Tag: RAMM

Mary Munford Elementary

  • Hitch Can Do 6s

    Ahhhhh….the weather continues to be splendid on these late August mornings as a handful of F3 stalwarts gathered at Mary Munford’s elementary school for a jaunt around the near west end.

    As always, our good friend Hitchhiker showed up as the crew was leaving…with no 4s to join. It was mentioned that Hitch can do a triatholon so there’s really no reason he couldn’t easily keep up with the 6s. Especially wiht Phonics in the house. (Great to run with Phonics this morning, by the way! Best of luck to his crew this weekend in a intercollegiate cross country meet at Pole Green Park.)

    Above is the route. It’s Bodo’s all time favorite…and now probably Hitch’s as we saw him running down Charmian in a direction that wasn’t necessarily part of the original plan.

    I hope everyone has a really good Labor Day weekend.

  • Last Minute Route

    YHC picked up the Q late last night after a long week of work knowing he needed to get out and run. Short on a time to plan a route, a run down Monument was in order.

    Route

    Everyone: Commonwealth to Monument and head east towards downtown. All return on Grove. 4s turn on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. 5s turn on Meadow. 6s turn on Harrison.

    We all made it back.

    Numberama / Namerama.

    Announcements

    Applesauce has his VQ at Dogpile tomorrow morning. Show up at the appropriate time.

    YHC took us out.

    Riders

    Bone Thugs was the only rider back in time for COT, but there were a number of riders that launched about the same time as the runners. Hopefully they all found their way back.

  • Professional Hour?

    Five runners, six professionals, and 4 amateurs set off toward the Carillon and other parts unknown. 

    The Routes

    Runners – Reverse Carillon

    Pros – T-Pot, War Memorial, elsewhere

    Amateurs – Carillon, Burpee Lake, Insect Hell

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    The real gearheads seemed surprised to find 3 schlubs ready to cruise.  Bone joined a bit late to make four.  The schlubs were cruising too, at least until they circled Burpee Lake and passed through the 3rd and 4th plagues of Eqypt.  No less than 268 Gnats were swallowed per man.  Nevertheless all made it back safely.  The amateurs covered 7.42 miles, the runners 5-6, and rumor has it the pros went about 14.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • The Bridge
    • Homegrown Half

  • V02 Max, Christie, and Richmond’s Finest

    Somewhere between 12 and 16 able-bodied pavement warriors gathered in the forbidden parking lot for today’s RAMM/RAMM Gears. The few runners were quickly swarmed by the gears crew prior to launch. Luckily, a few more runners arrived right as we launched so numbers were relatively even.

    Variations of the Clovelly route were called:

    4s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/evbak6d6
    5s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/gfkphqr3
    6s:  https://onthegomap.com/s/3f7djt48

    Fartleks weren’t even discussed.

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Moleskine

    The runners all remembered that darn goon Clovelly being much longer and deeper than experienced today (here come the jokes). It is still a good alternative offshoot to throw in there from time to time.

    Discussion today centered around blissful colonoscopy naps, what the hell is VO2 Max and it’s theoretical limit, Christie Brinkley’s current status, and whether or not to buy condoms with diapers.

    Great to see Richmond’s finest represented in the Mary parking lot today. Thank you Florence for all that you do!

    Splinter out.

  • August Relief in Sight

    RAMM turned it up to 11 today with the return of Faceplant. Routes shown below were largely followed…for a change.

    Saab abides

    RAMM ROUTE – Reverse Paxton

    https://onthegomap.com/s/s7t558a7

    https://onthegomap.com/s/da7kiad8

    https://onthegomap.com/s/jeu58c63

  • Good Day for a run on West Franklin

    A mix of regulars, summer tourists and a downrange visitor convened for the most recent edition of RAMM. YHC had posted the routes the night before but reviewed them once more for good measure.

    4s: https://onthegomap.com/s/5eha4kmp

    5s: https://onthegomap.com/s/3tsk0njm

    6s: https://onthegomap.com/s/0g6mfb69

    Numbers / Names / Announcements

    YHC took us out.

    Thanks to EF Hutton for the text reminding me to post the backblast. YHC was out of town all weekend and had forgotten.

  • A Penny Richer

    According the aspiring millionaire who found a penny, miles were covered today by foot and wheel. Offshore took us out.

  • Dookie Dash

    …Coming soon to your App Store

    Saab Abides

  • It Depends

    Runners and their bike gang hit the mean streets of Mary Mumford. Miles were covered, stories we shared, and there was envy and admiration for Bodo’s vibrant shoes.

    YHC look us out, but No Tools finished with a joke.

  • Porto Pottie Pick…

    Saab abides