Worst…DT…Ever…

Worst…DT…Ever…

At 5:00 am, 5 men stood in the bushes at the greenway (not sure why the bushes were chosen instead of the parking lot). One said let’s run and off they went down Bevington and back for a quick prerun.

At 5:14 am, 21 additional men were mulling about the parking lot hoping the preblast was just some kind of joke. Many had on the official shirt color of DT (day glow yellow) but less had the official hairstyle (bald).

The preblast was a true blast from the past (Mar 27, 2014 to be exact). Read more about that here (PREBLAST) . It basically consisted of a 1.25 mi run out to the Old Course double trouble hill, 6 – 8 repeats on the hill, and 1.25 mi back to COT. By the looks on the faces of the PAX at COT, it was rough.

The naked moleskine:
– This type of workout really should not be completed 2 days after difficult I-pace intervals at Swift. It is not wise (maybe even stupid), but when you only have one Q left, you have to go big. And this workout was the worst that could be remembered.
– No one attacked the segment on the way in from Rea Rd. on Old Course today. Smart move, but it looks like YHC (wait, really?) will share that record with Bratwurst a while longer.
– Today was definitely not the day to put a move on Frasier’s record on the way out on Old Course. The 6 – 8 trips up the double trouble hill saw to that.
– Someone really should make a segment on the double trouble hill itself. It could be interesting to see how fast Frasier really was out there today. He nearly lapped everyone with Fletch close behind.
– Fluty Flakes left it all out on the hills today (maybe even more than he planned). Last night’s meal didn’t agree with the ridiculous plan of the day. Not sure if any meal would necessarily agree with this absurdity though… Nice effort!
– Midway into the 6th repeat, Alf made a grand proclamation that he would be doing 8 laps instead of the mere 7 which were preblasted. At the end of the 7th after a long look at the PAX gathering at the start, Alf headed off to his grand 8th lap and did it with style. Way to push past where others were intending to go.
– Spurred on by Alf’s brazened challenge, several others like Frasier, Fletch, Haggis, Turkey Leg, (others too?) also completed 8 laps of the hill. Kudos to you guys. Serious kudos.
– As mentioned above, everyone looked spent in the COT. The hills on the way out on Old Course took the last energy most of us had. You know it was a good DT when everyone has that look.

Final word (I am going to break the rules and use “I” – it’s a personal message though so the backblast police will have to deal):

Guys, I can’t say enough what F3 and, specifically you guys that I post with the most, mean to me. My second post was the first F3 Stonehenge workout and since that time, I have known my home was with the SOB’s. I don’t have a cool physical transformation story (I have always been pencil armed just like now), but I have still been changed significantly by my daily and weekly interaction with you High Impact Men (#HIM). I can’t thank you enough for the iron sharpening that has happened at the butt crack of dawn for the last 4.5 years. You are true role models.

It was hard on Tuesday and today to look around the COT without getting a bit sad that these sharpening sessions will be less frequent. Fluty Flakes literally saved my shite by taking us out in prayer at the end. It would have been embarrassing.

So, enough of the blubbering. You guys are awesome and I will try to come back as much as I can. You are in good hands with Bunker and Gumbo. #mileagekings