Can you run in waders?

Can you run in waders?

Per the preblast, today should have been an out and back jaunt on the 4-mile Creek Greenway.  Thinking ahead, The Mouth and Strange Brew warned YHC that a mitigation strategy may be in order since the greenway was likely covered in water and mud.  Even though some may be considering a triathlon in the coming months, today was not the day to start the training effort.

So 9 men set out the opposite direction into the dark cool mist to round the Rounding Run and back.  The PAX seemed in the mood to cruise so the 2nd F was good and the tempo moderate to strong the whole time.

At COT, it was learned that it is Sanka’s (WB) birthday today and he was officially now #almostold at an ancient 29.  This made the rest of us feel old. We didn’t even enforce the 29 burpees he owed.  It was also curious how this fact came out in COT instead of at the beginning of the workout.  #smartmove

Strange Brew took the moderate route today and used the time for a shakeout run before his Saturday 10-miler in the mud and muck of the Leatherwood Ultra.  Godspeed brother.  You are going to kill that thing.  I bet you will even find some left in the tank for a second 10-miler to bring Haggis in from his 50 mile Ultra.  Haggis, if you are out there, we wish you luck!

It was good running with Funky Cold and Frasier on the run back.  Learning about Funky Cold’s 12 years in South Africa working with school children made us feel a little unworthy.  It is good some 3rdF is coming to SOB land on April 28.  YHC could use some of that at times.  It is great to have such good examples all around us within the PAX.  Iron sharpens iron not just physically brothers.

POP, The Mouth, and Sanka held a steady pace perfect for BRR and fall marathon training.  Good luck next week POP in the Chicago Marathon lottery.  If you get in, we can all then live vicariously through you in October.  Wait, envy is not a good thing.  Oh well, there will be serious #BRRenvy and #ChicagoMarathonenvy in the Fall for us not there.

Cotters to Mall Cop who is coming off an IT band injury who ran with Wolfman which has not been seen for a while at the ‘Turn.  In fact, Wolfman was seen twice this morning by the PAX.  The legend is real and we are glad to have our regulars back in our midst.

Announcements:

– Mile run trials for Fast Twitch and Swift on April 28 at Community House Middle school at 5:15 am Be there to get your current fitness baseline

– 3rdF for SOB’s (and others) after Bagpipe/Swift on April 28 (and every Tuesday after) at Einstein Bagels across from The Vine, Ballantyne

– Signup for golf now for April 30 tournament