Hair Club for Cats

  • When:11/03/16
  • QIC: Tiger Rag
  • The PAX: Stone Cold, Baracus, Long Haul, Outback, Tuck


Hair Club for Cats

There have only been 5 hirsute Qs at DT this year (and, frankly, two of them may not make that list next year) so I was as surprised as I was suspicious when I received a text from the lead Hirsutist asking if I wanted to Q today. For starters, I have more scapular hair than both Site Qs can muster over their combined 40 square feet of polished epidermis.  What’s more, HB broke the first rule  of the running castes: bird-boned Ectomorphs almost never talk to Mesomorphs except in extreme emergencies when they can’t open jars or need help moving lawn furniture.  But I took it anyway, mostly for the chance at more bald jokes (like Honey Bee at the Beach).

Also: we ran a (partially) new route, too.  The Danger Zone XL:

  • Run through Danger Zone up Colony as far as you can go and back in 60 minutes.
  • No credit if over time limit.

Ye Olde SkullSkin

Turns out that all the Real Runners and both Site Qs were meeting at O-Stupid-Thirty for a 20 miler. Great training for those overnight marathons, men. And let’s exercise caution if operating heavy machinery this afternoon.

Don’t know if the DZ XL will make the regular rotation but the small crew today seemed to enjoy it. The 60 minute cap made for on-the-fly strategery.  The goal was Carmel Road, at 4.05(ish) miles from the start.  That’s just under 7:30/mile pace. And what constitutes “half way?”  Thirty minutes? Is the Out faster or slower than the Back?  Are you faster on the Out or the Back?  The hills are in different places on the way back…One thing we learned is that it makes you run a lot harder.  Lots of smoked Pax at the end.  Second, it will serve as a good benchmark tool in tracking fitness and testing race strategy.

Thanks to Caillou and Capt. Picard for letting me Q.  Until next time.

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Udder
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7 years ago

not sad i missed. 0-stupid-thirty sounds like a hoot.

Thin Mint
Thin Mint
7 years ago

Had to look up the definition of hirsute (not to be confused with hirsutism, apparently). Just goes to show you never know what you have left to learn in this life. Caillou reference is absolutely priceless.

Horsehead
7 years ago

Calliou was the first cartoon that was banned from my home. Way too much whining.

Stone Cold
7 years ago

That was a smoker fo sho and it should return but not soon. Fred Sanford walking all afternoon. I can’t stop laughin’ at the Honey Bee at the Beach pic.

Honey Bee
Honey Bee
7 years ago

It seemed like a good idea to leave DT in the hands of the newly converted #runner named TR. I should have known the chaos that would come. Great route though. Will have to lay down a challenge again when Marathon madness subsides. Thanks TR.

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