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…
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It’s a big wide world out there, lots to see. I’ve seen very little of it, but I have seen the vast plains of Green Acres, the sprawling meadows of SOT, the magnificent glory of DogPile, and every AO in between. That’s enough for me. More importantly I’ve gotten to meet and workout with great men from all the regions of F3 RVA. Thanks for the push to get this done, and thanks for pulling me along on this morning’s run, Lab Rat. Congrats also to UpChuck for doing it first, though my competitive nature says he gets as asterisk or it’s at least a tie, ha.
My apologizes fellas for being a LIFO today. As you know Toddlers are no fun when they are not feeling well. Wish I knew you were posting LabRat would have told you to take the Q. Congrats Hutton on completing all the AO’s today.
Very eloquent. Well done to the both of you, although, what is this asterisk you speak of?!? Was Upchuck on the juice?
Quick, someone check Up Chuck for bacne. Just saying I could have crossed the finish line last Monday, but a fellow PAX asked for a little VQ support and I couldn’t say no.
It’s ok Lab Rat. I was hurt at first, but then I went home and ate a pint of ice cream and a roll of cookie dough, and now I am ok
Congratulations, Hutton. Welcome to the Club. Great accomplishment. We can work on a secret handshake later. Please clear your calendar as The Nomad Club meets regularly to discuss our awesomeness during TYAs Office hours on alternate Thursdays from 9 to 9:01 am. And, word on the street is that if a certain phonetically talented person gets off his “family birthday week” kick over the holidays, there may be three of us this year. Phonics, it’s just your wife’s, your twins’, your in law’s, and Jesus’ birthdays. Talk with Priorities in Hampton Roads about your priorities and get into The Club.
Hutton, for the record (I was not aware this was a contest, but those are the best contests), and I won. You did not win. No asterisks, Barry Bonds Hutton. Because this is a useless contest, and I like useless contests, it’s important to me to point out that I would have run with you at Tomato Run on Monday to be supportive when you finished, but since you were so slow to get this done (like 4 days slower than me) I had already signed up for my birthday Q on Monday.
(Side note: Hutton actually planned out his month of August to do all the AOs in one month, so this whole rant is really a sly psychological trick to get him to rededicate himself to this Quest and do all the AOs in January, thereby laying down a serious accomplishment worthy of real Respect).
Thanks, Lab Rat, for believing even momentarily that anything about my body suggests the possibility of steroid usage. Put your glasses back on.