The Brave is Dead. Long live The Brave.

The Brave is Dead. Long live The Brave.

It’s over, finito. It had a good run. Is so long for The Brave???

For most of my Qs, I pour over mapmyrun.com and come up with some wild routes. Then, I freak out that I’ll get lost and settle on a well-worn loop or down and back. For today’s adventure, it was a down and back. (One we haven’t done too often.) Plus, I tried to add enough ‘mericans and pull-ups to keep everyone satisfied.

Conditions: 60 and moist

The Thang
After the obligatory SSH, and IW, we left Vine American Kitchen. As we awaited a Cobbler to catch up, we hit Conlan Circle for ‘Mericans, plank jacks, and mountain climbers.

We descended Ballantyne Commons adopting high knees, side-shuffles, and butt-kicking strides. At the intersection of Ballantyne Commons and Ballantyne Corporate, we learned the atomic ‘mericans, essentially the bottom half of a burpee. At Brighthouse Financial we span round and round for wheel o’ ‘merican.

We continued down Ballantyne Commons and turned left on Meadow Run Ln, left on Thornhill and right on Elmstone Dr. At Elmstone Park, we got in four rounds of five pull-ups and 10 lbcs in-between each set. We left the park and grabbed a rock on our way to the Murderhorn. The call was three rockees (burpees with push-up on rock and overhead press of rock) at each streetlight. At the top of the hill, we did Freddy Rockurys. We traveled down the hill, ditched the rock and headed back to Ballantyne Commons. From there, we did a variety of ‘mericans at the most intersections. Back at home, we did a few celebratory burpees to run out the clock. We almost hit five miles, plus completed our daily pushup and pull-up goals.

Moleskine
As I mentioned, The Brave will resurrect on Jan 26. The new launch site will be Brazwell’s parking lot. This new site provides some variety for those who come out to Bagpipe/Swift and Stonehenge. Plus, the proximity to the parking decks and Murderhorn will ensure The Brave remains the Southland’s most treacherous workout.

Thank you to everyone to came out. It’s an honor and a challenge to lead F3’s creme de la creme. I do know this, you’d can’t get better if you don’t train often, train with intensity and train with the best.

Announcements
BROlympics 2.bro, Feb 24 Weddington High School
Service Opportunities forthcoming with The Sandbox
Speed for Need Race – https://runjenrun.racesonline.com/