Expanding the territory

Expanding the territory

Great weather as a group of mostly regulars launched into the morning.  Little semi-circle prior to launch heard the instructions to partner up.  Odds.  Dang.  Then, Shoe rolled into the parking lot at 0529, and all was right with the world.

Thang

Mosey up Carmel to Sharon View.  Little warm up in the nice soft grass of RTS – Mountain Climbers and Imperial Walkers.

Instructions given (and needless demonstration of power merkins required from the Pax #timesuck) – Run down Sharon View to River Oaks Ln with 10 power merkins and 10 WW2 sit-ups each at every side street on the left.

The pairings of Agony / Hamlet and Cheese Curd / One Eye led the way with Agony leading Mary until the six was in.  Then, 20 squats OYO.  Second set of instructions given to run up River Oaks stopping for 20 squats at the roundabout, at the top, back at the roundabout, and at the bottom.  Time check revealed 0600 with +/- 1.6 miles back to launch, mostly uphill.  Giddyup, boys (and unfortunately no time for a stop at Rock Creek).  Short stop for Mary and squats to collect the six at RTS, then back to launch.  Believe most made it back prior to 0616, though a couple didn’t quite make the time hack.  COT with great takeout from Scratch & Win, lifting up Bout Time and Jennings.

Moleskine

It had been awhile since YHC took the group all the way out Sharon View.  It remains a long freaking hill.  River Oaks was a new addition for DMZ, likely as it’s on the fringe of 45-minute territory for a non-running workout.  It’s not quite Horsey steep, but in the ballpark, possibly a little longer.  Took SG back to the day.  Looked for Ribeye to no avail (check the BB for Diamond Head to make sure he didn’t F/S).  Everyone seemed to enjoy the trip up River Oaks, almost as much as the power merkins.  Both those and WW2s are big boy exercises, so tried to keep the rep counts lower with the higher degree of difficulty.  Squats were included for balance – got to keep it a total body workout.  Total mileage was only +/- 3.7 depending on the watch.  With Rock Creek included, this was initially named the Sundancer Special – largely due to the WW2s, which inexplicably cause him to spill merlot every dang time…but no Sundancer this AM, and unfortunately no Rock Creek.

Site Q was traveling today, but had one former site Q in attendance (One Eye – apparently, Bushwood only walks across the street to Q).  Shoe made his 2nd post to DMZ.  Chelms appreciated having a 2nd “Respect” in attendance.

Curd went for a CR on the uphill segment up Sharon View (search “Rock Creek Dr Climb” on Strava).  Missed it by “that much”.  He got a PR at 4:39, so he just needs to shave 1:32 off that time…

Good to see the clown car still rolling for Lewinski, Scratch & Win, Leprechaun, and Bugeater.  All four of those guys pushing hard on a cardio-intensive day.  YHC could not convince any of the normal OF clown car to post on a post-Derby weekend Monday.

And finally, Agony was cruising this AM… not gonna lie – it cut deep seeing the 20 lb weight vest come off post-workout.  Sorry MapMyRun doesn’t have Kudos.