When Turnover put out the bat signal for a substi-Q sometime last week I was in a good mood and wasn’t looking at my calendar, so I happily helped out my good friend who has been generous to me in a pinch before. I should have inherently...
Read moreYHC popped out of bed this morning without an alarm – rare, then headed to the bathroom, like all of us middle-aged men do. As I was getting ready, you know, primping myself and listening to my morning podcasts, something felt off. A...
Read moreCruiser reached out last minute for a sub; YHC made some efforts to fill, but was unable to. Of course Wooly Bugger offered to rehash his golf q from a couple of weeks ago, but he’s already q’d here four times with another coming up. Nah, the...
Read moreHiroo Onoda was a Japanese soldier who lived and fought on Lubang Island for many years after WWII ended. Refusing to believe that Japan had surrendered, he hid in the jungle and conducted raids on local villages for many decades after the war...
Read moreThe date was 10-9. Sure, YHC could have gone the easy route, celebrating opening night for his beloved Carolina Hurricanes and the inevitable casting out of the hated Devils from New Jersey tonight (Club level seats with Bloodsport and my...
Read moreMy dad passed away a little over a year ago. Today would have been his 92nd birthday so I put together a workout to remember the man who helped me become who I am today. After the formalities and some warmorama, we got our blocks and got to it...
Read moreLaunchpad has received a makeover – a newly minted parking lot complete with painted spaces far exceeds in quality the gravel lot that was there prior. Unfortunately for the visiting pax, the gates were closed so we had to park across the...
Read moreYHC had the privilege to lead a strong group of men this morning at Redline. Warm-O-Rama: Normally, the Redline Warm-O-Rama consists of a lap around Hanes Park, which is just over 1 mile. However, YHC had an alternative plan, which was announced...
Read moreWelcomeeeee….. Toooooooo… Scavenger-Trazzzzzzzzzz ! So, with a Q on the Date of 10-4 ( holy cow…if you look up “this day in history for 10-4, a WHOLE lotta stuff happened on that day. ), so I didn’t want to go the...
Read moreWow…a whole month late with a Backblast. Has to be a record? Better late than never? It was the opening weekend for the NFL, and yes, there had already been football themed workouts the week before with College Football getting kicked...
Read moreWhen YHC was voluntold about Qing #Purgatory on October 4, he thought long and hard about what sort of theme to build the workout around. The pressure was really on after @PonyExpress’ elaborate theme last week. Given that today is 10/4...
Read moreCould not have asked for better weather this morning. Sky was clear, stars were out, and temps were in the lower 50s. Literally my favorite running weather. There was mumble chatter leading up to the run about how terrible the routes were (cough...
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