Apolo Ohno meets the boardwalk

Apolo Ohno meets the boardwalk

11 men entered the murky darkness that is the 4-mile creek greenway picking up Bratwurst who arrived late and decided to drive the first 100 meters parking on the street.  This made 12 for a 1.2 mile warmup fellowship pace.

Upon entering the first real boardwalk section of the greenway, it was found that the recent rains had been sufficient to wash a thin layer of mud over the planks resembling the slickness of a freshly Zamboni’ed ice rink.  After the PAX properly engaged their sphincter muscles, we continued the run until reaching the 1.2 mile mark.

YHC (and others) were content with continuing the fellowship pace at this point.  However, Haggis had other plans.  After successfully lobbying for some dynamic stretching exercises, he took of like a scolded dog at a breakneck pace.  Various PAX at different times throughout the rest of the run attempted to match the ferocious pace he was setting.  Bratwurst and Frazier finally realized what was happening and passed him.  Up until then, Bratwurst was scoping out parking spots further down the greenway and Frazier was leisurely running backward.

Due to the darkness, YHC does not know if anyone fully bit it on the boardwalk due to the slippery conditions.  If this did occur, sound off in the comments to be recognized for your bravery.  At some points, the mud gave the impression of “spinning out” like some kind of cartoon character getting ready to take off.

At the prescribed progression run starting point, it was determined Dolphin was not among us.  Upon circling back, it was found that he has taken his #10000merkin challenge seriously and was doing 20 merkins at each mileage post.  After declaring he had violated Devil’s Turn bylaws by doing merkins mid-run, he was left for dead and the progression run progressed.  All were observed to push the pace on the way back with Sanka putting in a very hard push.  Turkey Leg was also showing some legs out there with a serious pace.

Bratwurst and Frazier were of course blistering the speed and Haggis passed YHC in the final 50 meters.  But this is all old news.  At this point, it is all blah, blah, yakedy smakedy.  One day Haggis, one day!

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