Tag: Raider Run

  • Runners gonna run

    4 guys came out to run today — here is what happened.

    We ran.
    Haha.
    Farmhouse loop with a little extra
    Between 4.25 and 5 miles
    Lots of conversation.

  • Finally an amateur bike ride

    Seven posted at Atlee High School on this perfect Tuesday morning for a run and ride that included a Tuckahoe traveler and a new guy. This is what we did:

    The Routes:

    Run: Spit and Marco Polo did the farmhouse look for just under 5 miles.

    Ride: Corned Beef, Offshore, Circle K, Classified (FNG), and YHC went Atlee to Honey Meadows, to Kings Charter, to Totopotomoy to Milestone and back for just over 9 miles.

    COT – Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Corned Beef took us out.

    NMS

    Offshore had planned on doing the Anvil Ride a week ago but with the uncertainty of having over riders, he delayed his travel for a week. Corned Beef was able to get his neighbor, Wes (Classified) to post and with Circle K joining us, it gave us 5 which felt like the amateur bike ride that YHC had been hoping for all summer. For the runners, Spit said the plan was for Marco Polo and him to run together. At 6:15 AM, it appeared on their faces that one of the runners had plenty left and one was done.

    As we were riding this morning, we passed runners and walkers in the neighborhoods. It occurred to YHC why the amateur bike ride is so important. We were not concerned with how elite our bikes are or even how we looked on the bike. We were just riding for the pleasure of being out there which was great.

    Announcements:

    • Labor Day Convergence – Dogpile.
    • 1/2 marathon and 10K at Twin Team – Coming soon.

  • A Good Route for Runs

    3 runners parted the mists to scout the hilly terrain of the not-yet-mapped southwestern quadrant of the Giles neighborhood. The mission from YHC was to assess the likelihood of an eventual trail connection from this back corner of Giles to a nearby street. The societal need for such a connector is great because sometimes YHC is bored and wants a different way to torture the Pax by making them run back up the hills from the back of Giles at the end of the run. After the recon and a review of the resulting cartographic record, the probabilities favor continued YHC boredom. If you are moved to action by this grave injustice, write your representatives, everyone else’s representatives, and then reassess your life priorities.

    After this important mission, which covered a little over 4.5 miles, the runners met up with the lone rucker for numbers and names. Opus took us out. We are all thinking of the recent loss to the UVA band community mentioned by Opus. Next week, Opus committed to leading the runners, but word is we will have actual, real-life bicycle action to report.

  • Coming to the Nuisance

    6 Davillians as a group did a triathlon the F3 way. A pair of bikers went about 10 miles, with both YHC and Phonics contributing to correct and wrong turns along the way. Opus and Marco Polo kept the traditional Anvil Run going with just under 5 miles, and Corned Beef and No Idea both posted to ruck so that Yardsale would not have to ruck by himself. Their loyalty must have created enough good karma to ensure that today no one rucked alone, even if Yardsale succumbed to the fartsack. After some 10 minutes of good-natured chatter, we realized we had not done numbers and names, so we took care of that business. Announcements included early planning stages for an upcoming 2nd F event and the assumption that any AOs in the city are now pickleball AOs. There is also a planned The Carpenter Q upcoming at The Creek Friday. Mark your calendars. Also thoughts and prayers for those who move next to a community pool and suffer through pool noises and those whose open windows next to a lake let moisture into a house. Opus then took us out.

    After an impromptu discussion of cycling last week when YHC posted elsewhere, a cycling option was added to the run and ruck options for the summer. We can keep cycling, running, and rucking as long as we have the numbers to do them. Summer tourists are welcome, and if you let us know you are coming in advance we can make sure no one runs/rides/rucks alone. This is the way.

  • Ruck and Ride

    A rucker and 2 riders gathered on the grounds of Atlee High School to enjoy the beautiful with low humidity. One of the riders then noticed that his bike had a flat. That ended his ride. This is what the lone remaining rider and lone rucker did.

    The Route

    Rucker – Started at 5 AM and went more than 4 miles.

    Rider – Started at 5:30 AM – Went about 9.5 miles through the grounds of Atlee, Honey Meadows, Kings Charter, Totopotomoy, Milestone, and back.

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

    NMS

    Being cautious because of a quad injury, YHC mentioned last night the idea of doing a ride instead of a run. Mr. Holland said he would join him. When Mr. Holland showed up this morning, he noticed that the tire which was fully inflated last night was flat. YHC then said we will try it again next week. When YHC arrived back at the VSF, only one rucker, No Idea was there. Interesting that we posted at the Anvil Run to have no runners 3 posting there.

    Announcements

    Anvil Amateur Bike Ride – Take 2 – Next Tuesday, July 18 at 5:30 AM.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Not a Solo Run

    I was concerned I would be in for a solo run this morning after only the two ruckers gave firm commits to posting. Nothing to fear, though, as Anchovy, Phonics, and Spit made for a solid running PAX.

    My route planning matched my expectations for the group, so we just did an out and back through Honey Meadows to Kings Charter Drive, turned right, and went as far as we could while still making it back to the flag. Phonics and I managed to time it right and get a bit more than 5.25 miles in. Anchovy turned around a bit earlier. Spit, despite being the youngest PAX member, had to do some old-man stretching before he could depart for his run. It must have worked because we all made it back to the COT for numbers and names. Opus was not there, so Corned Beef took us out.

    As a reminder, there will be no Anvil/Anvil Run next week. Instead, post at the July 4th Convergence at Dogwood Dell. Thanks to the Pax for the company. I did not have a great night’s sleep and may have bailed without knowing someone might come out expecting to have someone to join for a run.

  • Honey Bees, Pollen, and Murder Hornets

    Eight iron workers chose to forge their personal steel at the Anvil. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the parents dropping their kids for a summer camp trip, the following may possibly have happened.

    Routes:

    6 Runners: The Honey Meadows Route. 2.5 out, reverso back.

    2 Ruckers: 3.5 miles. No Idea (different guy) of the route these two took. Darius did not join today.

    Announcements:

    RAMM: Speakeasy coming south on Friday for RAMM. This is a Prodigal Son run. A former near West Ender, Speakeasy knows the neighborhoods, street kids, and local hangouts.

    Wednesday/Manana (which means tomorrow): Deliverance Workout on the James. Rain or shine, unless it’s shining lightning. 5:00 at Huguenot Landing. BYO boat or let us know you are coming and we’ll try to get an extra boat.

    Saturday morning. What are your plans? The morning is looking pretty slow.

    Soccer is over. Little league is over. Swimming hasn’t started. Outer Banks cottage rentals are way over-priced. College football hasn’t started. Pro football hasn’t started. CONCACAF Gold Cup is, well, you don’t even follow soccer/football (and they play at night anyway). Gardening will be a no-go mud puddle after all the rain this week. And, Father’s Day was last Sunday so you once a month guys are out of luck, and your M doesn’t want 4 kids anyway. So, basically, you have no plans.

    Pick one F3 friend. Tell him you will drive. Get yourselves out to The Bridge. Leave at 6, there by 7:15, starts at 7:30, (free) cup-o-joe afterwards, and you are home by 10. Plus, you will make an Impact (in caps) on men who are working hard to get themselves back on track. Or, you can go to Rock and Roll or Dogpile or Gridiron or whatever that thing in Mechanicsville is called for the 17th Saturday in a row, repeat the same exercises in the same parking lot, half-count the cadence, and have to pay for your own overpriced coffee afterwards at ETs, Einstein’s, Libbie Market, or whatever that thing in Mechanicsville is called. Then, go home and describe what a “Merkin Ladder” is to your 2.0s for the 11th Saturday out of the past 20.

    Clown cars forming now.

    NMS: Great to catch up with the Mechanicsville crowd this morning (and a great crowd it was). 6 locals and two travelers brought it to the sweet cul-de-sacs of Honey Meadows. YHC thanks the Mechanicsville crowd for officially renaming the Honey Meadows Route to forever after be called “The UpChuck Route.” No joke – Corned Beef made said declaration in front of the official Tomato Flag. YHC is honored. YHC doesn’t even have an Honorary Boulevard, let alone a whole Route.

    Fun tidbit: YHC was in Pittsburgh this past weekend watching Handshake’s “what if” girl dance around for 3 hours. Before the show, YHC’s M, aka Carrie, suggested that we visit the Carrie Furnaces (no relation), one of the only former iron mills available to tour anywhere in these fine United States of America. If you are in that area, go visit. Then, the Anvil was open on the Q sheet. It was fate.

  • Never advertise a track workout

    1 Rucker and 5 runners met north of the wall at 0 dark thirty to get in a few miles. According to the walker who won’t talk to us, this is more or less what happened.

    Long mosey to the gravel track for an interval workout. One lap with dynamic stretching, then alternating laps of 80% and 40% of max effort. Strong work by the PAX and we all got a little better. Numbers names, announcements, Corned Beef took us out.

    Thanks for the hospitality North of the wall! Good to chat about Tuesday run series, intervals, and communication strategies. SYITG!!

  • White and Nerdy

    Eight runners and one rucker conquered the fart sack and braved the mists of Mechanicsville on a Tuesday which felt like a Monday. The runners covered between four and five miles, generally traversing Giles and Craney Island. We took an old route I kept Handy to avoid the trails today so that no Pax member would Eat It on slick pavement or roots. The (F3) Saga Begins today for our FNG, Polka, whose love of a Star Wars prequel film nearly led to the unforgiveable Jar Jar Binks moniker, but the Pax decided that name would be in an unforgiveable class of Word Crimes. When the Pax heard Polka’s first concert was Weird Al, we cut Like a Surgeon to that fact for name inspiration. As a fellow Star Wars fan who also appreciates Weird Al, the backblast title could easily apply to me as well. Welcome to F3, Polka.

  • Anvil Trail Day

    7 brave souls hit the area trails with a bro-code run. Runners launched south into Giles, looping through the northern part of that neighborhood’s paved trails, hitting as many of the paved trails in Taylor Farms as we could, and then finishing off with the generally unpaved, and sometimes rooty, Honey Meadows trails. We saved those for last because they somehow seem dark even after sunrise. We all covered between about 4.3 and 4.7 miles. After numbers and names, Opus took us out. The only announcement was a reminder about the upcoming Memorial Day Convergence.

    Trail running is my personal favorite, but we generally do not do it at this AO outside of the brightes two months of the year. The bro-code run kept the PAX together on what is a rarely used route. This also kept the mumblechatter steady. Thank you to Anchovy who knows the Honey Meadows trails better than I do and kept us on the right track.