4 studs graced the brisk cool morning for a cool down walk. Oddly no runners have been showing up. Must be tapering…………….
We decided to go a different way and saw some cool houses.
Prayers to Aisle 5, who is a consistent walker to heal up as we missed him out there!
Coffee and conversations were the highlight of the morning as usual.
No runners showed up at OTB. On a runners note, congrats to the runners of New Market for completing the half & full marathons on Friday 13th.
We covered a bunch of topics on the walk, but the best conversation came after Nancy Lopez spilled his Vente chocolate drink (with a bunch of directions – light foam, non dary almond milk……………..and a bunch of othe Starbucks terms). Nancy was sharing a story about the Cheese Touch tradition his family did when kids were younger (yes – we paused to explain to Aisle 5 what Diary of a Wimpy Kid was) and how a random dude at grocery heard them and apparently started chasing Jake around store. While the story was entertaining, the best part was when Nancy paused and got the epiphany that “In hind sight, that probably wasn’t a good thing.” The pause and reflection in his facial expression was a classic and will live forever. Very funny and we wish more PAX could have experienced.
Three walkers showed up and on potential runner, but the walkers convince the runner to take a rest day. he is better for it…………..we hope! Had some great conversation and coffee.after.
3 Davillians got a long run in on Saturday morning. The route started from Rutland clubhouse, behinds the school, through honey meadows, King’s Charter, Castlewood, Atlee Ridge, then loop around Kings Wood court and head back the same way. Bulkhead got in around 8.5, YHC did some looping back a little extra to get in 9, Marco Polo decided to push even more with the Bojangles loop for 10.5 miles.
There was a Carpenter spotting who was getting in 4 before his 2.0 softball tournament. We even had Phonics show up in the “Pace car” for some mumble chatter.
Great 2nd F time at The Local Cup afterwards
SPIT ON THAT!!
The OTB AO soft launch continued this week with a break from the Pocahontas Middle School track and core conditioning using blocks with a little adventure across the street.
Today’s journey started with a 15 min prerun around the goose pond and back to the AO.
Collect the gloves and time to head out.
Left out of the parking lot onto Three Copt rd. SLight left onto the running path toward Geese landing (cutting out the section of Three Chopt that does not have a side walk). right onto the path to cut over to Thamesford Way.
Hold at the entrance of the neighborhood to explain the work out today.
PAX to run the length of Thamesford Way turning into each court along the way. Heading away from Three Chopt turning right into each court, the PAX to do 25 Merkins at the end, then continue to next court. Headed back toward Three Chopt turning right into each court the PAX is to perform 25 WW2s then continue to the beginning of the neighborhood.
Cross back over Three Chopt and run around Goose Creek pond out to John Rolfe Pkwy. Left on John Rolfe, Left on Three Chopt. Left back into AO.
NMS: The location is perfect for various running focused Bootcamps with various parks, parking lots, neighborhoods, and tracks to work in anything from a interval training to cadence work to sprints. The only stipulation of the AO is 3 miles minimum (excluding the prerun) Today we nailed down a little over 4 miles with 100 Merkins and 75 WW2s add in 1.25 miles for prerun and that equals a good way to start a Wednesday.
Keep coming up with good names to call this AO. Comanche is just one option…. So if there are better ideas, post to the AO and lets talk it over.
See you next week at Dr. Try Hard brings out his 3 miles of fun.
v/r
John (Gypsy) Boles
Nice run on a cool morning. Gypsy and I set out to explore more wed morning run options. Route below.
three musketeers (not to be confused with the ACTUAL Three Musketeers) emerged from The Fartsack for Round 2 of Ironpax round 3 for two of them, and Round 1 for YHC.
The Thang – Ironpax Round 3. A bunch of push ups and Squats while running 3 miles. No records were broken, we aren’t No Toll.
Announcements – None.
NMS – A group text in which YHC mentioned sadness to missing the IPC # 3 and then Gypsy responded something along the ways of “i’d be happy to do it again with you” GAUNTLET THROWN DOWN and here we were. Honeydo said he’d be there to watch and drink Bloody’s, but somehow that turned into Honeydo completing it again. This was a experience for YHC that showed how much a brotherhood F3 is. If there was ever a time that YHC felt like he was “in” to the brotherhood it was today. Re-doing the IPC #3 “just because” someone missed it. Thank you, gentlemen.
2 Richmond pax met up on a cool morning for a nice Easy run. 4 miles total.
NMS – seeking to recover a bit from IPC the pax decided an easy run was the way to go. Little vehicle traffic but we found the start of a large running training team and also a kettlebell workout. Somewhere out here is where we need another AO.
Discussion on avoiding false gods and reminders to model personal responsibility; refrain from blaming others. Take action that impacts others positively.
Get some.
We are looking for a mid week run west of Gaskins so Gypsy and I did a little recon around the AO. 6 miles starting at Three Chopt / Church Run, then along West Broad village and Pocahontas, around the Wellesley Lake and return.
It was a good run – we are thinking that the expansion location might need to be further west.
Get some!
Great finish to the week with some great conversations during and after! I mean who runs 10 miles (sub 8/mi) and then says “I don’t really like running – I do it to clear my head!”? YHC has a few suggestions to clear your head vs. running! LOL
See you all at convergence in the am.