Feels Like the 1st Time

16 men gathered for the V-Day edition of #FastTwitch. Here’s what we did.

The Thang

Run from SCMS out to 51 to Davey Park. Circle up on the road to the back lot for IWs x 15 IC and MCs x 15 IC. Find a partner. Partner A run to loop on back lot. Partner B run to loop on front lot. Meet back in the middle for 10 partner hand slap merkins. Flapjack. Meet back in the middle for 10 more partner hand slap merkins.

Run from there back out to 51. At each left hand turn, stop for 20 merkins. Fast guys come get the six. Then do LBCs until everyone is finished with merkins. We turned left onto 51, at Cary Ridge, at Coburn, at Browne’s Pond, at Strawberry and back at the school. That’s 120 merkins.

From school, run down Woodfox, left onto Rounding Run then left onto Rising Meadow. No merkins for those left turns. On Rising Meadow, run a triple nickel from light post at bottom of the hill to the light post at the top of the hill. 5 merkins at the bottom, 5 jump squats at the top, 5 times.

After the Rising Meadow triple nickel, run back to SCMS and stop outside the Semi-Gloss throne room. Assume the people’s chair. Runstopper led us in a very loud cadence of 100 air presses. Done.

Moleskine

The pax were properly disclaimed on this V-Day, informed that I was not a professional at running nor at love. Both are obvious really. Nonetheless, the Nantan was there and I felt obliged to give the full disclaimer. We had several site FNGs, mainly from #SOFARIP, and we had some guys returning after a long time away…welcome and welcome back gentlemen. Also, it was my first Q in a while…once again it is proven you can lead FT from the six.

We did go back to one of the very first FT workouts, when Sprague took us on the same route for merkins at each left turn. It may or may not have been the day I fell in love with FT…but for the sake of a good V-Day story, we’ll say that it was. It’s always good to go back to that moment when your heart skipped a beat.

A few observations…

Rachel is a freak. And now a FT regular, as TL deemed him after just his second visit in two years. Frasier, we don’t need you anymore.
Alf, despite his brutal workouts, seems to have heart, as he held back from lapping me before I completed Round 2 of the triple nickel.
Everyone was feeling good about their V-Day prowess…until Runstopper got out of his car…wearing his man tights. Pretty sure most guys made trips today to buy extra roses or chocolates to make up for any perceived inadequacies.

All in all we got 5+ miles and knocked out 165ish merkins. Thanks for coming out men. And for letting a slow guy lead.

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Chelms aka Tatertot

8 years ago

I don’t need encouragement to get in my car and go home and that’s almost what I did when you mentioned partnering up since it’s Valentine’s Day.

Purple Haze

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Reply to Chelms aka Tatertot

But I said don’t worry, it won’t be Joker weird.

Gummy

Other observations:
– I’m faster than Mr. Brady. Sure, he’s down to one good hip. But still.
– Rachel fits in with the Swiper and Kirk school of fast guys with terrible merkin form. I only know that since he was finishing his merkins when I’d get to each turn.
– Fault Line, as we were finishing the weinke at 5:45, “That lap took Haze 45 mins when he practiced on Sunday.”