Tag: RAMM

20 warriors of The Gloom came to ride or run their way through the soup that was the latest edition of the Run/Ride at Mary Munford. Temps were sunny and 70 with stickiness.

Routes: With the Stanley Cup Finals starting on Monday, YHC pulled the Hockey Stick Route out of the archives…east on Grove to Malvern (left) until each of the following…top of railroad bridge (4 milers), Saunders and Laburnum (5 milers), or right on Laburnum to AP Hill Statue (6 milers).

Sippy and Phonics tore off to complete the 6 miles. A gaggle of runners, including Splinter, Saab, Offshore, Handshake, YHC, and Abba (aka, “I don’t care about that.”) hit the 5 mile route. Bleeder, Honey Do, Lug Nut, and others hit the four. Something happened to a bunch of other runners.

Riders rode.

Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Summer Tour starts tomorrow…26 officials AOs and 9 extra credit options.

Memorial Day Convergence is Monday at 7 a.m. Meet at the parking lot next to the Tredegar Iron Works.

AO starts Thursday in Mechanicsville…The Anvil. Boot camp. Watch for additional AOs this summer, including The Bellows, The Tongs, and The Chisel.

Splinter is looking for PAX to staff the 24 hour F3RVA Technology Service Center.

Fifteen men from Richmond and the surrounding areas converged at Mary Munford to end the week the right way.  

The Routes

6 Milers – MM down Grove to Henri to Campus Drive to UR Drive around the lake, up Ridgeway to Fairway to Robins to Iris to Stonehurst Green to St. Andrews Lane back to Grove to Mary Mumford.

5 Milers – The same except instead of running around the lake, they ran to Ridgeway.  It is also likely that they did not turn onto Stonehurst.

4 Milers – The same except possibly did not go all the way along Campus Drive.

 

The joke of my nickname is that English is one subject I do not feel qualified to teach.  But, since this is known as the Haiku Route, here we go.

 

What Perfect weather

Let’s go for a ride or run

Down Grove Here we go!

 

It’s that time of year

Marv and Sippy Cup discuss

Little League Baseball

 

Up Ridgeway is tough

Not easy to run and talk

But the views are great!

 

The Road less traveled

Let’s take St. Andrews to Grove

Is the way we went

 

Back on Grove we go

Still laughing at that poem.

Googled it at home.

COT – Numberama, Name-o-rama, Announcements YHC took us out.

NMS

After attempting to create a new route, YHC decided to select one of his favorite routes from Lockjaw’s many.  As YHC was giving the directions, Sippy said that it was the Haiku route?  Well, I gave it a try.  I preparing myself mentally for the critiques.

As YHC was running with Marv and Sippy, he suggested that we run down St. Andrew’s.  After doing this, Sippy and YHC had a discussion about Robert Frost and The Road Less Traveled.  Sippy then told YHC about the following poem from a children’s book.

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

I took the one less traveled by. . .

Since then I’ve been completely lost.

Thanks for nothing, Robert Frost!”

 

He then told YHC about a poem that ended with Infinity minus one which was also hilarious.  These got me to the end of the route.  Thanks for Sharing Sippy!

Announcements

• Early Risers –  4 AM trail run – tomorrow (Saturday, 5/18/19)
• New Thursday AO coming to Daville -https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2019/05/16/new-ao-the-anvil-coming-to-daville/
• Puppy Pile – June 1 at 7:05 AM.  (The last Saturday in May)
• Need Q for Breaking Bread – Sunday before Memorial Day.
• Summer Tour starts Saturday, May 25.  We are doing patches this year.  A Preblast is coming shortly.  F3RVA Monthly Challenge
• Prayers for Swirly and his M.  We are all think about you.  

Gotta Run!

Phonics

 

Eighteen intrepid runners and peddlers descended upon Mary to traverse the inner and outer reaches of downtown RVA.

As an ode to Lockjaw, YHC asked each group of runners (4, 5, 6’s) to choose their preferred LJ route. After some very brief deliberation among the groups, runners were off.

Choices of Reverse-Carillon and Monument Avenue to Stuart Circle seemed to be the predominant choice. In a slight breach of protocol, some chose to go old school and traverse Grove Avenue…in the interest of better scenery.

Announcements:

• Lab Rat is raising funds this month for his non-profit to support special needs kids. They have a trailer (coffee cart) and are also receptive to advertising. Please donate.
• Shakedown will be shaving his head again (Dr Phil style maybe) and is accepting donations for another good cause. (YHC doesn’t view this as much of a sacrifice if it grows back 🙂
• I think there is a special workout going on tomorrow morning at 6:00am…see Vinny for details.

Saab Abides

20 seasoned running vets and Gearheads showed up to support BT’s RAMM VQ with a new route. Here’s how it went:

THANG:

West on Grove to Tuckahoe, over Cary and down Paxton. Loop back up Ampthill over Cary and down Roslyn. Continue over Grove to Patterson and hang a right. 4’s take Woodlawn to Grove and back to home base. 5’s take Hamilton to Grove and back, and 6’s detour through Stonewall Ct on the way to Lafayette, then right on Grove back home.

NMS:

YHC was happy to find a route we hadn’t done yet and felt like we needed a little hill work. Also, it gave us a chance to run through the heart of the annual city Garden Tour. Thankfully, Ampthill was early in the run because it’s a doozy. Mileage was almost spot on, but the 5’s needed a another tenth to reach the mark. All in all YHC thinks it was a success and hopes it makes the rotation. Lug and Swirly headed out early and got an extra 3 miles; nice work boys. Great to see J’ville back after his 50k and drag Picabo away from the grips of competitive tennis. Hitchhiker left it all on the field; way to push my man! YHC tried to talk a little baseball with Marv and Sippy early on, but couldn’t keep up so enjoyed some hardball banter with Flatty on the tail end.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Field day next week, get your unis buttoned up and make sure you get Mother’s Day squared away. Positive vibes to the AT crew who are crushing over 100 miles this weekend (TYA, Circle K, Ollivander, The Whittler, someone else?). There was some other stuff but really can’t remember.

Be awesome and have a great weekend!

25 of Richmond’s Finest came to run the ride.

YHC called the Snake River route and off we went. Snake River is the isomer equivalent of Tuesday’s Kingpin route. Taking aside the physical chemistry, it can be stated that there were a lot of hills covered this week.

Way to grind those hills out.

Announcements:

• Puppy Pile – today – 7:05 – See Marv
• Breaking Bread – tomorrow – Upchuck needs some assistance
• Field Day May 11 – See preblast to identify your nano region captain

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

Twenty Four gathered
in the gloom for a run or
bike ride as you please

The weather was nice
Cool temps with a little wind;
great spring running time

Haiku is the call
Since YHC lived there and
matriculated

Offshore and Phonics
received the campus his-tree
tour while on the run

Offshore likes the lake
but does not like getting lost
in Devils Pitchfork

Phonics was looking
for some extra credit so
he ran up Bostwick

Talking scare on the
slog up Towana to Grove
and we finished strong

Spring is in the air, and so is the pollen. YHC explained the routes, but it really sunk in for several Pax based on proximity to gentleman club landmarks on route.

The Routes

East on Grove and left on Malvern to Monument and hang a right heading east.

4s turn right on Boulevard, right on Grove back to the VSF.

5s turn left on Boulevard, left on Moore, left on Rosneath, and a right on Grove back to the VSF.

6s keep going on Monument to Meadow and hang a left. Meadow changes names to Hermitage and then take a left on Leigh. Leigh turns into Moore and pick up the 5s route from there.

Upchuck took us out.

The Moleskin

Running with Upchuck and Shakedown is awesome. Not only do they keep a fine pace, but the conversation is always in healthy debate. So healthy today, that YHC got his first bunch-buggy hit on Upchuck. We are now 25-1 overall due to his preoccupation on conversation. Never a shortage of bugs in the van.

We launched the search party for Saab who was a lone runner on the 6 route. Seems he missed the turn on Leigh and kept heading up to Northside. Wrong turn or perhaps he was intending to visit Punisher? Regardless, he course corrected at the Boulevard and made his way back to the AO.

Announcements: Early risers trail run tomorrow at 4am. The start and end will be at dog pile. No ruck, but bring a light.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

A 21 Pax salute to welcome premier running and riding weather. The routes took us to new territory today.

The Route

Head west on Grove.

4s take a right on Libbie, a left on Patterson, a left on Maple, and a left on Grove back to the VSF.

5s and 6s continued west down Grove and turn right on the access road in front of the churches. Exit out briefly on Three Chopt and take a right on Pepper. Pepper crosses Patterson and veer right onto Dustin Drive. Take Dustin to the end a Maple and hang a right.

At Maple and Patterson, 6s have an extra loop so they take a right on Patterson and complete the Pepper/Dustin/Maple circuit again.

5s and 6s cross Patterson heading south on Maple, left on Grove to the VSF.

YHC took us out.

The Moleskin

YHC has been pondering the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death as a two-fold reminder. Be aware of the plights of others and extend a hand to help them. Everyone is going through something, but together is better than alone in my opinion. Second, 25 years goes by quickly. Make the most of it everyday for the next 25.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

What happens when YHC’s two biggest basketball rivals (Duke vs VT) square up in the Sweet Sixteen? It’s a no lose situation and neither were today’s routes.

The Grace’N’Allen (Grayson Allen) route was called with a detour down (Justin) Robinson St.

The Routes:

East on Grove and a left on Thompson. Go past Monument and take a right on Grace.

4’s take a right on Robinson and a right on Grove back to the VSF.

5’s take a right on Allen and a right on Grove back to the VSF.

6’s take a right on Allen and a right on Grove. Then they take a left on Robinson and sight see around the north bank of Fountain Lake picking up the Boulevard to Grove and back to the VSF.

No Tools took us out.

It was great seeing some new faces as well as some who have not posted in a while. Running with Labrat is always entertaining. Thanks for keeping me going!

Announcements:

• Face Plants Running vq @ Spider Run on Tuesday
• F3RVA Garmin group is available for runners

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

23 canvassed the City of Richmond on foot and wheel for a classic Lockjaw Haiku route:

Run to U of R

Traverse only two fingers

No Jelly Needed