- When:2/23/16
- QIC: Purple Haze
- The PAX: Frasier, Joker, Huggie Bear, Chelms (R), Mermaid, Ickey Shuffle, Mr. Brady, Runstopper, Margo, Bushwood, Rock Thrill, Fault Line, Alf, Cane, Utah, Bout Time, Gerber, Purple Haze
Track Day Enthusiasts
18 track lovers were giddy over yesterday’s pre-blast and barely slept last night. It’s so easy to be overly enthusiastic about track day. Here’s how we spent our morning:
The Thang
- 400m run, 400m jog
- 800m run, 400m jog
- 1200m run, 400m jog
- 1600m run, 400m jog
- 1200m run, 400m jog
- 800m run, 400m jog
- 400m run, 400m jog
We finished with 100m dashes every 50 seconds until time expired.
Moleskine
So much excitement was expressed on twitter and in the comments once yesterday’s pre-blast went live. I never knew that running around the oval behind SCMS could be so exciting. Add in some rain and slight chill in the air…you have yourself a wonderful morning. I didn’t hear much chatter this morning, except for the occasional “This is fun Haze” and “I love you Haze” as I encountered various guys during the laps.
Solid work by all the men this morning. Putting in the work on the track will make us faster on the streets. Or make us appreciate them more.
Announcements
- F3 5-year party…sign-up and go March 5th
- Brain Tumor Society race with Chelms and Abacus…sign-up Charlotte Brain Tumor Race: Team Chepul Hill – National Brain Tumor Society
Purple Haze author
I for one truly enjoyed this morning’s events. Track work and sprints are the two kinds of running I like. This is further proof that you are either born with distance running DNA or you’re not since the anti track faction outnumbered the pro track faction by about 17-1. I don’t think the headlamp brigade of run for your lifers took kindly to the big slow lummox clogging up the inside lane but I thought it was an excellent workout. Anyway, Peterbilts don’t change lanes for Mini Coopers.
Runstopper agreed that this one was on par with the 60 minutes of running that was YHC’s last FT Q. Really wasn’t bad in general. Got to hang with the FT crew, do some circular running, and even a quick COP. Added bonus of the RFYL group and all the fancy headlamps. Great to see Rock Thrill out there. Glad he is healing up and getting back after it.
We may need to revoke Haze’s CPA license given his comment at the beginning of the workout that the full workout would only be “a little over 4 miles.” Hmmm… 23 laps around the track = 4-ish miles? Sounds like some fuzzy math to me.
On paper, this is the sort of workout I really enjoy. But it was a tough one for sure. And its always great for the ego to get lapped by Frasier… thanks man!
That was so much fun I might have to join RFYL just to get that every week. I’ll also buy extra headlamps so I look like a search party coming to find a missing person on the track. They shouldn’t have been hard to find because Fraiser was racking up kills by the time the 2nd lap was done. I’m pretty sure my run and his jog are the same pace.
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