{"id":6592,"date":"2018-10-12T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=6592"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:15:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:15:51","slug":"ogs-and-tractors-return-home-to-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2018\/10\/ogs-and-tractors-return-home-to-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"OGs and Tractors Return Home… to Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pax List:\u00a0 Boo Boo, Lemming, Palin (WB), Peacemaker (WD), Bluto, Closer, Winklevoss, Interference, Zuckerberg, BoutTime, Wiki, Chomper, Razzie, Bueller, Burlap (QIC)<\/p>\n

A total of 15 Pax made it to what is now known as\u00a0a ‘soft open’ of the new parking lot at Hanes Park by the tennis courts, across from the Y.\u00a0 This is the home to the original F3WS workout (n.k.a. Impossible Situation) on 04 Jan 2014 and the rightful home of several F3 workouts each week.<\/p>\n

YHC writes ‘soft open’ because (a) only 15 pax attended and (b) the lights were off – throughout Hanes Park and West End.\u00a0 One could actually see clearly dozens of stars at 6:15 a.m. due to lack of ambient light and clear autumn skies.<\/p>\n

And writing of autumn, the temps were welcome with a “5” as a leading digit this morning.\u00a0 @Winklevoss, among others, was pleased.<\/p>\n

See Pre-Blast for the routes.\u00a0 Tractors stuck to it, except for @Lemming who got in an extra 1+ miles, probably on purpose.\u00a0 The OG route had a twist, thanks to the still strong remnants of Hurricane Michael which dumped several inches of rain and brought high winds during the day on Thursday.\u00a0 This caused a large tree to fall on utility lines and bring them all into Robinhood Road just before the intersection with Sussex and Meadowbrook.\u00a0 So, most OGs saw the tweet and turned left and ran down the hill in the lovely, little-known neighborhood of Meadowbrook that comes out at Reynolda Road.\u00a0 @Bueller ran under the yellow tape and the leaning tree and lines to keep the route at a reasonable 6.4 miles.\u00a0 No harm.\u00a0 The route ran by @’BoutTime’s home; it did not go by @Mongoose’s; therefore, he didn’t post (more later).<\/p>\n

@Boo Boo and YHC, in bringing up the 6 in the Tractors line, noticed two things of interest near Bailey Park — (1) @Palin running toward us, and (2) Burns lecturing a group of sweaty men at 4th and Patterson.\u00a0 YHC believes the former to be a result of @Palin reading the route while standing on his head or looking in a mirror and the latter to be #UrbanAssault.<\/p>\n

Due to power outages and the mass volume of leaves and sticks on the roads, most Pax employed headlamps.\u00a0 This, along with the cooler temps, created a BRR-like atmosphere.\u00a0 In fact, it was\u00a0pretty cool to stand in the HP parking lot and see\u00a0a string of headlamps making their way on West End Blvd, right onto Sunset, and into the Home\u00a0parking lot.<\/p>\n

This run was\u00a0also one of the eerier\u00a0 (<<it’s a word meaning “more eerie”) runs that\u00a0the Pax has experienced due to the lack of power in parts of W-S.\u00a0 This was especially true\u00a0running down the dark, silent, narrow lane that is Brookstown Ave from 4th St to the park.<\/p>\n

All in all, this was an odd but welcome return to the Home of OGs and Tractors.\u00a0 The numbers were low because:<\/p>\n