Tag: Raider Run

Seven gentlemen posted on this Tuesday with many children having their first day of school today with the staggered starts to most K12 students in the area. There were 3 runners and 4 ruckers. The runners ran into Honey Meadows, Kings Charter, Chickahominy Oaks, Madison Springs, and Summer Duck and then returned.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS:

A few students started school yesterday. Most start today. Prayers for a successful first day to many students and a great school year.

Much of the talk for the runners today was likely about cross country which is a normal topic when Anchovy and YHC are running together.

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Seven DaVillians posted on this Tuesday to Atlee High School to run, ruck, and do both. There were 2 runners who went into Giles, Craney Island Estates, and back. Lab Rat and Opus ran another route that went to the back of Atlee High School and possibly into Kings Charter and Honey Meadows. The 3 ruckers rucked somewhere around Atlee.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS:

It was great having Lab Rat out today. Although this run is technically not the Tomato Run which he was the founder of, Lab Rat was the founder of an F3 run at Atlee High School almost 10 years ago.

Well done everybody today. The heat continues but will break soon.

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Seven gentlemen posted on this Tuesday morning at Atlee High School for an easy jog or ruck. The 2 runners ran into Kings Charter and back. The ruckers rucked around the surrounding areas.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, No Idea took us out.

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The DaVillians are still slightly old school and use FB Messenger to communicate back and forth. Every so often, somebody will put “See You IN The Gloom” into the chat. The question is, when that is put into the chat, does it motivate others to post that might not have made it without SYITG appearing. YHC believes it has a positive impact in getting others to post even if the person who put it into the chat does not post. This should be researched by a college or university in the future.

BAM! and YHC jogged at an easy pace today which allowed for much mumblechatter to include the following topics: Train Travel throughout the United States, teaching, genius, Thomas Edison, and Richard Feynman among other subjects.

Announcements:

A meal train link for Speakeasy is on Slack and in the chat.

Prayers for Hitchhiker’s father.

Prayers for college kids moving in this fall.

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6 men posted for Raider run/ruck. There 4 ruckers and 2 runners. The runners did their thing. The ruckers did the Honey Meadows loop.

It was good to have Yardsale back from his Italian vacation. Numbers, names, Bam took us out.

Five posted on this respectful birthday to Mustang for the next edition of the Raider Run/Ruck. The two ruckers plus a dog rucked around Atlee High School to regions they could only explain. It was reported that they rucked 10 miles. That distance has not yet been verified. The 3 runners ran the farmhouse loop.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Mustang took us out.

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Happy birthday Mustang! The DaVillians have been counting down your birthday for several weeks now. Welcome to the 50 plus club. During the COT, No Idea committed on how he was the oldest today. Hopefully, as some return from vacation or other locations, some of the more distinguished PAX members will return to the Tuesday AO.

Apologizes go out to BAM! this morning who had to endure much mumblechatter from Anchovy and YHC about track and cross country. Discussion about the USA Track and Field National Championship along with some talk about local XC and Track lasted the entire run.

Marco Polo and his running group were spotted again today. Hopefully one day, we can get him back to the F3 side.

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Seven dudes chose to get up early and head to Atlee High School on this Tuesday to enjoy this amazing weather we are having in July. 64 degrees and low humidity cannot be beat. The four ruckers rucked around Atlee and surrounding areas. The 3 runners decided to do the 4-1 which was the perfect pace for today and re-explored the Giles trails.

The runners headed into Giles, took a left and followed the trail system. Anchovy and YHC took a left instead of the right that BAM! and YHC took a few weeks ago and discovered additional trails. Those routes will be searched over the next few weeks before we lose the morning light.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Yard Sale took us out.

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YHC has been impressed with the Giles trail system. The paved trails are long and go throughout most of the neighborhood. It was great having Opus back on a Tuesday. The 4-1 pace was perfect for today. Conversations varied but when Anchovy and YHC are running together, local track and XC is likely going to be discussed.

Announcements

• 2nd F at Intermission on Thursday for trivia. Opus will send out information.
• Summer tour comes to The Creek this Friday followed by breakfast at Rise and Shine. Let’s bring good numbers for the hopeful visitors.
• See YHC if you need assistance writing backblast. From Manndate last Wednesday, the PAX was: Surf n Turf, Macho, Yankee, YHC and Yard Sale.

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Despite the USA’s 4-1 loss the previous night, six guys posted to Atlee High School with great hopes for the future beginning with a morning run or ruck. Runners doing the 4-1 would have made perfect sense, but since there was no Opus, the runners did the reverse route for the 2nd straight week going to Summer Duck, then Chickahominy Oaks, then Madison Springs, Kings Charter, Honey Meadows, and back to the AO for 4.5 miles. The ruckers rucked around and finished a few minutes early.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Mustang took us out.

NMS:

It was a great day for some exercise today. Much of the talk this morning dealt with 2 topics, the USA loss and VO2Max vs. Threshold training. With the heat and humidity, an easy pace was necessary.

Announcements:

• Summer tour comes to Manndate on Wednesday

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Nine sleep deprived futball fans gathered on the grounds of Atlee High School to discuss the exciting games they had seen the days before. The 6 ruckers rucked around the high school and surrounding areas. The 3 runners did the reverse farmhouse loop running into Summer Duck and Chickahominy Oaks before crossing Atlee Station into Kings Charter and Honey Meadows. The runners saw the MTT trainers twice this morning including on a paved trail along Atlee Station. Marco Polo was present with them again. Somehow, we have to get him back.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Trail Mix took us out.

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The runner’s mumblechatter today was dominated around soccer. This topic has been discussed before, but it generally revolved around getting more soccer kids to do cross country and distance running. Today, the excitement of the World Cup was what was discussed. The previous day, 2 games went into penalty kicks. Germany lost. If they came to your front door, how many USMST members would be recognized? Messi vs. Tiger vs. Jordan vs. Caitlin Clark vs. Wayne Gretzky? I’m sure the discussion is to be continued.

Announcements:

• July 4th convergence – 7 AM at Gridiron
• Meet somewhere tomorrow (Wednesday) for US soccer game.
• Summer Tour this week – Wednesday at WDog, Friday at Twin Team
• Emergency Contact Information

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Five posted for running and rucking to Atlee High School on this Tuesday. According to the copperhead which was trampled by BAM! this morning during our run, this is what occurred.

The Ruckers took the less adventurous route and did not do trail exploration.

The runners went on their 3rd straight week of trail exploration. This week, the trails of Giles were selected. The reviews of the trails were positive and could possibly be attempted with a headlamp during darker mornings. The runners covered 4.6 miles and saw a great amount of wildlife including birds, squirrels, many rabbits, 3 deer including 2 which crossed the road right in front of us. And then there was the snake.

YHC noticed a snake in the road probably 15 yards ahead. He then said to BAM!, “SNAKE”. BAM! kept running apparently unaware that the snake was there. As the runners got close, the snake which YHC believes was a copperhead, turned its head to acknowledge and possibly intimidate BAM!. BAM! never saw the snake and kept running, stepping on the snake, and kept going.

The snake was gone when both runners came back through. That was probably the most rememberable F3RVA animal encounter that YHC can remember since the bootcamp at Pole Green Park many years ago when Rosie almost ran into a skunk. Rosie survived that encounter as well.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, BAM! took us out.

NMS

YHC had thoroughly enjoyed the June trail exploration runs that has been made over the past 3 weeks. Might have one more week before we return to normal runs. Today is likely the most wildlife that YHC has seen in a neighborhood. Pretty cool.

It was great having Bulkhead back today from India. The joke was how much the DaVillians had aged since he last posted.

Announcements

• 2nd F on Thursday. More details to come.
• Summer Tour comes to Circus Maximus this Thursday. It appears some DaVillians might make the trip.
• 4th of July Convergence – Gridiron at 7 AM.

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Three respectful gentlemen posted with three 40 somethings on this perfect Tuesday morning for another addition of the Raider Run/Ruck. Because of what YHC and BAM! began last week, both the ruckers and runners choose to do some trail exploration this week.

The Routes:

The ruckers found themselves wondering endlessly through the trails around Atlee’s stadium. The runners found their way around the lake of Rutland and then followed a trail to nowhere followed by a trail to a locked gate followed by looping through a retirement community for somewhere between 4 and 5 miles.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Trout took us out.

NMS: Like last week, it is always great exploring trails when it is light outside. BAM! and YHC have not checked off Honey Meadows and Atlee along with Rutland. Looks like next week is Giles.

Announcements:

• July 4 convergence – Gridiron – 7 AM
• 2nd F Happy Hour will be held on a Thursday soon likely at Wong’s Tacos.

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