Tag: Sunday Funday

Eight humans and one k-9 posted for Vinny’s one year F3 RVA anniversary celebration and ode to our great Commonwealth.

Away we went. Up Pumphouse Road over to Robinson St. via the VITA course. Right on Cary St. Left on Meadown. Right on Monument/Franklin down to the Capital Building. Rocky style up to the top of the Portico steps – take it all in, collect the six. Return via Main to Meadow. 8.6 miles in total.

Announcements: Slurpee has Breaking Bread tonight and could use some help.

NMS: Today was a great day for a run, and it was an honor to lead. One year ago YHC was a sad clown. 365 days and 278 posts later, I’m glad to say that’s no longer the case. Special thanks to Hardywood for inviting me in to this special group. What an honor and privilege it is to be just a small part.

Virginia’s mottos is Sic Semper Tyrannis which translated means, Thus Always to Tyrants. In honor of that we ran to the Capital and celebrated F3 style: Thus Always to Sad Clowns. May the sad clown in each of us never come out.

Join me the rest of the week for my first annual inaugural Tour of Vinny!

Five Ruckers, two runners, and a sweet dog named Sally met at the trail head but didn’t hit the trails. Furley and Saab ran (first time YHC has ever seen that guy in a shirt – it was a tiger face tank top – sweet). Not sure how far they went but The Ruckers went south, down Riverside, 10 merkins at TPot, simulated casualty situation with Sally across the bridge, over to Browns, then to and around Belle, access road back to Nickel Bridge 8.4 for most 9.2 for TYA who was doing extra credit.

Sign up for the growruck

Healing Place doing 3 miles next Saturday

Greenbow VQ at Hoedown tomorrow

Sunday Ruck #F3RVA style @ Nickel Bridge https://t.co/KmQbT4JVaW

— F3 Richmond (@F3Richmond) February 17, 2019

Six showed up to run the trails on a beautiful frozen Sunday. Furley and Gong Show paired up and found a rhythm that nobody was keeping up with, so we set them loose to tackle Forest Hill. Offshore and Lab Rat teamed up with Lug Nut to do 4.5 miles, turning back at Reedy Creek and throwing in a few spurs to get the distance up a little. Upchuck was testing out the legs and wisely did not push his luck.

ET’s was lively as well, even if it were just Upchuck and Lab Rat. Conversation did not lag.

Lab Rat apologizes…

Four posted on a dry but cool Sunday morning for a ruck. The group crossed the river, traversed the buttermilk, took the flood wall and came back on the northbank trail. Route was a little about 8.5 miles.

It was my longest ruck to date. It was great to get out and have a nice walk with the group. Rucking is great for fellowship as it does allow you to exercise and talk at the same time.

No concerns with safety, Shakedown is always packing.

TYA OUT

Sunday was a weird one, as many of the usual suspects were MIA.  3 runners and one fat bike rider showed up at the designated time and location to check off the box.  Route for runners was North bank to T. Pott bridge and back on Buttermilk.  Fun was had, and the lead (running and conversation) was swapped between us all.  Great trio of runners.

We caught up with Tonka at the bridge and were talking with him about his comment on TYA being in Gong Show’s car….we told him he was not in fact there, he asked who was.  That’s when the BB got titled, and many creative names came up for FNG in tow.  In the end, I settled on the less controversial “Gong Show” after listening to his keys, or bear bells, or symbols clashing together in his fanny pack for a couple miles.

Apologies to Tonka for not sticking with the “man whore” theme…I just couldnt do it.  Maybe next time.

 

Lab Rat apologizes….

 

5 humans and one canine posted on a chilly Sunday Morning.

Offshore, Sally, Mr. Ferlie and TYA hit the frozen trails.  They were in great shape when we ran them, but a few hours later, they would have been really messy.  Saab took to the streets and put in a nine mile jaunt.  Tonka hit the trails with his bike.

The question is “at what temperature does Mr. Ferlie put on clothing on his upper body”

Second F at ET’s with Tonka, Saab and TYA.  Always a good time.

TYA Out

Three PAX emerged after the rain for a run while the mayor of Sunday Funday was out.

Flipper, Offshore and Sally took Idlewood to Oregon Hill to Belle Isle to the access road.  Saab went the other way around and took Riverside Drive to Mayo Bridge (?) and back on the northside.  PAX waved to each other across the Belle Isle parking lot as they nearly crossed paths.

YHC and Flipper discovered and enjoyed new views of Hollywood Cemetery(?) along Cherry Street and of the river by running upstream along the access road.   Just when you think you’ve seen it all!

Sally was measuring puddle depths by running straight to the deepest parts of each.  YHC and Flipper drew up conspiracies to stop the rain and induce a drought: 1) carry an umbrella everywhere, 2) plant grass seed in the yard.  Additional ideas welcome.

Tclaps to Saab and Flipper for enduring knee pain.  Hey, even the worst Sunday Funday is a great day.

Announcements: Saab and TYA are participating in an event on the AT this spring.  Somehow, a team moves themselves and a vehicle along a 100-mile portion, but it is not a relay.  TYA has a spreadsheet.

 

A K9 and her frisbee tosser embraced the freezing rain for a Sunday morning jaunt.

The Thang: Mosey to the access road for some full-tail-wag off-leash action, cross at Belle Isle, return through Oregon Hill.

NMM: Boulevard was closed before the Pumphouse parking lot, so U-turn and park in the Dogpile parking lot.  Since Nickel Bridge was closed, there were no cars and YHC could cross without losing her you-know-what.  YHC is sure Offshore loved the 2 inches of slush.  The PAX saw two sets of boot tracks and a set of bike tracks.  F3 PAX?  We would never find out.

Only paw prints on the bridge to Belle Isle, and no tracks on the bridge from Belle Isle to the north side.  Not much else to report – Offshore wasn’t much for conversation.

13 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day. Seeing how today is the day of The Epiphany we finally got some cooperation in the weather.  There was all kinds of calamity out of the gate.  We had some trail runners, some road warriors and a few who followed the beat of their own drums.  According to legend it went a little something like this.

Across the Nickel Bridge to the trails, then connect with the service road at Reedy Creek.  Run to the 22nd street stairs an on to the TPot and take the north side trails back to home base.  All pax did some variation of this route.

Numberama, namerama and Ollivander led us out.

News:  Puppy pile has been pushed back to 1/26 with Ollivander at the Q.

There’s a ton of rucking going on.  See someone with a heavy backpack for details.

Please keep Opus’s M and Pert Plus’s mother in your prayers.

Moleskin: The pax was strong today and a good time was had at ET’s afterwards.  Thanks for the kind words and the cupcake.

 

Five runners and four ruckers posted on a beautiful Sunday morning.  The five runners headed over the nickel bridge and did a loop around forest hill park.  Flip dog took the buttermilk back, the rest of the crew opted for the buttermilk to T. Pottersfield, the north bank and back for a ten miler.  The ruckers headed over the bridge as well, all went to the spur and back for at least an hour and 20 minute ruck.  Shakedown, headed back out the trail to meet the guys at the two mile point and ran back to the parking lot. Rosie put in a few extra miles pre workout logging a total of almost 15.

TYA OUT