Tag: RAMM Gears

14 Studs posted for a morning in the gloom at Mary Mumford.  Weather was 70 and sunny.

The Thang

5 milers, right on grove, left on Malvern, left on Patterson, Left on St. Christophers, Left on Three Chopt, Left on Grove.  Six milers same route except left on Roseneath instead of Malvern.

NMM

Swirly and Singer did the 8+ mile route this morning, getting in 3 on Grove pre run.  They are definitely gearing up for something.  Gomer Pyle was flying today.  He passed YHC with over a mile to go and I did not see Sippy and Splinter for another 5 minutes. Hutton ran with me for about half the run until he got bored with my pace (or lack of talking).  Next time, he will have pick Lab Rat as a companion.  Welcome Mongoose to the fold.  He joined the bikers on their route today and seemed to survive.

There seems to be something going on with South Siders.  I have given up trying to give Lugnut directions as her generally ignores them from the get go.  Today’s instructions were pretty simple,   Five turns, all lefts.  The were on mostly major roads as well, so pretty simple to follow.  Honeymoon, completely ignored my route and made a route of his own that was 5.5 miles.  I blame him for pulling Spit (a Daville boy) into the same route.  I am going to have to start posting to the southside runs and see what happens over there?

Ok, so the name.  I am trying to emulate LockJaw (insert your favorite tapering joke here)  and his naming techniques.  He always has a fancy name for the route, and to my knowledge, it has little to do with anything (he might argue otherwise, but despite my 12 years in public schools, 4 years in college and 2 years in grad school I can’t follow the logic).  So, I like the name Weehawken as I did some consulting there in the past, so the route gets its name.

Announcements:

Don’t forget Viral tool bank event this weekend

Hampton roads anniversary and a Cville 4 mile mens run coming up

TYA Out

17 strong posted for Ramm and Ramm Gears this morning We di the Old School route (A tribute to our Grandfathers as Marv likes to say) …. Respect!!

4 milers Grove to Malvern – turn back to Three Chopt – Turn back to Mary

5 milers Grove to Roseneath turn back to Three Chopt – turn back to Mary

6 milers Grove to Boulevard – turn back to Three Chopt – turn back to Mary.

Ramm Gears – Crushed some miles on the bikes !

Wedding Singer took us out.

Announcements : 12 mile run Saturday – please keep our brothers – TYA, LabRat, and Hardywood in your thoughts – go get it boys – we are with you in spirit  !

Convergence : Sept 30 – 6-8 and Gridiron – come on out for a 2hr beatdown and invite someone to come with you to celebrate 3 years F3RVA! ( No dogpile everybody go to Gridiron)

Tuckahoe Takeover – begins tomorrow and goes through the week….. Looking forward to it….

See y’all in the gloom..

Sixteen mighty ran

Lockjaw called Haiku for all

Upchuck lights the way

Pair by pair we ran

To the Spider Run and back

It’s dark in the woods

Leave your haiku in the post to celebrate the run.

Ricky Bobby took us out.

Announcements:

• Reesestrong on September 16
• Convergence on September 30

ABT,

Lockjaw

Four steely horsemen saddled up and secured their headlamps for the latest edition of the RAMM (no takers on RAMM Gears).  With temps fluttering just below sunny and 70 (but nonetheless extremely comfortable), here’s how it went down…YHC surveyed the group (4 milers?, 5 milers?, 6 milers?) and found a consensus to run in a pack…reverse Carillon, 5 mile route.  BT and Splinter set forth with long strides while Sippy Cup and YHC maintained a steady 1.5 strides per BT/Splinter stride, and still fell behind (YHC was clearly the anchor).  45 minutes later…all was done.

Number-rama, Name-a-rama, announcements, and YHC took us out.

Announcements:
BRR starts today…keep those guys in mind
Reese-Strong 5k next weekend…sign up now
Convergence Sept 30th from 6-8 (or just come for an hour).  Location = Gridiron
Sign up for 2018 BRR starts Monday…see TYA

Moleskin
With Swirly dispatched to monitor the 209 mile AO that is the BRR, YHC took it upon himself to arrive early to evaluate the AO this morning.  YHC arrived at MM at 2:13 a.m. (is that a record, Corporate?) on the way home from the airport.  All was clear and in order.  YHC considered just sleeping there, but figured Richmond’s Finest might object, so YHC dispatched himself homeward for some zzz’s.  Returning at 5:22 a.m., all remained in order, essentially unchanged (same cars, same spots).  “Nichts zu berichten.”  YHC parked in Swirly’s spot with BT pulling into TYA’s.

YHC appreciated Sippy Cup down shifting today to keep up with YHC’s pace.  Not only is YHC thankful for the company, but YHC was absolutely fascinated by Sippy’s descriptions of protein level cancer research.  Sippy had better start running faster or he has doomed himself to six months of YHC’s questions.  Inspiring stuff.  YHC will never call a statistical distribution “normal” again – the word is Gaussian.  YHC will demonstrate by using it in a sentence, “I’ll take ‘Gaussian Distributions’ for $1,000, Alex.”  It’s also highly possible that YHC has botched this example and / or the spelling.

All else aside, YHC was expecting today to be a tough one after a long day (including the wee hours arrival) spent  preparing in south Florida for Hurricane Irma with his work team.  YHC then spent several hours in the Miami International Airport, where the human cocktail contained inexperienced travelers galore dragging along kids, grandparents, in-laws, and seemingly every pet or animal-that-passes-for-a-pet (macaw, anyone?) in south Florida.  YHC found himself watching exasperated travelers, many appearing to be of reasonable means, exhorting ticketing agents for special treatment to get kids, grandparents, in-laws, and seemingly every pet or animal-that-passes-for-a-pet onto a flight to anywhere out of the storm’s path.  In the word’s of one traveler, with not a drop hyperbole,”If I can’t get out, I might die here.”  This seemingly had little impact on the agent, who YHC guesses was planning to ride out the storm “here,” and clearly wanted to say,”I might die here too.”  YHC realized his own need for sensitivity training when his in-flight beverage arrived ‘with ice’ when the request was ‘no ice.’  On second thought, anything on the way to a safe spot will be just fine.  In general, a sobering reminder of the gifts YHC enjoys in his life (roof, food, great family, safe place for family, and opportunity to “leave” when the going gets tough).  YHC suggests loading both barrels with prayers this weekend for the folks in Florida and the Caribbean who have or are going to experience a monster of nature’s power multiple exponents greater than anything most of us have seen.  TV won’t do it justice.

Final note: happy birthday to my mom…a spry 78 today.  Thanks for being you (Yeah, I said it.  My mom reads my back blasts.  What’s it to you?)

A record 24 said no to tapering and showed up for an end of summer Lockjaw run.

Mosey to the TJ track and divide into groups of three with approximate comparable abilities.

As a part of a relay team, everyone completes two 600M runs and six 200M runs.  Focus on speed and form.

Mosey back to the VSF.

NMS

BRR talk is in the air.  In one week precisely, the teams will begin the race.  These teams are ready for what’s in store.

Relay running for speed work is a great way to push oneself.  Some of the relay team membership was in flux as we lost our hand off partners and found new ones.  Everyone got a good workout.  You can see the speed demon’s silhouettes from the light of Broad Street.  Impressive.

Everyone seemed to go all out on the last 200M run.  There were pulled hammys and other ailments.  Upchuck converted his Explorer to an impromptu SAG wagon and collected a record number of injured.  Hopefully a little ice will lead to full recovery.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

Four consistent cyclists showed up this morning for RAMM Gears, but a record 19 runners pulled into the Mary Munford parking lot for RAMM. At our 5:30 departure time we were exactly two weeks, or 336 hours, away from the start of the Blue Ridge Relay. By the time you read this, several of those hours will have disappeared. This looming deadline appears to have motivated many of the pax to pack in additional miles this week.

The Route: Reverse Carillion. An old standard used at the AO several times this year. Always an energizing run as all participants end up racing west on Grove and the six milers attempt to catch those with shorter routes. YHC was therefore somewhat familiar with the path, although grateful to Lockjaw for providing a more detailed description. Apologies are due for some less than clear directions given. Saab took us out.

Mumblechatter: With TYA’s release of the BRR team assignments there was much sorting out between new rivals. Taunts and insults were heard as BRR participants realized former friends had become adversaries. Swirly, TYA, and Wedding Singer left early to add additional mileage. The five milers ran together for the first mile and then spread out as the six milers caught up. Lockjaw was missed during the debate on proper tapering technique (too late already?)

Gumbo could still use help with Breaking Bread on Sunday afternoon.

ReeseStrong 5k in three weeks.

The AO was calm

Like just before hurricane

No Big Blue in sight

An elite seven

Running a route forty-two

The one Marv prefers

East on Monument

Back to the AO

The routing for most

Swiper got rolling

Crossed county lines with Scrappy

Followers beware!

Upchuck’s Announcements

Just one year ’til golf event

Takers anyone?

Thirteen men rolled out of the sack to enjoy a Friday morning run.

The thang: Repeat Lockjaw’s ‘Setaukit’ route from last Friday but in reverse.

Moleskin:

Aye! YHC thought this would be much easier than it was. 15 PAX handled this route flawlessly last week, so just reverse it and those who didn’t know the path could partner up, even though there were many turns involved. Only YHC and Marv made it through the designed course, but one way or another everyone got their miles in. Props to Lockjaw commandeering the PAX through the normal route on a weekly basis. YHC will work on his run Q leadership skills as mentioned in the prayer.

Welcome Bronson ‘Paris’ to F3RVA.

Announcements – BRR coming up soon! May need more runners as a few have dropped out. Reesestrong 5K/cold beers and crabs Sept 16th.

-Singer

17 Pax had a strong showing today with the Setauket route before them.

OBT took us out.

NMS:

YHC provided route instructions and maps prior to the run which kept us closer to the intended course, but there were a few strays.  The third time will be the winner!

YHC likes this route with the various neighborhoods and terrain – rolling hills as well as long stretches on Dover.  The hill on Charmian did not disappoint and brought some BRR love to the RVA.  You are welcome.

The good samaritan award goes to Upchuck.  Upon seeing an older lady standing on the sidewalk at 5:30, he looped back to make sure she was ok.  Turns out she was waiting for the bus, but Upchuck’s character came through.

Announcements:

• Upchuck’s golf tournament on Monday
• Reese Strong 5K September 16 – Oyster, crabs, colbeer, and fellowship afterwards
• See TYA for those interested in BRR spots

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

17 escaped the lure of the FS to hit the roads today.

Reverse Carillon routes for the runners.  Splinter was the lone 6 with many  groups running 5.

Fudd took us out.

NMS:

Today it looked liked we went in the pool.  I think I was less wet yesterday.

It was good to see Fuddski in a surprise appearance after a while away.

TYA continues to push both fashion and technology with his cooling suit.  It is slightly odd with him putting ice packs down his pants before a run.  Maybe Wilson was on to something with the long sleeves in summer…..

As the BRR approaches, its been good to see the Pax come out and push their distance and pace.  Keep it up!  Almost there!

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw