Watch out for the ice!

Watch out for the ice!

With the preblast being sent out the day before and Hairball proclaiming #makefasttwitchgreatagain eleven men gathered for the show.  Two real men, Hairball and Turkey Leg, felt it was manlier to not wear tights.  The other nine cowered with their heads down in shame as we set out.  Purple Haze made a quick observation that Mr. Brady was only wearing tights. Yikes!

If the Pax read the preblast then they were aware of what we were doing.  If you did not then just like a pop quiz you are going to fail.

Off we went without any instructions other than to run your 5k pace.  There were five stops along the way at intersections along Hwy 51 as we ran towards the Arboretum.  At each stop we did a different exercise, IW x 5, Squat x 5, Merkin x 5 and the Burpee x 5.  At the second to last stop a quick halt as we encountered the dreaded “black ice” that meteorologist around the region have used to scare school systems into closing schools and jack up mile and bread sales.

Once we reached the intersection of Hwy 51 and Arboretum Way we mosed across down Arboretum Way where the Pax was asked to partner up based on difference in speed.  We had an odd number so Gerber, Hairball and Turkey Leg partnered up.  Not sure if they understood the whole “differing speeds” because they were crushing it.  It could have been a Q fail in my instructions as most things were frozen at this point.

Once we were paired up the idea was for one of the partners run down Arboretum Way while the other partner runs down Spring Ln.  You will meet somewhere in the middle along Bon Via Dr.  There you do five hand slap merkins and return the way you went.  You should arrive at the same time if you keep your 5k pace.  Once back at the beginning you do five hand release merkins.  Get up and do it all over again heading in the opposite direction.

We got a total of five circuits in.  The loop is .9 miles.  The run out and back was 1.1 miles each.

At the end of Strawberry Hill and Hwy 51 you were asked to run to the first speed bump after the parking lot and into the parking lot to finish at 6:15am!

Moleskin: We got somewhere between six and seven miles.  It was cold at the start but it did seem to warm up by the end.  I almost broke a sweat.  Almost.  Despite claims of going to McDonalds by Pro he declined, unless he went afterwards.  I cannot confirm that.

Hairball, Gerber and Turkey Leg were flying out there.  All stars.  Everyone gave solid effort.  Running at 17 degrees is not optimal for getting the most out of your run but I thought everyone pushed hard.  Margo, Fault Line, Haze and Ironsides are getting faster and faster.  I know Haze is still rounding into shape from the calf strain.

Mr. Brady was rocking the spandex.  I bet Mrs. Brady has a hard time controlling herself when he gets home from his workouts.

Alf and Prohibition continue to churn out the miles.  I am sure both are eagerly plotting their next marathon.  Kiawah is always nice in December boys!

It was honor to lead and thanks for playing along.  You ran a lot of miles this morning a great pace.

Announcements: New York City marathon lottery is closing sometime.  Check with Hairball.  He may or may not being doing it.