Tag: Sunday Funday

3 pax shook off the cobwebs of yesterday’s convergence and overall taxing week to test out this new weather….50 degrees at start time!  Welcome to Fall (finally).  Here is what transpired:

Route: Buttermilk to Belle Isle, take the down river trail around to the pedestrian bridge and back on North Bank.  Classic route, with the Garmin variability putting the pax somewhere between 6 3/4 and 6 7/8 miles.

NMS:

A stunning morning for a trail run had the Pauls confused about what to wear….both had long sleeve shirts on.  Lab Rat got the closest by wearing 1 standard t-shirt, but the right call was to go sans shirt (obviously).

The cooler temps really brought the scenery out, and several dear (yes, that’s spelled correctly) were spotted this morning.  TYA claims that one of the said dear did a double take in the direction of Lab Rat, but YHC thinks it was probably due to Lab Rat wearing sandals, so the dear thought she was getting a glimpse of renowned trail heart-throb, Patton Gleason.  She was surely disapointed to find it was just some schlub with cool shoes.

Mumblechatter was heavy on the convergence yesterday (I think that happened, but havent seen the bb yet), but sprinkled in with other usual topics that included what body part is hurting this week and upcoming races.  Just the two of us at ET’s for a quick bite and coffee, but we made the most of it.

Since this is the first non-Tuckahoe bb in quite some time, let me just say that the Tuckahoe guys absolutely crushed it this week!  This was a whole new level in takeovers, what with the uniforms and choreographed Q’s.  The takeover of the podcast was an awesome grand finale that was pulled off with impeccable timing.  Well done to all.

Apology of the week goes to Bleeder of all people…..sorry for making fun of your red shorts! #sorrynotsorry

Lab Rat apologizes…

Three pax took to the trails on another beautiful morning. 65 degrees and sunny. We did:

Northbank to Belle Isle to Buttermilk. Gomer Pyle added the Potterfield bridge.

NMS- Strong pace this morning, did the loop in 75 min give or take, no surprise as all 3 pax are West Enders. YHC had BRR flashbacks of chasing Gomer Pyle as he set the pace, hence the BB title. YHC got to chat with Best Shot as well. Sounds like he is in for the Bel Monte.

Unusual to be at trail run with no Lab Rat or TYA as they were finishing up their last hour of the Powhatan race. Sounds like all 3 of them crushed it, as if there was any doubt.

2 runners posted for a Sunday trail run.

The Thang:

Buttermilk to Belle Isle to North bank and back to parking lot.

NMM

Exceptional to have Saab back on the trails.  It has been a couple months, at least since Saab has been spotted running on the trails around RVA.  He has been missed.  Conversation was Lab Rat friendly today, but only two pax were there, so Lab Rat did not get to partake.

Overall, the trails were pretty quiet today.  More bikers than normal, but a lot less runner.  See you out there soon.

TYA Out

7 Studs showed up on a wet Sunday morning.

The thang:

Over the bridge to the access road near the river, to Belle Isle, lap around Belle isle, to northbank trail and back to the parking lot.

NMM

Great to have Hootie out with us from Charlotte this AM.  He is a great runner and was awesome to have out there with us this morning.  He is running on  a 6 person BRR team next week, so we will hopefully see him next week.

Although Hootie was born in Richmond, he has spent a majority of his life in NC.  That became quite apparent to YHC right from the start.  We all exchanged pleasantries, then Hootie began to describe his purpose for this trip to Richmond and ultimately the river.  After a minute of explanation, YHC turned to Circle k and asked him to translate Hootie’s answer.  Although it was in english, it was with a thick NC accent and many NC colloquialisms.  It reminded me or the show “Moonshiners” where the NC, VA and WV boys dialogue in english is subtitle in english.  (he honestly wasn’t that bad, just want to introduce him to TYA).  Later in the conversation he fought back with many barbs hurled at the Yankee.  Turn about is fair play, and I did start this battle in Richmond VA.

Bleeder took a slightly shorter (or longer) route this morning.  On the way back, he skipped the Belle Isle loop, but took the railroad track back to the pump house.  At one point I think he had to cross a creek or stream and got a bit wet in the process.  Circle K opted of the safe route an took the bike out this morning.  Great example of “active tapering” right there.

TYA OUT

6 brave souls met up this morning to get in one last big run before the BRR.  A nice break in the temps gave us the push to go a little longer than comfortable.  Here is what’s up:

Route:  Buttermilk to Forest Hill Loop.  Back to Buttermilk, eastbound along the floodwall to Mayo Bridge.  Cross the river to pipeline, home on the North Bank.  THC split the difference in other mileage trackers with 11.6 miles total.

NMS:  A couple of the pax commented to the Q that this was a high-water mark day for them on long runs.  Great job to everybody for pushing it today.  Conversations flowed throughout the pax today.  Best Shot is ramping up his running in a serious way, and is a HC for 2018 BRR.  Everybody else that ran is getting excited and nervous over their BRR legs, so naturally the conversations were BRR-centric.

We picked up a lurker on the floodwall that followed us over to Pipeline and caught up with us while we were taking a dip in the river.  He is going to be stationed at Fort Lee for a few months while taking a class….coming to us from West Point.  We invited him to join us, as he was following us trying to figure out the trails in a new town.  We could not get him to finish with us, therefore no name given as of yet.  Hopefully, he will show up at a workout soon and be an official member.  We had fun bouncing around a few names for him though…

Great job today.

Lab Rat apologizes…

Four BRR runners emerged in the gloom for a Sunday trail run.

The Thang:

Southside to T. Pottersfield bridge to northside and back to the pump house.  A little over 7 miles for the loop.

NMM:

Weather was sticky but not overwhelming the morning.  Temps in the mid to high 70’s to start and given that the days highs were only in the low 90’s things were tolerable.  Even so, most runners ended the run shirtless (Oh, the humanity).  Shakedown lost his glasses somewhere after the finish of the run.  He was explaining this to us at the second F at Ellwoods, then he reached down to his shorts and found the glass tucked in his waist band.  After he discovered them missing when he was on his way to ell woods, he returned to the pump house to see if he could find them….Glad he found them, but pretty funny.

Once a month there is a group that runs from the pump house at 8am.  For some reason, they guy who leads the run finds it necessary to brink his gas powered blower to the parking lot and blow the rocks.  It honestly does not seem to accomplish anything, but he brings it everytime.  One thing he does accomplish each time is to completely piss off Lab Rat.  For some reason, this one mans obsession becomes another mans pet peeve.  I am no Freud, but Id love to find out what happened to lab rat as a child that caused this reaction.

Nice smooth run this morning for YHC and all others.  Nothing really of note on the trails.  Looking forward to the weather turning and the humidity leaving.

TYA OUT

Well, YHC was raised in Georgia and Alabama, so perhaps that is qualification enough to closeout SOJ week.

A PAX of one posted just before 0615, cursing TYA because posting at 0615 on a Sunday is no joke.  Mosey to Texas Beach, stopping to chat with the Jazz Fest volunteer and to visit the blue box along the way, and back.  Stretch 0657 to 0702, then mosey to Buttermilk, somewhere between Reedy Creek and Belle Isle, and back.  Saab must have run through too early again, because the spiders seemed to have had time to resume their work.

A tip for future travelers: if you are sweaty and in the middle of a run, don’t put TP down on the seat of the blue box and expect to leave it all there.  No, sir, that dog don’t hunt.  Better to wipe the seat and take your chances, or… pull a Fudd.

To celebrate the end of SOJ week, YHC recommends reading The Creek BB and comments about what it means to be SOJ.  Classic.

Four solid hit the trails this morning at the new time.  Three were ready to roll and one was lollygagging about at the designated go-time, until lollygagger told us to leave.  OK, here we go. Designated route was Buttermilk to Forest Hill loop and back, but Offshore was ready to go and wanted to get in some hill repeats as well, so we ran a little extra.  All said and done, we got in 8.5 miles by Lab Rat’s watch.  ShakeDown must have a Wilson watch, because he had considerably farther.

the quick moleskin is this:

-Bleeder is lean, mean, and off vacation.  He continues to put in miles at Bleeder’s pace.  Respect.

-Offshore seems to be back and putting his plantar pains to bed.  He may still be dealing with it, but it showed no signs this morning.  He was man on fire and definitely the motivator in the trio that ran together.

-Lab Rat’s first time running with ShakeDown.  Very interesting cat with a great life story.  YHC truly enjoyed the conversation.

-2nd F with TYA, who is under the weather, and Saab who is days away from running.  Bleeder and YHC came after the run and Lab Rat got to hear Saab and Bleeder swap knee related war stories.  Also, a good rundown on what’s good (and unwatchable) on Netflix.  Apparently, Saab’s mom is NOT named Siskel or Ebert.

Lab Rat apologizes…

Three pax charged into the morning, and were blessed with a dropping humidity to make the sunny and 70 a little more tolerable.

Route:  North Bank to Belle Isle, hug the downstream side of the island, and up to Buttermilk.  Return on Buttermilk for 7 miles, and optional Forest Hill loop to make it an even 10.  1/3 of the pax took the option.

NMS:  Pucker and Offshore kept each other company in front most of the morning, while Lab Rat guarded the six.  Awesome to see these two men out here this morning!  Great run, enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

Lab Rat apologizes.

4 runners posted at varied times, but all with strong legs for some Trail running action.

Lab Rat and YHC ran ButterMilk to Potterfield(LB)/Belle Isle(YHC) and back on North Bank, We came across BT and Phonics who were running shorter legs on the North Bank.

Coffee at ET was enjoyed by BT, Lab Rat and YHC. BT gave a excellent review of Hamilton and Chicago Cubs Baseball.

TYA was missed, no socks were wrung out on the patio.

Bleeder out