Going, going…

Going, going…

That escalated quickly.  Really.  Anyway, here’s what 8 ish accomplished this morning:

Run +/- 0.88 miles to Foxworth (long way – all rights)

Partner 1 runs to the top of the Foxworth hill (stop sign) for burpees:  start at 12 and count down

Partner 2 performs 40 reps of one exercise:  merkins (1st), squats (2nd), knee ups (3rd)

Flapjack, continue and repeat.  Each partner should have 12 trips up Foxworth and 12 exercise stations, which works out to 78 burpees, 160 merkins, 160 squats, 160 knee ups, and +/- 1 mile of uphill sprints.

Grouped up for one final AYG sprint to the top, which left YHC a little lightheaded / dizzy, so we took the short way back up Windyrush, right on Rea to OPE for COT.

Moleskine

Somewhat aggressive pace to open (5:52 pace per the watch upon arriving at Foxworth – and yes, it’s mostly all downhill), and wow – heart rate felt like it never came down (Forget Strava).  Transitions in between running / exercises started to lengthen for everyone, but the Foxworth Forty is an unrelenting bastard.  The timing is just about perfect for equally yoked partners, so there is never a meaningful break.  YHC is still coughing up non-existent phlegm, trying to catch his breath.  Totally ready for The Smokey Mtn Relay.

Swiper and One Eye partnered up to crush all comers, and it seemed like Voodoo and Semi were behind them.  YHC held the unflappable Cold Cuts down today. MAD and Thunder Road with strong pushes at times up the hill.  Sundancer ran in, was late, turned it into SIB, and ran home.  Wait…what the…what?  ?yay running?

Anyway, the old CR on the Foxworth Strava segment was like 21 seconds, or that’s how YHC remembers it.  Multiple guys pushing it toward that goal, including Runprancer aka SIB with an impressive 24 second mark and new PR.  Anyway, YHC checks Strava this AM, and some guy that ran a bunch of 11 minute miles that day somehow posted a 12 second CR.  Not saying, just saying…or to quote Good Will Hunting, “Ya (Yankee translator, ‘you’re’) suspect!”.  Ugh.

Anyway, figure this is the best time to do this.  There are a few folks that need to be thanked for their contributions to SOFA WIB.  YHC moved south of Fairview in November of 2013 and wanted to bring WIB to A51.  The picture was a non-stop, competitive workout where everyone showed up to push and be pushed.  Skywalker was encouraging, and with Champagne, helped to start the process of site / day selection.  It wouldn’t have gotten started without each of you.  Thank you both!

The Tuesday schedule at that time, IIRC, consisted only of a running workout, a kettlebell workout, and a bootcamp in Ballantyne.  So, Tuesday it was.  A few other sites were considered (Brixx on Fairview, Landsdowne, Carmel Park, Beverly Woods Elementary), but OPE was considered to be close enough to 51 to be accessible for most pax.  It was already an existing site, yada yada yada. Day and site – done.

YHC didn’t want to start this alone, and ideally, wanted a partner to balance out at least of few of YHC’s many known weaknesses.  Driving home from the GOAT (Metro CSAUP) and noticed Talkbox, Iron Mike, and Sundancer pulling into the neighborhood one over from YHC.  Started reaching out to Sundancer at WIB one Tuesday, sent him a DM, and soon we were ready to roll.  First workout was I believe just Bushwood, Sundancer and YHC (maybe Agony or Swiper also – can’t recall).  Anyway, Sundancer was the yin to my yang (near polar opposites in many regards), and this probably wouldn’t have started or gone on this long without him.  He writes a decent BB and has my sincere appreciation.  Thank you!

We kicked around several different names, but Tiger Rag actually named it.  SOuth of FAirview WIB.

Being a site Q takes some time, but the time is manageable.  Sustaining the enthusiasm and effort level is harder.  Sundancer tired, and he reached out and passed the baton to Swiper, who has since been the co-site Q.  He’s probably also got the attendance record.  To keep it short, Thank you!

Then, despite smaller numbers, there has actually been a decent core of 7-10 that, as schedules and life allow, are regulars.  You know who you are, and you guys definitely made this worth it – Thank you!

Finally, it was good to have a few folks back to help with closing it down, fittingly SemiGloss, who knows a thing or two about beating the rush before last call.  Speaking of, next week, we open up the top shelf stuff to pass around in an “empty the bar”-type celebration.  Think fireworks, a beer mile, champagne, and a sushi boat served off the bodies of artistic little people #catfish #notashrimp.  That, or a just a meat and potatoes beat down.

See you next week.

• Kirk