Trust the Vortex
AO: Ramble Q: Bailiff PAX: SweetTart, Friar Tuck, Bailiff, CESS, Bundy FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Various thoughts about lightning THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/151124946 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: “serene” is 6 letters
F’s for “flu”
AO: Ramble Q: BabyRuth, Bundy PAX: Bundy, Traitor, Welcome Week, Ronda, SweetTart, Bailiff, DriveBy, Cauliflower, Garnish, Churchkey, Swingline, Huffy, Friar Tuck, Winston FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: deciphering the ghost Q route. Counting the number of pax with “fire water flu” THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3056523521785318884 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Family day Sunday at Steel Hands. A lot tough men …
Bunkbed’s Tour de Parks
AO: Ramble Q: SweetTart PAX: SweetTart, Bundy, Churchkey, Swingline, Bailiff, Love Child, Cauliflower, Easy Street FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Change of Q SweetTart will read the route made by Bunkbed. Normal amount of whining about making more than 3 turns. THE THANG: 6 ish miles hitting some of Columbia’s beautiful parks. Even ran through …
Shandon Speed 🐍
AO: Ramble Q: Garnish PAX: Garnish, Bundy, SweetTart, Churchkey, Cauliflower, Turtle, Love Child, Friar Tuck FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: some pre-miles THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3072665338723538992 1 mile warmup, 1 min on/1 min off for 3 miles, cool down back to the house MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Steel Hands family day this Sunday, Friar Tuck signed up for …
St Pats 5pts Run – Not Flat Friday
AO: Ramble Q: Cauliflower PAX: Stache, BabyRuth, Churchkey, Friar Tuck, Swingline, Easy Street, Turtle, Bailiff, Bundy, Cauliflower, CESS, Costanza, DriveBy, Huffy, Ronda, SweetTart, Traitor, Winston FNGs: None COUNT: 18 THE THANG: 5pts Fountain with a Modify from Turtle www.strava.com/routes/3071615902297786772 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Speed for Need -May 13 COT: Prayers and 170ish Burpees for Bayou’s M Recovery
Where is Bailiff?
AO: Ramble Q: Cauliflower PAX: BabyRuth, Churchkey, Bundy, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck, Huffy, Love Child, SweetTart FNGs: None COUNT: 8 THE THANG: Modified Pitchfork: www.strava.com/routes/3070143554870230512 ANNOUNCEMENTS: None COT: Latin was said.
I just wanted to run on a street I share the same name with
AO: Ramble Q: BunkBed PAX: BunkBed, Garnish, Bundy, Welcome Week, SweetTart, Huffy, Fallout (1st F), Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Biggie Smalls, Love Child, BabyRuth, Cauliflower, Bailiff, Ronda, Friar Tuck FNGs: None COUNT: 15 WARMUP: Listen to directions and enjoy the drizzle. THE THANG: www.strava.com/activities/8690280706 Wayyyyy to many turns, but YHC wanted to run all …
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Ramble Zipper – or how I learned to stop worrying and love the route
AO: Ramble Q: Churchkey PAX: Costanza, Churchkey, Friar Tuck, Stache, Easy Street, CESS, Keystone, Huffy, Bailiff, Bundy, Cauliflower FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: trash talk THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3068323613592390580 MARY: counting pax and talking smack. Great job by our marathoners last weekend. ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Wall w/Stache Q or F3 Charleston 10yr Anny COT:who’s praying? $&@! – …
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Who’s on first
AO: Ramble Q: Costanza, Huffy PAX: Costanza, Turtle, Cauliflower, BabyRuth, Friar Tuck, QuickBooks, Stache, Easy Street, Bailiff, SweetTart, Garnish, Hawg, Swingline FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: buckled bones story THE THANG: Huffy’s hills MARY: coughing up pollen ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lexington’s anniversary on Saturday, send swingline peanut butter in the mail COT: amen!
Ramble February Runvergence
AO: Ramble Q: Friar Tuck PAX: Friar Tuck, Bailiff, Froman, SweetTart, 8 Mile, Bundy, Snowflake, Churchkey, Ronda, Easy Street, Lego, Cauliflower, Fallout (1st F), BabyRuth, HolyPoker, Love Child, Pipeline, F3 Manny, Costanza, Huffy, RayCharles, OBC, Ripcord, CESS, Winston, BunkBed, Stache, Nails, Prodigal, Chewy, Woody, Zima, DriveBy, QuickBooks, Garnish, Bucket Truck, Pinkman, Hawg, Pondo, Trademark, Betamax, …
Fat Cats, Killer Bees, Insane Squirrels
AO: Ramble Q: Huffy PAX: Tube Socks, Churchkey, Huffy, Costanza, Stache, Friar Tuck, BabyRuth, Cauliflower FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Warmup: Discuss rodent and insect infestation and how to resolve it in humane and inhumane ways. The Thang: www.strava.com/routes/3063246602715926372 COT: Prayers for all of our marathoners, hopefully they don’t all just give up a week out …
Waddle 5k
AO: Ramble Q: Bundy PAX: Bundy, Garnish, Easy Street, Biggie Smalls, Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Costanza, Huffy, SweetTart, Churchkey, CESS, Love Child, Friar Tuck, Cauliflower, Bailiff FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: grip about pains THE THANG: strava.app.link/2N98c41vuxb ANNOUNCEMENTS: Some anniversaries are coming COT: Amen
5K iota
AO: Ramble Q: Snowflake PAX: Lego, Love Child, Traitor, Winston, BabyRuth, Stent, Tube Socks, SweetTart, Welcome Week, Bundy, Churchkey, 8 Mile, Ronda, Snowflake, Costanza, Friar Tuck, Cauliflower FNGs: None COUNT: 17 WARMUP: The downhill part on Maple THE THANG: strava.app.link/2N98c41vuxb ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sunday ramble fam hang out – I forget the time. Inquire for details. COT: …
Ding Dong Ditch
AO: Ramble Q: 8 Mile PAX: 8 Mile, Turtle, Friar Tuck, Churchkey, Love Child, SweetTart, Easy Street, Tube Socks, Cauliflower FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: some bonus miles were had THE THANG: A highly local, jiggety joggety, meandering mission to pester our favorite scholar of taxation’s early morning musings on luxury emissions. MARY: don’t know …
Ramble Friday + Coffee
AO: Ramble Q: Shocker PAX: Traitor, Love Child, Easy Street, BabyRuth, Costanza, Huffy, Bundy, Shocker, Welcome Week, Garnish, Bailiff, Ronda, 8 Mile, SweetTart, CESS, Stache, Friar Tuck FNGs: None COUNT: 17 WARMUP: A few ran some Pre-Ramble miles THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/145249638 ANNOUNCEMENTS: DTD 2/18, Sesquicentennial Run tomorrow, Charleston 10 years coming up COT: Prayers for …
Avoidin hills
AO: Ramble Q: Bundy PAX: Friar Tuck, Huffy, Costanza, Welcome Week, Stache, Love Child, BabyRuth, Cauliflower, Tube Socks, DriveBy, 8 Mile, Bundy FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: Some did THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/145057622 MARY: does she know momma anem ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ask @Cess COT: we’ve been blessed, help us bless others
Get over the hills and just do the workout!
AO: Ramble Q: Winston PAX: Friar Tuck, SweetTart, 8 Mile, Love Child, Winston, Churchkey, Turtle, Cauliflower, Stache FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Downhill THE THANG: 2 mile tempo & 400s on track MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Need a Q for #the-wall this Saturday COT:
All of Greene, and then some…
AO: Ramble Q: Churchkey PAX: 8 Mile, BabyRuth, Bailiff, Bundy, Cauliflower, Churchkey, Costanza, DriveBy, Easy Street, Friar Tuck, Garnish, Hawg, Huffy, SweetTart, Tube Socks, Turtle, Bootleg FNGs: None COUNT: 17 WARMUP: counting pax THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3055570958211023990 MARY: counting pax ANNOUNCEMENTS: I gotta get my kids to school COT: let us take these blessings and use …
Running up that (Heyward) Hill
AO: Ramble Q: Cauliflower PAX: Fallout (1st F), Easy Street, Huffy, Love Child, CESS, SweetTart, Bundy, Friar Tuck, Costanza, BabyRuth, Cauliflower FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: Baby Ruth and the Friar took a pre-route Tour of Shandon. Love Child was late. THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3054875611459103930 The Hills were a good idea in theory. The vortex provides. …
She Provides Again – IYKYK
AO: Ramble Q: Easy Street PAX: SweetTart, Stache, Cauliflower, Bundy, Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Lego, Biggie Smalls, Huffy, Friar Tuck, BabyRuth, Easy Street, SubPrime FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: Early Bus of various paces and distances by some. Epic fail of Route description by YHC. Once you get to a certain age you can …
Revolution #32
AO: Ramble Q: Friar Tuck PAX: BabyRuth, Garnish, Bundy, Churchkey, Friar Tuck FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: BR and FT check out the route to make sure it’s ok to run THE THANG: everyone runs the route MARY: pray for us ANNOUNCEMENTS: runvergence on Friday at Eggs Up Grill COT: English and Latin coexisting peacefully …
Watch for Cars
AO: Ramble Q: Huffy PAX: Huffy, Winston, BabyRuth, Costanza, DriveBy, Love Child, Tube Socks, Shocker, 8 Mile, Hawg, Turtle, Bundy, Easy Street, Bailiff, SweetTart, Short Round, Hermey FNGs: 1 Hermey COUNT: 17 www.strava.com/routes/3051281858576421754 Nice downhill start. Short Round busted his hands, knees, and pride. Uphillish finish.
Chasin the Dawg… Ol boy’s gettin faster
AO: Ramble Q: Mud Dawg ( 2nd F) PAX: Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Biggie Smalls, Fallout (1st F), Tube Socks, Huffy, Bundy, QuickBooks, Garnish, Bootleg, SubPrime, Fannie, SweetTart, Bailiff, Turtle, Love Child, 8 Mile, Stache, Hawg FNGs: None COUNT: 18 THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3022486208350272506 The Pax gave chase to Mud Dawg with a 12min 30sec …
Summer Morning
AO: Ramble Q: Bootleg PAX: 8 Mile, Turtle, SweetTart, Bundy, Friar Tuck, Huffy, Easy Street, Bootleg, Garnish FNGs: None COUNT: 9 www.strava.com/routes/3049806938601505002 Easy route, no one had trouble following, weather was fine. Learned the proper pronunciation of “WOCK-a-MOW” and “san-TEEE”
Hang on lady. We going for a ride.
AO: Ramble Q: Huffy PAX: Bundy, Friar Tuck, QuickBooks, Bailiff, Churchkey, Easy Street, BabyRuth, Winston, Cauliflower, Costanza, Love Child, Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), SweetTart, DriveBy, Huffy, Biggie Smalls, Garnish, Ronda, Short Round FNGs: 1 Short Round COUNT: 19 connect.garmin.com/modern/course/142368624
Turns out, it was a left on Heatherwood and then a left on Cedarwood and then it becomes Heatherwood again.
AO: Ramble Q: Bailiff PAX: Churchkey, QuickBooks, Tube Socks, 8 Mile, Bailiff, Bunch, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck, Huffy, Love Child, SweetTart, Bundy, Stache, Fanny FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/142269898 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: In the words of Frank Constanza, “SERENITY NOW.”
8 mile 5 miler
AO: Ramble Q: 8 Mile PAX: Garnish, Love Child, Bundy, QuickBooks, Churchkey, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck, SweetTart, 8 Mile FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: 1/2 mile THE THANG: 5 fast miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Ramble AOQ/AAOQ Handoff to a couple of bosses
AO: Ramble Q: Love Child PAX: Love Child, Pondo, Lego, Ronda, Shocker, 8 Mile, Winston, QuickBooks, DriveBy, Tube Socks, Turtle, Biggie Smalls, Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Bailiff, Easy Street, Bundy, BunkBed, SweetTart, CESS, Paper Boo, Huffy, Fallout (1st F), Costanza, LA Gear, TapeWorm, Hawg, Chewy, Prodigal, BabyRuth, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck, Bootleg, Brownie FNGs: None …
Tubey’s Last AAOQ Ride
AO: Ramble Q: Tube Socks PAX: Friar Tuck, Love Child, Bundy, Churchkey, QuickBooks, Cauliflower, DriveBy, Stache, Garnish, Bunch, SweetTart, Tube Socks FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: who needs it? THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/141302135 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1/7 – The Wall, TTF & AO Bunker Launch 3/11: F3 Charleston COT: Prayers for Cess Pools Mom-in-Law and Welcome Week
5 miles 5 hills – SweetTart Bday Q
AO: Ramble Q: SweetTart PAX: Friar Tuck, SweetTart, Easy Street, Costanza, Huffy, Turtle, Bundy, CESS, DriveBy FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: up devine to the h first hill THE THANG: 5 miles 5 hills for SweetTart’s 35th birthday. www.strava.com/routes/3044801376164391176 MARY: Cool down all together ANNOUNCEMENTS: TTF, Charleston Convergence, etc… COT: Prayers for a great new …
The Fartsack Experience
AO: Ramble Q: Huffy PAX: Love Child, Bunch, Friar Tuck, Huffy FNGs: None COUNT: 4 THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3042976908890583000 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Friday 12/30 convergence at #scramble. Trenholm plaza Saturday 12/31 convergence at Earlewood Park Saturday 1/7 TomTom Foolery still need one man for the Ramble team. Saturday 1/7 new AO launch at Caughman Rd Park
Yep, Still Freakin’ Cold
AO: Ramble Q: Churchkey PAX: Bundy, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck, Stache, Costanza, Churchkey, Bunkbed for Coffee FNGs: None COUNT: 6 THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3033479722319469484 COT: indoors
Cauliflower Steak
AO: Ramble Q: Easy Street PAX: Winston, Easy Street, Turtle, Garnish, QuickBooks, Hawg, Cauliflower, Bundy, Love Child, SweetTart, Friar Tuck, Huffy FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: Decide what to wear based on Tubesocks’ weather report and if Huffy was going to Amble… then go over route. THE THANG: strava.app.link/nJVH2IuyZvb MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: TTF 1/7, F3 Charleston …
Choose Your Own Adventure!
AO: Ramble Q: Garnish PAX: Cauliflower, Tube Socks, Garnish, Turtle, Costanza, Huffy, BabyRuth, QuickBooks, Churchkey, Friar Tuck, SweetTart, Ronda, Love Child, Bailiff FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: stretch! THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3040270692287154596 Choose your own adventure around Milford loop MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Mile Repeats
AO: Ramble Q: CESS PAX: CESS, Friar Tuck, Churchkey, Cauliflower, Tube Socks, Love Child, SweetTart FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: mosey to Thunder. Lap around Thunder. THE THANG: 1 mile repeats. At least 5k pace if not harder. 1 minute rest x 3 rounds Wheat to Queen L on Queen L on Heyward L on …
WhacMole Tubey Q
AO: Ramble Q: Tube Socks PAX: BunkBed, Bundy, Love Child, QuickBooks, Friar Tuck, Huffy, Bailiff, Cauliflower, Easy Street, Costanza, Fallout (1st F), Garnish, Tube Socks, SweetTart FNGs: None COUNT: 14 WARMUP: Harassing of the Q THE THANG: 4 flat(ish) miles through 5 points & Shandon MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: CBHM 12/17, Convergences 12/24 & 12/31, TTF 1/7, …
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day Run
AO: Ramble Q: Friar Tuck PAX: Churchkey, Stache, Easy Street, SweetTart, Cauliflower, Friar Tuck FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Welcome back churchkey and congrats sweettart THE THANG: a little over 5 miles with a couple hilly hills MARY: ora pro nobis ANNOUNCEMENTS: nope COT: prayers that we may be more patient, humble, and charitable husbands, …
Muggy 6er
AO: Ramble Q: Costanza PAX: QuickBooks, Friar Tuck, Tube Socks, Garnish, Bailiff, Love Child, Bundy, Costanza, Stache, Turtle FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Run. A little hilly on the way back but overall not a terrible climb. connect.garmin.com/modern/course/139252607
hills 4 huffy… sans huffy
AO: Ramble Q: Huffy PAX: Love Child, SweetTart, QuickBooks, Tube Socks, Friar Tuck, BabyRuth, Bailiff, Costanza, 8 Mile FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: complaining about Huffy’s route THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3034646822576171774 ANNOUNCEMENTS: cold brew half, March Charleston 10 year, cottonmouth beerlay June 2023, good luck to the marathoners at Kiawah!!! COT: Latin sexy time
Cold but no brew Ramble Friyay
AO: Ramble Q: Churchkey PAX: Bundy, Huffy, Bailiff, CESS, BabyRuth, Cauliflower, Tube Socks, 8 Mile, Winston, Churchkey, Love Child, SweetTart, Turtle, QuickBooks, Costanza, Ronda FNGs: None COUNT: 16 WARMUP: I see Quickbooks THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3033479722319469484 MARY: We lost QuickBooks ANNOUNCEMENTS: we found QuickBooks COT:Thankful for QuickBooks
Vortex Provisions
AO: Ramble Q: Easy Street PAX: 8 Mile, Bundy, BunkBed, Churchkey, Easy Street, Love Child, Stache, SweetTart FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Route explanation and the usual Ramble shenanigans THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3032819194683554460 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cold Brew is approaching! The Wall 12/3 hosted by Tubesocks and The Wall 12/10 50K COT: Prayers to be better men …
Monday fun times
AO: Ramble Q: Snowflake PAX: Love Child, Cauliflower, QuickBooks, Bundy, Turtle, Churchkey, SweetTart, Bootleg, Snowflake, 8 Mile, CESS, Tube Socks FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/138630071 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 11 Charleston 10 year, Cold Brew half coming up soon COT:
Ramble Turkey Trot 5K 2022
AO: Ramble Q: Winston PAX: BunkBed, DriveBy, Easy Street, Winston, Turtle, Friar Tuck, Churchkey, SweetTart, Bundy, Love Child, Stache, 8 Mile, Bailiff, Huffy, Costanza, Cauliflower, Tube Socks, Garnish, Lego, SubPrime, Sketch, @beano,@fannie,@polo FNGs: None COUNT: 24 WARMUP: 1 mile loop THE THANG: Ramble 5K loop in reverse. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: cold brew half shirts on order,post …
Local ramble hills
AO: Ramble Q: Love Child PAX: Love Child, Friar Tuck, Turtle, Stache, Bootleg, SweetTart, BunkBed, Easy Street, Churchkey FNGs: None COUNT: 9 THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3029581099027605992 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: dreher thx giving beatdown, cold brew half, Tom Tom foolery 3 COT: be nice to other people this week.
Turtle’s slow start Q
AO: Ramble Q: Turtle PAX: 8 Mile, Bootleg, Cauliflower, Churchkey, Friar Tuck, Garnish, Huffy, Lego, Love Child, Ronda, Stache, SweetTart, Turtle, Winston, Too cold for FNG’s FNGs: 1 Too cold for FNG’s COUNT: 14 WARMUP: ?? Couldn’t tell you, wasn’t there… The thang: 4 frosty miles with a loop around heathwood circle. Followed up with …
YOU’RE NOT TAKING ME BACK TO THE DARK AGES!
AO: Ramble Q: BunkBed PAX: BunkBed, Cauliflower, Huffy, SweetTart, Fallout (1st F), DriveBy, Love Child, Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Biggie Smalls, Friar Tuck, Turtle, 8 Mile, Churchkey, Bundy, Stache FNGs: None COUNT: 15 WARMUP: Jump over the hedge to the starting line. THE THANG: www.strava.com/routes/3027685472043437962 Run three loops ideally with a negative split per …
The Hand Marryround
AO: Ramble Q: Bailiff PAX: Friar Tuck, QuickBooks, Ross Wigington, Love Child, Bailiff, BabyRuth, Easy Street, Cauliflower, 8 Mile, Bundy, SweetTart FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: yog around together THE THANG: 4xHand Middle block hard easy on side after. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Columbia Cold Brew Half(ish) Marathon COT: serenity prayer
Since we woke up at 3:15 might as well.
AO: Ramble Q: Bundy PAX: Friar Tuck, QuickBooks, Love Child, Churchkey, Winston, Cauliflower, SweetTart, Bundy FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: sprint over to the awning THE THANG: connect.garmin.com/modern/course/137113135 ANNOUNCEMENTS: CCBH /The Wall / 9 tickets needed COT: Amen
Return of Mr. Underhill
AO: Ramble Q: 8 Mile PAX: Mud Dawg ( 2nd F), Bootleg, 8 Mile, Bailiff, Turtle, Friar Tuck, Costanza, Love Child, Garnish, Bundy, Stache, Nelson Kipkemboi, QuickBooks, Lego FNGs: 1 Lego COUNT: 14 WARMUP: Ken Jennings is Mormon?! THE THANG: Mr. Underhill, courtesy of @Promo MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Coldbrew Half 12/17, Send money for MORONS4BEER canned …
Tubey’s Ladder Drills
AO: Ramble Q: Tube Socks PAX: Love Child, Friar Tuck, Churchkey, Huffy, SweetTart, 8 Mile, Bailiff, Tube Socks, CESS, Bootleg FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: instructions and w/u pace woodrow > blossom > holly THE THANG: 5K pace on Devine. 10K pace on Blossom. Recover on the north south. connect.garmin.com/modern/course/136770332 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Nov. 12 – …