- When:3/29/17
- QIC: Bushwood
- The PAX: Lazy Boy, Retread, Chico, Early Bird, Bunker, Kirk, Tiger Rag, JRR, Horsehead, Hannibal, Hopper, Agony, Swiper, Baracus, Gummy, Turkey Leg, Buckeye, Stone Cold, and Bushwood
Heavy on the Chocolate Milk
19 #PR swayed through the course with the grace of an African Gazelle. We ran the reverse course. Hannibal is on day 3 of the Whole 30. I thought I was going to have to carry him back to Dunkin Donuts. Good thing I had that extra donut in my pocket that I could give him for sustenance #DoubleChocolate. Horsehead was really down in the dumps at mile 4. I gave him the “you are some body talk” and he perked up just enough to not finish last. Gummy pulled in a little late and started complaining immediately (which I admit is his wheelhouse). Next time, just fill out a comment card and send to management. Tolkein and Bunker got weird on Strava and are hence banned from running together. Kirk employed the group hopping technique for his run (fast, hangout with group, fast, hangout, etc.). Turkey Leg just dropped the deuce hammer on everyone.
Lots of guys stayed for donuts. We even got yelled at for being too loud by the employees. Come on, we are the reason you are successful from 6:15-6:30am on Wednesday mornings.
Great to see so many out enjoying the perfect running weather!
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I was not late. I arrived promptly at 5:14:45, having required a little extra time to get through my second constitutional. You can’t rush greatness. Still, for the second week in a row, I left the parking lot at 5:15 by myself. After the run, we stood around for 5 minutes (waiting for Hannibal to make it back from his diet-induced slog), did COT and BOM and I still got back to my car at 6:13 – the prescribed ending time. We’ll be starting at 4:45 by summer. Well, you will be. I won’t show up if it starts then.
I had two separate hallucinations where I thought I had encountered the ghost of Cheese Curd. Turns out they were Kirk and Hannibal. Still no Cheese Curd.
Tiger Rag stumped me with a Fletch quote I was not immediately familiar with: “Teirra del Fuego”. Funny scene, look it up. Muchas Gracias.
Gummy, I would much rather have been in your shoes this morning and getting that 2nd constitutional BEFORE THE WORKOUT. In my case the urge hit me at about mile 3 and I practically limped along for the next two miles. I will say I was inspired for the last mile though as the finish line was in my sights. I was in such a hurry I put my OCD tendencies aside and stopped my watch at 5.99 miles.
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