Tag: River Run

Five strong mosey into the gloom for what was intended to be a rather simple loop.

The Thang

The traditional route through Tarrington with the 5 milers making the loop and 4 milers proceeding immediately up “pain in the Ashwell hill”.  Turn left on Robious and right on Ellesmere.  Follow to Brigstock and turn RIGHT.  Left onto Twin Team and back to Bettie Weaver.

Moleskin

With the SOJ crew spread across the AO’s YHC was not expecting a large turnout today on the home turf. YHC was pleasantly surprised however to see Phonics and Lab Rat at the AO.   After learning the mighty warriors from the east made the journey SOJ in one day YHC knew they were ready for a River Run beatdown.  Honeymoon opted to take the lead for the 5 mile crew and off they went at 5:31.  Now YHC ran/jogged/generally moseyed along the 4 mile route with the goal of returning to the AO before my F3 brothers could arrive.  This was truly a race no one knew they were in other than YHC.  Feeling elated after returning to Bettie Weaver without being caught by the PAX I mosey back up Twin Team to meet the crew.  But they are not there?  I wait, and wait, and wait……  feeling concerned about the guys YHC text Wilson to get Honeymoon’s number.  I call …. no response.  YHC hops in the car and goes on the hunt, but to no avail.  At 7 a.m. Honeymoon and I catch up and he is driving to pick up the remaining PAX and return all to the AO.   #1 Happy to report everyone was ok.  #2 In 90 minutes the 5 mile crew covered between 8 and 9 miles.  #3 Was it an accident, or was it an epic SOJ RiverRun BEATDOWN!?!?!?

Peace

Four BRR participants showed up this morning knowing that something big lies ahead in 5 weeks. YHC showed up, pedal to the metal after getting out of bed at 0508. Honeymoon asked who had the Q and YHC responded, well I think its time to get started anyway. Audible called by the PAX.

Reverse Twin Team route!! Slightly behind schedule we were off. Twin Team Hill at 0540 is NO JOKE!! Lug did 4 mile route and Honeymoon, Flatline, and Wedding Singer ran 5 mile route. And, at the end, the PAX all finished together.

Solid run this morning men. Super way to start the week!!

Number-rama, name-a-rama, and announcements–2nd F Thursday at Vale with OBT, 1800.

Honeymoon took us out!!

God Bless this morning and the ability to start the week with a solid group of men. And God Bless F3!!

6 total for a stroll in the dark after a night of big storms.

5:30am we took off as normal to do a little BRR hill repeat work as we all know BRR is in the mountains!

Ran about 1.6miles to the magic spot to start the hill repeats where some got 2 or 3 rounds in before picking their path back to the AO.  We might have loss the “6” but thanks to Bleeder and “Fine my Phone” we quickly all arrived back safe.

COT, Name-a-rama, Number-rama

Good work by all and keep pushing so we will all be ready for BRR.  Great to see Bleeder and 2.0 along with having Lug back at it as always.  Wilson good to see as always, steady solid running while data collecting for big data.  Rosie you are fast and really fast at hills!

4 BRR trainees and a bonus runner posted for YHC’s return to RiverRun on a warm and muggy morning.  It was tough to decide which route to take but with the smaller PAX being regulars YHC decided to take the Riverdowns Roller Coaster.

ROUTE – Across Robious down the trail to River Downs.  Left on Riverdowns S Drive.  Left on Queens Grant Drive, right on Royal Crest Drive.  All the way to the end to check on Gumbo’s house while he is on vacation.  Everything looks safe and sound there.  Reverse route on the way return doubling back for the 6 to generate some more hill work. 4.1 to 4.9 miles logged depending on turnaround and double backs

It had been over a month since YHC had hit this run and I was happy to be back running in familiar territory.  Creeping up on the BRR Honeymoon is pushing for more and more miles to keep up with his NC team.  DK showed up just to get some miles in even though he is not running the BRR this year.  Singer and Wilson keep churning out the miles and getting stronger as they go, way to work.

YHC didn’t give the PAX the route until we were leaving the parking lot headed toward Twin Team so Wilson started to get nervous.  Once he heard we were headed to the River Downs Roller Coaster he balked, #runningsucks.  The alternative was Twin Team hill repeats so River Downs it is.

Great to be back out there and get a chance to run with the PAX.  

11 strong posted at River Run this morning with no Q to lead the way.  YHC’s morning began with a text from Wilson that the New Market clown car was running late, so maybe by default, YHC picked up the Q and lead the PAX out of the Bettie Weaver parking lot and into Tarrington for the traditional River Run loop through Tarrington, including the long, steady Ashwell hill.  Always a crowd-pleaser.

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Strong work by all the PAX today.  I believe it may have been the virgin River Run posting for a few folks (Doogie, Wedding Singer, Honeydo, EF Hutton?).  And, of course, always great to have an FNG and 2.0 with us.  Great work Styx.

Announcements:

• NoToll is NOT at NoToll tomorrow.  AO change – we will post at Huguenot Little League just behind Robious Elementary School (2801 Robious Crossing Drive, Midlothian, VA 23113).
• HDHH this Wednesday at The Answer Brew Pub to raise a toast to Toga before he hits the road for Music City.

Great job today crew!

No more Gumbo for you!

A fearless 8 broke the warm embrace of the fartsack on this holiday eve to tackle the HUMID 70 and Sunny roads of Midlothian RVA this morning, and we got straight to work and the sweat was rolling.  Mileage varied from 4 to 4.8.  See the route below.

Thanks to Spit, Offshore and Trophy for coming out to check out RiverRun.  Great job everyone – way to crush the hills today.

Announcements:

• Convergence at Dogpile tomorrow 0600
• First Thursday at DaVille this Thursday – Ultimate Frisbee and then beers at COTU – 2.0s ad Ms welcome
• Next Saturday at Dogpile — Farewell to Toga
• HDHH Farewell coming up soon also — See Lockjaw
• HR Derby at Robious Elementary (Huguenot Little League fields) Tuesday July 11

See you in the gloom

No more Gumbo for you!

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2 men escaped the post-Father’s Day food coma to post at River Run, including 1 River Run virgin.  The hills were in the original plans, but instead we opted for a more comfortable 4.2 mile jaunt through the River Downs neighborhoods as shown below.

Thanks for coming out Mr. Roper – it was fun running and catching up with you.

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6 strong mosey into the gloom, 5 turn right, one goes left.

The Thang
The fox turns left onto James River Road, right onto Riverton Ridge, left on Welby, right on Sheffield, left on Ashwell to complete the loop and return. 3.6 miles total for the fox.

The hounds turn right and cross over Robious, turning right again into James River High School Athletic Complex, left on to James River Road into Robious Landing Park making the loop, turning left on Riverton Ridge and make the same loop as the fox. 4.7 miles total for the hounds.

Moleskin

YHC was the fox on this humid morning trying to stay ahead of the hounds before returning to the AO. With a 1 mile head start but some mighty speedy hounds chasing YHC was not sure the loop could be completed in time. Cresting the top of the Ashwell hill YHC sees Gumbo jogging the wrong direction? He asks if I’ve seen Wilson? I have not, I’m actually trying to make sure I don’t see anyone until we reach the finish line, I think to myself. YHC proceeds on as does Gumbo, keeping an eye out for Wilson somewhere along the route back. One rule any racer learns early in any racing career is to never turn your head and look back, it will always slow you down. Now YHC is not 100% sure that rule applies to running but needless to say YHC ran the last mile pretty certain I could hear footsteps getting ready to catch me at any moment. The fear of being passed can provide some needed motivation. After reaching the AO successfully the hounds arrived about 30 seconds later. YHC probably got a little lucky as some of the hounds may have taken a wrong turn or two. The number of Terraces evidently provided some extra cover for the fox today. Good run men!

4 SOJ veterans, 1 SOJ FNG, and 1 Davillian awoke to the thought of a leisurely jog around the neighborhoods that surround Bettie Weaver Elementary School.  What resulted was quite a bit different.

The workout

Slow group jog to the football stadium for interval training.  Run an 800 fast followed by a 400 slow.  Rosie and YHC repeated this 4 times.  Gumbo, Honeymoon, Doublemint, and Lug Nut repeated 3 times.  We then took a slow jog around Robious Landing Park for the last 16 minutes of the workout.  Total distance covered was around 5.5 miles.

The Thang

After Circle K was unable to lead today, YHC gladly took the Q.  Circle K had mentioned to YHC a few days prior that he was planning on doing a track workout.  This sounded like a good suggestion since YHC had never been in this part of town.  When YHC thinks of track workouts, the dreaded 800 fast workout followed by a 400 slow jog always comes to mind.  The PAX did not seem too enthusiastic about the suggestion but performed outstanding throughout the repeats.  Well done all.  With about 16 minutes left, YHC wanted to see some of the park, so the PAX took a slow job throughout Robious Landing Park.  The PAX got separated in Robious Landing Park, but in the end, the PAX made it back to the virtual SF a few minutes after 6:15 AM and all were in good spirits.

Welcome Doublemint!!  YHC has been EHing him for about 9 months.  It appears all YHC had to do was post in Doublemint’s part of town.

Annoucements:

• Cornhole & Rock ‘N Roll, a ReeseStrong Childhood Cancer event, is this Saturday, June 10 at Marty’s Grill in Mechanicsville.  The first band starts at 11 am.  The cornhole tournament starts at 12:30 PM.  To register or for more information, click here or see Phonics.
• Fudd is also hosting a party (M’s invited) at his house that night. RSVP to his preblast.
• VQ week starts June 26.

It was a pleasure to lead this great group of men today.

Phonics Out!

4 River Run veterans eschewed the forecast and broke free from the comfort of the fartsack to start the work week with some hills and some miles.

The suggestion was made during last week’s run and YHC decided to give it a try – the traditional River Run route backwards — left out of Bettie Weaver for a loop around by the high school across Robious and up the trail to Twin Team.  Up up up up…..up Twin Team, then down Powderham Lane and cross through the BUSH from the back side, across Robious Road and into Tarrington.  Down the long Ashwell hill and around the circle and back up to the swimming pool.  Hang a right and book it back to the Bettie Weaver past the high school.

Twin Team was a brutal as ever, but Rosie made it look easy.  He just pulls away with ease on the hills.  A mountain goat has nothing on him.  While the Ashwell downhill was a nice change, the hill coming back up toward the poolhouse was another kick in the shorts (at least for YHC) at the 3.5 mile mark.  Honemoon and Rosie were unphased.  We caught up to LugNut at about 4.25 miles and he was picking them up and putting them down steady as she goes.  4.82 on my watch, but I’m sure Rosie and Honeymoon got closer to 5 with a doubling back a couple times to pick me and LugNut up.

Well done fellas.  Always a great start to the work week.  Have a great Monday men!

No more Gumbo for you