All units: Were going to need back up in the Alpha Bravo Charlie parking lot

All units: Were going to need back up in the Alpha Bravo Charlie parking lot

At 7:00 buckets of rain were falling a few bolts of lightning threatened to push Ghost Runner indoors to the nearest set of treadmills.  By 7:30 the coast was clear and 17 PAX, along with a dozen of CMPD’s finest showed up at the ABC store parking lot for a little action.

The Thang:

Run around Raintree in 100% humidity until you want to vomit.

Moleskine:

At 7:15 there were about 4 runners, 1 CMPD cruiser, 2 officers, and 1 car full of passive suspects gathered in the ABC parking lot.  By 7:30 there were 17 runners, 9 CMPD cruisers, 2 CMPD SUV’s, a couple of unmarked police vehicles, 15 officers and 1 car full of passive suspects.  So off we went leaving the platoon of CMPD officers to take care of what ever issue was brewing outside the ABC store.

At 8:30 there were 17 sweaty runners, some of them shirtless, 9 CMPD cruisers, 2 CMPD SUV’s, a couple of unmarked police vehicles, 15 officers and 4 passive suspects sitting on the curb in the ABC parking lot.  As they went to load a suspect in a car, I heard another officer say the car was almost on empty?  Good thing there were a dozen other transportation options to haul the suspects away.

Not sure what all the action was for CMPD, but most of us were fairly certain that you would have been free and clear to loot a bank on the other side of the Arboretum with little threat of available officers to deal with it.

Anyhow, Frasier and Bratwurst joined the PAX for the 1st mile at a leisurely pace before taking off into the distance.  Brady lulled Hairball into a stiff pace and conversation before turning on the jet engines on 4-mile creek and up Raintree Ln.  Tiger Rag followed instructions and kept himself on the primary 6-mile loop the whole time!  Strange Brew, Pop Tart, and Icky held down the 4-mile route.  Good to have 49er and Stone Cold out with us for the first time this summer.  I am fairly certain 49er has no regrets on skipping the BRR this year.  The rest of the crew have been posting most of the runs recently and are steadily getting faster each week.

While Pop Tart is a great handle, I think it’s only a matter of time before the renaming to Tackleberry happens.  Good pull on TR’s part to make the comparison.

Thanks to Strange Brew for the take out.

-Alf