What happened to easy day?

What happened to easy day?

9 men braved the ominous weather forecast and assembled for hill day at #F3DevilsTurn. Since there was water still on the roadways, chalk was not an option.

The PAX were given rough instructions to find someone that knows the route and latch onto them for the duration of the workout. Piper Glen can be a dark and scary place and it would not be the first time someone was lost to the hills. Luckily it was determined that everyone was looking to just cruise today and not push the pace so grouping up for safety shouldn’t be an issue.

Once the workout was underway, it became clear that Alf had different plans. During the warmup apartment loop, the pace was quick but manageable, but once the main event came, it was off to the races. A group of 5 and a group of 4 formed and remained through to the end of the workout.

Notable items:
1) Thin Mint is a great scout Q and kept close tabs on the movements of the PAX at every turn to ensure none was lost.
2) Van Pelt is experienced in the hills of Piper Glen and only needed rough guidance of the route. He even ended early and jetted out to Raleigh.
3) Depth Charge is looking fit and is making some significant gains in speed. I would pity the fool who decides to play any contact sport with him. #ouch
4) Rebar is just plain consistent now at running workouts. Seems like he is officially hooked. However, he came incognito this morning in a different ride. Sly.
5) Baracus came to Devils Turn on his birthday. It made us feel special. Wisely, he neglected to let us know this fact until the end of the workout so that we could not come up with some celebration ritual.
6) Gumbo is back from injury and Germany. It seems like a good time to get him in the Q rotation as the third in this Tri-Site-Q situation until my departure in late May. Even though he has too much hair, YHC knows DT is in good hands.
7) Bunker was smooth sailing as always on the hills pushing the pace the whole way. He even had the official DT shirt on today. #style.
8) As said in the intro, Alf did not get the memo that this was easy day. From the start, he was on it. However, in his own words, the wheels fell off on the last hill. The blame is clearly on Fraiser for this. Luckily Fraiser was not there to run up the hill backwards and shaming us all. Great push out there Alf, thanks!

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