Rings around the Rosey – Bull!

Rings around the Rosey – Bull!

21ish PAX swallowed the #DRP for the speedfest known as Swift this morning by leaving the #Fartsack and making to the Ballantyne AO by 0515.

The THANG:

• Early crowd of Abacus, Honey Bee, Outback, and Fire Hazard were joined by Bratwurst (who was running a little behind schedule) for some early yards – over 1,760 of them.  Sprinkle in a few more.
• Upon returning to the parking area at 0513, it seemed as if the Bagpipe crew arrived early – Big Tuna, Heartbreaker, Beaker AND Gumbo (YHC had never seen them at the same time and place until now…swore this was just one person), Brisket, and Gerber!  Then, all of those PAX followed us at 0515 for some warm-up yardage!  This is definitely a record for post-BRR…but there is the Mud Run coming up…must be on to something here.
• 0525 – after 1,760 yards or so of running, we came to rest inside the Bull Ring with the Raven watching over us for some Heel Walking, Toe walking (added emphasis to elevate on each one), High Knees, Butt Kicks, and B-skips / Paw skips / any skips seem silly but these work those hammys…
• 0531ish – instructions handed out for the rounds of 200m R-pace (also known as 1 mile race pace, find yours here at http://runsmartproject.com/calculator), 200m jog recovery, 200m R-pace, 200m jog recovery, 400m R-pace, regroup the PAX for 400m jog recovery.  Get in 4 total rounds before heading back to COT at 0610.  4 total rounds meant about 4 miles.  Throw in the warm-up and cool-down, and we were close to 6 miles today.
• 0615 – COT

Moleskin:

• Feels good to stretch the legs once again running the faster stuff.  200s are over pretty quick, but this workout is all about finding that 1mile race pace and keeping it consistent through the end of the 400s also.
• Haggis had a week to rest following his nearly 70,000 yard BRR Ultra adventure, so it was no surprise that neither fatigue or wisdom held him back from destroying this workout.
• Ringer and One-Niner held another epic battle in the closing rounds of this one.  Ringer said that he was sand-bagging, but he was never far off the front of the pack.
• One nice thing about R-pace workouts – the rest is over 2x as much as the “work”.  Gotta rest to run really hard.  Which also means there is time to chat on the recoveries.
• Cool meeting Gerber who had his Swift FNG post today.  This man is obviously a seasoned runner or at least did pretty well faking it through this entire workout.
• Great catching up with WWL and discovering his connection with a peer at work of YHC.
• The first 200 of the bunch always seemed like the faster one of the two.  It’s either not “exact” (although the Bull Ring has Illuminati-like precision with the layout), it’s slightly downhill, or after the long rest of the previous interval it just feels good to know it’s only 200m.  Somewhere in there is the answer.
• Beaker must have been getting mixed up with Gumbo, so Beaker grew a beard…and kept it growing for a long time…it’s still growing…great place to stuff running gels.
• Lots of newer faces out there, but the vets of the BRR of Tootie, Cheddar, and Abacus were keeping everyone honest about the virtues of this running stuff.  Keep at it, and it gets easier, until we make the workouts harder…but you’ll be ready for it.
• HoneyBee (LIFO and doing the marathon training THANG) and Stump Hugger were off secretly planning how to take Haggis out in the next 1mile time trial.  Somehow Stump Hugger was going to make a move as Haggis passed, but that’s all YHC.  However, if SH keeps on this recovery path, Haggis will have to run a lot faster to pass him.
• Next week will again be a R-pace workout. Nothing new for distances, but progression calls for something new.  Stay tuned!
• Let’s keep getting Swifter together men!  Always fun with you guys.  Thanks for showing up and running with YHC.

Later,

Bratwurst