The Old Man And The Pax

The Old Man And The Pax

Since Fast Twitch was shut down last week due to ice and inclement weather, the pressure was already on to lead a worthy workout this morning.  That pressure grew when YHC woke up this morning to read Twitter posts by certain pax buddies who shall remain nameless (fine….it was Haze and Pro) who questioned my ability to deliver a quality weinke given my age.  Oh, the humanity!!! So, I put in my dentures, changed my adult diaper and drove my ’85 Cadillac with the left blinker on the whole way to the FT AO……just hoping I could pull it all together.  Here’s what happened from there:

Warm-Up:

Quick jog around the SCMS parking lot with karoke left and right.  Circle up for:

• 25 SSH
• 25  low slow squats  (at some point Baracus flashed his headlamp on me while squating….#awkward).

And we’re off:

Run from SCMS to the intersection of Windbluff and Raintree via 51.  Two stops along the way for 10 plank jacks OYO.

Plank Up then Partner Up:

Partner #1 runs Windbluff to Providence Rd (1.7 miles, but with nasty hills) and back while Partner #2 runs the Rounding Run loop (about 1.9 miles).  But wait…no so fast (pun intended)…..partners complete 50 merkins before take-off and at landing/meet-up.

We gathered up the six at the end and headed to Smokerise Hill (correctly pronounced Smoker-ise Hill as told by Purple Haze). Mr. Brady amplty pointed out we had not been to that hill since pre-BRR…..I now remember why.

Run the distance of Smoker-ise, but stop at the valley of the street, the cul-de-sac, the valley (again) and the end of the street for 25 LBCs OYO per stop. Rinse and repeat, but with 25 Heels to Heaven per stop. Planking was had between lap #1 and lap #2 and at the end.

Indian Run formation to Rising Meadow, where we stopped.  I understand I broke a coveted precedent whereby no Indian Run is interupted before getting back to the school….mea cupla!  Again, chalk it up to old age.

Lunge walk then jog up Rising Meadow to flat ground.  OYO sprint from street lamp to cul-de-sac (maybe 100 yards), then rinse and repeat. YHC is still not naming names (fine….it was Hairball), but someone never learned how to count to three before running….#scratch.

Indian Run formation again to get us back to the school.  That’s a wrap!

Moleskin:

I have been a FastTwitcher now for about 9 months and this group continues to floor me….so many great flippin’ runners!  Slim Fast dominated the Windbluff leg and after a certain point I could not even see him ahead of me until we got back to Raintree. Mr. Brady cleaned up on both rounds of Smoker-ise.  PH was not far behind him!  Too many strong efforts to mention everyone, but t-clap worthy work today, boys….everybody!

I have to also admit this was the first time I have been anxious to Q a site…..again, due to the talent who shows up there every week.  Thanks so much for the privilege, PH and Turkey!

Kudos to Simba and Van Pelt for their first FT experience…..they both came ready and never let up!  Van Pelt is a Winston Salem F3er down here during the week to work, so please keep coming man!!  Impressive first showing for both of you!

I am not positive, but I think we covered about 5.5 miles today.  Sound off if you know!

I hear Bout Time has the show next week.  I am just psyched I Q’d before him rather than after as he would be a tough act to follow.

Old Man out…..and thanks again!

Hopper

Mr. Brady, thanks for the great take-out in BOM!!

Announcements:

• Sign ups for USMC Mud Run close on 3/1
• F3 Area 51 Golf Outing is on 4/30.  See Prohibition for more details.
• This Sat is the Day Zero Challenge (funny, but every Sat at The Rock is a challenge….#justsaying).  One Hour of Pain is the theme and pax should plan to stick around to help clean-up the campus post workout.
• Slim Fast was the bomb at the Charlotte 10 miler this past Sat and came in 2nd in his age group.  The man ran a sub 7:00 minute mile pace!!