I have been waiting for the past THREE times I’ve Qed Redline to borrow a stopwatch and do hill repeats (an idea the track coach at Tabor recommended). Because I’ve refused to buy one, I was finally able to borrow one today from our neighborhood...
Read moreMy alarm went off this morning and I turned it off, rolled over…then realized with a jolt that I had to be there (UGH…but thanks BooBoo). An even 12 gathered in the gloom for a run that basically took them down Queen and back on Reynolds. When we...
Read moreI told the assembled PAX how my wife was talking to one of her best friends last night while I was writing my plan on cardboard. My wife told her friend how I have gotten up at 04:45 every morning this week. Her friend, who knows I’m a teacher...
Read more10 PAX meandered their way through a more-confusing-than-it-looks parking lot for Run n Gun early Monday morning. The Run The Gun: 15 minutes of: On your front for mountain climbers & merkins On your feet for monkey humpers (been a...
Read more7 PAX gathered in the chilly morning (well, 5 + Hit Man who must have a mandatory clause to show up just as we leave the parking lot + Manscape who suddenly appeared on the warm up lap around the park) air to run around and up the Hanes Park...
Read moreThe Ragnar trails of West Virginia were missed (not a typo) this morning when I showed up at Speas and it was hot, humid, and muggy. Take me home West Virginia where we can go back to the 60s! Fall can’t get here soon enough. We did the classic...
Read moreI hate Redline. I confessed as much to Hitman and Manscape, who were kind enough to let me complain without giving me too much of a hard time. However, I’ve noticed a trend at Redline: the majority of the guys run fast – like, really fast...
Read moreAround 9:30 last night at a party for Sgt. Schultz’s son Milkman (who is getting married tonight!), I was talking with a group of people that included Bernie & Double D and mentioned I was Qing in the morning. Then it hit me: “Wait…I’m...
Read moreA group of more-than-I-expected assembled on the grounds of Speas Global for a beatdown on 4/20. My playlist consisted of an eclectic mix ranging from Phish to Bob Dylan to Cypress Hill (which, sadly, we did not get to). I started the workout...
Read moreI woke this morning around 4:10 anxious about two things: 1) what time do I need to leave to set up lanterns and signs along the trail so no one gets lost and 2) am I going to get attacked while running through the woods in the predawn dark by...
Read moreSomehow, someway, even though I announced at Run n Gun the day before AND made it known in the Slack preblast that my Q would involve a good amount of hills, 10 PAX + me (or 10 more PAX than I thought) showed up on a chilly Valentine’s morning. I...
Read more“That was a great route…except it sucked.” Those were the wise words of Balco as he left the parking lot this morning. An OG route that I had spent a lot of time on to meticulously make EXACTLY 6.2 miles ended up being for naught since some...
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