I 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...
Read moreAnd all of a sudden, winter is here. I’ve been enjoying morning runs with temps in the crisp 50s but for sure would NOT have come out this morning when it’s sub 30 (so we just skip the 40s like that??). Closer, probably knowing my tendency to be...
Read moreI tried to use the “transcript” feature on my phone once I recorded the Name o Rama to help with the backblast, but as you can see, it wasn’t super helpful: Without further ado, let’s go for some secrets. There’s nothing like hot, wet, and moist...
Read moreI committed an egregious error by creating the route but not running it fully. (Although I totally blame Livermush for that as he didn’t wake up until I pulled up to his house to pick him up, so we cut off the loop around Hanes Park.) The...
Read moreBeing a VQ, this was a learning experience for me. Thanks to JuiceBox and Beverly, I found out that someone posts a backblast each week (who knew) and thanks to the F3 Lexicon, I learned there are 700+ terms I need to learn (though I did find out...
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