Clown in the Woods

Clown in the Woods

14 men decided to make the choice to honor their obligation to Fast Twitch.  There were a few regulars traitors that went elsewhere this morning.  You know who you are.  With the addition of a couple faces not seen in some time at Fast Twitch, a couple of stragglers coming in right at 0515, and a Bug Eater, the not so professional nor detailed disclaimer was thrown out there and we were on our way.  Here is what we did:

• Run into Raintree the usual (or unusual) way
• Right on Raintree Ln and circle up in the gravel parking lot at the bottom of the hill to let everyone catch up…mainly Joker.  We’ll get to that later.
  • SSH x 20
  • Imperial Walkers x 17ish
• Continue up Raintree Ln all the way to Providence Rd

The Thang:

• Run from the top of the hill (RT Ln) to the bottom of the hill (High Ridge).  Do an exercise at the bottom.  Run back to the top.  Repeat exercise. Rinse and Repeat the hill for 3 rounds.
  • Round 1: 10 jump squats
  • Round 2: 20 merkins
  • Round 3: 30 LBCs
• Rolling Suicide all along Raintree Ln
  • Every street that you come up to (6 in total), turn around and run back to tag the six, then proceed on to the next street.  Repeat all the way until Rounding Run.
• Free Run from Raintree Ln to Woodfox
• All You Got back to SCMS

0615 on the dot.

Ye very naked moleskin:

YHC was happy to see both Bug Eater and Joker making back to back weeks at Fast Twitch.  Knowing how fast Joker is, I was pretty confused when we circled up and he was no where to be found.  Purple Haze tried his best to keep Joker’s indecencies hidden from us, but finally confessed that he was dropping off a package in the woods back there and wanted us to wait for him.  My immediate thought was all those reports of the creepy clowns trying to lure children into the woods.  There are lots of bus stops in Raintree and Joker takes his name pretty seriously.  May have gotten a little awkward, but alas he showed up. Little did he know we’d soon pass right by a portajon (which probably had hand sanitizer that he did not stop for), as well as, Gummy’s RV.  Multiple options.   Joker did quickly return to his usual form and ran much faster the rest of the morning.

Nobody likes the Providence Rd. hill.  I hate it.  I also know that there are several of those types of hills on the Charlotte Half Marathon course coming up in a few weeks, so I figured you all could join me in my training efforts.  Thanks guys.  Much appreciated.  Today was not Kiawah friendly with all the hills, but you should all know that I am a proud card-carrying member of #NoTrackTuesday club.  So never fear that from me.  I think only 3 people made all 3 rounds of the hills: TL, Alf, and Fault Line.  Everyone got in at least 2 full rounds, with some turning back half way on the 3rd.

There was a good bit of confusion on the rolling suicide along RT Ln.  Some people just stopped when they got to a street.  Some people just kept going (PH and Soul Glow).  Only a few actually did what they were supposed to.  Everyone certainly was a little confused when Bug Eater somehow went from the six to the front of the pack on the downhill.  He said he just needed to know what it felt like up there.  How was it?  Per usual, Turkey Leg led the pack all day (with the lone Bug Eater exception).  He was even nudging me along the warmup mile to speed it up.

Nice morning out today.  Little warmer than it should have been.  Gummy did his best Mr. Brady impression with the wringing out the shirt at the end.  Don’t want to get those seats wet in the low rider.  Great to see Lex Luther and Grease Monkey out this morning.  Also, great to have Icicle back out there.  Thanks to Duct Work for the take out.  Not sure if I’m still #DeadToHaze or not, but hopefully I’ll be able to Q again another day. He did specifically tell me not to go through Raintree this morning.  So there’s that.  Thanks anyway for letting me lead.

Announcements:

• Southern Discomfort this Saturday.  Sign up so we know what numbers to expect.  Also, donate some cash for a good cause.  Meet at Old Providence Elementary at 0630 and clown car to Centurion for 0700 start.
• Christmas Party sign ups are open.
• Charlotte Eagles banquet on Tuesday(?) at The Rock 6pm – Dollywood in charge