Tag: Off The Books

  • The Shopping Trip

    One PAX returned to the pre-COVID AO for the most recent edition of The Shopping Trip (not to be confused with The Field, which is a beat down). Conditions were sunny and 70 (with a side order of humidity). According to the series of business park Security Guards, this was the route:

    north on Pine Island, east to 8150, then through 8151, past the LaQuinta (no police / obvious arrests today), left on SW 10th, left on SW 78th, left on Federated to Broward. Reverso and BTTVSF.

    Name, number, YHC took us out with a quick RIP for Omar’s (see below) father and grandfather who both passed recently.

    NMS:

    You can always go home. YHC has become solid pals with Omar, who runs the building operations where YHC stays on business. He’s a Jamaican, solid human (he’s F3 without ever having posted to F3), and only hasn’t posted because his work hours are 10-7. Safe travels to Omar as he heads home to Jamaica to pick up his kids, who will move to the USA. Great to catch up with a friend YHC hadn’t seen in a while.

    YHC spits the bit.

  • After We Run, We Paddle

    4 Pax declined the lure of the dinner time Couch Sack and cast off for an evening paddle. Two came from home; two from the prior workout. Conditions: flat water, good river camaraderie, 70/sunny.

    According to the teenagers jumping into the swimming hole, here’s most likely what happened:

    Route: East/southeast on the James (downstream). UPC estimates 8500 lateral feet. Return by similar route against the modest current. Workout time ~1.5 hours. ~3 miles.

    NMS: solid chatter, great conditions, super sunset, and the PAX choice of ice cold malted adult beverages. This was living correctly. Thank you, gentlemen, for talking YHC into a double workout this evening.

  • Ultimate Broga

    2 Hardy Broga veterans arrived at the courts of No Toll early for a pregame Broga session. Before the real competition began, PAX went through a series of leg and body stretches that resulted in numerous groans. All was good as no injuries were reported once we stepped back down to the beginner level. Great work this morning.

  • Solo Run in Midtown Manhattan

    YHC visited Manhattan last month to celebrate his 21 Wedding anniversary with his M who used to live in the upper East Side. Wanting to get an easy 4 mile run in before returning to Richmond and before it was getting hot (was a cool non humid 70 degrees at 6:15am) found that I was running a sub 8 minute average pace for the entire run. If anyone has been to Central Park, there are some hills and it is a BIG park as my route was about 1/2 of the park north and south(about 2 miles (30 street blocks(59th to 89th street) and stayed on the East Drive most of the run.

    During the run YHC was thinking of how COVID-19 has severely impacted this area as we were still wearing masks in the buildings and on the streets when not exercising (I jogged to Central Park from the hotel near Lexington and 55th Street which was about .5 miles each way which turned into a nice warm up and cool down for the run), but still had to mask up in the hotel back to the room.

    Look forward to visiting again soon….cheers…CB

  • Eight minus 3 runners = Five is the perfect number

    We are the 3 runners that skipped the Offshore Q for some track work at Twin Team this morning.

    Warm-up run to the swamp.

    6 x 800s at prescribed pace.

    BTTF.

    Great track work courtesy of Don Draper this morning!

  • If a tree falls in the forest?

    3 men got in 6ish miles before their respective Easter festivities. If no Backblast is written, did it actually happen? TCLAPS to Doublemint for all the training he is putting in for BRR, tennis, etc.!

  • Venimos, conquiremos, salimos

    4 runners, 3 walkers. Yada Yada Yada. One and a half hours later…… Our group has been officially called out by the row house lady who has been harassing us for weeks while we drink coffee and pretend to be athletes. We have been invited to a free row lesson at 7am on a Sunday when we can gather 10 guys.

  • If you can smile while running, you’re not running fast enough

    We ran…and it was glorious. According to three of our watches, total distance logged was about 8.4 miles. Boberry’s ever optimistic and encouraging watch clocked 10.

    Don Draper had a new route for us this morning (much welcomed) that required the PAX to high jump over a gate guarded by Chesterfield police and scale a 10 ft fence. Ok, so maybe neither of those things happened…Draper always managed to find the secret path around said barriers. It was good to explore some new territory through Charter Colony and Walton Park.

    We joined Wilson, Herme, Aisle 5, and Otto/Asshole the dog at Starbucks for some good post-run second F.

    Prayers for a quick recovery for EF Hutton.

  • Hi Lucy!

    Sometimes it’s sunny and 70 and other times it’s sunny and 70. Taking advantage, 2 hit the hills of Tuckahoe for a 4 plus mile jaunt. Route was Hoedown to Westham to Baldwin, across Patterson, circle the neighborhood, back across Patterson, onto Woodberry, then Horsepen, left on Hampshire/Wheeler/Bandy, through the woods onto College, right on University, return to Hoedown via Westham. Along the way M and 2.0 Bacon Bits were charmed by UpChuck not once, but twice. Discussion topics varied, landing on ACC sports at the very end. A topic on which YHC can actually keep pace with UpChuck.

  • A DaVille OTB Run

    3 DaVilians continued their training and got in a longer run on Saturday

    YHC got early and ran 2 miles then Corned Beef and Hash joined at 6 to get in 5.5 miles on the Rutland Loop.

    YHC then ran another 2 miles to complete a 15K+

    It was a great morning with temps in the lower 50’s at the start.

    SPIT ON THAT!!