Discover Your RedLine

Discover Your RedLine

QIC: Zuck

Date: 04/25/2023

PAX: Mongoose, Chomper, The Vig, Winklevoss, BALCO, Hitman, Suede (WB), Manscape (WD), Zuck (QIC)

The alarm went off.  YHC hit ‘snooze’ and heard the ‘M’ mumble something in her sleep.  Fearing that is was something like “if that goes off again, I’m going to shove it up your…” YHC put on my glasses, turned off the alarm and looked up at the ceiling – getting those few extra minutes of rest before hitting the ground running.

23 minutes later, YHC woke up again… glasses on… face still towards the ceiling… this time the “oh @#?$!” was coming from my own mouth.  Luckily, still left plenty of time (albeit no time for the typical morning rituals) and was able to get to the AO by 0526.  So, when I pulled into the lot only to see one car, YHC began to wonder… did I have the wrong day… was my clock wrong… was I dreaming… if nobody shows up can I stay in my car and take a nap…?

Then, over the next three minutes… they came.  Some by car.  Some by foot.  8 others, plus YHC.  The usual suspects.  No nap.  And now YHC had to come up with a workout.

So, here’s what we did…

That THANG…

• Obligatory (~1 mile) lap around the park (just enough time to come up with workout plan – though @Mongoose set a brisk warmup pace)
• Zuck warmup half-lap… high-knees, butt-kickers, Apollo Creeds (L&R), Zucky power skips
• 200m hard (200m recovery)
• 400m hard (200m recovery)
• 800m hard (~200m recovery to Intimidator)
• Sprint up Intimidator to Carolina (recovery down)
• Quadraphelia up Intimidator to Carolina (recovery down)
• 400m hard (200m recovery)
• 200m hard (200m recovery)
• 400m hard (mosey recovery back to launch)
• Fin! Done!

Total miles varied for the pax but the max was somewhere close to 4.5mi (not counting RIRO miles)

 COT/BOM

• Prayers for F3 brothers and families dealing with physical ailments, sickness, recovery… prayers for those who’ve lost loved ones… prayers for those struggling with mental health issues… prayers for students and teachers winding down their school year… prayers for guidance/protection/safety for our families… prayers that we be the men HE wants us to be.

NMM

• Thankful that @Chomper let me get a ‘redo’ after needing a last minute substiQ a few weeks ago.
• Temps were cool, but ideal once we got rolling.  They pax were getting after it!
• @TheVig, @Mongoose, and @BALCO got in some EC and RIRO’d – from somewhere.
• @Suede showed up, out of the shadows, on the warmup lap. Man of mystery.
• @Mongoose and @Chomper were flying this morning.
• Not a ton of mumblechatter (or that YHC could hear), though did catch @Winklevoss and @BALCO having conversations about their high-schooler 2.0s… both having some success with track.  (They get it from their moms)
• @Hitman was moving! Said his hammies may have something to say about it tomorrow.
• @Manscape continues to be amazing.
• I think the pax enjoyed the Quadraphelia up the Intimidator.
• @Mongoose thinks YHC has been 43 for longer than a year.  Little does he know I’m trying something out to see if I don’t change ages until every 16 months instead of 12, if that will slow down the aging process.  So far, it’s not working.
• Grateful for the opportunity to lead.  Thanks for the keys, @Chomp!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• @TheVig has #RedLine Q next week
• Crossnore trails open