Mary Munford Elementary
Head north on Commonwealth to Patterson and head west. Turn north on Libbie and east on Monument. 4s turn on Commonwealth, 5s turn on Hamilton, and 6s on Cleveland with all coming back on Grove.
Bone Thugs took us out.
Announcements:
The Bone Thugs 10k on 8/21. Show up at 5:15 or 5:00 if you want an early start.
Thanks go out to Circle K who provided a basket of tomatoes and other garden produce for the pax to enjoy.
Lockjaw
19 prompt individuals + 1 late arrival showed up for a little running/gearing around Mary. Instructions were given to those that cared, everyone else did what they wanted to do.
Fartleks were the call of the day. 15 minute warm up, 10 1-minute pickups with a 30 minute recovery, 15 minute cool down. Route was east on Grove, north on Malvern, east on Laburnum. Turn around after the 5th interval and reverse course.
Difficulty counting numbers, Difficulty remembering ages, then YHC took us out.
Moleskin
YHC knows this has been stated before, but those that show up to RAMM seem to do whatever they want to do. Some show up early, some do their own route, some just ignore instructions. Hey, you against you I guess.
Perhaps we don’t need a Q anymore for RAMM? Just show up and figure it all out when you get there? YHC is not trying to stir the pot, but RAMM has to be the loosest AO we currently have on the books.
Nice work to Shiplap, Spit, and Garbage Plate. Thanks for enduring the Fartleks with me. Way to crush it.
Splinter out
18 strong arrived and departed RAMM for their desired morning exercise.
Long & Short run – all head East on Grove. Four milers cut thru Carytown past City Stadium and back thru to Windsor Farms MM. Five milers all the way down Boulevard to the Carillon and back thru Windsor Farms. Not sure where six milers got the extra mile.
Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.
Many variations occurred today as we all looked at the group at the start to see who’d take charge. The group consensus was the Reverse Carillon – or Reverse Reverse Carillon. Or maybe the Carillon. In any case, the Carillon is involved. YHC was the sole 4 miler picking my way through Carytown and by City Stadium. Hardywood and Bone Thugs peeled off to TJ HS to do some bare foot sprints on the football field. Nice work!
Swirly submitted and approved his own vacation request – enjoy the week Swirly!
Have a great weekend all!
Sorry PAX, I typed up and published the normal backblast but upon review later on all I see if the a black and white American Flag and no backblast. So here it is in full-
16 strong arrived and departed RAMM for their desired morning exercise.
Long run – Patterson(ish)
Short Run – east on Grove, 4s turn at Malvern, 5s turn at Roseneath, and 6s we don’t care, there were none today. Everyone return past the point of beginning and west up to Three Chopt, return to point of beginning.
Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.
Way to go PAX. Welcome Will for his first outing, Bodos head locked him from church. YHC noticed the foreign tags looking lost trying to find our parking lot. The run today was a simple one, the way of our other fathers who ran east on Grove to a specific spot of mileage and then all touching Three Chopt. YHC can recall being a common run back in the day, which as a Friday in case you were wondering which day that was. Something easy for a new guy who likely would be running faster than myself.
FNG Will was tentatively titled Red River for his Oklahoma ties. Hardywood would like to voice some late recommendations with some I just don’t see fitting a nice fella like Will – Noodler, Fister and Pig Shop (yikes!). Mr. Wood’s other consideration is Noodles which sounds a little more appropriate. All proposed names are tied Oklahoma’s title of being the capital of Noodling. So YHC would open up to see if Noodles is preferred over Red River, otherwise Red River it is. Comment in the comment section for further consideration.
Juneteenth on the calendar today, hope everyone enjoys the new holiday. Thanks to Bodos for taking us out.
Time to pullout.
-Singer
Runners, bikers and one fishing mother F’er commenced for the exercise of their choice.
4, 5 and 6 mile Running route – reverse Carillon.
F3 RVA’s prodigal son returns. Good to see you back Fudd, enjoy the vacation. We’ll throw you another going away party upon your return. Better yet, let’s get Toga back and have Fudd throw him another going away party. It’s the gift that keeps on giving Clark.
Way to work men. With no Q on the sheet, reverse Carillon it is.
-Singer
15 strong came out to endure some early summer heat and exercise.
Short route – negative splits. East on Grove, north on Arthur Ashe, east on Monument. Turn at 23 minutes, back in 22.
Long route – heard a couple different versions, TYA didn’t want to think so he went east and came back west. Swirly and BT ran the long Carillon route YHC believes.
Gears – somewhere and return.
Today’s route was designed to obtain some peaceful reflection on the events of the past week or two while visiting a few of the sites the way F3 does it, with vigor and purpose. Hope everyone enjoyed their morning exercise.
Congrats to Bleeder for completing 100 miles in a month, and for TYA, Lug and others making their way across Tennessee. Impressive.
-Singer
11 posted for a wet one.
Long distance runners – Patterson route.
Short distance – Commonwealth to Monument, head east on Monument. Take a right up to Grove depending on your chosen distance, return Grove to Commonwealth.
Great job men, nice warm wet morning for a run. Thanks to Pucker for keeping YHC’s speed up. Welcome Swipe Right, or as us more cynical folks call Stalker.
TYA took us out with an inspiring adage that we are privileged to do what we do, and not merely forced to or have to. That led us to a discussion on Yankee Johnson from UT, more commonly known as Inky Johnson. Check out the video.
Memorial Day MURPHs at Dogpile, Twin Team, and Hoedown. 6:00 AM start, see various backblasts for more information.
-Singer
1 Monster and seventeen other dudes posted on the perfect morning for a run. Weather was 70 and sunny. Route was west on Grove to 3Chopt, put a foot on 3chopt, run back to MM to the bus circle. Thugs ran the whole shabang and crushed it. Most of the supporters did 5k the hardway (25 merkins and 25 squats every 1/2 mile).
Congrats to THUGGZZZZZZ for dedicating himself to something and getting after it. In that light, he announced post run that he would do a 10K at the beginning of August. The first annual Bone Thug 10k is now on the books.
TYA OUT
Dissimilar to the title of this workout, the path was anything but an inner, creative battle. Did we win though? Yes, obviously. A group of 10 PAX plus one additional PAX member ran the ways of our fathers. See Marv’s backblast from a few months back for details, remain on Grove at all costs. Never saw the Gears folks again so hope they’re okay. Good job men.
Also, Bleeder has goats.
-Singer
3 groups of 6 social distance warriors came out today to stretch their legs and verify their lungs remain relatively clear during these times.
RAMM Routes
4 mi – Commonwealth, Monument, Boulevard, Grove
5.3 mi – Commonwealth, Monument, Allen, Grove
6 mi – Commonwealth, Monument, Harrison, Grove
YHC took us out. Reach out to those who need a lift.
NMS – Quiet morning. Handshake and I saw a fire truck. A GRTC bus honked Hi.
The Hot Dog Guy has a parking lot pop up for noon meals today at 5909 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23230 – Thanks BT!