Tag: Spider Run

Twenty hulking studs attacked some hills.  Shakedown was sweating before the run, not that there’s anything wrong with that.  Here’s where they went: 

All

• Out to College around Pitt Field
• R on Lakewood
• L on Westham
• Continue on Country Squire
• L on S. Ridge

4s

• At the bottom reverso
• Back to flag

5s/ 6s

• Continue on Westham Station
• L on Old Bridge
• Hit fork at Old Bridge and Highland
• Reverso
• Back to flag

6s

• Complete Old Bridge plus Highland (once each)
• Reverso
• Back to flag

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

After cool dry mornings a week ago, the funk was back and funky as ever.  Like running through a greenhouse.  As such, stages of dress varied.  Glad the PAX is comfortable with that, just don’t expect YHC to finish with a BOM.  Great to have Shake’s FNG join us this morning.  Originally hailing from Switzerland, Swiss Miss and Toblerone were thrown out as potential names, but the PAX and YHC settled on Neutral.  Hoping Neutral had a positive experience and returns soon. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HDHH and Hill Run tomorrow – Honeydo’s (See Slack for address)

Field Day 9/18

Retreat 9/25 – Cornhole signup coming, find a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion

13 studs posted on a temperate Tuesday morning for a run through the Henrico county hills. Route was Mount Henrico. For six miles just a little over six, five milers, about 5.5 and 4 milers, just a few tenths of a mile over

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A few folks go temporarily lost on the run. Bone Thugs took the right onto Westham Parkway and kept going until he hit Patterson. Once he hit Patterson, he realized he went the wrong way. He turned around and asked for directions back to UR and made it back with a few more miles on his body and 15 minutes of extra running. Sippy also took a wrong turn, but righted himself very quickly, just an extra quarter mile. Although the Mount Henrico route is a little long on mileage, I think the extra time and energy is worth it. Tough run, complicated directions, but rewarding.

19 Warriors emerged from their nice warm beds and ventured onto the University of Richmond for a Tuesday morning run. Weather was as nice as its going to be for this time of year in RVA.

The route was one we haven’t done for a couple of years. From the lake run up to the main entrance, take a right onto campus and run up to Three Chopt. Back down to the main entrance, over to Boatright Drive and up to the top of the hill to Three Chopt Again. Repeat this loop as many times as possible. Each segment of the route is just about 1 mile.

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Lots of mixed feedback on this route. I like it because you get to see all the other runners along the way as people make their way back and forth ton the hills. It is a hilly route and you get little flat running at all. Some like that, some do not. Faceplant loved the route as the directions are really simple and we have run these roads many times. No opportunity to get lost.

TYA out

10 dudes posted last Tuesday for a Spider run. Weather was hot and sticky. Route was past robins center out boatwright and to three chopt. Over to patterson, east on patterson and run until you hit 23 minutes. Turn right on the next road to Grove, Grove back to main entrance and back to shovel flag.

TYA OUT

Thirteen circled up at the new meetup for the quickest directions YHC could spit out. It was a known route.

All Runners:

Out the Batcave, across the shopping center, down Westham Station to S. Ridge, dogleg across River to Gaymont to University.

4s:

Right on University, left on Westham Pkwy, Right on Lakewood, Left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

5s and 6s:

Left on University, quick right on Ralston, Left on University to Ziontown.

5s:

Right on Holmes, dogleg across Ridge to Sunset to University, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

6s:

Continue on Ziontown to Ridge, quick right, then left on Forest, right on Lindsay, left on Westham Pkwy, right on Waveny to Wood, left on Lakewood, left on College, through the Robins Center parking lot and home

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Apologies to Saab as YHC not only stole the Q, but also stole his route. All due respect. In a hurry to put the directions out and get moving YHC left out the loop around the lake and possibly the left on Westham to Lakewood for the 4s. Will make it up next time.

Announcements

Town Hall on Zoom

Homerun Derby – Preblast to come

Fourteen mostly aware PAX huddled in the new gathering spot for this week’s Spider Run. The call was snake river. 4s did one, 5s did two, 6s did four. Numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

Moleskin
Almost everyone remembered, some were unaware, of the newly declared gathering spot for the AO. Shakedown appropriately suggested after the run that we should place a scout at the previous location for a few weeks. Noted and we will make that a practice for the month of July.

Quick note about parking in the new location. After a brief discussion with a UR staff member, here are the key notes:

• Do not park in the “reserved” parking spots closest to the dry creek on the downside of the dam
• If possible, park in the spots facing the road or the spots in the middle of the lot
• The staff try to park in the parallel spots on the road so try to keep those open. They have to be there by 630 so it may be less of a big deal.

Snake river run sucked today. I think everyone would agree with that.

We will stick with this new location for the near future to see how it sticks. So far, so good.

Fourteen in various stages of dress took on F3RVA’s hilliest Tuesday morning run.  Here’s where they went: 

All

• Out to College around Pitt Field
• R on University Dr
• R on Westham
• L on Lindsay Dr
• R on Lindsay Ct to bottom and back
• Continue on Lindsay Dr
• R on Forest

4s

• R on Rock Creek
• R on Baldwin
• R on Wood
• L on Lakewood
• L on College
• R behind Pitt Field
• Loop of the Lake
• Back to flag

5s/ 6s

• L on University Blvd
• L on Arlington
• R on University Blvd
• L on Forest
• Pick up 4s Route
• On College continue past Pitt Field
• R on Campus
• R on UR Drive
• Back to flag

6s

• After Arlington L on University Blvd
• Touch Glendale and Reverso back to Forest
• Pick up 5s Route

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Several PAX from Hoedown were tortured with extreme 11s on Lindsay Ct yesterday, YHC included.  Splinter was 1 shy of completion, so YHC figured he should return.  Plus it sucks in a way only F3 men can appreciate.  Marv’s weather app promises cooler less humid mornings this week, but today was not that.  It was hot and extremely moist.  Saab bucked the route, presumably in search of dryer air.  At the risk of starting a mutiny, F3RVA’s resident Sensei has suggested that the PAX meet at the parking lot on the corner of UR Dr and Richmond Way to avoid speeding golf carts, trash trucks, buses, and Swan Goose sh*t.  Some say that’s Blasphemy.  Next week will decide it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Breaking Bread needs 2 volunteers to complete the Summer – See UpChuck

July 31^st F3 Night at the Diamond – see Bone Thugs , Squirrel sized F3 Shirts for the first 1,000 fans?

Thirteen gambling men tried their luck at some hills this morning, some lost and some won. YHC bet on the weather cooperating, but a freak storm surprised YHC and washed away all the hard work done the night before in preparing the hill routes and marking them out with chalk. YHC adapted, improvised and overcame and the PAX willingly followed along.

It went down like this, PAX met at the typical spot, YHC then asked everyone to pair up with someone of similar running abilities. Sabb lost a bet and got stuck with YHC. YHC had Q energy and couldn’t sleep the night before and was ready to run – sorry Sabbskie. After everyone paired up, YHC handed each team their very own dice. Moseyed on over to the bottom of Ridgeway Rd. each team rolls the dice and depending on the number it corresponded to a pre-determined (and washed away) number somewhere on the hill.

Roll a 2 – short run to the big puddle that YHC pointed out (shortest hill)

Roll a 1 – run to the top of Ridgeway with the Y intersection (medium hill)

Roll a 3 or 4 – run almost all the way up Ridgeway to the dogleg left (worst and steepest hill)

Roll a 5 or 6 – take the right fork off Ridgeway on up to Fairway View Rd T-intersection. (long hill, but less steep)

Everyone runs back down then roll the dice again to find out the next hill to run. Repeat-o until time is up. The audience poll had everyone doing around 3-4 miles.

Numbers and Names, then YHC took it out. Thank you to everyone for your kind words and prayers. YHC’s Mom successfully made it to the other side of surgery this afternoon and is happily eating hospital food and watching HGTV.

See you in the gloom!

18 men of power and commitment shluffed off whatever allure the Fart Sack may still possess and posted with pride to the latest edition of The Spider Run. With conditions sunny, 70, and 150% humidity, the PAX set off precisely at the stroke of 05:30.

Four Miles

River Rd out the Bat Cave and back to Ridgeway (1.1 miles), Fairway, Robin, and Iris to Three Chopt (2.1)
Reverse down Iris and Robin to Tapoan, right on Tapoan, to Three Chopt (2.8)
Reverse down Tapoan to Fairway and Right on Ridgeway, Right on Roselawn (3.6)
Reverse down Roselawn to UR Drive and back to the Flag (4.3)

Five Miles

River Rd out the Bat Cave and back to Ridgeway (1.1 miles), Fairway, Robin, and Iris to Three Chopt (2.1)
Reverse down Iris and Robin to Tapoan, right on Tapoan, to Three Chopt (2.8)
Reverse down Tapoan to Fairway and Right on Ridgeway, Right on Roselawn (3.6)
Reverse down Roselawn to Towana and RIGHT to Campus (4.4)
Reverse down Towana to Roselawn to cut through (5.1)

Six Miles

River Rd out the Bat Cave and back to Ridgeway (1.1 miles), Fairway, Robin, and Iris to Three Chopt (2.1)
Reverse down Iris and Robin to Tapoan, right on Tapoan, to Three Chopt (2.8)
Reverse down Tapoan to Fairway and Right on Ridgeway, Right on Roselawn (3.6)
Reverse down Roselawn to Towana and RIGHT to Campus (4.4)
Right on Campus to Three Chopt (4.6)
Reverse to Old Mill (4.8), right on Old Mill to Three Chopt (5.0)
Old Mill to Campus to UR Drive (5.7) and BTTF (5.9)

Announcements:

Hump Day Happy Hour June 23. YHC thinks Bone Thugs said at Hardywood’s West Creek. YHC was momentarily distracted.

BOLO for F3 night at the Diamond to watch the Squirrels sometime this summer.

July 17. Mark it on your calendar. Notify your friends in the Richmond PD. Hitchhiker will be hosting Karaoke Night at his new home.

Breaking Bread: July 24 and August 28. If you sign up before July 1, Bodo’s has agreed to sing a song of your choice at Hitchhiker’s Karaoke Night.

Prayers for BoBerry’s father as he recovers from one surgery and prepares for another.

Hats off to the VCU Baseball team and F3’s own No Tools. Awesome season and supremely awesome hitting in the post-season.

NMS:

Today marks 5 years with F3RVA for YHC. Special thanks for HoneyDo for talking YHC into the first workout. You all are the best friends, teachers, mentors, and leaders YHC could ask for. There’s nothing you can’t do if you get a group of enthusiastic people with positive minds and a willingness to help.

UpChuck spits the bit.