A strong, group came out early to get their miles in before the heat gets unbearable. Preblast was brief but promised 5-6 miles so I didn’t want to disappoint. After the emails to the site Q’s yesterday regarding the importance of the Disclaimer, I did my best to give a thorough one and we got moving.
The Thang:
Mosey from the school up 51 to the dead-end street behind the park / Wal Mart. Did a set of suicides here using the light poles as our markers. 4 rounds in all.
Get back out to 51 and head to the Arboretum and partner up. Catch Me if You Can starting by the Pet Store and ending at the Firestone on the C/O of Providence Road.
Shoot down Providence to the bottom of the hill for 5 sets on the grass hill. This did not go over well but we will get back to that.
Back up Providence to Shallowood for 2 lines of Indian Runs back to the C/O Windbluff and Raintree (about 8/10 of a mile).
Head back towards the school with a final burst of AYG.
One lap around the track at the school that rounded us out at almost an even 60 minutes.
Moleskin:
Total of 6.1 miles. More skins than shirts when we arrived back at SCMS.
It was a fairly chatty group this morning with more complaining that I was interested in hearing:
“Is this FT or DT”
“Why no IW or SSH”
“My shoes are getting wet”
“I’m not trying to get injured right before BRR”
I think most of these were coming from Pro but I can’t say for sure because it was hard to make out the voice because he was so far behind me.
Catch Me if You Can got a bit dangerous with a lot of near collisions on the route. Slower traffic keep right.
I heard someone comment how “cute” HB and Beaker looked running side by side shirtless with similar looking tattoos on their back. No comment.
I tried to incorporate the grassy hill on Providence that wasn’t a big hit with this group. Truth be told, it is a bit steeper than it looks from the road and with the moisture, was a bit slippery. The BRR boys felt like it was a safety hazard. I regret taking you off the pavement and out of your comfort zone.
We got back to the school with 4 minutes left. My timing was thrown off by the lack of interest in the grass hill run. Alf, to the dismay of many, suggested we hit the track for a quick lap. We quickly learned that the Run For Your Life ladies (and a few men????) were there. TL took the lead, sans shirt mind you, and puffed the chest and flexed his chicken wings for a fast lap.
Good to see Blue Hose and Draino out there working hard. If I’m not mistaken, they are both site FNG’s.
The regulars were in the lead (TL, Alf, Beaker, Faultline, Hairball, etc) and the regulars were in the back (Haze, Pro, etc)
Thanks for the take out Haze…even though you tried to take a subtle jab at me in it. #Sinner.
Announcements:
Beer Mile this Friday at SCMS @ 8pm. Contact Hairball for details
Haze is collecting for FT Golf Hole sponsorship.
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