Tour de Ballantyne – Stage 1

Tour de Ballantyne – Stage 1

At 0515 Tuesday morning, 12 PAX (incl. 1 Site FNG) launched onto Stage 1 of the Tour de Ballantye sans bikes, only smokeboots.

The THANG:

• Warmup 1mi then proceed with drills for heel-walking, toe-walking, high knees, and butt kicks.
• 6 Rounds of 2minutes Hard, 1 minute easy, 1minute Hard, 30sec Easy, 30sec Hard, 30sec Easy.
• Cooldown 1.2mi back to COT
• Total miles between 5.7 and 6.9 – varied due to different speeds in intervals and running back to #six.

The Moleskin:

• YHC recorded 344ft of elevation climbing today.  If you check out that link, you’ll see the roller coaster effect.  For comparison, the last DevilsTurn “hilly” Piper Glen trip was 363ft.  For those that have done DevilsTurn, just imagine pushing HARD up and down those hills for up to 2 minutes at a time.  That’s what the 12 PAX endured today, but they’re better for it now.
• Welcome to site FNG Hard Hat (neighbor of Haggis).  Haggis tried to plead for the friendly confines of the Bull Ring for you, but “sorry” that the rest of the PAX felt no obligation to oblige Haggis’s request and wanted to stick by the Preblasted route.  Frehley’s shot out, “If I can do it, you can do it.”  And we were off – in the opposite direction from the Bull Ring.
• Speaking of Haggis, who will join OBT, Dredd, Turkey Leg, Frasier, and Mighty Mite in the Palmetto 200 ultra team this weekend, asked YHC about 2/3 of the way through the workout when a good time to taper would be.  “Just coast in now,” and so he did. #starstudent  Except, Haggis may have been asking because he was absolutely blistering the PAX along with Gunny, Cheddar, and Long Haul for the first several rounds. I’m guessing that stubbornness makes a good ultra runner. #stubborunner
• Temps were above 50 degress, so MT showed off the legs without pants.  However, #ModestMadame didn’t leave too much skin uncovered and went with calf condoms instead. #shesGotLegsAndSheKnowsHowToUseThem
• Tough today to hold on to the “recovery jog back to the six” on the latter rounds.  Especially if the six kept turning around for some #catchmeifyoucan like the early rounds.  Communication #QFail
• We found Frehley’s #HorsCategorie climb, but we actually did it backwards (well forwards, but downhill).  Now that we know where it is, perhaps we can work up to visitation rights.

Announcements:

• 3rd F starting 4/28 after Swift / Bagpipe at Einstein.  Topic TBD, but certain to be something that everyone along the spectrum can get into.