5 Davillians came out to get their miles in for the week
Route – Rutland Loop, skip Knollwood and run the trail loop in Cool Spring Forest. Optional additional loop around Bojangles and run back up Combs Dr.
Distance varied from 3.5 miles to 5 miles
Great morning for a run.
SPIT ON THAT!!
Three showed up this morning for a 4.5mile for the older men and 5.5 mile run for the the 2.0. and see the 4.5 mile route below. Hash ran the full Giles loop and we returned right back to Rutland clubhouse.
So this route we ran behind the Atlee, Chickahominy Middle school and Cool Spring elementary to go into Honey Meadows and then through the new neighborhood Taylor Farm then back towards Rutland with a Gile Neighborhood detour.
It was great to catch up with Trout and Hash sprinted off after running with us for about a mile.
Namerama, Numberama YHC was honored to lead
We will see you in the gloom…Cheers CB
YHC was excited to try this new route out. Phonics brought this up at the Tomato Relay and this was pretty cool so I will start with a photo of the Pax who was part of this kickoff. We plan to do this workout on the 2nd Thursday of the month so we invite RVA and downrange potential brothers to attend as they are able.
The Pax Ran about 1 mile to the hill loop next to I-95 then ran back as a cool down to lot in front of BW3.
The group returned and our time was 43:38.
We ran 5 loops and returned for a total distance of 4.5 miles today. So this is the baseline as we now know the route the challenge will be in future months how many loop laps can you complete and return to start in 45 minutes. Sounds easy until you do this route.
Namerama, Numberama – YHC took us out.
So what does FTP (Fitness Threshold Power) mean? Well YHC was introduced to this in Peloton as this is a way for you to measure your fitness level on the Peloton Bike. This will go up and down over time as you train, they ask that you do a FTP test which is 20 minutes on the bike with a coach telling you to add resistance and you continue to pedal at a constant rate of speed. At the end of the test you almost fall of the bike. They also ask for you to do a 5 minute warm up prior to the test and a 5 minute cool down after the test for proper warm up and recovery. They also ask that you do this test every 4-6 weeks. So taking from this we plan to do this every month on the 2nd Thursday of the month.
WE hope to see you there and it was an honor to lead with Phonics this AM!
Cheers….CB
Two men gathered at the clubhouse of Rutland for an easy run as Spike tapers before Saturday’s Lake Anna Olympic Triathlon.
The Route – Right on Atlee, around Atlee High School into Honey Meadows, left into the new development and into Taylor Farm, left on Atlee, left at Bojangles, left on Rutland Shire and back to the clubhouse. 4.75 miles
NMS
Good luck to Fannie Mae and Spike in Saturday’s triathlon. This is Spike’s first triathlon. He had planned on doing this a year earlier but it was delayed for a year due to the lockdown. Weather was great this morning with lower 50s and low humidity. It will be close to 40 degrees when Spike and Fannie Mae start their 1500 meter swim in Lake Anna. He believes water temperature will be in the 60s.
Gotta Run!
Phonics
YHC discussed doing this loop after our Tomato Run Race the previous weekend. See map below as this works out to a 4.1 mile route and has a long uphill route through Giles.
As this was a recovery run we still ran a clip of about an 8:35 minute mile, YHC took the extra time at the return to stretch for about 5 minutes while Phonics, Hash and Spit ran for an additional 1/2 mile.
Namerama, Numberama – Phonics took us out.
We stayed a little longer to catch up and review the race last weekend, and what will be next in the future so stay tuned as we may have a new event in the Fall.
It was a pleasure to run with the guys this morning and I look forward to seeing you in the gloom…Cheers, CB!
21 of RVA’s Finest (including 1 FNG) came up North of the wall for Spring Edition of the DaVille Relay.
This is how it went down
We add another runner to each team and added a third loop.
Loop # 1 – 5.5 miles around Rutland, Knollwood, Cool Spring West, then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop
Loop #2 – 4.15 miles into Craney Island Estate then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop
Loop #3 – 4.10 miles starting with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop into Mechanicsville newest neighborhood Giles then finish with the 1 mile Bojangles Loop
Total Miles Per Runner – 13.75
Total Miles Per Team – 55
Finishing Times:
Team Rat PAX (Corned Beef, Hash, Trout, Memento (Loops 1 & 2), Shank (Loop 3)) – 6:39:20
Team United Nation (Spit, Fannie Mae, Bulkhead, Opus) – 6:54:33
Team Tuckahoe West (Gomer Pyle, Upchuck, Bodo’s, Shiplap) – 6:57:50
Team Trail Blazers (Helix, Pavarotti, Marco Polo, Boberry (Loop 1), Sludge (Loop 2), Phonics (Loop 3) – 7:10:54
MOLESKIN
Weather was cooler for it being the end of April which made for perfect running conditions.
24 hours before the race we had 3 teams down a runner. The scramble was on to get the teams filled. Thanks to Memento (Trout’s co-worker), Shank, Boberry, Sludge, Phonics, Shiplap for answering the call.
Also glad to have Spike joins us for the first and second loop who was ready to fill in as well if needed
T-Claps to Luggie who served as our runner support out on the loops all morning getting in 50+ miles on gear
Great 2ndF time at Kegger’s for some burgers and brews
SPIT ON THAT!!
4 Davillians came out on cold spring morning to get another test run before the relay on Saturday
Craney Island loop for a little over 4.
Pace was nice with a little push at the end
SPIT ON THAT!!
3 Davillians came out for Tomato Run on a special day to get in their test run before the race today.
Today’s loop was the Rutland loop. Since we only had Davillians today, we skipped the final part running the Bojangles loop so got in 4.5 miles
Great morning for a run. We tried our best to taper
SPIT ON THAT!!
5 Davillians arrived ready to get their day started with a good run. We did a repeat of last week and ran the Craney Island Loop for 4+ miles.
Mumble Chatter for YHC and Spike focused around Spring Break vaca and up coming summer vaca ideas
Also nice 2nd F after the run taking about next Saturday’s relay
SPIT ON THAT!!
5 Davillians arriving at different times and got in the Monday morning run.
Text went out the night before after Bulkhead suggested to YHC we should run tomorrow but meet at 6. YHC advise the text group with responses from Corned Beef and Marco Polo on the Hard Commits and Opus on the Soft Commit
At 5:47 Bulkhead text out saying he would have to miss this morning. YHC arrived at the clubhouse around 5:52 to find Corned Beef and another car was already there. Turns out Sludge who has been on IR for a while decided to make it out!
YHC waiting for Marco Polo to show up as a LIFO and we headed out around 6:02 on the Giles Loop (4+ miler)
Hash had already finished his run before we headed out and we ran into Corned Beef/Sludge while on the Bojangles Loop.
Great morning for a run except YHC wasn’t feeling it after a late night at The Carpenter’s celebrating his 5 years till “Respect”.
SPIT ON THAT!!