Steeper Than It Looks

Steeper Than It Looks

25 Pax (YHC thinks he skipped one, so sound off if I missed you!) posted to Rebel Yell under ideal conditions. A little crisp, not too humid, a perfect morning for a @$$ kicking. Fredo has become quite the glutton for punishment, having experienced YHC’s brick paver parking deck workout. The non-runners in the pax need to get off MySpace and invest in a Twitter account. YHC promised some miles, and some (painful) miles we got. YHC doesn’t think this is the way that most people start their birthdays, and that’s why we love Market Timer (happy birthday, brother). Disclaimer given. Here’s how each one of the pax in attendance got better:

Mosey to Speed Bump Alley behind HT/Target for a warm up. Do 2 burpees at each of the 6 speed bumps and collect in the lot south of Target and do Imperial Walkers until the 6 arrives. Mosey through the Starbucks parking lot to the lot behind Chick Fil-A. SSH IC, LSS IC, Merkins IC, LBCs IC.

Mosey to the corner of Rea and Ballantyne Commons for the main event:

Triple Nickel. Start at Rea/BC – run to BC/Elm, do 5 burpees. Run back to Rea/BC and do 5 HR merkins. Repeato 4 more times.

Mosey back to launch lot, stopping a few times to collect the 6. First time we did Dolly, Rosalita, and Flutter. 2nd time we did Freddy Mercury, merkins, LBCs, and Protractor. Done. About 3.4 miles covered for the leaders.

Mole-skinny

Strong group out there today. More running than usual for Rebel Yell, and the non-runners in the group really pushed through and gave their all. On the north side of BC, Beaker and Morning After were leading the group, with Heartbreaker, Fredo, Market Timer, and YHC right behind. On the other side, Doc was killing it, as usual. Strong group behind him with Bucky, Tagalong, Shrink Wrap, and Crab Cake.

Heartbreaker likened this to a Murderhorn Triple Nickel. A number of pax commented that they didn’t realize there was as much of an incline here as there is. YHC hand’t noticed it either, until recently, and I’ve been anxiously waiting for the next RY Q to use it. It takes a special sort of suck to make burpees feel like a break. If YHC wasn’t sucking so much wind, I’m sure I would have noticed a number of dirty glares. Ignorance is bliss in this case. This sucked.

Happy birthday to Market Timer. Please keep his family in your prayers as his father begins chemo today for esophageal cancer. Thanks for the take-out today, MT

Fire Marshall Bill and Strawberry are launching a 3rd F each Thursday after RY. More of a discussion group than a Bible or book study. Try it out if you can make it one morning.

Bucky is Qing da Vinci. He was begging pax to come hang out with him. Sounds like he needs a friend.

Until next time: Goonie out.