The Village People

The Village People

Devil’s Turn ventured into “new” territory this week.  The “new” route is affectionately known as The Village.   I didn’t see any cops or construction workers or people dressed up in a headdress on the route (the younger folks like Mario are going to have to google this reference)…but I did see hot tub pics of Tolkien on Slack.  #burnedretinas #pleaseGodwhy #nomorenipples (no harm Tolkien…keep the invites coming.  I’ll show up eventually and you can make fun of my soft pasty white body).

It’s getting hard to find new routes out there….Hairball did it a couple of months ago with The LC (which is an awesome route), but it’s getting harder to find new ground out there.  YHC took it upon himself to find some new running routes and inov-8 (shameless plug…please send free shoes).  I thought I was super original until half the Pax was calling it their old stomping ground and was well aware of the course.  Oh well…not so “new”, but it’s adds another choice to the cycle and I didn’t have to worry about anyone getting lost.  #doublearrows #Qlikestobeprepared

The Thang:

I was working out the kinks of the new route so I was a little concerned with timing, but the new area has several different routes that can be used in the future.  The goal was to run some hill sprints, run some laps, and finish with more hill sprints.

Start out with a mosey on Bevington the OPPOSITE way we normally go.  Cross over Elm and stop at the second sidestreet.  There’s a nice little hill to attack.  Probably a 150-200 meter sprint (some folks need to google the word sprint) straight up hill.  Hit that hill twice to get the legs and lungs burning to start.  Next stop is the corner of Bevington and Carswell for instruction.  There’s a nice loop on Bevington to Baybrook to 51 to Carswell that is right at 1.75 miles.  Directions were to hit  that loop twice (3 times if you were feeling frisky) and then head back to the start for hill sprints until time is called.  The last round of hill sprints didn’t go as planned as a few folks were standing around…I’ll channel my inner-Haggis to yell at folks next time. #tuckyourarse

Moleskin:

14 Pax showed up today…nice numbers for DT.  Must be the Q…must be the new route…must be people wanted to support DT on a Black Diamond Thursday.  Either way, I’ll take it.

Subtle mumble chatter at the start, “where are we going”, “what are we doing”, “does Bunker have any idea what he’s doing”, “why are all the bald guys wearing yellow”, “when do we start making fun of Tolkien”….who knows if all of that was really said, but I heard some of it inside my own noggin this morning.

Prohibition was familiar with the route.  “Hill repeats…nice” was a quote I heard from him this morning.  He seemed to “enjoy” the hill sprints, and was very familiar with the route.  Good to see you out there this morning.

HoneyBee and Haggis were heard saying, “the challenge is 3 laps”.  As soon as I heard that I knew they were doing 3 laps without question.  The Stone Man and Stinger took off like a bullet right out of the gate.  Everyone needs to watch out…Haggis has a new computer on his wrist.  As soon as he learns how to work the dang thing (“Honeybee…what’s my damn pace on this thing”), records are going to fall.  #stonecrushespanda

Mr. Brady went swimming this morning…or at least I thought he did.  Thank you for the kind warning not to touch you during COT (www.shamwow.com).

Hairball and Stone Cold were strong again this morning.  Running mid-7 pace on the laps while still having some nice morning chatter..  Stone Cold had the guns out this morning #sunsoutgunsout.  YHC was running with this pace group and we had some nice momentum going.  YHC broke off after lap 2 to make sure the troops weren’t lost, and those 2 took off on a strong 3rd lap.  LongHaul was also part of that crew this morning…he was heard saying “I’m backing off on this second lap guys” and yet every hill he seemed to fly right by us.

Tuck snuck up behind us on the 2nd lap and joined in….#ifeeltheneedforspeed.  He went to Tolkien’s doctor one time and she played with his toes…he’s apparently healed.  She must have Seinfeld man-hands.  Tuck and Margo were twinsies with a nice shade of orange this morning.  The color really sets off your eyes guys…good choice.

Cheddar was out there this morning…good to see you at DT.  I didn’t hear any keys this morning…maybe not carrying the extra weight helped with the speed today.

Frasier and Utah were running strong today.  I’m not sure Frasier is mortal…is it possible that he ever gets tired?  And every time I see Utah for some reason I want to yell “Omaha”….i’m not sure why.

Marvel also showed up to DT today…great having you out there.  I love your movies and I really want to meet Black Widow.  Please.  Seriously…I really do.  I’m not kidding…she’s super hot.

Another fine showing for Devil’s Turn.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead.