Tag: Off The Books

Two big nasties who surely traded some helmet paint on the football field with each other back in high school today traded stories and struggles and triumphs over a smooth 6-mile run. Excellent morning. Thanks Armstrong. It was great talking and getting to know you and starting off this wonderful day with a good sweat.

Our group is amazing and motivating. Generally the more the merrier, but YHC loves a good one on one run with another PAX member to get a little deeper. We all have shit going on – good shit and bad shit. It all easier and better to deal with together.

I was just at West Point picking up my 2.0 from a summer “test run” one week camp. They marched all 500 of the candidates into the auditorium and the cadet captain said “We are…” and the candidates responded loudly and in unison – “STRONGER TOGETHER”. Goose bumps man. Freaking chub like Swirly gets during a convergence Q. What a great motto and reminder. We are stronger together! Thank you all. Have a great Father’s Day.

4 men that would rather bike than run met at the Big Dog Wed AM for a loop around the city. Route took us north on Hamilton, looping East on Brooklyn Park down to Shockhoe Bottom where we turned south taking the Canal path west to cross the river on Potterfield, west on Riverside, crossing back north across the River on the Nickel, then back to Woodfin. Distance 17.05 miles in 1h 17min.

NMS: Great ride with good dudes watching the sun come up over the river and seeing the city right before it starts buzzing. Enjoyed it fellas!

Four runners lit up the streets of Salisbury for this week’s edition of OTB. Route was familiar but backwards from the usual…and so seemed a bit different. Thanks to Draper for guiding us along.

Runners got anywhere from 5.5 – 6.2. All of the world’s problems were solved.

Really couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful morning for a run.

Wilson may be ready to join the ranks of the millennial and GenZ cord cutters. Aisle 5 still watches PBS on a 13″ screen. The 3 runners added some extra mileage to avoid Mt Midlo but that may not have been easier. Boberry will always say yes to the Manders hill if given a chance.

The walkers and runners put in some work at off the books on Mother’s Day. Forgot who was there as most rushed home as soon as possible. I guess they all live at home with their mothers. Aisle 5 and YHC stayed and enjoyed some coffee and 2ndF knowing no one wakes up before 10am on Sunday even on Mother’s Day. Plenty of time until Brunch boys!

YHC didn’t realize the backblast from 5/17 was still in draft. BigData said send it!
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Oyster

The clock struck 0430 and off the Running Dead went. New route unlocked by YHC for 5 Miles (see snapshot below). Lots of announcements so see Slack. Strong mumble chatter this morning. Enjoyed the run and fellowship :

4 road warriors met at Shiplock Park downtown for the first iteration of the Century ride training team. Objective is to ultimately do a century (100 mile) ride to Williamsburg and back later this year. We rode east along the Capital Trail until we decided it was time to turn around and ride back. Summary stats for the ride: 33.8 miles in 2 hours 20 mins. Avg pace was 14.5 mph.

The name for this OTB workout was inspired by Whittler’s bloody knuckles that he displayed upon posting. Apparently a concrete wall outside his domicile upset him so he decided to teach it a lesson.

This won’t be a regular, weekly AO so DM YHC if you want to be in the braintrust for future rides. Different locations and launch times were discussed to accommodate as many PAX as possible.

The Running Dead

3 running zombies came together at Rockwood Park for another installment of the Running Dead Graveyard Shift. YHC was coming in hot, but made it with about a minute to spare.

Conversation started about the Family Night the night before and general concensus was that it was a success!

We made our way to the park entrance and made a right onto Courthouse Rd. Basically doing the same route that YHC took last Monday. We made a right onto Sea Cliff and took a tour of the neighborhood. Last week YHC got a bit lost but I managed to make our way back to Courthouse and then back to Rockwood for a couple laps around the park.

At the end my watch had us at 4.3 miles in 44 minutes. My watch has been known to short a few tenths of a mile.

Numbers and names

Check Slack for announcements.

Good run. Chaplain and Florence are always good running mates.

Trying to mix up the workouts a bit. The back to back days of bootcamps has been beating me up. I got some advice from Mr. Rogers this Saturday at DogPile about mixing running between bootcamp days. Thought about it a bit and texted P.O.G last night (who is usually down for a run).

Met at corner of Willowmore and Amethyst this morning at 5:30 sharp. We put in a good 5.25 mile run, slightly above 8:30 mile pace. Good run. I missed that post run high.

Probably going to mix in more running here. Body needs the cross training.

All welcome.