Danger Goats

Danger Goats

Eight goats bolted from their typical grazing area and found thrills and chills via the Danger Zone. YHC rolled into the lot at 0508 with the mercury reading 24 and a windchill of 18 to find Nomad keeping warm in his vehicle. Considering the frigid conditions, YHC was wondering how many Pax would post. Lo and behold, more cars arrived, starting with Mountain Goat site-FNG Pro, then Joker, Drano, Lois and Tweetsie, and last, but never least, the incomparable Insomniac.

THE THANG

After the disclaimer and a quick warm up in the SCMS parking lot, we headed north to Highway 51. The herd turned left on 51, continued to Rea Road, looked both ways, crossed 51 and hoofed it up the Danger Zone. We continued on this stretch until 0600, at which time the Pax regrouped at Rea and 51. The goats headed back to SCMS and called it a morning. We added between 5.0 and 6.3 miles to our odometers.

MOLESKIN

• Slim Fast asked YHC early in the week to Q this week’s Mountain Goat. I said yes without hesitation, something YHC quite honestly would not have done in my sad clown days. Thanks for tapping me to lead SF. He also gave me the opportunity to have input on the weinke, and that’s how we ended up hitting the Danger Zone. It seemed to be the right time for MG’s quarterly medium-distance run, and instead of heading to the greenway at Rea and Bevington, YHC thought it would be fresh and exciting to take MG somewhere new.
• Great efforts put forth by all Pax this morning. Thanks to everyone for posting. It didn’t feel that cold once we got moving.
• Manliest Pax of the Day Award goes to Insomniac for wearing shorts. YHC asked him how he was feeling 10 minutes in, to which he replied “I can’t feel my legs”. #frostbite
• YHC took great care to wear my Buckeyes gear just for Dumpster Fire, but he was a no show. Drano explained that DF was home with a sick 2.0. #excusedabsence

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