handshake for taking us out in prayer.

2nd F: Check Slack for various opportunities. There appears to be many impromptu events that pop up during the day.
Side Note: If anyone has a lead sled for sighting in a new scope i’d love to host an event on my property for some distance rifle shooting.
can do some skeet as well over the cleared area.


1st F: The Thang
26 Currahee pax joined up for a classic style gear workout that include tire pulls, slam ball, cinder blocks, fire hose drag and about every other coupon a pax could dream up.
Handshake must have still been sipping on the Bourbon from that ABC commercial he is in when he said he wanted to do that weird triple stacked merkin accordion thing.. That was one exercise idea that went WAYYYYYYY to far. Come on man.. Social Distancing was created to prevent just such an exercise from actually making it from tiktok to real life. You just totally wrecked the gear vibe and now I guess we will have to just go run because i cant shake the idea of Gomer Pyle, Handshake, Splinter in a 3 person stacked merkin ladder.
at some point the night before there was some back and forth chatter about what we would be doing at Currahee and there was mention about a “Semi inaugural Second Anal Run for Rabies”? Yes that is all spelled like it was text. I think we will pass on that one. We were also informed it was Tyra Bank’s birthday and we should honor her. Had no idea GP was a fan of Tyra but I have new respect for him now.
Anyway, point being… Handshake messed up a perfectly good Gear workout… GP made a birthday cake for Tyra.. the unnamed wants to go on a Anal run.. and mushrooms are more related to animals than plants. Speaking of Mushrooms.. is Mellow Mushroom over on Broad st. by 288 any good?
At some point LightHouse gathered us all up and we left the AO for a nice little warm up jog. Up Pump to John Rolfe (this leg of the warm up was dedicated to the men and women that aided in the take back of Georgia from the French during the long 3 legged leprechaun siege against the crappy northern whiskey.
Left on Glen Eagles: This downward slope part of the run was dedicated to the generations before us that help push the Danes back across the Pacific Ocean to Antarctica in the famous battle over lost wooden shoes.
Cross over Ridge Field to Old Prescott Rd. and circle up in the court.

The main event: With it being December 4th YHC thought it would be a great day to honor our greatest generation and totally screwed up the dates… but I’m pot commit at this point and we are doing a dedication to D-Day. (thank you guys for the fun banter back and forth the day before and for GP deleting my post out of SLACK before i was jumped on even further by the entire RAV Pax. 😉 )
Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later western Europe) from Nazi control, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. As our brave men stormed the well entrenched German forces they had no choice but to advance from the water line and sprint up the 5 beach fronts (Gold, Sword, Utah, Omaha, Juno) against heavy fire, land mines, and obstacles all while wearing everything they needed for the coming months. Before the battle ended: casualties were at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.

We took on 4 of those beaches with race pace full speed from one end or Old Prescott to the other. (.4 miles) circle back for your battle buddies and then recover pace back to the start. Rinse and repeat for 3 more times.
Done!
5.5 miles in 45 mins.

Mole Skin:
Great job by all in the workout with some fun 2nd F ribbing at YHC expense. The Mubblechatter was great at Currahee on Friday and the pax company was perfect. This AO is quickly becoming a regular must attend for YHC on Fridays. The group runs, intervals, and chatter are always epic. I love how the end of most weeks at Currahee someone in the COT says something along the lines of … that was the furthest xyz… the was the fastest xyz… that was the most xyz that “I” had every done. This AO seems to be pushing pax outside of the comfort zone and you can physically see the pax and PAX accelerating themselves week over week.

Naked Moleskin:
If you are reading this:
Thank a Veteran today for his/her service allowing you to read this in a free country.

v/r
John (Gypsy) Boles

5 West end warriors gathered for a perfect running day.

NMS – The temperature was perfect but the wind and the lack of warm up in the beginning had most of the pax feeling a little rusty. We powered through and our closer to reaching our goals.

There is something about the neighborhoods just south of Gayton that make YHC feel like we are in a rabbit warren. Just enough gloom and twisting streets that change names do not help. We will figure it out.

Prayers for today go out to Greenbow and his family and also the people in Central America dealing with back-to-back hurricanes.

See you’re in the gloom

Currahee!

Five fleet footed PAX came out to see what route would come up. Figure 8 it was.

Pump out to Short pump park and back. All stayed together for 5. Good times.

Coffee at Einstein’s was better.