Tag: River Run

5 of the usual suspects arrived in the gloom with a little drizzle to find no one with a plan on where to go and only one Game of Thrones fan looking for someone to talk to. Bullseye suggested the Twin Team to Brigstock out 23 back 22 route and off we went. Mileage varied but all made it back on time, the Twin Team start and finish makes the negative split much easier than most.

YHC can’t confirm but Orange Crush was so ready to discuss and disappointed no one watched Game of Thrones that I expect he gave Gumbo an entire synopsis of the episode from last night. Lugnut relied on Bullseye for the turnaround time and clocked some of his fastest miles after getting up Twin Team. Everything else seems flat after that start.

Vinny has a field day planned for May 11 – SOJ will be looking for a strong posting. Team captain Gumbo is looking into uniform options, tank tops and jorts preferred.

Ghost Flag at The Forge Thursday 4/25. DTH has the Q

5 River Run Regulars posted in the post-storm gloom to see what neighborhood or hill we would be conquering this morning, but YHC had a different kind of challenge in mind, it being Tax Day and all. Mosey down to the track to pay the piper. 4 laps around the track followed by the 15-burpee tax. Repeato as many times as you can until 0605, then we moseyed back to the SF via the extended route and paid one last marginal tax – 5 burpees.

COT, Number-Rama, Name-a-Rama and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Don Draper VQ at The Forge on Thursday
• Gomer Pyle is taking his show on the road and Qing all week
• Some crazy guys hit the trails at 0400 this past Saturday and want to make it a regular thing…waking up when “3” is the first number is insane – even for Vinny. But way to push yourselves guys.

Strong work today. Rosie destroyed the laps. Burpees were enjoyed by all I know. You’re Welcome.

No More Gumbo For You!

7 SOJ Front Men arrived to enjoy a spring morning run knowing today would be long with a 2120 Tipoff in store.

Route=Tarrington Run and circle JRHS and back to the flag!

Number-ama, Name-r-ama, Announcements: Old Glory at No Toll tomorrow to celebrate all those we have lost and a need to honor them! Prayers for YHC and his M.

YHC took us out!

NMS: Rosie and Gumbo having been logging miles so easy pace this morning. Doozy was out leading the pack but Rosie tracked him down on THE HILL! Bullseye, Orange Crush, and Lug Nut=solid pace and run this morning.

YHC has missed the gloom for 2 weeks going from Guatemala to C’ville and to Williamsburg and a whole host of emotions in between!! Monday am, YHC needed the PAX and the gloom!

This wonderful country gives us the freedom to choose! F3RVA chooses to push ourselves mentally, physically, and spiritually and I am grateful and blessed for that! Men, life is short so hug’em and kiss’em whenever you can!

Only those who post understand!!

Loud and Proud,

Flatline

6 strong for the Murph today….
Mossy to the main playground = 1mile
10 rounds of the below with each round consisting of the following exercises.
• 10 pullups
• 20 Merkins
• 30 squats
After we completed the 10 rounds we headed back to the parking lot = 1 mile
COT, Name-a-rama, Number-rama
Great work today guys! Strong run on the last mile by all! Bonus month as this was for March….for all that missed April is still going to happen, come on out!

Spring Break and the cold weather seems to have kept a few of the regular RiverRunners away for the morning. The three that made it discussed YHC’s original plans to do some hill repeats but decided to wait for another day with more PAX to get that done.

A flatter yet still repetitive route was chosen, the River loop. Down into the park around the loop and back to the school loop – repeato until 0615. 1 loop is slightly less than 2 miles. Some extra or adjustment here and there to get the time to work out right

Great job today guys, some gastrointestinal discomfort led both Doozy and Wedding Singer to adjust their routes. Doozy was happy we were running the river route so he could use the park facilities, much nicer than Singer’s choice of Gumbo’s Blue Box.

Talks of warmer weather and lighter days led YHC and Doozy to the future consideration of trail runs through the park. We got a glimpse of the sunrise over the river, in a few weeks it should be in full form and a TwinTeam field trip may be in order.

7 men enjoyed perfect conditions this morning for some miles. 6 River Run regulars and a Swiper sighting. No Q on the sheet – no problem, but when the decision was left to YHC the call was easy (if unpopular)…River Downs Roller Coaster – to YHC’s house and back with a couple of gut-punch hills in between.

Rosie and Swiper cleared the path for the rest of the PAX – someone had to keep Swiper on the route and Rosie dutifully stepped up to the task. YHC, Doozy and Orange Crush took turns pushing and pulling each other — much appreciated men.

Bullseye put his head down and threw caution to the wind blew right through the turnaround time, but Orange Crush peeled back and brought Bullseye in on his wing. Well done.

And, LugNut, well we all know LugNut does his own thing and just flat gets it done…this morning was no different.

Well done fellas. Have a great Monday!

No More Gumbo For You!

6 River Run regulars posted this morning to run off the green beer and start the week right. No Q, no route, no problem…

Consensus was up Twin Team, right on Brigstock, out 23, back in 22…YHC asked for a loop around by the high school first to “build momentum” for Twin Team (i.e., delay the pain)…and off we went.

Twin Team never disappoints. In fact, it kicks you in the gut and lets you know the weekend is over real quick.

Great running with Orange Crush – strong partner work as we each took turns pulling and being pulled. Thanks brother. No way I hit that pace this morning without your help. Our man Doozy was either offended by our conversation or just out searching for Rosie ahead of the pack where he always is – either way, Doozy was on a mission and cranked through the miles this morning. Roper stuck with OC and me for the first half-mile to share his adventure of driving home from Denver, then dropped back to tell the story to Lug and Singer. Lug and Singer enjoyed the story as well, I’m sure. Lug Nut continues to crank out the miles and keep our six clear — almost didn’t stop Doozy from t-boning a deer, but luckily crisis was averted.

Well done fellas. Thanks for posting because I freaking hate running alone.

Have a great week.

No More Gumbo For You!

8 runners stood around in the gloom at 0529 wondering which way to go. No one had a specific plan so we decided on old faithful. Tarrington Loop and around the school to finish. Radar was concerned about not having run much recently so he turned back early. Gumbo and Doozy coming off illnesses were steady through the hills. Orange Crush is an SOJ regular with neighbor Bullseye now. Wedding Singer has not done that hill in a while and said he could tell. The real story is Lugnut who has been absolutely crushing it, check Big Data from 2/1/19 on and he is tied with Swirly and Vinny (once I post this). He put in almost 8 miles yesterday with the Sunday Funday crew and was back out today for 4+. Don’t think it didn’t go unnoticed that he went his normal route 4 mile route and made it back to the flag in about 40 min and kicked some extra mileage around the bus loop.

Well done today men. As Bullseye said, no need to consider extra layers this morning, weather was great.

VQ for Roger Roger at Heartbreak tomorrow.

3/23 – Dredd will be leading Dogpile at 7 am. Other workout options earlier may be available.

7 SOJ studs didn’t let last night’s downpour keep them from logging some miles this morning. Admittedly, Doozy had better ideas for what to do with his morning but he shook off the doubt and posted anyway (and CRUSHED it).

0527 and YHC called out the Rollercoaster, which brought delight to those who know the route…Slumlord and Orange Crush were in for a treat. Off we went.

Hang a left out of the parking lot toward the High School and around to Robious Road. West on the sidewalk to the new traffic light and left onto River Downs South. Second Left onto Queens Grant and up the big, twisting hill. Right at the top onto Royal Crest Drive and go until you hit Gumbo’s cul-de-sac or until 23 minutes. Turn around and bust it back to the flag.

Great work by all this morning. It was fun running with Doozy (for a little bit) and with Orange Crush the entire way. Doozy left us in the dust on QG hill and several times on that hill and on the return up Royal Crest’s steep but short hill, OC and YHC were wishing we had Rosie’s motor that seems to allow him to traverse mountains without breaking stride or slowing his pace. All in all, 5.17 miles by my watch at an 8:33 pace…I’ll take it!

COT, Number-rama, Name-a-rama and YHC took us out. Conquer the week men!

No More Gumbo For You!

9 southern gentlemen emerged into the dry gloom for a Q-less run. Lugut said we should go that way, pointing out of the parking lot, and we all agreed. He proceeded to describe a route that he had been looking at but toward the end of the description added the disclaimer that he didn’t know how long it was.

The route described was up Twin Team, down the Powderham access road then down Robious Road to Corner Rock, loop through Roxshire and back to Salisbury, Robious and Tarrington. This being a portion of a route YHC regularly runs there was some skepticism about the distances. YHC got out ahead of the PAX and circled back to reroute to Charter Woods, to Framar and through Powderham to Twin Team. There were a few PAX familiar with the neighborhoods that were able to direct everyone home. Doozy looped back at one point and lost the lead pack so he circled around and headed back to Robious and caught up with Mr. Roper and Lugnut to finish the Twin Team downhill. Lesson learned, only circle back if you know where you’re going.

A variety of mileage posted today from 4.5-6 but everyone made it back without anyone getting too lost. All enjoyed the route but the mileages will need to be further investigated next time we call this one.

Doozy asked for prayers for a friend that passed away over the weekend, another reminder to hug your loved ones and enjoy everyday as best you can. Great to have 9 guys out at RiverRun to cover some new ground.