Tag: River Run

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

4 runners assembled SOJ for an early morning run that went exactly like this:

Thang

Repeato from last week: We came. We saw. We ran 4.8

Boom!

COT – Gumbo took us out

NM

This was YHC’s first run since running to the 3 AOs just after the election. That’s way too long to go inbetween. YHC knew the only way to get back out there was to sign up to Q a run, an oxymoron in YHC’s book. Cheers to the PAX for circling back.

This was the first Q for YHC that did not involve a raccoon, though Honeymoon petitioned to change YHC’s name to Dr. Doolittle.

If you didn’t see it, the sunrise was amazing this morning. Time to run the same loop in reverse so we can enjoy the sunrise next week.

Lots of good conversation this morning, boys…YHC appreciates the opportunity!

Announcments:

Wilson’s Golf Tournament this Friday

VQ week June 26

New Podcasts available https://soundcloud.com/user-511620118/

A fearless 5 broke the strangle hold of the fartsack this Monday morning to enjoy the cool breeze and to slay some hills SOJ to kickstart their week.  We welcomed Flatline to his virgin River Run experience and that called for the old faithful –

Left our of Bettie Weaver down James River Road past the high school.  Right onto Riverton Ridge to get into Tarrington.  Left at the round-a-bout onto Welby Drive.  Right only Sherfield Drive past the pool.  Left onto Ashwell and then downhill around the loop (the calm before the storm?) and uphill all the way to Robious Road.  Cross Robious through the BUSH and right onto Powderham Lane to Twin Team and down (thankfully) the Twin Team hill.  Finish with a loop by the baseball field, football field and  high school, were we caught up to LugNut who opted out of the Ashwell Loop but slayed the Ashwell Hill.

YHC had 4.8 miles total and a great start to the week under our belts.  Well done men.

No real new announcements – Wilson’s golf tourney is fast approaching – May 19.  New West End AO is up and cranking on Tuesdays (Heartbreak Ridge) and a new AO in Mechanicsville kicks off this Thursday at Pole Green Park.

Have a great Monday everyone.

No more Gumbo for you!

As the calendar turned to May, 6 redwoods, including a RiverRun virgin posted to kick off what could be the official start of BRR training.

Start out with minimal warm up Twin Twin Team Lane and onto Brigstock into Salisbury.  4+ mile route straight to Ellesmere and down Ashwell through Tarrington.  5 milers take the Mt. Hill loop and follow the same route down Ashwell.  Back to the school up James River Road (that is a nice slow incline to close out the run).

THANG

Great to see Upchuck out at RiverRun this morning.  YHC had thoughts of avoiding the hills but when Upchuck pulled into the parking lot I know we had to hit the hills.  No one comes ro RiverRun hoping for a nice flat run.  The shorter route was a little longer than 4 miles, sorry about that Lugnut.  Upchuck thought he was the only one on the trails yesterday but found out this morning that Lugnut made his way out there too.  Lugnut did not follow the normal F3 timing and posted at 2pm with his M.  That’s the heat of one of the hottest days of the year so far, way to push Lugnut.

Lugnut congratulated Gumbo this morning for Gumbo’s advancement in the world of corporate law.  Wilson, coming in late to the conversation, congratulated Gumbo on what he thought was Gumbo 2.4.  He was quickly corrected and Gumbo made a quick call to the doctor just to be sure.

YHC and Honeymoon discussed BRR training during the run and no matter what your expected mileage, it is time to kick it up to start putting in the miles. If TYA has his way with competing teams, you’ll want to start getting those miles in. You know, you against you…See TYA if you are interested.  If you are reading this you are interested, sign up now.

Congrats to the F3RVA teams that completed the Colonial 70 and Ragnar.  That was some brutal heat you ran through, great job.

One car with two PAX showed up to River Run on a cool wet Monday morning to throw down a few miles and being thankful the rain held off!

Once we figured it was only us we decided the route from last week was the way to go. We logged just over 3 miles!

While the rain was not coming down on us, we found new ways to leave the workout just as wet as if it had been raining!

Yup. The puddles in the dark got out little piggies cold and wet! Honeymoon has decided to convert all his toilets at home to bidet toilets as he enjoyed a full soaking from a sprinkler head right where the sun don’t shine!

We had a good couple laughs along the way. We missed the the rest of the fellas. Hope all is well and that the fartsack just had a tight grip!

Hey God, Wilson & Honeymoon here – #runningsucks! Thanks for keeping us safe and having a few laughs on the way!

4 SOJ stalwarts posted to River Run on this beautiful, maybe a little hot, post-Easter morning to start the week off with a little run to lighten our load after the Easter feast…some of us took that literally.  Wilson greeted YHC with “Dogs and Kids” as he was already in a hurry, so quick instructions and we took off.  YHC decided to forgo the mountainous hills around River Run for a new route, it went a little something like this:

From BWES head towards Robious Road and across to the sidewalk near Twin Team.  Take a right on the sidewalk and follow the sidewalk West on Route 711 down past Keswick Farm to Winterfield Road.  Turn left on Winterfield Road (or cut through the shopping center) and head South up Winterfield Drive to the entrance of Founders’ Bridge.  Turn right into Founders’ Bridge.  I think LugNut and Wilson turned around after the first median and headed back to BWES.  Honeymoon and YHC ran into Founders’ Bridge further before we turned around and headed back.  The goal was to get to the Independence Golf Course parking lot, but the aliens inside YHC’s stomach had other ideas.  Pretty run on the way back as Keswick Farm was a lit up a little and the animals were making some noise.  It is a steady uphill climb back to the flag though. YHC clocked in right at 4.5 miles.

COT – Number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out.

So, we were all feeling our over-indulgence from Easter a little bit, but apparently YHC ordered “The Special” and was screaming for a Pepto Bismol at the 2 mile mark.  YHC was forced to exit stage left and donate a Fudd to the woods of Midlothian.  I tell you, the 2nd half of the run felt much better a pound lighter.

Great to get in a run with good company this morning.  Thanks for posting guys.

Have a great day!  No more Gumbo for you!

3 stalwarts broke the hold of the fartsack on this glorious Monday morning and posted at River Run to log some miles and climb some hills.  The route today started with a nice mosey down to the high school and around by the baseball fields, then we headed West on 711 and turned left into River Downs to tackle the Queens Grant hill.  When we descended the back side on Royal Crest Drive, rather than turn around and repeat the hills in reverse to complete the River Downs Roller Coaster, we took a right on Riverdowns South and made our way back to BWES for a mostly flat to downhill return and a total of just over 4 miles for the day.  The full roller coaster will reopen again soon.

Number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out with a quick prayer of thanks and wishes for safe travels for any PAX members and families traveling for Spring break this week.

Announcements:

• C-ville F3 – see Lab Rat and send contacts to F3charlottesville@gmail.com
• Galactosemia golf tourney – May 19 – see Wilson
• HDHH – details to come from Flashdance

NMS:

Great to have LugNut back out.  Way to push through a tough 4 today LugNut.  Always fun to run with McRib, especially when we can discuss a weekend series win for the Keydet baseball team.

Have a great week men!

No more Gumbo for you!

4 of the RiverRun faithful showed up for the return of the run.  Nothing new or out of the ordinary for the run today, just the classic.  Down James River Road and into Tarrington, around the Ashwell Loop and up the hill to Robious.  Head first into the bush and down Twin Team.  Circle the schools to round out the 5 miles.

NMM

The group stayed together today after what seemed to be a tiring weekend for those in attendance.  Wilson bailed early this morning with a #runningsucks text in the early hours to Honeymoon.  The hills are still alive and well at RiverRun and we are looking forward to hitting them on a weekly basis.

Enjoyed the run men, thanks for the company, it makes 5 miles go by quick.

Rosie

Seven of the faithful stayed huddled in their cars until 5:29:58, then jumped out ready to make a downpainment. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and, after a brief but thorough disclaimer, this is what went down:

THANG

Warmup with SSH, don quiote, merkins, scissor kicks, etc.

Longish Indian Run out past JR High School and around to football stadium.

Fourties with merkins and mt. climbers. Run up stadium stairs to the top, across, and back down between each exercise.

3x 440m repeats on track at target pace of 1:30 (alternative exercise for 75x LBCs).

Repeat Indian Run back to VSF.

2 Minutes of Mary consisting of American Hammers, crab cakes, single leg Alabama prom dates right, single leg Alabama prom dates left, and Alabama prom dates.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Under consideration is a proposal to start a new Friday bootcamp at or near Bettie Weaver ES and revert RiverRun back to a (mostly) running workout. The main drivers of these changes are (i) that there is not a practical bootcamp option for Southsiders on Friday (the Creek, unfortunately, being too far for many of us who must get kids to school), (ii) there are several great bootcamp options (the Punisher and Batteau within a reasonable distance) for those that prefer a Monday bootcamp, and (iii) the Salisbury / JR High School area is undoubtedly the best running venue in the Richmond area, if not the entire US. Contact Rosie if you feel strongly about this proposal one way or another.

Murph Monday at RiverRun next week.

There are several group running events coming up.

COT with YHC taking us out.

MOLESKIN

There were more than several discussions about Duke faltering and UVA getting just absolutely humiliated. YHC is getting nervous, having dissuaded my 11 year old from picking South Carolina to go all of the way.

There was a hard frost last night, and it was cold. Mr. Roper threatened to come out of winter hibernation. Then, after realizing it would be below freezing, he adjusted his sights to Tuesday.

Flipper was expected to also remain in hibernation until the climate became a bit more agreeable. However, to the delight of all, he appeared at the JR HS track well into the workout. We were a good distance from the VSF, and I am impressed that he could track down the PAX. He said he could hear our footfalls on the metal bleachers (I think, by that, he is suggesting that we are fat).

The 1:30 target pace on the 440s was a little aggressive, but not too far off. Rosie could hit it, and several others were very close. Repeats suck, but they are effective. I suggest that we incorporate them regularly at Riverrun.

Strong showing this morning! Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Jville