Mary Munford Elementary
Time to celebrate St Patty’s Day with a Pub Crawl! Grove to Lafayette to Broad and head east. Take a tour of Scott Addition and cut back on your respective cutover streets to Grove and back to the AO.
YHC took us out.
Announcements:
The title was in reference to a comeback TYA had been working on for the interim week and homage to the classic Seinfeld episode.
West on Grove and a right on Bunting to Chantilly. Take a right on Monument and find your southbound cutover based on distance. 4s at Cleveland, 5s at Robinson, and 6s at Allen. Take to Grove and come on home.
YHC took us out.
11 polar bears came to walk, run, or pedal through some freezing weather. We kept the conversation brief at the end to return to the wrap cars, but the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror was definitely referenced.
Shakedown took us out.
Walk, Bike, Run…it didn’t matter….
Running Route: Head east on Grove, south on Greenway. Cross Cary to Ampthill. Take Ampthill to bottom where it turns to Paxton. Take Paxton up to Cary. Turn around and head back south on Paxton to Ampthill to Cary.
4’s return on on Greenway
5’s and 6’s repeat Ampthill and Paxton. 5’s exit on the top of Paxton and take Tuckahoe back to Grove then return to Mary.
6’s head south on Paxton (again) then up Ampthill. Return on Greenway.
Title reflects what benefit a little (lot of) elevation will do on a run…
Saab Abides
Cool wind in anticipation of the hurricane.
Predawn peace.
Pax members attempting to liberate unfortunate dog doo from his shoe.
The stage has been set for today’s run.
The Route
West on Grove and a left on St Catherine’s lane cutting across Cary to Rio Vista. Hang the first right and back up Hampten Hill. Cross River and pick up Three Chopt to St Catherine’s Lane. Grove east to AO. 5s continue on to Saur turning left, left on Patterson, left on Commonwealth. 6s a left on Malvern, left on Monument, left on Commonwealth.
Upchuck took us out.
Stay dry and warm this weekend!
An unknown number of participants started at various times and arrived at various times, all of which contributed to today’s RAMM (Gears). After Hitch scurried home to change into a long sleeve shirt, there were 4 of us for the proper 0530 launch time. Routes were declared as follows:
Routes
Announcements
Numbers, names, and YHC took us out, just like the wind pulls us along.
Moleskin
The air made a few of the PAX frisky this AM. One made reference to the rhythm method while another mentioned an injury from parkour (YHC heard hard core, which is a completely different type of activity). One clam was so happy he rubbed his chest (read nipples) to warm up post run, then graced us with a shirt to erase the memory.
Apologies to the 4 milers who apparently can’t follow directions. Glad you were still able to get 4 miles. Yep, that’s how we apologize in this here parts.
A flurry of Gears crew arrived right as YHC was leaving. Ping on slack if I missed you and you want credit.
Sayonara.
Splinter
Fifteen pounders and peddlers congregated before and after today’s main event. Singer interrupted the instructions to tell a story about what today means to him before allowing YHC to continue. Instructions were simple, and unless mother nature made you detour, the routes were followed.
Routes
Numbers, names, and YHC took us out
Announcements
Moleskin
Mary is dark these days. I put the over/under at 311.5 days until the light in the parking lot gets fixed. Regardless, we know each other well enough to identify each other by our shadows.
Route itself was flat today, exactly what YHC needed to feel good about a run. Thanks for the 6s for sticking with me, most of the time.
Apparently post Mary has turned into somewhat of a Broga session. I’m not sure who led the charge, but 6 or 7 finished the run up with some stretching. Conversation was light and jovial until Saab started stretching Swirly out. That thinned the crowd out real quick. PSA: You can likely find some new athletic shorts on back to school sale this weekend.
Enjoy the day fellas.
Splinter
At least 18 men showed up in the gloom to get some cardio in. One of the gear oriented, Offshore, was back for circle but a few others who started were still out it was surmised. For the 7 launching at 5:30 this was the route:
West on Grove to St Stephens, through the parking lot to Henri, 4’s take right on Ferguson to R on Maple, L on Grove and back, 5’s and 6’s left off Henri on Wesley, R on St Christopher’s, dogleg left across Patterson to Hampstead, follow around to Maple. 5’s R on Maple, L on Grove and back. 6’s L on Maple, R on Monument, R on Patterson, L on Maple, cross Grove, L on Linden, R on Libbie, L on Tuckahoe Ave. Follow Tuckahoe Ave around to Grove. R on Grove and back.
The route was relatively simple for the 4’s and 5’s. The 6’s had a few extra turns to get the distance and in retrospect QIC thinks it was a bit much to quickly explain. Noted for future routes. Reportedly the 6’s improvised on their route a bit which allowed Chippendale to stop off at a construction site and get a little pre-dawn business taken care of.
Announcements – The Crucible is off to a great start, check it out Saturdays at 7:30. Next Saturday is The Bridge in Charlottesville. Labor Day Convergence at DogPile 7am
Great work men!
With no Q in sight the pax grabbed the hot potato.
The 4’s ran Upchuck’s YoYo route.
The 5’s ran the YoYo and added some extra.
The 6’s, well they just run all of Richmond.
14 men of F3 arrived at Ramm. A few were early to get in the extra miles for BRR training. Some in search of Humidity and at least 1 upset that FacePlant and Bodo’s didn’t include him in the plans for matching outfits. Today, the original first route at Ramm. We may need Bleeder, BT, Swirley or Lugnut to confirm. The out and back, which YHC runs the most.
The out and back:
Left on Grove
Left on Three Chopt
Right on St. Andrews Lane to the end of the Cul-de-sac and back to the Flag for 4.
5s: continue back turning around at N. Hamilton and back to the flag.
6s: continue back turning around at Tilden and back to the flag.
1 Ramm Gears today. ByProduct securing the AO and protecting the streets of Richmond. Well done ByProduct.
Great run today fellas. Thanks for taking us out today FacePlant.
See you in the Gloom.
Oyster