Nope It’s Still Hard

Nope It’s Still Hard

25 men were present for the 3rd of 4 consecutive trips to the Piper Glen hills in the run up to BRR.  There is a saying that 3rd time’s a charm.  Well this Devil’s Turn wasn’t charming and downright hurt at times.

25 is a big number for Devil’s Turn and even though we know in January we will wonder where everyone went, we relish the short lived popularity in the weeks leading up to the BRR.  The more the merrier and it is good to share some pain with so many PAX.

Since the BRR requires certain safety apparatus be worn while running, the PAX are starting to road test their gear.  Baracus was wearing something like a reflective sports bra which he swore wasn’t that short last season.  Someone also likened it to Chris Farley’s impression of a fat man in a little coat.  Of course, Baracaus isn’t fat, but the vest was just that small.   For the second week in a row, Hairball went metro with a suspender type reflective garment which resembled something Bruno would wear.  Luckily it didn’t include the banana hammock extension which would have been true Bruno style.

Bratwurst, Mr. Brady, Turkey Leg, and ‘Bout Time were kicking the pace with everyone behind them pushing themselves to the limit to try and keep up.

After calculating the difference in average pace between 8/13 and 8/27 (8/20 is neglected since it was a different format), the results showed significant improvements.  In fact, The Mouth and Sanka showed a 20 sec/mile and 25 sec/mile improvement respectively.  Talk about improvement in a short period of time!

Other gains were present but less drastic.  This stuff works guys.  Just got to give it some time to accumulate those gains!

Thanks for coming out and we will repeat for the last time next week then it is taper for the big relay. There is a proposal for some stretching activities during DT on 9/10 with Strange Brew taking the lead.  More to come if that becomes the plan.   Cobains on the late backblast.