Tag: Tomato Run

Five DaVillians came out for the sunny and 70 degree morning to ruck and run. The 3 ruckers rucked 2.6 miles around Rutland. The 2 runners took the traditional route of Rutland to Cool Spring Forest to Knollwood, to Cool Spring West and back to the AO. YHC stopped his watch as he was finished and noticed 4.98 miles on the watch.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Macho took us out.

NMS:

It was a great morning to run regardless of the fact that we were sweating before we took the first step. BAM! reported during the run that there is now a Drunk History Club in Richmond that was created by teenagers. YHC is certain that many of the great stories that are told at gatherings were first reported by drunk historians.

How often do you go slightly out of your way in order to end up exactly at a mileage mark? YHC doesn’t remember coming so close to a mileage mark and stopping. In some ways, its liberating not worrying about an exact distance. Just run/walk/bike and end where you want to instead of what the watch says. Try it.

Announcements

The Summer Tour comes to DaPile on Saturday at 6:30 AM. Be there.

Gotta Run!

Phonics

The weather continues to be amazing this week as we came out to ruck and run to celebrate Wild Thing’s 70th birthday. Eight posted to Rutland on this morning as the 3 runners and 5 ruckers went out into the community.

Opus, BAM!, and YHC decided to take the traditional Rutland/Cool Spring Forest/Cool Spring North up and back route. Maybe 1/4 mile in, YHC noticed a man and woman walking towards them. YHC then recognized the older man who pointed at YHC and said “I need you.” Although YHC does not believe the man has ever posted to F3, for the sake of this story, he will be known as “Tree Man” which is a nickname that he has been known by to many local high school track and cross country runners. When someone says at 5:35 AM “I need you”, what goes through your mind. As it turns out, he needed help with an event he was in charge of and it included YHC taking a day off of work. YHC now knows if he will accept the offer and will let him know the decision the next time the runners happen to pass the Tree Man and his wife.

Once YHC caught up to the runners, the conversation turned to local weather personality. YHC ran a little over 4 miles. Opus and BAM! went a little further while YHC was in conversation.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Wild Thing took us out.

NMS:

Happy birthday Wild Thing! I hope you are having a great day on your triple respect day.

Announcements:

Wild Thing is having a birthday bash celebration. See him for more information.

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Three Davillians met up at the Rutland Clubhouse before the one rucker and two runners departed. The question was: Dunkin or Bojangles? Along the 5.25 mile course that the runners ran, they only passed the rucker in one location, Bojangles. We will see next time if the same thing occurs.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, BAM! took us out.

NMS:

Great job today everybody! Hoping for larger numbers with the end of the school year approaching.

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Phonics

7 Davillians (3 runners, 4 ruckers) arrived in Rutland this morning to help YHC celebrate his F3 10 year anniversary.

This how it went down

Instruction were give for both ruckers and runners to stop every 10 minutes to completed 10 merkins and 10 squats

Ruckers headed left out the parking lot for their loops

Runners headed right on a traditional route around Rutland and the Cool Spring Forest trail to get 3.5 to 4 miles in

Wow! Ten years hard to believe! Thanks to The Carpenter and Abacus for EHing me. Big thanks to the DaVille PAX for encouraging me to keep posting. Finally thanks all the RVA PAX for the friendship, connections, and memories over the last 10 years.

As I like to share ever year. Here is my FNG post: https://f3rva.org/2016/05/21/daville-extension-baseball/

SPIT ON THAT!!

Two Ruckers and Two Runners posted on this perfect Thursday for the Tomato Run/Ruck. YHC had not run for a few weeks, so the first mile felt like he was pulling a parachute behind him. Did feel good to give BAM! some company. We ran through Rutland, Cool Spring Forest, Cool Spring West, and back to eventually join Bulkhead and Yard Sale at the end of the ruck.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, BAM! took us out.

NMS:

It was good to be out again.

Gotta Run!

Phonics

Six posted to the Rutland on this Thursday to ruck and run. The runners, guided by BAM!, took it easy as they meandered through Rutland, Cool Spring Forest, and Cool Spring West for a little over 4 miles. The Ruckers rucked.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS

Topics among the runners were focused on food, both healthy and not so much. As YHC and Opus finished running, they started talking about great guitarist. YHC mentioned the great guitar player, Roy Campbell. Opus, a musician, had never heard of him. Within a few minutes, it was discovered that YHC meant Roy Clark and Glen Campbell, both of whom are great guitarist no matter what they rankings are.

Announcements: No updates on Wong’s Tacos. We will wait until next week for who went their this weekend.

Gotta Run!

Phonics

Five posted to the Tomato Run/Ruck in Rutland on this Thursday morning. The 2 runners took off along the Bojangles loop running through the library parking lot Kroger Parking lot, townhomes, then the reverse Rutland loop and finally the Bojangles loop for 4.9 miles. The runners were unsure where the Ruckers went since they ran virtually everywhere that the Ruckers were supposed to be. There was a theory that they popped into a local household to drink coffee and watch the morning news.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, No Idea took us out.

NMS:

It was on the chilly side today. Likely few of these cold morning remaining in the Spring season. The runners showed a negative slip throughout their run. It also appeared that the mumblechatter decreased as they went further. The question is: Is this a direct correlation as their mile splits were negative, lower mumblechatter or is this an inverse as their speed increased, their mumblechatter decreased? This is to be determined later.

Announcements: No Idea gave Wong’s Tacos 2 thumbs up.

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3 ruckers and 1 runner posted on a muggy Thursday morning. The ruckers did the Rutland trail, Wong’s, Starbucks and Kroger route. Bam the sole runner did his thing.

Three runners and one lonely rucker looking for a friend posted to the Tomato Run/Ruck on this perfect Thursday. As the runners took off, they had one lingering question. Sure, March Madness was a topic and the question, “Can Nebraska win it all?” was asked. But all that was on their minds was, “When will Wong’s Tacos open? Sure, we would look on the website and see “March 31, 2026” as the official date, but that’s cheating. Did they have employees yet? Had they organized the kitchen yet? Regardless, excitement is in the community as it gets closer and closer to the opening date.

The Runners did the reverse library/Bogangles loop, Kroger loop, then to Rutland, Cool Spring Forest, and back. The rucker was everywhere looking for a friend.

COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Opus took us out.

NMS:

Go RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sure, Go HOOS!, Cornhuskers, and whoever you are rooting for. Have a great day everybody!

Gotta Run!

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