Guilt Free Speed

Guilt Free Speed

19 men decided to post to another non-Bratwurst led Swift workout. Bratwurst must be continuing to nurture speed work in other neighboring counties. #runninghumanitarian

10 showed up for the pre-run…run which followed the standard route. Tiger Rag paced himself such that in the last 100 meters he pulled ahead in a dramatic fashion. He must know “it is all won in the pre-run.”

There was a detailed preblast posted which allowed all PAX ample warning of what was to unfold. The general plan was a warmup jog, various dynamic stretching exercises, a Strava segment challenge, then some 3 and 5 min I-pace intervals, followed by a mosey back to COT.

It sounds easy when it is written in one sentence. Well, it was not. Here are some notes:

1) When Qing a Bratwurst workout, do nothing out of sequence. High knees were completed before heel/toe walks and there was a near mutiny.
2) There is no love for the B-skip/flapping arm combo. YHC was completely left alone to do this exercise proudly for a good 30 ft before anyone joined. What happened to iron sharpening (while flapping your arms and skipping) guys?
3) The segment challenge was enthusiastically embraced. Haggis had grand plans to claim the crown on the Bagpipe hill. However, he did not factor that Favra was in attendance and ended up with 3rd after Frasier whose record still stands from March 2016.
4) Haggis also EH’ed Charlie the FNG (now Woodson) who made his first appearance at the pre-run at 5:00 am. Even though he was not properly introduced (Q-fail), he joined in the pre-run and later dominated the segment and intervals. Watch out Gumbo and Bunker, there may be a new mileage king in town. Word on the street is that Woodson runs 60 – 70 mi per week. Boom.
5) The timed runs out and back were as bad as the memories entailed. The out was good since it is slightly downhill, however, to make it back to the start in the same amount of time takes a serious push. That will leave a mark…

Thanks to Brat’ for letting me lead today and thanks to you guys for following (except on the skipping, that does not get any thanks…).

COT was rough guys. I’m going to miss Ballantyne. This 4.5 yrs has been awesome. I’ll save the rest of the sentimentalism for #F3DevilsTurn on Thursday. It is going to be the second worst Devil’s Turn ever (come and see what’s in store).

Announcements:
– Fredo VQ at DaVinci
– Tuck has a beer run this weekend and wants you to join
– Speed for Need – get on social media and check it out – great cause
– Fight Club is now at Elon Park Elementary
– May 24 is FNG day at The Maul – bring your pals and come out!