Tag: Sunday Funday

First off, Tclaps to Doozy for completing the Summer Tour with a speedy tour of the trails.

YHC rolled in at 6:59:45 AM to a crowd of men getting ready for a run. Double Mint and three others (FNGs?) took off toward Buttermilk.

YHC: Where are they going?

PAX: I don’t know.

YHC: What are we doing?

PAX: I don’t know. There’s this trail right over here…

So YHC, Doozy, Marco Polo, Swiper, and Oyster took off on Northbank and Saab hit the roads. Oyster turned back early. The rest went Northbank to TPot to Buttermilk in a speedy 70-75 minutes. YHC discovered along the way that none of these PAX knew Double Mint, and was worried he had missed an opportunity to make an introduction and keep the larger group together.

This group met up with Flipper and TYA near the end; they had been out on the trails for a while.

Double Mint and crew went Buttermilk to Northbank, but somehow did not cross paths with the others.

COT. Double Mint issued a disclaimer that he did not recruit the 3 newbies for F3, just brought them out for a trail run on Sunday morning departing the Pumphouse at 7am. Huh. The PAX gave them names anyway, and YHC’s confusion persisted. YHC cannot remember the third FNG’s name – please help in the comments. It was a pretty sloppy COT.

One FNG was named Bulldog because he went to Georgia. YHC is taking the liberty of renaming him from his college mascot to “HowBoutEm”. Backstory: A while back, YHC asked his M, whose family is full of Ga. Tech fans, “HowBoutThemDawgs?” and she shot back with “Well, HowBoutEm?”.

YHC thought with all the different groups going there might be 6 backblasts, but alas, this seems to be the first. YHC will be better prepared to lead next time. With all the confusion, YHC thinks LabRat would have lost it.

Six humidity warriors hit the trails this morning. TYA and Saab went early. Never saw Saab but TYA had. There were fifty new trail runners out for their first go at the circuit this morning all wearing red shirts. Lots of late summer ?s as well. Good work out there this morning, men. YHC took us out

In the 1 year and 2 months that YHC has been posting with F3, today was the first visit to Sunday Funday. 

As YHC was coming across the Nickel Bridge at 6:55, Saab was spotted running across the bridge in the other direction.  YHC thought he had missed the one and only guy that showed up.  Not to be discouraged, YHC continued on to the parking lot only to see no other familiar vehicles, donning the F3 logo.  Again, to not be discouraged, YHC decided a run was still in the making. 

As YHC got out of the truck, an unfamiliar face emerged from his truck and appeared to be glad to see me.  After a brief introduction, Marco Polo had made the trip this morning and was ready for a run on the trails.  We waited about 5 minutes to see if others would come in, then we hit the dirt. 

We completed the full loop and were soaked in sweat by the end.  YHC reminisced from many days spent on those trails in the past on bike and foot, but hadn’t spent any time on them over the last few years. 

As we completed the run, we stayed around a few minutes to stretch and talk.  As we prepared to leave, YHC turned around to see Flipper making his way back from a run.  Flipper arrived shortly after we got started.  As YHC was getting in his truck, Saab showed up from his long run.  We talked briefly, then YHC was off to meet the family for Church. 

It was a great morning for a run and great to meet Marco Polo.  YHC really enjoyed the conversation and really glad to have the company. 

YHC was not sure of the protocol for who writes this up, but it was better to get one in, rather than not at all.  Besides, it had to be longer than TYA’s post last Sunday! 

Have a great start to the week!

Six dudes posted on a Sunday morning for a run around the trails. Northbank to buttermilk was the route.

IT Was Hot, We went for a Swim, it was type four fun. Not fun while you are doing it and not fun afterwards.

TYA Out

9 Davillians and a Shakedown showed up for trail day! Most were looking for a shorter route for various reasons this morning, so we opted for an out and back to Reedy Creek with optional Lariats. Phonics was lamenting about days gone by swimming in the river, so we did that, too. Tomato run looks to be crowded tomorrow!

Welcome to FNG’s Shank (as in the prison type) and G. Love!

Rumor has it that TYA, Flipper and Lug got in 10 early miles, and a possible Whistle Blower siting. I’ll let them write their own bb, though.

On a perfect morning, ten strong broke loose from the fart sack and made it to the trails.

Northbank to buttermilk and back for most. Lab Rat and BT had an early departure time so did the northbank and back. Lug got lost (not sure how) and hit a little bit of the forest hill loop.

NMM

Flipper is on a roll. I didn’t witness this myself, but Flipper claims he was leading the group through the run this morning. I honestly wouldn’t doubt it, he, Lug, and Vinny have been putting the work in lately and crushing some miles.

Good time at ET’s afterwards.

Eleven strong posted for the latest edition of Sunday Funday, Father’s Day style!

Nickel Bridge to Buttermilk to T-Pott to North Bank to Pumphouse Parking Lot.

Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

Announcements:

Roller Coaster/HDHH this Wednesday the 19th at Palani Drive rear parking lot. 6pm launch for run. 6:45pm for refreshments.

Independence Day Convergence. July 4th at Tredegar. 7am.

Summer Tour

Shakedown shaving head. Needs $74.00

NMS:

YHC’s M asked him a couple weeks ago what he wanted to do for Father’s Day. Answer was Q the Sunday Trail Run for starters. YHC really never was in the lead for the run. We left that to Crickey and others. Beautiful morning on the trails. There was a Hardywood sighting on the Buttermilk(non-F3 sanctioned) and Faceplant ran the opposite direction due to being LIFO and taking a guess which way we went. YHC had no idea Flipper was with us until at the end at the parking lot he appeared out of the woods at the end of the trail. He was a couple minutes LIFO and kept us in sight for the most part. Dude is piling on the miles right now. Great job, Flipper!

Thanks to all who doubled back or waited at times for YHC to catch up. Enjoyed this morning very much and also enjoyed the new part of the North Bank Trail that was just finished, though it does cut some distance off from the old route. Also, ET’s was fun but brief for YHC. Had to roll and spend the rest of the day with my other family:)

Have a great Father’s Day all and see you in the gloom!

Kubota

YHC and Bootleg pulled into the Pump House parking lot at 7:02 with nary a disappearing pax member in sight. We assumed the crowd had already made off into the woods; however, since no one has posted a backblast for Sunday Funday, it appears that we were the pax.

Turning around at downtown, YHC put in 8 miles. Bootleg was aiming for a personal half-marathon.

6 studs posted on a nice spring morning in Richmond. Route was northbank to T potters field to buttermilk and home just under 6 miles , j. Saab hit the roads.

NMM

The parking lot was packed when I arrived at 645. Rare for a Sunday morning. Often in the winter we are the only folks in the parking lot. Ollivander put in an extra half hour pre-workout.

The trails were looking for payback today. Faceplant almost took a faceplant today about a mile into the run. He stumble for a few yards then caught himself. YHC was happily making his way down the trails thinking how much better he has gotten on the trails especially after our jaunt on the AT a few weeks ago. 10 second later I hit the deck. Concentration on the trails is key and it only takes a second of losing concentration to hit a rock and stumble…

We missed Sally out there today. Offshore is still hurting from wearing his exercise shoes for the run in Wednesday. Great to have faceplant out there for the first time. Always good to have visitors on the trails.

7 men and one woman awoke from the Fartsack to tackle the trails in today’s version of Sunday Funday. Temps were sunny and 70. TYA-san called the route…Buttermilk to T. Pottersfield to North Bank. Saab ran in the neighborhoods to stay on solid ground. Totals were in the 7 mile range for trail runners, 9+ for the road runner (10?).

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

NMS:

TYA is a wise sensei. Today was a battle less with the trails and more with the elements. Six of seven runners hit the trails. At the start or shortly thereafter, 5 of 6 runners were topless (or 6 of 7, for those counting Sally).

The lone road runner, Saab, declined to go topless suggesting,”I’m running through respectable neighborhoods. The residents do not go for that.”

It was that kind of day.

TYA’s route selection was all about the shade and the direction of the sun. Well done, friend. It was awful, but the reverse would have been worse.

Good to see Furley and Pert Plus back on the trails. They led the way, appearing impervious to the heat. Hutton motored through it. YHC and TYA brought up the 6. Offshore and Sally, avoiding the nightmare of the T. Pottersfield Bridge, returned home by another route.

YHC is not one for participation trophies…today might be an exception.