I think I just swirted a little

I think I just swirted a little

18 men showed up for the newly dubbed #F3Swirt (YHC making the most of a momentary typo by Bratwurst yesterday on Slack) ready for a jaunt up Ben Nevis and through the rolling hills of Ballantyne Country Club. 6 or 7 arrived early for extra credit at 5:00.

During the extra credit, the crew kept a keen eye waiting for Bratwurst to pop out of the bushes at full on T-pace to join us. However, the pre-run came and went without our illustrious leader. Then during mull-o-rama prior to 5:15, no tan Tacoma was seen anywhere. Oh no, it’s 5:15! It was 5:15, time to scramble. After some bumbling remarks, a rough agenda was pieced together and we were off.

Haggis was keen on a warmup routine and led the group in the typical exercises at the entrance to BCC. The intervals then began and continued through the full Ballantyne CC loop. The intervals were 2 min @ 2 mi race pace (1 min rest), 1 min @ 2 mi race pace (30 sec rest), 30 sec @ 2 mi race pace (30 sec rest). It was awful since it seemed that all the intervals were run up hills and the rest was spent running down the same hill just ascended to regroup. Devastating…

Thanks to Hairball who programmed the intervals in his arm computer for this morning. It seems to be the first time he has ever done this and it was a great time to start. Thanks also to Strange Brew who still had it programmed from long ago. However, his programming led us to less rest than desired (flexible constraints…).

It was a big group this morning and everyone was pushing hard through the hills of the CC. Overall, everyone made it through the whole CC loop and arrived on time at COT. Great work on that front men. That is a long route and it has been a while since we have run hills. Ouch…

Thanks guys for the group effort to keep this workout on the rails this morning. Let’s not forget all that Bratwurst does for us. We would be much worse off (and much slower) without his guidance.

#F3Swirt