Can you pre-run but skip the workout?

Date: 2025-01-08 AO: the-maul Q: das_boot PAX: wingman, patent_pending, Franky, midriff, Isotope FNGs: None COUNT: 6 YHC came in hot to see one guy walking around the parking lot with a canned beverage in hand. It was so strange that wingman thought it was a beer and we believe it made Odd Job skip The Maul this morning, trying to avoid high anger situations with creepy individuals at Stone Crest. (See the last time YHC Q’ed here )
Turns out the guy was Isotope, a DR PAX from Denver. Which Denver? “Huh? Colorado, as in John Denver is 💩.” We explained there’s a building metropolis with the same name just outside the Queen City.
We noticed that Franky and midriff’s cars were in the parking lot and they HC’d, so we did a lap around the parking lot thinking they’d show up. They did — about 42 minutes later.
In an effort to stay warm, we followed Canadian advice to do some 11s with Bulgarian split squats and Mike Tysons. There was an effort to climb over the shopping cart corrals but we discovered they are as sturdy and rigid as my neighbor’s recently neutered Golden, so that was abandoned.
Add in a new favorite, the Cocaine Bear Crawl 🐻 for good measure, then some Paula Abdul behind Target with shoulder tap merkins and staggered squats.
It was cold and we avoided rocks and extended ground with to protect the fingers, and it was great to have a visitor. We compared regions and approaches to workouts, a little of what’s working and what is challenging right now. Kudos to Isotope and patent_pending for working through some acres and pains and showing up in the gloom.
We left, however, with a question: What do you call a PAX who pre-runs but doesn’t show for the actual beatdown? Taking suggestions.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: There’s no bad weather, just bad dress for the weather.
COT: Prayers for The Worm, Cutlet, Wingy’s pops and bro traveling cross country, and Isotope heading back tonight.