After another one year hiatus, this one due to COVID, Thursday (3\/18) at #DashWIB, we ran the 3rd Marble Arch Marathons.\u00a0 At the inaugural event back in May 2017, 10 #DashPax attempted and 0 finished, although @Zima and @RustBucket came close but just barely missed the 45 minute time cutoff.\u00a0 At the second event in March 2019, we had 18 #DashPax attempt and 6(!) finish! @LitterBox, @Vig, @Zima, @Huckleberry, @Greenspan and @Offsides finished all 5 loops in 2019.\u00a0 So, in true Lazarus Lake fashion, we made this one a bit harder.\u00a0 And the third core principle was in full effect (#RainOrShine #HotOrCold).<\/p>\n
The Thang<\/strong><\/p>\n Think of this as a much abbreviated version of the Barkley Marathons, the sadistic race in East Tennessee which is made up of 5 loops of 26ish miles and 20K feet of elevation gain per loop.\u00a0 On Thursday, we attempted to run 5 loops (or 3 loops for a #FunRun) of Marble Arch Road.\u00a0 Each loop is 1.42 miles and 68.6 feet of elevation gain.\u00a0 At the end of each cul-de-sac we come across (#Innovation, #CrowdPleaser)<\/strong>, we stopped and perform 10 perfect form reps OYO of the called exercise:<\/p>\n Stop 1:\u00a0\u00a0M<\/strong>erkins<\/p>\n Stop 2:\u00a0\u00a0A<\/strong>lternating Side Lunges (each leg, so 1, 1, 2, 2, etc)<\/p>\n Stop 3:\u00a0\u00a0R<\/strong>ussian Twists (each side, so 1, 1, 2, 2, etc)<\/p>\n Stop 4:\u00a0\u00a0B<\/strong>urpees<\/p>\n Stop 5:\u00a0\u00a0L<\/strong>unges (each leg, so 1, 1, 2, 2, etc)<\/p>\n Stop 6:\u00a0\u00a0E<\/strong>lbow Plank Jacks<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.mapmyrun.com\/routes\/view\/4224623227<\/p>\n First loop was clockwise.\u00a0 Second loop was counterclockwise.\u00a0 Third loop was clockwise.\u00a0 Fourth loop was counterclockwise.\u00a0 3 completed loops within 45 minutes = #FunRun, 10 pax completed the #FunRun<\/p>\n 5 completed loops within 45 minutes = #Finisher, 0 pax #Finished<\/p>\n Virtual conch blew at 0525.\u00a0 Virtual cigarette was lit at 0530.\u00a0 5061 Marble Arch Road at the NW corner of Marble Arch and Cedar Trail (aka #TheTopOfTheD).\u00a0 We were supposed to park either on the stub end of Cedar Trail or in YHC\u2019s circle driveway.<\/p>\n NMM<\/strong><\/p>\n The participants were none too thrilled with this year’s innovation.\u00a0 A whole lot of bellyaching ensued as we gathered at the start\/finish line.<\/p>\n @Mongoose ignored the parking directions and parked wherever he damn well pleased.\u00a0 And a whole lot of others followed suit.\u00a0 @DramaQueen got lost on the way over (guess he should have #RIROed after all).<\/p>\n @Lysol is making a comeback.\u00a0 But don’t call it that.<\/p>\n Site Q @Burns lobbied hard for a course modification on the Alistair leg.\u00a0 YHC graciously adopted the idea after Loop 1 to shorten that leg to the first lightpole.\u00a0 #Benevolence.\u00a0 @Zima looked disgusted when YHC accepted the suggestion and rumor has it that he refused the modification.<\/p>\n Lots of guys flying out there and every single one was a #LarryBird since the Q was super slow.\u00a0 @Turnover, @HOG, @Huckleberry were the top three if YHC is not mistaken.\u00a0 Please correct me if I’m wrong in the comments.<\/p>\n The weather sucked but could have been much worse.\u00a0 Strong drizzle for the whole race.\u00a0 @Burlap will be over later to wash my cars.<\/p>\n You would think that this is a young man’s game, but we had two (2) #DoubleRespects come out and crush it this morning in @DQ and @RootCanal.\u00a0 #Respects included @Burlap, @Lysol and YHC.<\/p>\n First time for YHC working out with @Workbench.\u00a0 Nice to meet you.<\/p>\n No complaints (yet) from the neighbors, so we’ve got that going for us.<\/p>\n Already cooking up a different modification for the 2022 version.\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n Thanks for the privilege of leading and for letting me step out my front door to launch so I could score carbon footprint reduction points.<\/p>\n Your friend,<\/p>\n Starfish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After another one year hiatus, this one due to COVID, Thursday (3\/18) at #DashWIB, we ran the 3rd Marble Arch Marathons.\u00a0 At the inaugural event back in May 2017, 10 #DashPax attempted and 0 finished, although @Zima and @RustBucket came close but just barely missed the 45 minute time cutoff.\u00a0 At the second event in 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the fifth loop, the leader will chose the direction and then the PAX will alternate directions.<\/del><\/p>\n