Tag: RAMM Gears

Mary Munford Elementary

  • If I See Another F’ing runner!!!!

    12 Redwoods posted for a morning workout.

    The Thang:

    St. Chris’s loop for the runners.  6 milers take a right on Grove, Left on Roseneath, Left on Patterson, Left on St. Christophers, Left on Three Chopt, Lett on Grove and back to the shovel flag.  Five milers Left on Malvern, Left on Patterson …..   Raam Gears guys were led by Clavin on a morning jaunt.

    NMM:

    Ok, first things first.  Take a look at the PAX list and the QIC part of the backlist.  What is wrong with this picture?  Two things to start.  One, YHC was the Q today, not Lockjaw.  After a four month string of Q’s,  Lockjaw was not signed up (I think I might be able to remedy that) so I took the lead. Second and most importantly, No Lockjaw in the PAX list.  For those of you who have wondered (or even asked) why I took it upon myself to sigh Lockjaw up to Q for so long, now you know why.  NO Q, NO POST for Lockjaw.  Was he out of town?  I don’t thing so.  Was he injured or ill.  Not that I know of.  there seems to be only one way to make sure Mr. LJ posts and that is for him to be the Q.

    It was a little sticky out there this morning.  Although in reality it was 70 and sunny, it felt more like 95, 100% humidity and sunny.  The PAX was drenched post run.  Poor Saab (and the gears folks) during the COT.  The PAX was soaked and Saab was relatively dry …. until the COT.  He mentioned as he was leaving that although he didn’t sweat that much, his shirt still stunk from the hugs from the other PAX members.

    Marv had to take a little detour pre run.  Seems his alarm did not go off on time and he did not have time to take care of business.  Luckily he lived close enough to the AO to head back home and meet the folks along the way for the rest of the run.

    There was one angry lady this morning out on the route.  As we approached Patterson and Grove, the five milers heard quite a commotion.  An elderly lady was yelling at someone (not sure who), with and expletive laced diatribe.  Seeing a group of runners pass, she quickly redirected her ire towards us.  She is apparently not too enamored with runners, and she made that very clear.   I was a bit worried that when Swirly came upon her an altercation might ensue.   Swirly seemed fine, not sure if the lady is still ambulatory…

    TYA OUT

  • Frogger Anyone?

    6 Friendly Fresh Bikers showed up this full moon of a Friday Morning in early June to find and slay some hills.

    Route: “The Gun” as it looks like a gun on Strava – Out Cary Street over the bridge and clover leaf back across the James, hard right up Westham Station climb to River, down and up College Road. Hang a left at Three Chopt and right onto Patterson. Fly till we take a right at Hamilton and back to MM on Grove. Finish with a lap around the block.

    NMS:

    It was good to ride with my F3 compadres this beautiful morning.  YHC pointed out the pending  “River Road Hill Bomb” segment.  Starting from a stop at the light gave us a disadvantage, however, the PAX did great. Average speed for this 6/10th of mile segment was 33.3 mph, with the KOM clocking in at 38.1 mph – Matt Earman.

    Crossing the bridge YHC attempted to work on a rotating pace line.  Clavin and Wheelie warmed up to the task.  However the rest of the PAX opted to enjoy the James and the moon this fine morning. Coming back and looking to get onto Westham YHC led the PAX in some frogger as he darted across  the road.

    Westham and Ridge did not disappoint as the climb was steady and long.  The PAX did great and YHC swore he saw some smiles on different PAX members.  The last big hill for the day was good old UR.  YHC haunts in the late 80s.  For he YHC the first part felt good, but the meat of the hill did not feel good.  Another day will be needed to put the pain on the hill, rather than the pain being delivered as it was today.

    The trip down Patterson was fun and fast.  Seeing the F3 spirited runners on Grove prompted YHC to add a quick lap around the Mary’s block.

    Thanks for the honor and privilege to serve as Q.  I am humbled by the opportunity and love seeing new and old friends. As Lab Rat stated, it is morning like this that we are awed by the value of the gift of fitness God has given us.

    Here is a view of Wheelie’s ride on Strava:

    https://www.strava.com/activities/1027959363

    Notice, how the route looks like a gun…

    Announcements:

    • Cornhole & Rock ‘N Roll, a ReeseStrong Childhood Cancer event, is this Saturday, June 10 at Marty’s Grill in Mechanicsville.  The first band starts at 11 am.  The cornhole tournament starts at 12:30 PM.  To register or for more information, click here or see Phonics.
    • Fudd soiree this Saturday! It will be at his house and M’s are invited. RSCP at his preblast.

  • Road Runners or Sidewalk Runners?

    16 pax showed to a beautiful morning with the Strawberry Moon shining bright to get in some miles by bike or by shoe.  Here is what went down, from the shoe point of view:

    Route:  Carillon route in reverse.  The lone 6 miler (MARV) had to do the extra loop first before catching up with the pax.

    NMS:

    Snookie and Lab Rat were quite comfortable acting as sweepers this morning for the first half of the run, until all hell broke loose.  It started with TYA without his spectacles taking Flat Line and Swiper on an extended route.  We saved Taxi from the same fate.  We were then looking for Swirly, and it took a little bit to figure out he went back the way we came out.  MARV caught up to the tail end of the 5 milers around this point, and Lab Rat did his best to hang with him for a bit, but lost the pace on the hill up Grove.

    Saab rolled out of the Rover this morning limping.  He tried out the leg, but it didnt go his way.  Heal quick, man.

    So, the title came from an altercation the pax had with a grumpy cyclist.  This guy decided to start yelling at us to get on the sidewalk after what seemed like he was going to try to thread the needle between MARV and Lab Rat.  “Angry Cyclist” was answered with many explatives from the pax….led by YHC, by the way.  Probably better ways to handle it, but at least we didnt knock “Angry Cyclist” off his bike and SHOW him the sidewalk….so we got that going for us, which is nice.

    Apology of the week goes out to Angry Cyclist.  I’m sorry you have so much hate, and I’m sorry that I told you to F*** off….kinda.

    Other than Saab not having the runs and meeting Angry Cyclist, it was an absolutely stunning morning for a run/bike.  Everybody go out and have a great day!

    Prayers of healing to Saab and Circle K’s father.

     

    Lab Rat apologizes.

     

  • TURN

    West on Grove and take a left on Wilton.

    Wilton to the end at historic Wilton House.

    Double back and take a right on Kenmore.

    Left on Ampthill and cross Cary where it becomes Stratford Crescent.

    Cross Cary again onto Hillcrest.  Take West Hillcrest and briefly up East Hillcrest with a right on Charmian.

    Charmian turns into Westmoreland Place.  4 milers continue on as the road turns to Locke Lane and take it to Grove and home to the SF.

    5s and 6s break through the tree line and merge onto Dover.

    Dover a ways and a left on Banbury.

    Banbury to Cary.  Cary to Malvern.  Malvern to Grove and home to the SF for 5s.

    6s continue down Malvern to Patterson.  West on Patterson to Westmoreland and back to the SF.

    NMS:

    I think only four people covered the actual route as described, but all put in some good miles.  Lot’s of turns today.  Speaking of turns, Wilton House was featured in the TV show “Turn”, which is one of YHC’s shows of interest.  Today’s route will be named “Setauket” in honor of the home of the Culper Sky Ring on Long Island.

     

     

  • Free Four

    A clean dozen showed today for high visibility and low humidity run.

    East on Grove to Sauer; Take Sauer to Monument and head east.  4s turn around at Boulevard, 5s at Alison, and 6s at Lombardy (Stuart Circle) for an out and back.

    YHC took us out, keeping in mind what is important in celebration of Memorial Day and also closed with some obscure Pink Floyd to remind us to go forward and be our best.  These are the days we will look back on.

    “The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.”

    Good running condition with equal part 6 milers, 5 milers, 4 milers, and bikers.  Everyone had someone to run with.

    YHC has a custom of naming his routes, at least the classic ones such as Haiku and Carillon.  Typically, Marv will provide a prerun critique of the course such as “out and back – too simple”, “too many turns – too complex”, or “people were shot there recently”.  YHC finally laid a route that met Marv’s seal of approval.  So going forward this route will be called #42, paying deference not only to Marv, but the Dave Matthews song-naming style of which Lockjaw is a fan.

     

  • Another Haiku Run

    Summer is here now

    Oops! Fudd leads the wrong way – twice!

    Iris hills never stop

     

    Chris Cornell’s passing

    Grunge siren of Soundgarden

    Outshined, Rusty Cage

     

    Trust circle fell down

    Where’s Singer?, C-ville launch too

    Labrat monologue

  • Getting hit by a 2×6, or was that the 6×2?

    A lucky 13 showed up to run, bike, and sprint.  A warm up mosey as a group to the TJ track.  As we crossed Monument, the undisclosed destination became apparent and the Pax spoke of their ailments and soreness from this week’s workouts; as if it would defer the beatdown planned.  No such luck.

    Partnered up into 3 relay teams (with 2-3 Pax on each team) in which one would pass a virtual baton to the next teammate on completion of their sprint.

    Relay 1 – 6 x 200m for each Pax on the team

    Relay 2 – 2 x 600m for each Pax on the team

    Cool down mosey home.

    YHC sorta took us out.

    Announcements – Mother’s Day this Sunday!

  • Cinco (Miles) in Mayo

    A Lucky 13 showed up to run.  No bikers, just running.

    Today’s route was the Carillon in cuatro, cinco, and seis mile variants.

    BT took us out.

    NMS

    As YHC woke to the sound of heavy rain, he wondered who would show up, if anyone.  As Q, there is no option to reconsider and fartsack.  YHC was pleased to find big blue and his entourage waiting in the parking lot with many other showing up as time closed on 5:30.

    The rain subsided and gave us some phenomenal running weather and just enough time to finish and circle up before the liquid onslaught resumed. By the way, this degree of precision was predicted by Marv’s weather app.

    It was good to see the Pax today, especially those I have not seen in a while like Oyster.

    Announcements:

    5/20 – C-ville Launch – Labrat will be streaking the Lawn.

    VQ week the week of June 26 – If you haven’t Q’d before, now is the time.  If you want to Q a new AO, that works too.  Get a couple of VQ’s together and share a workout.

    *Lockjaw has developed cadence instruction, available both in cassette tape and CD, to help overcome VQ anxiety.  Its a game changer.  Private lessons available as well.

    Upchuck, ever the pioneer in fashion (rivaling Offshore in the advancement of workout gear), is launching men’s midriff cut running shirts.  Keeps the tummy cool on hot days and makes a statement!

     

  • Who’s the Q?

    12 solid dudes came out for Ramm – Ramm Gears this morning to celebrate Lugnut’s birthday!

    Ramm – Carillon route was the call from YHC cause we could not find Lockjaw..

    Gears: They biked all over the city baby….

    The scoop of the day… It’s Lug’s Birthday – Happy Birthday Lug!

    Great run today fella’s – may be a first as many gears and runners…..

    Best wishes to our runners this weekend – participating in Ragnar and Colonial

    See y’all in the gloom…

     

  • Smooth is Good. Lumpy not so much.

    A Lucky 13 came today to cover all distances; from running to walking to biking.  Here is what we did.

    East on Grove to Hamilton, head left to Broad St.  East on Broad.  4 milers take a right on Blvd and Grove home.  5s and 6s continue to the Science Museum with 5s going Davis/Grace/Strawberry to Monument and back to Lafayette to Grove.  A lone 6 miler continued on to Hermitage to Leigh to Blvd and connected with the 5 miler’s return route.

    YHC took us out.

    NMS

    Pre-run, the swiper sniper marked a few targets, YHC gave the routes and we were off.  The 5s were a tight pack with good discussion along the way.  Seems Toga has a Men’s Health subscription.  As the lone 6, it was good to see Marv was not shot pending his concerns of recent crime in that area.

    The 5s were able to get the sphere rotating a little at the Science Museum.  I am sure there is some physics behind the friction reduction through hydrology but that will be for another day.  UR has a similar sphere, so perhaps we can investigate during Spider Run.

    Discussion was good post run and seemed to center around concussions and getting ones bells (or balls) rung.  Similar mumble chatter yielded today’s backblast title.  Good discussion around Ragnar prep and supplies as well as Toga infatuation for CC DeVille.  Every rose does indeed have a thorn.

    Good luck to those running this weekend.  Enjoy the vistas from atop the mountain and know F3RVA is behind you!