Redline Omnibus 2025
QIC: Wooly Bugger
Date: Every Tuesday, 2025
By my own dubious, non-scientific calculations, the merry band of Red Liners ran circa 250 miles this year in various bursts and 100, 200, 400, 800 meters and up and down hills. We ran our warm up lap over 50 times and never once did a side stradle hop or a merkin. We ran up to Carolina, up to Jersey and sometimes all the way up to Mozelles which never seemed to be open when we got there. We ran the lights of downtown and the hills of outer buena vista and the west end.
We prayed for wives and children and parents. We prayed for surgeries, tragedies and triumphs alike. We prayed to be better fathers and husbands and bosses and workers and leaders. We prayed for peace and courage and wisdom. We learned the hills dont get any flatter, but the legs and lungs just get better at carrying you to the top. We sang a song of gratitude, and commitment, and community each time we ran in circles in the pre-dawn darkness.
Without further ado, Here are the 2025 Redline Class superlatives.
Chomper as Site Q emeritus gallantly led the charge in the first half of the year. He gets the Award for most random location leading us in a workout up the beautiful rolling hills of the Publix parking lot.
Suede gets the award for best parking job for the time he double parked in the road and joined the warm up lap
Mongoose gets the award for most school spirit
Winklevoss the most likely to query the Q’s instructions award.
Balco gets the award for most times parking at Bobby Boi but never once bringing coffee and pastries for the PAX
Doublewide gets the Most Dystopian Q Award for offering himself as the human fox/tribute to be hunted down.
Tax Break and Interference tied for the Pure Speed award – next week 100m head to head to decide the winner
Beverley wins the Redline is Just My Warm up Award
Hitman gets the Creeper Award for always creeping out of the bushes just as we begin the warmup lap
Resistor gets the most likely to warm up before the warm up lap award
Pinky gets the award for most workouts nearly completed.
Padre gets the fastest Priest award.
Edge gets the award for most quarterback pressures
Greenspan gets the Explorers Award for leading us through random parts of the West End
Frostbite wins the the most likely to set off too fast on the opening lap award
Wobegon the most pleasantly surprised to like redline award
Zephyr gets the award for the coolest Redline name
Rose gets the best headwear award.
Pollster gets the One who got away Award
Palin gets the award for most annoying flashlight
Turnover gets the award for leading us in the most professional looking warm up of the year
There are countless others who joined us – my site Q records have been found lacking for which I apologize – but for all you nameless, faceless runners I salute you.
Each time I pull in to a dark parking lot at 5:30am Im slightly bemused and grateful that there are always a few other idiots already there waiting for me. For 2026 I hope more of you join us at Redline – we take all speeds, shapes and sizes. Running intervals and hills is not as bad as it sounds, and actually it is rather great.
See you out there in 2026. Onwards and upwards.
1 Comment
Resistor
Well, done, wooly Burger, I wish I could’ve made it this morning but I’m glad that red line and the red line crewi are there for me every Tuesday. Merry Christmas ! God bless.
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