Saturday, September 20
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High humidity made today a sweatfest, but 14 Pax came out to tackle some miles. East on Grove, left on Nansemond, right on Kensington. 4/5s turn left on the Blvd and 6s on Strawberry with all turning left on Monument. Take another left on Lafayette and a right on Patterson. 4s turn left on Commonwealth and 5/6s turn left on Lexington and another left on Grove. Marv took us out in the way Marv does well. Welcome to Pigskin who just moved from Charlotte this week. Go forward and be your best today!

Without Lockjaw’s presence and his arsenal of routes, a Q was quick established and an out and back was chosen: Commonwealth to Monument (east)…23min out and 22 back. Some chose to reverse those times. Bikers biked, early risers did reverse-Patterson, and others just rolled their own. Saab abides

9 formed up in 2’s and 3’s to forge a path through the raging waters at the most recent edition of RAMM. Conditions were sunny and 70 with a slight drizzle below the cloud layer. According to the silent female runner on Grove, this is more or less what happened: All Runners Commonwealth to Berkshire. Left on Dover. Right on Portland. Right on Douglasdale to the bottom of the hill. (Do not get close to the quarry entrance, which is guarded closely). 4 Milers At bottom of Douglasdale, reverse direction. Run to top of Douglasdale. Return to MM via Portland,…

This run is over to the small neighborhood off Douglasdale and the Powhite Parkway. The route in the neighborhood forms a cross. Sippy led this a few years back, and it poured. Tomorrow looks like a good day for a redux. All Runners Commonwealth to Berkshire.Left on Dover.Right on Portland.Right on Douglasdale to the bottom of the hill.(Do not get close to the quarry entrance, which is guarded closely). 4 Milers At bottom of Douglasdale, reverse direction. Run to top of Douglasdale. Return to MM via Portland, left at Dover, right at Berkshire and straight onto Commonwealth. 5 Milers At bottom…

East on Grove, left on Lafayette, left on Cutshaw, left on Chantilly/Bunting, left on Grove. Take a right on E Locke and pick up Locke to Dover. 4s turn on Berkshire and5s turn on Canterbury back the VSF. Shakedown took us out.

Again, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s just that I don’t feel like posting most of the time. Showed up on this day and we didn’t have a Q. Unsure where the 4s and 5s went (possibly Reverse Carrilon). 6s went into Windsor Farms and then to Hillcrest…back through Windsor Farms. (We call the this the “Bodo’s Route” as Bodo’s one-time referenced it from the Pulpit on a Sunday morning. High praise right there.

Four weeks after a Q isn’t all that long to wait to post the wrap up. In my defense, we were without a sign-up Q, so YHC took the reigns. There’s obviously some responsibility that I shirked while taking the reigns (“shirked” is a fun word to write, and say)…but here it is on a Saturday morning making sure everyone’s Big Data numbers stay true to form, as we know how important those are. The Thang… Reverse Carrilon (we got super creative) Dueces everyone.

Perfect morning conditions for a run and RAMM was 9 strong. Early risers knocked out 8 miles and the 5:30 gang bravely set out towards TJ HS. Warmup: Grove to Antrim, north on Antrim to Augusta, circle back and pick up the six. Gather at the Thomas Jefferson HS “track” (1/4 mile cinder path, formerly known as a track, now blanketed by grass) Track Workout: 4 repeats of 3 min of strong effort followed by 2 min recovery jog, reverse direction half way through. Cooldown: Back to Munford and circle back for the six. Numberama, Namerama, Announcements & GP took…

The PAX was surprised that Lockjaw was not a Q this morning. So the PAX came up with a creative route for the run – Patterson Route. Everyone started off on Grove Ave toward Three Chopt Rd, turned to Patterson Ave via St. Chris. 4 milers turned to Grove Ave at Westmoreland Ave, 5 milers turned at Malvern Ave, and 6 milers turned at N. Thompson St. Thoughts and prayers for Upchuck’s friend. Thursday lunch will resume at Upchuck’s house (?). Thank you guys for the thoughtful housewarming gift this morning! How did I get so lucky to have friends…

Dawn’s light pierces gloomTwo puddles under Swirl’s truckAntifreeze or whiz? Q called Haiku routeOff we went, westbound for sureRunners in their zone Down Iris and upAround the world racking milesLugnut is a champ Grind it up the hillBT’s house at the hilltopHomebound past the church Bootleg and SingerGreat running buddies, keep paceMiles fly by with ease Where did Upchuck go?Bodo’s made a detour homeReturning with dog

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