Intro to Great Mental Models Vol 1

Date: 2025-07-15 AO: swift Q: bratwurst PAX: frasier, citgo, soft_pretzel, gumbo, wingman, kirby, midriff, madison, fleetwood, drive_by, tagalong, fire_hazard FNGs: None COUNT: 13 WARMUP: YHC was late due to looking for keys to the truck that the 2.0s “borrowed” yesterday. midriff had given the HC and likely wasn’t on the prerun, so he got the text and took care of the warm-up to join YHC at Lower Ave & Bally Corp. Dynamic Exercises commenced.
THE THANG: – Lower Ave has some luster. Not a long hill by itself and not as big of a run-out as Upper Ave, but it definitely has at least a 200m incline, low traffic, bike lines and parking spots on both sides for “bailouts” even if there are cars and not having to use the sidewalks, well-lit, and today there was a slight breeze coming down the hill (at times). – YHC was thinking past 200m, it would be flat after the turn to in front of the Corp Park buildings, but no such luck as it kept climbing up towards the Met Life building. So, Lower Ave did actually deliver close to a 400m incline that wasn’t a sidewalk. If not for a 4-way stop and a road-hump, the venue was hard to beat for YHC’s first time working out only on Lower Ave. – The workout was 4 rounds of: – 200m up the hill, recover down OYO – 200m up the hill, recover down OYO – 2:00 up the hill, recover down and don’t start the next round until all are back to the starting line – Last 2:00 was heading back through the Bowl because we were short on time. It was kindof cool to run through the restaurants, but there are stairs on some sidewalks that make for extra obstacles. May have to think about repeats through the Bowl area at some point. – Cooldown back over the bridge, through the Stream Park, and then a big delay at Johnston Rd signal. – We arrived late back to COT at 0619, but at least Bagpipe PAX were still there this week! – “Feels like” temp of 82, it was warm. But 13 PAX didn’t shy away from the challenge even though hills were in store. Was Lower Ave the draw? Did the PAX think that there would be free iced coffee at the Bowl? Was HIMS on hand to deliver Blue Pills :littlebluepill: ? – Strava did not allow the creation of the 200m hill segment (too short apparently) to compare if PAX really did treat the first part of the hill the same as the 2:00 over the longer interval, but a segment was created for the Hill+turn coming in at just over 400m. citgo claimed the KOM, frasier second. YHC got slower each time, andgumbo was right on my heels pushing me. – Wild Turkey took us out from COT.
Announcements: – 3rdf-timekeeper (join the channel) is starting a new 9 week book on Mental Models. Model #1 starts next week! – Seems like bratwurst will be taking next week’s Swift Q as well until someone grabs it via Q-signup. Nowhere to go but UP.