[paper_trail] Orienteering 101
AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Fester, Shania, Chopper, ChatterBox, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: Two started early and got about 3 miles before joining the rest. Once together, we went directly to the most technical section of the park. We all made it safe and sound to the cars, despite some falls here […]
[morning_wood] We’ll make him tomorrow
AO: morning_wood Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Rubbermaid, HazMat, Wilbur, Hot Yoga, Pothole, Cliffhanger, Peter Withers FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Cliff notes: 6 and an FNG met this morning, but decided to postpone the naming of our new mate until the 9/11 Convergence.
[blue-ridge_relay] Blue Ridge Relay – 2025
AO: blue-ridge_relay Q: ChatterBox PAX: Schnitzel, Kilo, fugitive, Shania, Transporter, Cliffhanger, Fester, Cheddar FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Team: F3 Waxhaw Express aka F3 International
[paper_trail] Tapering, sorta
AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: ChatterBox, Transporter, Shania, Fester, fugitive, Schnitzel, Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Half-Pipe, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Cliff notes: The big group, the BRR-tapering 7, met for a 3-loop recon of Chatter’s hood, and the smaller group, the ultra-training 3, got their miles (between 15 and 22!) up and down Crowder’s.
[morning_wood] Car wash
AO: morning_wood Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Rubbermaid, Swedish Chef, Hot Yoga, Strawberry, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: it’s been a while, with all the training for BRR and other cement-based events. Add to that the few weeks of torrential rains, and you get yourself a trail with overgrown vegetation, modified portions, and new fun […]
[wxw_express] To the top of the hills we will run, or will we get lost
AO: wxw_express Q: Drive By PAX: Seabass, ChatterBox, Blade, Rubbermaid, Schnitzel, Cliffhanger, Chastain, Singlet, Foundation, Deflated, Transporter, Hooch, Stagecoach FNGs: None COUNT: 14 Off to Lawson and played frogger crossing the road. Once in Lawson we hit the path and did 5 repeats up the long hill. Then we ran to the other side of […]
[paper_trail] Jerky-off
AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Transporter, ChatterBox, Shania, Swedish Chef, Kilo, Half-Pipe, Flip Phone, Kid Rock, Rubbermaid, Schnitzel, fugitive, Cliffhanger, Buddy the Elf FNGs: None COUNT: 13 Cliff notes: The plan is still to continue with the CSAUPs every week since Spring started, and while we are slowly running out of ideas, we can always […]
[short_circuit] 52!
AO: short_circuit Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Goodfella, Kid Rock, Paper Jam, Posse, Black Hat, Flip Phone, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Cliff notes: Age is just a number, they say, but numbers are seldom just numbers. We reflected at COT on the importance of raising the “good numbers” (hours spent with your kids, especially before they […]
[the_floater] Taunting Burpee Train
AO: the_floater Q: Hooch PAX: Easy Button, Chastain, Mad Dog, Rocketman, Inspector Gadget, Recalc, Zorro, Singlet, Hooch, Cliffhanger, Premature FNGs: None COUNT: 13 What had happened was: Burpee train arrived early. Bad idea Indian Run. Paula Abdul cemetery work ( i think she is still alive) More Bad Idea Indian Run. Hit a zillion mailboxes […]
[flash] It was him
AO: flash Q: Chastain PAX: Chastain, Cliffhanger, Dasher, Centerfold, Black Hat, Falcon, Meth FNGs: None COUNT: 7 What had happened was: Whoopsie, I forgot to write my backblast. It was Flash. We did stuff. Meth made a return after a long absence. We asked how he got his name and of course the answer was […]