Tag: RAMM

Mary Munford Elementary

  • Scavenger Hunt RAMM Edition – where is Windsor Farms, Inc.

    12 total showed up this morning! There was some confusion on YHCs part, the pre-blast went out however YHC didn’t realize that perhaps they didn’t ‘hit save’ when adding the name to the Q sheet. Saab was kind and obliged to let YHC Q because a lot of planning had gone into this latest game. It went down like this, runners and one out of town guest on a bike arrived and YHC handed out pencils and scavenger hunt sheets. Team up with your respective running distance group and be back at 6:15. The scavenger hunt had teams running around Windsor Farms area and Libbie Grove area using clues on the sheet to figure out answers to be filled in. Unfortunately the pencils and extreme humidity and everyone’s propensity for sweating like they just took a shower made for some pretty soggy returned sheets. All scoring was based on a metric that accounted for the distance run vs the points collected.

    The Walker crew of Marv, Oyster, Swirly and BT took the crown with a perfect handicapped 100, followed by 1-800 representing the 4-milers at 65, Splinter and Faceplant for the 5-milers at 62, and Sippy, Saab and Garbage Plate bringing home the 6-mile division, along with an answer sheet that appears to have absorbed approximately three gallons of sweat.

    Asterisk for the 6-mile crew: By all accounts, Sippy, Saab, and Garbage Plate covered the most miles and visited the most checkpoints. Unfortunately, they also generated enough sweat to render most of their answer sheet unreadable. 😂 So their score does not reflect the ground they actually covered, just the answers that survived the sweat.

    PlaceClassPAXRaw PointsHandicapped Score
    🥇WalkerMarv, Oyster, Swirly, BT12100
    🥈4-Mile1-8001165
    🥉5-MileSplinter, Faceplant1362
    4th6-MileSippy, Saab, Garbage Plate520


    Names, and Numbers, and Announcements, and Praises, and Prayers.

    YHC took us out.

  • Soupy Summer September Saunter

    Conditions were a balmy ‘feels like 80 degrees’ this morning for the arrival of 11 of the finest runners in all of Richmond. YHC knew the conditions were going to be less than cool so the route needed to be of a commensurate challenge level plus simple enough directions because YHC can only remember but so many steps until things get foggy.

    The route was as such: all 4s, 5s, and 6s head out Grove (heading east), and 4s turn back at the Boulevard, and come back down Monument, 5s turn at Meadow, and 6s turn turn back at Hawthorne.

    Good mumblechatter on the run this morning, although YHC couldn’t be everywhere all at once. Please sound off in the comments your favorite topic of conversation from this morning’s run.

    By all accounts the 6s were crushing it this morning, and one slightly late 6 (Phonics) came flying by to catch up to the 6s which were far off in the distance.

    Good job to all this morning, it was an absolutely pleaser to run with you folks.

    Announcements:

    Bodos, Honeydo and OBT are planning an East End AO, stay tuned for more news on this and if you are interested in helping please reach out to one of them. YHC is interested!

    Labor Day Convergence 7 AM at Forest Hill Park, park in the large lot next to the pavilions near where the South of the James Farmers Market takes place.

    Prayers for 1-800s son as he undergoes surgery this morning.

    It was an honor to lead this morning.

    YHC took us out with a prayer for being thankful for what you have, and appreciation for OBT and all those that came before us to create what we have today.

  • They call that the s***k bank..

    6 runners, 2 walkers and a jogger/walker convened for this week’s edition of RAMM.

    YHC called a pretty easy route.

    1. North on Commonwealth to Monument then head east (turn right) down Monument towards downtown.
    2. 4s turn on Arthur Ashe, 5s turn on Meadow and 6s turn on Harrison.
    3. Everyone returns on Grove.

    Announcements – Push by Wojo for Labor Day Convergence at Batteau (Forest Hill Park). Start time 0630?

    Prayer Requests – Sippy asked for prayers for his upcoming sabbatical to England and that the NIH approves his grant covers his work while on sabbatical abroad.

    YHC took us out.

  • Free the crabs…

    Nine gents arrived at Mary to experience a fan-favorite….west on Patterson, then east on Grove, with a detour down/up the Paxton/Ampthill-horshoe

    Saab abides

    Routes:


    4.2 mile route

    5.1 mile route

    5.9 mile route

  • I’m Feeling 22

    Whoa! A summer blast of 22 men MITG (Met In the Gloom) most of which joining an all-swim for RAMM Gears, a few of which deciding to jaunt in the 76 degree August morning.

    I think I’m most likely the only quasi-routine member that doesn’t do slack. Our work doesn’t do slack, I feel like I have enough communication channels coursing through my mobile phone and F3 slack just misses the cut.

    So, ergo, I miss things like the All Swim RAMM Gears, which is kind of a bummer, but I think I’ll ultimately survive with minimal FOMO.

    Judging from the STRAVA maps…it looks like you RAMM Gear guys crossed the river and wound your way down river to downtown. (In all transparency, I didn’t look at your map all that closesly, although, I can report that Bodos had his 2nd best time ever on Riverside Drive and also a personal record on Nickel Bridge Sprint…at least, according to STRAVA).

    Us runners…the 6 of us who may also not check SLACK, we did a reverso Carrilon. And it was glorious.

    Have a terrific weekend everyone. My watch did not record the COT, so if I missed you, text me at 804-539-9711 and I’ll add you. But huge kudos (not to be confused with STRAVA Kudos) to Fudd and Splinter for helping name all 22 guys that were out this morning ITG.

  • Running Back the Classics

    It was a classic group for a classic RAMM route. Felt like YHC was back in 2018 for a brief minute when big blue and all the usual suspects rolled into RAMM. Since there were so many out that Friday morning it took YHC a full week to tally up all the names 🙂

    The route was the original, head out down Groveeeeee, but with a twist – go out in 23 minutes and come back in 22 minutes. That’s a negative split if you are keeping track. So however you want to do it, you cand sandbag the first half and run your regular pace back, or you can run regular pace out then drop the hammer and race back.

    Everyone shows up at the same time, in theory.

    Announcements:

    Good luck to all the folks for the Homegrown Half on August 1st

    Praises:

    Great to hear that Splinter’s mom is making a great recovery from her hand injury

    Great to hear about Gumbo’s daughter powering through and feeling good on her recent family trip.

    Prayers:

    For Circle K’s Wife’s Uncle

  • Counting Knuckles

    6 runners, 2 walkers, and a flurry of cyclists met up early this morning for some cardio. Running routes below. Various suggestions were made for how the Q can better remember the number of days in each month. Stories of heartbreak and triumph were shared over post COT coffee. SYITG!

    All runners run east on Groooooove, take a left on North Shepherd right before the VMFA. Turn right into the VMFA grounds and run through the VMFA campus, across Boulevard and continue running East on Stuart Ave.

    4 milers: from Stuart Ave, take a left on North Stafford, then a left on Park Ave. Stay on Park all the way to Thompson. Take a Left on Thompson, right on Patterson. Cross 195 then take a left on North Hamilton. Right on Grove, back to the start.

    5 milers: from Stuart Ave, run to Meadow Park (a public park). Once you pass the little park take a sharp left onto Park Ave. Stay on Park all the way to Thompson, take a Left on Thompson, right on Patterson. Cross 195 and stay on Patterson. Take a left on Westmoreland to Grove, back to the start.

    6 milers: same as 5 milers, except keep going on Patterson and take a left on Lexington into Stonewall Court. Then take a left on Grove and back to the start.

  • Huffing and Puffing

    A nascent 9 showed up to run/walk/bike in questionable air quality conditions.

    Saab abides

    Routes:
    5.1 mile route

    4.1 mile route

    6 mile route

  • Tour De Saab…

    No shortcuts here…the pax turned it up to 11 as it ventured out to explore Mary’s nether regions and YHC’s favorite ascents. Thanks to those grinding through the summer tour and kudos to Marv for earning is SAG card as part of the latest Woodfin campaign.

    Saab abides

    Routes:

    4’s: Take Greenway to Grove and return

    5’s: Take Stratford Crescent to Hillcrest.  One loop around Hillcrest then take Oak to Grove and return

    6’s: Take Stratford Crescent to Hillcrest.  Take Hillcrest to bottom, then Charmian all the way toward Lock Lane in Windsor Farms.  Take Dover to Canterbury which turns to Malvern, then return on Grove

    6M
    https://onthegomap.com/s/ot9rdj5e

    5M
    https://onthegomap.com/s/71kjgm0l

    4M
    https://onthegomap.com/s/c9rbf382

  • 80s and humid

    YHC checks his outdoor thermometer ritually every morning. This was a record temp–81 degrees at 5 am! As a result, we took it slower today and did the 5 mile loop in Windsor Farms, the Foggy Farms 50 all together. It was nice to run this in the light and enjoye the amazing homes and yards. Much of the chatter related to how to train best for running, with Phonics introducing new ideas and methodologies. No one volunteered to set up a blood testing station to see how our body handled the heat today, but my guess was that this was tougher on us than 6 miles at 50 degrees in the same time.

    We implemented a walking COT since we were all soaked and needed a bit of extra time to cool down. YHC took us out.