Tag: Tomato Run

3 Davillians climbed out of their fart sacks on a warmer but rainy Monday morning for another addition of the Tomato.

This is how it when down:

ROUTES

YHC headed in an nontraditional way to the front of the schools, down into Honey Meadow, hit the access road to Kings Charter, headed to the front of Kings Charter, across Atlee Station down the sidewalk into Chickahominy Oak and through Summer Duck subdivisions. Back across Atlee Station to front of schools for 4 miles. Completed some parking lot sprints to get in another 1/2 mile.

Mudface and No Idea headed the traditional way down the Atlee HS service road and in/out of Honey Meadows to get in about 3 miles

MOLESKIN

YHC arrived around 5:25 to find Mudface already waiting. The two of us talked a bit about how NO Idea “said” he would be showing up early around 5:10. Mudface who originally planned not to show up that earlier did. At 5:30, No Idea still was no where to be found. YHC headed out but was advise later that No Idea finally showed up around 5:35.

Trails were closed another week for Mudface and No Idea. Hopefully we will get a non-rainy Monday soon.

YHC had to shorten his run today due to some sore knees but enjoyed getting some sprints in at the end.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hope to see some others out soon now that the weather is warming up. Keep EHing fellas!

SPIT ON THAT!!

A pax of 2 dragged themselves out of bed, made the wise decision to not put on rain gear (?) and headed out for a little run.  YHC and Mudface decided to test running on the cross country trail for the first time in almost a month, and quickly realized they were 0 for 2 on decisions this morning, as it proved very muddy and slippery.  Called an audible, got back on the road, and meandered for a while, amounting to 3 miles in rain that went from a slight drizzle to steady downpour.

Hopefully soon it will dry up enough to get back to running through the woods again–a lot more fun than road running–BEEP! BEEP!

4 Davillians decided to get some miles in before the rain came.

This is how it went down:

THANG

YHC the lone wolf once again on the long mileage, headed to Kings Charter and back getting in 4.5 miles and finished with 5 sets of parking lot sprints.

Team Headlamp headed out to Honey Meadows and back to get in about 3 miles.

MOLESKIN

Opus shared they had a very “interesting” conversation during their run today but didn’t share the details with YHC.

Mumble chatter afterwards centered around writing a BB in Haiku.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Rumor is there maybe a Dogpile pre shirt order out soon. Stay Tune!
• The 2018 logo shirt is out. Pre-order is up till the 28th of this month

SPIT ON THAT!!

YHC and Mudface showed up to run, ended up with a vigorous walk, as about 1 minute into the warmup both of us almost became one with the asphalt.  After this was repeated several times, even YHC took the hint and slowed down and by unanimous vote it was decided the run was going to be a walk.

We did see two other runners out, and Mudface warned them of the treacherous footing.  Given our pace, mumblechatter was heard throughout, ranging from the Eagles victory (E-A-G-L-E-S!!!!) to our kids questionable choices (they’re smart, we’re sure of it!).  All told we still managed about 3 miles.

5 men gathered to test out the water proffing on their shoes. Phonics and Spit ran 5 miles, No Idea and YHC ran 3. Chum Buckets ran some of both and there is no idea (see what I did there) how many he got in. It was good seeing everyone this morning.

Thanks for letting me lead

What difference a couple of weeks can make, as the temperature when YHC last did TR was 16 degrees, while this morning was a balmy 50.  Mudface didn’t get the memo, as he still showed up in a sweatshirt that he couldn’t figure out how to unzip…

Spit quickly passed YHC and Mudface and did the Honey Meadows loop for 5 miles.  YHC and Mudface meandered through the woods and roads for about 3 miles.  It was great to not have to bundle up for a workout as has been the norm for several weeks (if your name isn’t Helix), there was no sign of the mysterious dog that came after Mudface last time, and YHC managed an entire run without having to retie his shoes.

See you in the gloom!

A PAX of one reported this morning for a cold run. 3.5 miles were done with a large dog sighting that almost initiated a mid run pants change requirement.

See you all in the gloom

2 Warriors and 1 man already getting his miles in, stormed the grounds of Atlee for another edition of Tomato Run.

This how it went down:

Mosey to gravel track next to Chickahominy MS and Cool Spring ES.

Track Intervals

Going at about 75% to 80% pace the following was completed (including some moseying in between runs)

• 1 Mile
• 2 800’s
• 2 400’s
• 4 200’s

Mosey back to Atlee parking lot

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out. 

MOLESKIN

Another snow day for kids in RVA allowed Phonics to post this morning. YHC enjoyed catching up with him.

No Idea got his normal early start and completed lap with a run/walk pace.

Mumble Chatter centered the coming year for F3RVA and our kids

SPIT ON THAT!!

3 early risers met the morning with gusto.  2 other pax eventually showed up, too.

Route:  5 milers meander out to King’s Charter, run down the main drag to the playground and return.  5.5 milers run same route, except miss the cut thru turn on the way back and run up to the big white house on the hill and turn back to find missed turn.  4.5 milers show up whenever they feel like it and run around the parking lot.  Walkers do their own thing.

NMS:  Lab Rat got the call from Hutton last night and gave the HC for a little Tomato run action this morning.  He informed me that Spit had the Q, so he would have company if I wanted to bail.  Nonsense!  I have been Hutton’s unofficial hype man on his Nomadic journey to touch ’em all and I wasnt about to bail now.  I showed up at 0529 to a Q-less workout, and immediately took charge of the run.  NO Idea was waiting on Mudface, who texted to let him know he was late but on the way.  Hutton and I had a nice run thru quiet neighborhoods talking about the crazy football games and what is considered a catch or not a catch in the NFL these days.

Also discussed was the penalty for missing a Q that you had signed up for, and what excuse (if any) relieved you of said missed Q.  Hutton and I picked up Spit in the parking lot to make him LIFO instead of AWOL.  Baby up all night is a pretty good excuse…but I dont know if it flies past Corporate.  Circle K and I have been known to give the old late night text when things go bad before a Q in order to make sure all bases are covered.  Just sayin’.

So EF Hutton has joined the ranks of UpChuck as the only pax members to cover all the AO’s in place to this day.  This also includes Breaking Bread for the both of them, which I consider a necessity to complete this awesome personal challenge.  GREAT JOB goes out to both of you!  That’s a lot of windshield time.

All in all, great morning for a run along with great company.

Apology of the week goes to Mudface, for suggesting you might need to lose a few lbs in your quest to win the Monument Avenue 10K.  I’m sure there’s another way to say it, but that’s not my strong suit.

Lab Rat apologizes…

YHC and Mudface were the Pax, and did our normal run/walk workout, with some trail clearing thrown in as well.  Didn’t get quite as far as normal due to this and having to slow down at times for snowy patches which had turned icy, about 3.4 miles were completed.  There was some mumble chatter about not looking forward to running in sub 30 temps, but the consensus is that since we are just smart enough to do situps, etc. in that temp running should be easy!