Mountain Goats are Waterproof!

Mountain Goats are Waterproof!

…. or at least water “resistant”!!  10 Goats proved that this morning!  As we arrived, the rain looked like it would win.  There was definitely mumblechatter about getting back in the cars… going back to the fartsack… all crazy-talk!  With a quick break in the “heavy stuff”… we headed to the track.  After 1 lap, it was clear that Strawberry Ln would be the better surface as the SCMS track doubles as a swimming pool after mere drizzle!

Once on Strawberry Ln, we did the following:

1.  Warm-up followed by our standard dynamic stretching
2. At I-Pace and using the road humps as distance guides, we did 200-400-600-800-600-400-200 intervals with 200 Recovery after the 200’s, and 400 Recovery after each of the other intervals.
3. I wasn’t over-prescriptive about the configuration of the intervals… everyone was on their own… Frasier, as example… very creative!
4. Everyone was finished or close to finished, so we regrouped and ran a final 200, then cool-down recovery back to the parking lot.

DONE!  6-6.5 miles covered!  Excellent morning!

Moleskine:

It looked for about 5 minutes that it was really going to suck out there this morning!  Nomad joined YHC for the warm-up jog, and it definitely started out dicey!  However, after we showed the rain who IS boss… it decided to hold off, and it actually evolved into a great morning for running!

Nice to have Frasier join us… and of course, he was well ahead of the PAX.  But always the first to rejoin the 6!

Icicle and Early Bird were also pressing the front wave!  Nice job, boys!

The Mouth, Nomad, Tutti, Insomniac, Tweetsie and Lois… you boys were pushing it hard for this start to 2017!  Always giving 100% effort!

Announcements:

1. The Mouth is doing a Polar Plunge this weekend to raise money for Special Olympics… one of my FAVORITE organizations!  I hope it is COOOOOOOOOLD!!!!  Here is a link to the site if you want to give!  https://www.youcaring.com/lakenormanspecialolympics-736396#.WHwuPolP3tE.email

2.  Time to start training for Blue Ridge Relay!  If you are interested in running, talk to Slim Fast.