Mary Munford Elementary
Many Pax by foot and bike welcomed Fall weather to the RVA. Despite Marv’s constant pleading to run the Carillon route, we elected a new Lockjaw route of a trapezoidal nature with several dog leg turns. It was great running with EF Hutton and Phonics – good company, conversation, and pace. Puppy Pile tomorrow – 7:05 – Carillon. See Marv for details. Bring your kids. Time to Taper, Lockjaw
For a couple of months now, some of us have been assembling on the short street in front of the Courthouse Church of Christ for a Sunday Funday Liturgy of Singletrack and Gravel. Non-demonenational (we’ve even had ‘cross bikes), and no-drop, with routes that can be as short as an hour and as long as twice that and change. It’s real mountain biking, so helmets are required and you’ll want to be prepared. Bailout points will be available for the time-compressed. When RVA MORE closes the singletrack for weather-related reasons, this ride very easily becomes Gravel Church. We roll at…
24 descended upon Mary to see where their legs and wheels would carry them. After Splinter provided a quick translation of the Belizeian word for “Hello”, we were off. Runners covered distances ranging from 4 to 8 miles, and every distance in between. Bikers covered all that is RVA. YHC’s Lab Rat-esque apology goes to the 4 and 5 milers, who got slightly lost – but gained extra distance – thanks to poor instructions from the Q. Announcements: Puppy Pile next Saturday Dirt Church coming to a back blast near you Saab Abides
13 of RVA’s finest posted this morning by foot or pedal. Here is what happened, more or less. The Routes: East on Grove and north on Malvern. Take Broad St east. 4s take Belmont south, 5s take Davis, and 6s take Lombardy; all southbound to Grove. West on Grove the the VSF. Swirly took us out. With Lockjaw’s summer tour closed out, it was a welcome return to the Friday RAMM. YHC wanted a nice and simple route and upon delivery of instructions, not a single question. Mission accomplished. Broad St is under development with the new Pulse bus line…
Fifteen on foot and fifteen* on wheels posted at Mary this morning in between raindrops. A couple few 2.0’s made it out despite the early hour, and two FNG’s got named. The cycling went a little something like this: Out the back and down Cary. Dive into Windsah Fahms, and out via Portland. Douglasdale. Hang a right and boogie down to Byrd Park for a lap around and between the lakes. Get rained on like a champ. Over to, and around the lake with the fountain in it. Climb up to Boulevard and roll, en masse, respectfully following all…
A couple of weeks ago, Phonics told me that this Friday, August 3rd, was to be the date for RAMM Gears, Amateur Hour, Part Deux (see http://f3rva.org/2018/06/15/peloton/ for reference) and he asked me to put together a route. Of course, my reaction was “F* YEAH… More dudes on bikes!”. If it’s truly the case, and this Friday is to be the second edition of the “run-what-ya-brung, dig-out-the-1990-something-Trek-and-come-ride”, I’m your guy, and I’d like to open it up to 2.0’s if they can make the early hour, unless there are objections. I’ve got a route in mind, and plan to tune…
9 studs posted on a Friday morning for normal F3 activities, running and biking. There were 5 runners and 4 bikers. Routes varied, but lots of hard work was put in. Swirly and TYA went for an 8 mile jaunt through windsor farms and by the carillon. Bootleg, Lug Nut and Pullout meandered through the west end neighborhoods to log their miles. The normal bikers were accompanied by Wedding Singer today who was a hitting RAMM gears as part of the summer tour. Not sure what kind of bike he had, but I am envisioning a tricycle with big wheels.…
24 – Now that has to be a record of sorts. Great weather brings out great runners. YHC went over the routes a couple of times with a mixed degree of reception from the Pax. It turned out to be effective as no one was lost. To put all route questions to rest, here is a picture of the six mile route. 5s turned at Broad St and 4s at Monument. Fudd took us out. NMS YHC wanted to revisit Broad Street, but after a show last night at Agecroft, Windsor Farms was calling as well. Here is a route…
6 runners scoffed at 6 bikers this morning for an epic showdown of pedal power versus foot power! Not really. Bikers did an awesome trip around the bike loop that the pipeline is a part of in the dark. It was way cool. Unfortunately, our FNG did not get the memo that is was MTB day and brought a road bike. He broke off of the group at the Carillon and No Tools gave him a route. He did not return to get a name. Runners did old school on Grove. No idea what happened. Lab Rat apologizes…
22 strong (7 on two wheels and 15 on two legs) attacked RAMM and RAMM Gears this morning. 5:26am and directions were given. 5:30am and BOOM! off we go! THANG Multiple distances were covered today including: 4.2 mile route: Grove West to Tuckahoe Blvd to Granite to Cary to Tempsford. Go down and up the Two Hills of No Mercy! Return the way you came. 4.9 mile route: 4.2 mile route but run to Malvern and back to Mary first. 5.7 mile route: 4.2 mile route but run to Thompson and back to Mary first 8.?? mile route: ? Multiple…