Grumpy Starfish

Grumpy Starfish

A cool double deuce pulled into the SCMS lot sometime between 5:02 and 5:16am. A whopping zero guys showed up for an “aggressive”(?) proposal of a 0500 warmup pre-run. Easy 1-ish mile jog up 51 and back to the lot to scoop errbody up. A healthy disclaimer was provided, noting that there’d be some familiarity in the workout today, and we were off. TL, Rachel, and Stinger were out of the gate hot. In a veteran move to slow them down, I told them to “hold up at the country club lot”, only to blow past them on Raintree Ln towards the gravel lot – keep up. We circled up in the dimly lit gravel lot, that Gloss described as smelling of “musk”. A few obligatory imperial walkers and low slow squats to get the joints moving before the real deal.

A modified starfish (or Balloon knot, as Spackler named it, way back when). The center point was the 4 way stop at Raintree Ln/4 Mile Creek. Leg 1 – center point to the gravel lot and back up. Leg 2 – down 4MC to the trough between the two ponds and back. Leg 3 – Up Raintree Ln to Providence and back. At the end of each leg, 30 squats – which I was told multiple times, was “aggressive.” Most guys got through all 3 legs at least twice.

• Notepad:
  This was unashamedly a reboot of a Spackler workout from March 10, 2015 – 16 pages deep in the FT backblast archives. It was a memorable one – if not for the workout, for the name. Ask Spack about the origin if you’re struggling to connect the dots.
• About 2 legs in, Swiper and One-eye rolled in, wearing wildly contrasting sleeves. OE had the long ones, while Swipe’s sleeves were plum tore off. Note: 4 tank tops out there today – smashed the over. Apparently they rolled in late and looked “everywhere” for the group. Process of elimination, they found us.
• We hit the superfecta on the color of Haze’s shoes – he described them in color as “black, with a hint of red and yellow.” Count it.
• Depending on when you called it quits, we had a few skins out there back on campus. As a rule follower, we hit the under on 0.5.
• The long shot of the day at 600:1 was Hopper’s shoe attire. That money will live to see another day. There’s a great video circulating on the facebook in case you’re curious. No link here though, don’t be lazy.
• I’ve figured out the traffic sitch in Raintree- the GC maintenance guys have it figured out. They don’t flinch when they see you and smoothly cruise down the middle lane. If it’s a big truck coming, hang to the right or left and you’ll be fine. If it’s a luxury sedan – good luck.
• Good to see some dudes back from the IR today – namely Mr. Brady. Just in time for the heat and humidity
• T-claps to Stinger for making the trip down from Metro and almost getting stood up by his boy Swiper. Killed it out there today.
• Big weekend at the Preakness this weekend – who ya got? I was at the Preakness when this first happened. It was memorable…
• I think most guys really got after it today – not a much lollygagging, like I may have expected to see. I’ve never seen a more grumpy, angry look on guys faces than some of the interchanges of dudes grinding up the hills. Some dudes out there were hating life between 5:45-5:05. One of my favorite types of workouts – one where noone can hide. You’re all better for it. Solid effort out there.

Announcements:

• Disclaimer- this was the most intense announcements I’ve ever seen. Pull out your calendars and brace yourself. Lotta good stuff in the next couple weeks.
• Next week (5/23) is the 4 year anniversary of Fast Twitch. Last year TL etched out a number 3 on the Strava map, in honor of the late Dale Earnhardt. Show next week to see if he can top the Strava Art efforts this year.
• SOBs are hosting a “FNG-Day” workout at the Maul next Wednesday 5/24. Bring out a new guy to a workout structured to welcome new men into F3.
• There was also some chatter about a convergence at on 5/24 between Death Valley and Anvil – BOLO for details
• Friday, May 26th – Knights Game – hit up Poptart for details
• Saturday, May 27th – Annual Memorial Day Convergence at Calvary Church 0700. This is an annual tradition Day Zero and The Rock hosted that pays tribute to those that lost their lives serving for our freedom. If you post to one Saturday workout this year, this is the one.
• Monday, May 29th – Memorial Day Convergence at SCMS – more detail to follow
• Thursday, June 1st – Ghost Runner (A.k.a. the Stink and Drink) evening run from the Arbo reboots. Great opportunity for a double-down and BRR prep, with some 2nd F at Vintners after.
• Monday, June 5th – Horsey McHorse Arse reboot. Gnarliest hills in the 704.
• F3 Speed for Need (SFN) – JRR Tolkien announced last week, an incredible opportunity for community engagement – F3 Speed for Need has launched and is an amazing opportunity for us to all give back to kids that can’t run around neighborhoods, up hills, around office parks, like we can. Find 5 minutes of your day and check out the preblast, including a short youtube video to see what it’s all about. http://f3nation.com/2017/05/12/speedforneed/. They’ve rasied nearly $15K in only a few days. Incredible working going on. Get involved.