Tag: Tomato Run

  • New Route for the Tourists

    12 Runners including 3 summer tourists arrived at the correct Atlee HS address with no issues.

    Route was new for YHC and the PAX. Head out onto Atlee Station and up the hill to the light. A right to continue on Atlee Station. Right onto Dewitt Dr into The Carpenter and Opus’ neighborhood, Craney Island. Head to the back of the neighborhood for a little hill work.

    4 milers – Head back the way they came and did a loop in the new neighborhood Giles down and back

    5 milers – Loop around Craney Island, a loop around Cool Spring Baptist, then head to Giles for a loop down and back

    MOLESKIN

    YHC heading to the run this morning was excepting the crowd that was already in the parking lot before 5:25. With this mind a quick change in the route (with some help from The Carpenter) was put into place.

    Glad to have Glide back after his vacation. He was a LIFO today but still got in his 5 so we will let him slide.

    Good to see our summer tourists out with us today. Gave Double Mint a little surprise as he was advise there were no hill in Hanover.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Feels like spring

    7 morning warriors got an early start to their week in the balmy morning of Tomato Run.

    Trout, The Carpenter, Sludge, Circle K and 7-Eleven put in 5 miles through Honey Meadows, etc. and YHC and Mudface put in 3. Good to see everyone this morning, nice to have more numbers at TR.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

  • The Sounds From The Woods

    6 Davillians arrived at Atlee HS this morning for another Monday Runday

    Ruckers – Did their thing for 3ish miles

    Route – The PAX headed out together for a Kings Charter Loop. Trout and Opus stayed on KC drive, turn around about halfway for 4.6 miles. Sludge and YHC turned onto Stephens Manor to get a hill loop in and finished with 5.1 miles

    Pretty quiet morning except for some sounds coming from the woods behind football field. The PAX couldn’t decide if it was music or some loud dogs.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Sweating with the oldies

    7 men and one 2.0 kicked off their week the best possible way at Tomato Run. YHC and Mudface ran/walked our way to 3 miles, while the rest of the PAX put in a 5 mile run. Due to the humidity we all looked like we ran 10.

    NMS

    Today was the first of 5 straight Q’s for YHC, and part of YHC’s run was spent scoping out locations/ideas for tomorrow at DaVille. Lab Rat was smart and ditched his shirt prior to the run, but then again he kept his headlamp on even though it was light outside, so the decisions evened out (I kid, I kid). There were at least 2 of the PAX who earned respect, and 2-3 more who are on the cusp, hence the title of the backblast.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

  • The Second Tomato Run Today

    9 Runners/Ruckers came out to Atlee HS (apologizes to Lug Nut who showed up at Hanover HS) for another Monday run

    Ruckers – Did their thang

    4 miler(s) – solo runner today with Corned Beef completing the Honey Meadows loop

    5 milers – The rest of PAX ran the same loop but also included a 1.25 loop into Kings Charter for a total of 5.25 miles

    Glide and Phonics pulled away for the last mile but for the most part the PAX stayed together.

    Glad to have Bulkhead back after is work travels and sickness

    Weather was much cooler which was a nice break.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • The Trend continues

    The Thang

    Run around the back of Hanover High School, front of Oak Knoll Middle School, right on Old Landsdown Rd, right on Fort Meyers Rd, run until it ends, turn around run back, another right on Old Landsdown, left on Patrick Henry Blvd, reverse at 301 all the way to the end of Patrick Henry and back to the flag for a nice 4.7 miles.

    Moleskin

    YHC has had some challenges lately with getting lost on runs. Today was going to be different. The weather was great, legs were tired and going to an AO for the first time with new men is always a boost. Well, if there was a PAX at the AO this would have all been true. Leaving the homestead at 0430 for the 50 minutes trip to Tomato Run, YHC goes to the www.F3RVA.com site, clicks the link and follows Google Maps to what YHC believed to be the AO. YHC did notice the high school said Hanover High. That’s ok, I double check Google Maps and it shows I’m 350 feet from the location. Not being familiar with the schools from the suburbs this close to Washington DC YHC assumes Atlee & Hanover are same and searches for other members of the PAX, but to no avail.

    Update: It looks like there may have been some sort of senior prank between Atlee & Hanover. It looks like YHC was the beneficiary and will have to catch the real Tomato Run another day!

  • Track Day

    11 Runners/Ruckers including one summer tourist arrived at Atlee HS for a change of pace day.

    Ruckers did their thing and YHC gave the option for the PAX to either run the 1.6 mile lap around the schools or get in some sprint work.

    Doozy, Wheelie, and As You Wish did laps and the rest headed to the track

    This is how it went down on the track

    Deciding Ladder – Running at about 75% speed, the following was completed:

    • 1 – 800m
    • 2 – 400m’s
    • 4 – 200m’s
    • 6 – 100m’s

    1 mile-ish mosey back to the parking lot

    As training continues for the Colonial 70, YHC knew the back need a change of pace. Glide crushed the pace giving YHC a challenge every lap

    Good to have Circle K and 7-11 back out again. Circle K noted he had planned to run the Michigan today which 7-11 responded Track Day was a better choice

    Glad to have Doozy join us today. Thanks for making the trip up north

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • New Running Territory

    9 Monday Runners including one 2.0, got their week started with some miles. YHC had warned the PAX on FB the night before that we would be running the Rutland Loop.

    Down Atlee Rd, turn at the Bojangles ( Hustler met us there and Bulkhead was shortly after since the live in Rutland), then head onto Rutlandshire Dr then on the main road Combs Dr.

    4 milers went to the end of Combs then back the same way. 5 milers turned into Cool Spring Forest where there was a Spike sighting. Cross over Cool Spring Rd into Cool Spring West neighborhood. A lap around the path then back to Cool Spring Rd then up the hill and back to Atlee.

    Hot and humid morning but the PAX push each other through it.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Don’t wake the beaver

    A dirty dozen Davillians start their week off with a rainy run/ruck. YHC called out the Kings Charter loop and off the PAX went.

    • Mudface, Ewok, and No Idea ruck their normal 3 miles
    • Corned Beef and Chewy got in around 4 miles
    • Circle K and 7-11 took a little different route got somewhere in between
    • The Carpenter and Bulkhead got in the small loop in Honey Meadows for 4 1/2 miles
    • Sludge, Glide, and YHC pushed a little hard did the longer loop in Honey Meadows for 5 miles

    The PAX made sure to be quiet around the school pond to not wake the angry beaver.

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Training Camp

    5 Runners and 2 Ruckers including one summer tourist, arrived to get training for the Colonial started on the right foot.

    The main group of runners stayed together as completed the big loop around Honey Meadows with a few side routes taken for a total of 4.5 miles

    The Ruck group did their thing for around 3 miles

    The DaVille PAX has signed up to run the Colonial 70 in September. This weekend the team was completed with FNG – Sludge. With that training has begun and Tomato Run will be team run day for the next 3 months

    Welcome Sludge who got his name for a being an Engineer that works in Public Works

    SPIT ON THAT!!