[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 […]
[paper_trail] The strangest bachelor party ever
AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Kilo, Swedish Chef, HazMat, Drive By, Schnitzel, ChatterBox, Transporter, Kid Rock, Rubbermaid, Chopper, Cliffhanger, Green Label FNGs: None COUNT: 12 Cliff notes: They’ll make a movie about this bachelor’s party someday. We can’t disclose all the details, for obvious reasons, but we will reveal that part of sending Chopper off […]
[nightstalker-] it all makes sense now
AO: nightstalker- Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Bratwurst, Kid Rock, Flip Phone, fugitive, Kilo, ChatterBox, Schnitzel, Rubbermaid, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Cliff notes: It took me a minute, but I get it now—nightstalker is a zero-sum kind of AO. The idea is to burn as many calories in the worst possible manner (run top speed as […]
[off_the_books] altitude training of sorts
AO: off_the_books Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Drive By, Rubbermaid, Swedish Chef, Cliffhanger, Drago FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: you gotta take advantage of those holiday hours whenever they come your way. We certainly did. Fun fact: the scent of pot is strong in Lawson-damm. We shared stories of busts and ODs in that hood. Never […]