E ala ‘oe!! e holo ana nā kānaka
Sparta has to be one of the easiest AOs to Q of all the ones YHC has been given the opportunity to lead. The rules are easy.. WAKE UP!! Go run as hard as you can and add in some quick exercises along the way to ensure the PAX is staying together and/or catching your breath. The hardest part is making sure you don’t run further away from the AO than you can make it back in the 60 mins. Good rule of thumb is cover 60% of your distance on the 1st 30 mins and 40% of your distance on the 2nd. Today’s Spartan beat down was a classic 5×5. Meaning we will cover 5 miles and add in 5 pain stations along the way. This break down helps the non-runners like YHC from getting so bored that you start wondering why you started running in the 1st place. Personally I would rather watch paint dry than go run more than 5 miles non-stop.
The Thang:
Start AO: Sparta Launch
MoleSkin:
2 Weinkes are always prepared when I Q. It may sound like over kill, but depending on the PAX for any given morning I feel I owe it to ALL the guys to be prepared and not just some of them.
That being said; although today’s PAX was small, we consisted of 4 AO site Qs in which YHC has personally been handed 3 of the toughest beat-downs I will ever remember.
So I threw out the 5K option and brought in the 5 mile one. (The 5k one was running the Let Them Soar route and take note where potential bottle necks would occur for the SFN racing chariots.) The 5 mile options was originally set up as a capture the flag situation as we did a Fly-by on Meat Head. But honestly, there was wayyyyyy more guys at Meat Head than I was expecting and I saw more than one runner in the group. After 3 miles to get there and those guys all rested from standing around doing nothing but staring at KBs sitting on the ground, YHC did what every “Not a professional” would do and modified the weinke. I for one did not think I could out run that mob of angry meat heads on this day.. Soooooo needless say, we will mark today up as a dry run on the eventual occurrence one chilly gloomy morning.
Announcements:
SYITG!!
Respectfully,
Gypsy
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