The route does not look the same in the dark



The route does not look the same in the dark

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.  YHC ran the Sparta route twice in the last week to make sure I knew where all the pain stations were going to be along the 4.5 mile mossy… However, those were during the day and you could see everything around you.  Come to find out, the 4 mile Greenway trail in Matthews is a REALLLLLY dark trail at 5:15 AM and not all the pain stations were found.  But since none of us are professionals and we declare so that the start of each work out, improvisation is expected from time to time.

The Thang

  • 5:15 launch from Matthews Elementary side lot
  • Left on Trade St
  • Left into the Four Mile Creek Greenway
  • Softball fields
    • SSH
    • Lunges
    • Dips
  • Mosey to the Giraffes
    • Inclines Merkins on the benches
  • Mosey to next animal… YHC forgot what it was and ran right past it
    • Entrance to Squirrel lake (I’m sure the PAX was ok skipping this one)
  • Mosey to the Butterflies
    • LBCs
  • Mosey to the Sea Turtle
    • Merkins
  • Mosey to the long bridge
    • Sprint bridge to John st.
    • LBCs in cadence at John St to catch your breath

Return trip

  • Mosey to 1st set of benches
    • NEVER found the 1st set of benches
  • Mosey to 2nd set of benches
    • Squats
  • Mosey to 3 set of benches
    • LBCs
  • Mosey to 4th set of benches
    • Set ups
  • Mosey to bridge
    • Sprint the bridge
    • LBC to catch our breath
  • Mosey to 5th set of benches
    • Decline Merkins
  • Mosey to the Softball fields (nope.. sorry Peak 51 not joining your Burpee-fest see you at COT)
    • LBC to hold for 6
    • Bench work (Step-ups)
  • Mosey back to Matthews Elementary for some stretching before the Peak 51 PAX arrives for COT

Moleskin:
Total of 4.5 miles with pain stations along the way.  (The Mosey pace was at an 8:06 min mile)

This is an excellent location for a morning run.  Deer and Rabbits are out in abundance and the Spring smell of flowers was amazing.

The long bridge before John St is much longer in the dark than it appears in the day light, so if you are going to sprint it, be ready to sprint a little longer than expected.

Was expecting a few more today but the text messages from 2 unnamed pax both indicated the Alarm did not go off….  All good.. next week we get to do it all over again so I am sure they will make it then.

Announcements

  1. SPN Patriot Race on 5/28
  2. Open seat to clown car to Lexington KY Launch on Saturday
  3. Open seat to clown car to Virginia Beach Post on the 19th
  4. Cerberus FNG day tomorrow at Waverly AO
  5. F2 Lunch on 5/16 in Downtown Matthews (See Slack for details or contact Gypsy)

 

THIS IS SPARTA!!! 

Stay Strong.  It was an honor to lead this morning.

Respectfully

Gypsy

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