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13 sets of legs ran and one set peddled on this the 48th Anniversary of YHC’s entry into the world. Weather was, again, perfect at sunny and 70.

Routes:

4 Milers: West on Grove, right on Libbie, quick left at Patterson, genuflect at Pearl’s, then east on Patterson. Right on Malvern. Right on Grove and BTTF.

5 Milers: West on Grove, right at Three Chopt (on the side street – Henri), right on St. Christopher’s, right on Patterson, genuflect at Pearl’s Cupcake Shoppe, then continue on Patterson. Right on Commonwealth. Right on Grove and BTTF.

6 Milers: West on Grove, right at Three Chopt (on the side street – Henri), right on St. Christopher’s, right on Patterson, genuflect at Pearl’s Cupcake Shoppe, then continue on Patterson. Right on Reveille. Right on Grove and BTTF. Or, just turn on Malvern and make it 5.1.

Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, Bodo’s took us out.

NMS:

Good chatting with HoneyDo, Bodo’s, Splinter & Co. this morning. Special guest star Shakedown, who was apparently Q-ing at Spider Run this morning, made a cameo and joined HoneyDo and YHC for the last 3.5 miles. Nice birthday treat to run with two F3 friends who have run more miles with YHC that just about anyone.

Announcements:

The first F3RVA Convergence of 2021 will be held on January 1, 2021. Out of respect, all fields will be closed (Campos Cerrados) until dawn. Meet Satan at his Hill in Amelia, or Powhatan, or Lewisburg or wherever you run out of gas. Definitely Clown Car to this one. Charging stations will be available on site. Rumor has it 07:00. Details to follow.

That day is also the 10-year Anniversary of F3. Whoever came up with the starfish model really nailed it for the needs of F3’s men. In a world with so many cookie-cutter, top-down, one-size-fits-most solutions, the starfish model works fabulously well for the task at hand. For those unfamiliar with the origins of F3, 10 years ago it was started with one workout. That first workout only started because a separate group (The Campos) was deemed “too big.” F3 split off new workouts as the size grew, thereby allowing (really, requiring) each region (and even each workout) to develop its own independent identity, traditions, personality, and people without a home office telling everyone what to do or how to act. In short, men building something that they own locally without unnecessary infrastructure or anyone doing it for them or telling them what to do. Initiative, leadership, action. If a group of men wanted to grow, then they took responsibility for the growth. About 6 years ago, a handful of men started F3RVA, and now we own F3RVA. Boom! Super way to maximize impact with limited/no all-knowing or all-controlling home office.

Lots of prayer requests unspoken today, but mentioned now. One of YHC’s best pals lost his MIL to undiagnosed pancreatic cancer and another is going to lose his FIL shortly. Apparently, 2020 does not want to go quietly. This year is like a boxing match that the referee won’t stop. YHC feels like the fight was scheduled for 10 rounds, so apparently, we are going the full 10 rounds this year. Game on.

Prayers also for the driver who flipped his/her car onto someone’s porch at Horsepen and Glenside this morning. Looked like a doozy (not our Doozy; it’s just a figure of speech).

Happy 93rd birthday to YHC’s Aunt Eileen, one of the kindest souls in this world.

As my friend Hardywood says, “Fun fact.” It’s also Josef Stalin’s birthday. Can’t make this stuff up.

UpChuck spits the bit.

16 or so early morning risers arose.

Short run: Monument to Grove rectangle. 4s turn at Arthur Ashe, 5s around Allison, 6s were absent.

Long: Top Golf route

Bikes: out and around.

Felt like a good morning to take in the Monument Christmas lights, so off the four of us went. Great job everyone. YHC had a good conversation with Pucker, where I learned a new acronym today – R.U.D. (rapid unscheduled disassembly). The context was the Space X test run this week which appeared to go well other than an RUD ending.

Bodos’ version of a rectangle has more sides than most of ours, but he made it back no problem. He also says to check out The Sound of Metal on Amazon Prime for those interested in a good flick this weekend.

-Singer

14 arose and conquered.

Short run – snake tongue route. Left on Grove, left on Granite, across Cary down Kennondale. 4s return the way you came. 5s do Tempsford and return home. No 6s. Oyster ran the Oyster route.

Long run did the reverse Carillon.

Great job men. Only a few of us on the short run today but it was a good morning to be out nonetheless. Hard pressed to find a longer hill than Kennondale from RAMM, perhaps YHC shouldn’t announce such a challenge.

Thanks to Shiplap for keeping our average age down.

16 boys came to the yard at recess and went their own ways.

Choices – ride a bike, run a long ways, or run a shorter than long ways (reverse Carillon).

Pullout’s pullout game is still strong.

Good job men. Stay safe, prayers to Kubota on a swift recovery, and hope he didn’t get everyone sick at Saab’s birthday outing. We can all blame Saab right?

-Singer

A sweet 16 embraced cooler temperatures and a soggy road to pre-emptively burn off some Halloween calories.

Off we went north on Commonwealth turning right on Broad. Left on Roseneath. 4s turned around a Veil and took a scenic run down Roseneath to Grove and back to the flag.

5s and 6s continued on in Scott Addition, turning right on Norfolk and a right on the Blvd. 5s take the Blvd to Grove and home. 6s turn left on Broad and a right on Strawberry to Grove and home.

eHarmony took us out.

Bunch of warriors came out and exercised. Early runners with Bone Thugs putting in just shy of 8, late runners getting some reverse Carillon with a twist start error by the Q but all worked out well, and the cyclists did some longs and shorts as well.

Great job men! Got to run but getting in big data before I close the computer for the day. Thanks to Bodos for the title.

Come one, come all to RAMM tomorrow.

If you have a yo-yo holster, bring it. Much yo-yo-ing shall be done.

Route:

From MM, run west on Grove to Lexington-Albemarle. Take a left (toward Cary) and run the loop around Lexington-Albemarle, returning to Grove.

Right onto Grove and return to Mary Munford.

Right onto Westmoreland (at the traffic light).

Left onto the gravel trail at Mary Munford, except for anyone who has been told to avoid trail runs. Saab can run on the grass. Run one full loop on the track. Return to Westmoreland and run back to Grove. That’s 1 loop.

Repeato:

The Loop is just under 2 miles. Repeat The Loop according to your desired distance:

4s run 2x.

6s run 3x.

5s run 2x, then on 3rd loop, run to Lexington. Stop and turn around at Lexington without running the Lex-Albe loop. Return to MM, and run the full school track on the 3rd lap, return to MM parking lot.

Early Risers join at any point/time. Late Arrivers join at any point/time.

Yo-Yo:

When you see a PAX tomorrow running the opposite direction say “Yo!” They will respond in kind. Nice community building step.

And, on a map, The Loop looks, to YHC, like we are yo-yo-ing (spinning thing on a string up-and-back).

17ish PAX departed from Mary for their various sets of exercise.

YHC offered up a Lab Rat special – Serpentine. Everyone start east on Grove, north on Hamilton, east on Hanover until it dead ends, right to Stuart, take Stuart all the way back to Hamilton. Left on Hamilton and left on Kensington.

4s – turn left up Bunting and left on Grove home.

5s – Take Kensington until it dead ends. turn right and head back east on the gravel road until you hop onto Leonard. Right on Commonwealth home.

6s – Take Kensington all the way back to Hamilton, right on Hamilton, right on Grove home.

The cyclists cycled, the long runners ran perhaps with Bone Thugs, perhaps not.

Thankfully Marv knew it and took the lead with the 6s. Bodos was the sole 5 and with a quick tutorial out of the gate by YHC, he was off. Nice flat run with little to no traffic on the roads.

Good luck to those running the Monument 10K this weekend, which is taking place at several different courses or OYO Friday through Sunday.

Marv took us out.

-Singer

A lucky 13 converged for some mileage in the Fan. It was great to see everyone and catch up. Weather was perfect this morning for running.

Labrat took us out.

TYA has a CSAUP coming up with more information available soon via preblast. October 23 relay race from Richmond to Jamestown and back. Run teams, bike teams, and run/bike teams. YHC recommends a canoe/kayak option as well.

The Routes

East on Grove and a right on Thompson, left on Floyd. Take a left on Shields with 4s taking a left on Grove back to the flag.

5s/6s continue north on Shields with a dog leg on Allison to Monument. Hang a left and head west, turning left on Commonwealth. 5s take Commonwealth back to the flag.

6s take Commonwealth to Patterson and head west with a turn on Wisteria (for those who wanted a light 6 aka 5.87 miles) or Lexington (for those who wanted a proper 6 aka 6.21 miles) to Grove and back to the flag.