9 OGs took a page out of TYA’s workout manual for the Spider Run this morning. Route – run up past the Robins School to Camps Drive up the hill of Towana, across Three Chopt to the access road. Left on Grove. 4s – Singer and Pucker turned just shy of Oak and return to point of beginning. 5s – Turn right on Oak up to Cary and return to point of beginning. 6s – continue past Oak to Mumford and return to point of beginning. Where’s Saab? Oh he started at 3:00, he’s still running. I must say well…

A strictly legal number of gents descended upon UR to get a run in on what turned out to be a perfect morning. Route: From Commons, take the Eco-Corridor (aka Batcave) to RR Shopping Center, the Westham Station along the canal, up Ridge Rd. to River. Dog-leg left to Gaymont. Take to the end until it intersects with University. 4 Milers: Take right on University, cross Ridge to Westham Pkwy. Left on Pkwy then right on Lakewood. Lakewood down to College (near lake). Run up to Robins Center parking lot then down to lake. Cross bridge then counterclockwise to Commons…

10 rather regular road runners roused and reassembled for a riverside romp to recharge and revitalize as HIM on the last cool morning of the year. Negative split if you got it. NMS Since we cant go to the eye doctor at the moment, Bodos suggested we do some simple screening. This is Westhampton lake: the lake – with various goose duck things; Oh, the stories that gazebo can tell. This is a profile of a rather prominent Swan Goose: a swan goose; not a lighted buoy The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a large goose with a natural breeding…

12 thoroughbred troopers gathered for a one way trip, out and back up Mount Henrico. 4mi – lakeview around Robins Center. Lakewood, Wood, Baldwin, Rock Creek, Forest, University, and turnaround5mi- 4 mi + Turnaround at Sharon.6mi- 5mi + right on Henrico. Turnaround at Ridge. NMS This is the Troop Leading Procedure – a simple list to remember all the steps needed to lead a mission for 10 or 10000. Receive the mission Issue a warning order Make a tentative plan Start necessary movements ReconnaissanceComplete the plan Issue the order Supervise The 5th step in the Troop Leading procedures is recon…

A handful or more of men did their homework and followed the pre-announced route…employing various start and end times. For once, YHC had few questions and mis-directions, and smart-assery was limited to the associated pre-blast. Routes: https://f3rva.org/2020/04/13/pre-blast-spider-run-4-14/ Announcements: Swirly: Needs a haircut EF Hutton: Needs a better haircut Gomer Pyle: April 24 – Inaugural Deep Run Park Friday run…see aforementioned for details TYA: He and Olivander are planning an inaugural Quarantine 50 miler from W-Burg to Richmond on the capital trail in the coming weeks. See one of these two lunatics for details. Saab Abides

Be it early, late, or on-time start, enclosed is the planned route. If choose a different time just respond to this BB and I will add you to the PAX list… From Commons, take the Eco-Corridor (aka Batcave) to RR Shopping Center, the Westham Station along the canal, up Ridge Rd. to River. Dog-leg left to Gaymont. Take to the end until it intersects with University. 4 Milers: Take right on University, cross Ridge to Westham Pkwy. Left on Pkwy then right on Lakewood. Lakewood down to College (near lake). Run up to Robins Center parking lot then down to…

A lucky number of gents took various start times and routes so as to keep numbers to a minimum and social distances to a maximum. Props to those who bothered to read the pre-blast and choose their own schedule for completing one of three routes (TYA was not one of them). Announcements: Gomer will be starting a Friday run AO near Deep Run. As to WHEN this will begin?….Please reach out to Gomer Pyle. The routes (as posted in the PRE-BLAST) were as follows…although not everyone (TYA) followed them: 4 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793350 5 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793351 6 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793352 Saab Abides

A totally legal 10 spiders escaped the web to run. With no Q on the sheet, TYA made the call for Grove before any other Spiders could dissent. Gateway-Campus-Towana-Grove out 23, back 22.

In the interest of providing persons the option of running early or late so as to avoid as much human contact as possible I am posting the routes for tomorrow’s run. Take note these are based on a route YHC has administered before, but REVERSO. 4 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793350 5 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793351 6 Mile: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=793352

5 Gentlemen, in 3 groups, took a respite from their sequester and ran varying distances from the UR commons. Social Distancing was the standard, as were louder than usual voices. YHC had few words to offer given his quarantine-funk, so Bodos took us out with some inspirational words. Saab abides