- When:05/23/2017
- QIC: Wild Turkey
- The PAX: Das Boot, Bunker, Madam Tussauds, Outback, One-Niner, Voodoo, Thin Mint, Fallout, Mario, Nard Dog, Tuck, Enron, Haggis, Gumbo, Woodson, Chipotle, Rebar, Depth Charge, and Cheddar
Run with a Friend
Well, here’s something I never thought I’d do – Q Swift. To be honest, I didn’t come up with the plan. That said, I’m glad I had the opportunity. Here was the initial pre-blast http://f3nation.com/2017/05/22/preblast-brixham-green-800s/.
I hate running Brixham green. It’s dark, has a wonky slant, sloppy sprinklers and the turns are too sharp. Also I hate it. Given the opportunity to move the workout to the Bull Ring, with its 800m flat circlular track, I jumped at the chance. (Great minds think alike, because Thin Mint had the same idea.)
At 5 AM many of us exited our dry cars, shed the shirt that would only get soaked and weigh us down and ran the customary 1.3 milie pre-run. After gathering the full crew at 5:15, we departed for the Bull Ring (no complaints about moving the site) and began with the dynamic warm-up.
Tip-toes
Heel walk
High knees
Butt-kickers
B-skips
Progression run to sprint
Main Event
The goal was to maintain I-pace every lap until we ran back at 6:05 to watch the Bappipers do Mary in the puddles.
Moleskine
Can you maintain? After running for a while one learns, it’s mostly mental. If you are in decent shape, your body can run for an hour. However, our minds work hard to persuade us to slowdown and stop. Little aches become exaggerated, thirst is magnified, anxiety about fatigue invades your thoughts. How does one ward off this negative thinking? Running with a friend is my antidote. Running alongside someone else me keep my pace up and takes my mind off any self-defeating thoughts. Today, I ran with Voodoo for all but one lap. We pushed, talked and struggled together. (High fives were exchanged.) Last week, at Devil’s Turn, Cheddar coached me up a hill three more times than I would have done by myself. Countless times, I’ve run along Tuck and he always challeges me. Such is life. If you find yourself “running” alone, stressed, depressed, drinking to much, watching too much TV, staring at your phone, set your alarm, post, run and talk to a friend. Chances are the person next to you needs it as much as you.
Announcements
- Wednesday FNG day at the Maul, 5:30 Stonecrest
- Wednesday Death Valley and Anvil converging at Anvil. Stinger will be doing a testimony immediately after the workout at Calvary (6:20-6:50). Coffee will be served.
- Saturday convergence Rock Zero, Calvary 7am
- Monday Matrix will convergence at Basecamp
- Monday, Metro Convergence at Symphony Park with 5K
- Foxhole converges with the rest of SOB for Memorial Murph next Monday. http://f3nation.com/2017/05/16/preblast-sob-memorial-day-2017/
WildTurkey author
SOB, Stonehenge Co-Site Q
Great lead today, Wild Turkey. And congrats on doing the warmup in the appropriate order unlike our friend Mr. Honey Bee last week.
On the topic of anxiety about fatigue and how much work is left, I wanted to share this quote from Eric Orton (guy who wrote Born to Run). I find it helps to think about this in just about every hard effort I put forth.
“Examine these thoughts, because they are fears about outcomes. You can’t know for sure whether you’ll need to walk the last stretch to the ridge. But this worry is based on your need to know. Break the cycle of those thoughts by being aware of the now. Check your pace, your breathing, your form, foot strike; self-evaluate… The choice you have now, this moment, is how you will run the next fifty feet. Savor the quest, not the finish…
Being your best is just a choice. learn to look for them [bad thoughts], listen to yourself, realize they’re just thoughts, and that they have no impact on your actions and who you really are — unless you allow it.”
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