Tag: Sunday Funday

  • Omega Route

    5 started together, another on his own, and another on his own in the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the lady walking her dog down by the canal, the following might have happened.

    Route (to keep from damaging trails): North Bank to the stairs. Up to the top. Reverso. Back down the hill, stairs, and slides…back across North Bank to the parking lot…up Love Hill…curl left around The Amphitheater…to the pull up bars…down the Pipeloop…across the road…across the bridge…hard right…to the end of the trail…reverso…back to the Pipeloop, pull up bars, Amphitheater, Love Hill, and the parking lot. That’s one. 3.5 miles.

    YHC did just under 5 total. Other guys did 2 or 3 loops (TBD).

    Anthrax did 14 miles in Forest Hill, but only the ones after daylight count.

    Numbers, names, and there you have it.

  • All Carrot, No Stick

    6 wabbits gathered together and another on his own for the latest edition of the run at Sunday Funday. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the super outgoing young lady who runs with her dog, the following might have happened:

    Three options:

    10 miles with Saab on the roads…launch early to make Libbie Market

    6-ish with Sippy Cup, Helix, and YHC…North Bank, Belle Isle Loop, and North Bank again.

    Almost 7 with Anthrax, Shakedown, and Offshore…North Bank, Buttercrunch, and BTTVSF.

    NMS: Today was a 24-carat experience. Great dudes, good chatter, and great weather.

    YHC has been absent from Sunday Funday for a bit. It’s going to take a few weeks to work back into shape. Parts of today were a slog, but the dangling carrot of pork products, coffee, and biscuits at Libbie Market kept the motivation high.

    Prayers to those whose homes and lives have been impacted by the fires in California.

    Note: TYA has updated his office hours. In a pinch, he is available late evenings on Wednesday for shallow water swimming sessions. No advance booking is required.

  • New Faces on the Trail

    YHC roped in a couple of FNGs (Friendly New Guys) for this morning’s trail run: one was fresh meat to the F3 workout crew, and the other, a transplant from Raleigh, NC, was new to the F3RVA scene. Six trailblazers, including three seasoned vets, kicked off their Sunday with a brisk morning run. The PAX tackled the Buttermilk/North Bank loop, crossing the legendary T. Pot Bridge for a total of 7 miles.

    After a deep dive into the naming pool, the FNG new to F3 was christened EV (a nod to Eddie Vedder), while the Raleigh newbie was rebranded as Kashmir.

  • Sunday Fun-No-It-Was-An-Awful-Run

    Six guys in groups of 1, or 5, or 1, set forth only to come back as groups of 1, 4, 1, and 2. Even if the math does work, these guys did. Temperatures held steady at 70 and sunny. According to the 3 people dudes running faster than YHC on the opposing loop, the following might have happened.

    North bank, some did the flood wall, then south bank (Buttermilk), then home. Others did T-Pottersfield. At least one did Belle Isle. That guy ran terribly, but completed the loop. 6.5 or so.

    Numbers, names, and everyone took off for coffee.

    Announcements:

    10 Year is on Saturday. Who remembers what they were doing when F3RVA was founded?

    NMS: YHC has been buzzing all over lately. BRR, some overseas travel, and then the wall might have hit temporarily Sunday morning. Weather was great. Company was great. YHC’s legs just didn’t want to do it. No matter – find a horse, and get back on it. Push yourself, don’t hurt yourself.

  • Sunday FUNday

    Welcome to F3RVA, where breaking away from the status quo serves the F3 Mission, brings families together, creates momentum and space for FNG’s, and where we get to have a whole lot of fun together in the process! 

    The usual runners took off for BRR training while 23 ruck-loving F3 Dad’s, a gaggle of awesome kids, and a couple FNG’s hit the North Bank trail towards the city. The PAX stopped to count off a few times, stopped at about the 40min mark within sight of skyscrapers, snapped a group pic, and then reverso marched BTTVSF for a total of 3.3 miles in 90 minutes. 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 30
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Pool Boy’s 15 year old cousin getting scans for Melanoma
    • Offshore’s Dad passed away a couple weeks ago

    NMS:  Awesome numbers out this morning and welcome to all our FNG dads and kids!  FNG NICK is a Poolboy’s friend and he’s gonna come out to Goyne Park soon to get nicknamed with those guys. FNG MATT is Rodeo Clown’s new neighbor and he’s excited about plugging in with the Midlo PAX. If there’s ever a question about whether changing things up at an AO might prove beneficial, remember today. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • ONGOING – Summer Tour – just a few more days to go!
    • TONIGHT – 8pm Brandermill Ruck
    • 8/27 – S.Frog #50 at Heartbreak
    • 8/28 – New AO “Green Mile” at Mosely Elem
    • 9/2 – 7am Labor day Convergence at Nuckols Farm Elementary
    • 9/4 – Kickoff Ruckhenge QSource
    • ?9/8 – Rescheduled James Float
    • 9/20&21 – 10 Year Anniv (multiple events)
    • 10/25-27 – F3 Family Camping
    • 11/2 – F3 Daddy Daughter Dance

  • This is a Running AO. Run It.

    6 ran their tails off in the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Chairperson of the VCO Data Science Department, the following exercises were pre-planned and might have happened.

    North bank, Belle Isle, South Bank, Buttermilk, Bridge, Home. Roughly 6 miles. Six slogging miles of heavy, wet air.

    Numbers, names, and we all went out.

    Ellwood’s to celebrate. Good to have some other dudes join us.

    NMS: Sunday Funday is a different sort of AO. Ten cuidado. 95% of the time, there is no Q. There is a very limited COT. Not one anyone would think of as a COT, but it’s there, if you know what to look for. If you sign up to Q it, you had better do it – and not half way, or a mile or two, or some other way, or make up some new thing and call it this thing. This is a running AO – if you can’t do it or don’t want to do it, don’t Q it. ‘Cause, it’s hard as it is. This PAX earns this. There are unspoken rules (like, don’t tell the PAX what to do, don’t wait for certain PAX, or don’t not wait for the other PAX). It’s intricate, it’s delicate, and it’s not to be trifled with. Surely, don’t show up to do something that’s not Sunday Funday. That’s very much not Sunday Funday. That’s some other thing. And, if someone wants to do that, then do that. But, don’t try to do this. It’s different. It’s not your average F3 workout. It’s different.

    And, like this weekend, Ollivander is on these trails. He has a wicked sense of humor.

    All else equal, it’s great to have Sippy and Offshore back on the trails. Our best to Offshore. Sorry to hear about your dad. The PAX send their best.

  • Please Don’t Ride Over Faceplant

    Five runners hit the circle of vrroom today in the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the lone rider intent on squishing Faceplant into the dirt, the following might have happened.

    South bank (Buttermilk), T-Pottersfield, North Bank, BTTVSF. 1x loop for most of us (6.5 miles or so).

    Anthrax x2 loops. If you start earlier, you get the trails to yourself, and you get to break all of the spider webs.

    Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Pickleball Tournament. This Saturday. 06:00 a.m. Forest Hill Park. Sign up in advance.

    Rumor has it no Dogpile due to Pickleball. Need a confirmation from Bootleg.

    August 21: My dad’s 100th Birthday. Come out and celebrate (and celebrate your own Dad). First Watch. 05:00.

    The Bridge has re-started due to the commitment of 7 studs. The Bridge is a ministry-led educational program for men coming through, and we hope out of, the prison system. It’s in Buckingham, Va.

    Each of the men below has agreed to organize others from his immediate workout area. Call this a nano-region or a micro-region or some other F3 nom de guerre of your choosing. It’s the guys you work out with regularly. These seven will organize you into a group to visit The Bridge twice a year. Simple enough.

    State Farm – Goyne Park
    Heist – Alamo
    Hardywood – Amelia
    Whitesnake – Gridiron
    Corned Beef – DaVille
    TYA – City Proper
    UpChuck – Tuckahoe

    BTW, someone asked YHC, “Where are the other areas?” Great question. Candidly, if you don’t see your area represented, you can be the guy to lead, all you need to do is step forward. We can expand our investment almost limitlessly (up to 52 weeks/year). “F3’s mission is to reinvigorate male community leadership.” Here’s an opportunity to work with F3RVA’s finest on a mission to help other men. Let’s go!

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • Sunday Funday

    3 hitting the trails of Richmond. Let’s Go!

    Oyster

  • Have You Seen a Korean Guy with a Blue Hat?

    Ten speed demons lined up for the shotgun start of the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Conditions remained constant at 70 and sunny. According to the startled, headphone wearing solo female runner, the following might happened:

    Boulevard Bridge / Nickel Bridge / 50 Cent Bridge / Fiddy Cent Bridge to Buttermilk Trail, eastbound. Some took the “lariat” before most turned at Reedy Creek. Forest Hill loop, some went clockwise, some counter-clockwise (and do not expect YHC to know which way is clockwise). It’s Sunday; no thinking is recommended or required.

    Some then headed BTTVSF for 7 miles.

    Some headed to the T. Pottersfield Bridge and BTTVSF for 10.

    Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

    NMS: Solid crew today for the First Inaugural, 7th or 8th Annual Tuckahoe / Westhoe Takeover. Hard to know how many of these we have done. Today was workout #1. More to follow this week.

    Great to see Sippy Cup burning around Forest Hill. Whoosh. YHC estimates the Sippy/UpChuck closing speed to be in excess of 40MPH. Considering that YHC did 7 miles in 90 minutes, you do the math for Sippy’s speed. Also nice to have Phonics and his daughter, Better Half, out for the morning. They too lit the trails on fire.

    Johnsonville and Chum Bucket, both of whom YHC believes to have almost 10 years with F3RVA, are prepping for another Richmond Marathon. Bib numbers, as always, are predicted to be in the low-mid teens for both of them. Let’s see if they can break the Top 10 this year.

    The fabulous four-some of Hitch, Bootleg, Shakedown, and YHC filled out the field. At one point, Hitch was no longer present with us, and while Helix offered to search for him, YHC asked a passing runner whether she had seen him. Memo to self – random questions asked of single females can elicit startled responses. But, we knew that. Next time, YHC will have to put his shirt back on before asking.

    Announcements: Solid work yesterday all around by the PAX. YHC had 5 true men join him for The Bridge, and Oyster led us with Breaking Bread last evening. Solid weekend of 3rd F gentlemen. Well darn done.

    Tuckahoe / Westhoe Takeover this week.

    Homegrown Half of 10 or 20 or 26.2 this coming Saturday. Starting point is either Betty Weaver or Robious Landing. YHC isn’t sure. So, the options are the either YHC does your homework for you, or you look it up. Finally, let’s be real – the two locations are so close, if you can’t find it, you weren’t that committed. Get out there and support these guys, their Ms, neighbors, and 2.0s. LG!

    Summer Tour continues. Let’s go!

    UpChuck spits the bit.

  • You Get a Big Data Point, Even if You Run Away

    Four started, but six finished, the latest edition of F3 RVA’s oldest continuously operating Sunday workout. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the super outgoing young lady who runs her dog each Sunday and rarely says hello, the following might have happened (but we have no way to know what she really thinks).

    07:00 Shakedown says it’s 7.

    07:00:10 UpChuck starts running. Follow if you wish.

    Bridge, Buttermilk, Belle Isle, Undulating Bridge (don’t step in the condom pile!), North Bank, and BTTVSF. 6 plus, or as Big Rig might say, it’s just the warm up to his warm up. Along the way, the PAX picked up and dropped off Chippendale and later Sippy Cup.

    Alternative route: Sippy, the PAX believes, ran up a hill, up a hill, up a hill, and then up a hill. How he never goes down a hill is another matter. He’s an unassuming scientist, so perhaps gravity is optional.

    Prayer by Shakedown, then an interruption, then another part of the prayer, then numbers, then a prayer, then names, and eventually Shakedown took us out. Well done.

    NMS:

    Sunday Funday is full of unexpected learning. Suggestion from Helix: Read “Slow Productivity” by Cal Newport. Alternatively, continue to believe you operate effectively and efficiently. I mean, if you are already perfect, by all means, ignore the advice of others and don’t change.

    Announcements:

    Saturday, July 27, The Bridge.

    Launch from RVA around 6 or 6:15. Clown Car to Buckingham. 7:30-8:15 Beat Down with a few men trying to improve themselves and turn around their lives. Coffeeteria to follow (Note: it’s truly terrible coffee, yet we smile and say, “Thank you.”) Home by 10 / 10:30.

    For those who benefit from a Christian religious motivation, you’ll look to Matthew 25, 36. “For I was in prison, and you came to visit me.”

    And, for the less religiously motivated, there’s always the motivation of knowing that your M will love a man who is kind and confident. What better way to show your kindness and confidence than helping another man get his life in order? Or, if you are single, start pulling together your response to that cute girl you meet who asks, “What did you do this weekend?”

    Lastly, for those newer to the group, remember that F3RVA has a close link to prison – we have multiple Brothers who are serving or have served time. Two Can (187 posts!) is serving 12-80 years in prison. Or, had you not heard? #knowyourF3RVA

    We have a handful of guys arranging their schedules to join already. DM YHC. LG!