Tag: paper_trail

[paper_trail] And now we feast

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Paper Jam, bunker, Polly FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Cliff notes: Four for another elevation training/recce of South Mountains Half. Same technical trails as usual, with the added challenge of a carpet of leaves, and yet, no falls, no dramatic rolling ankles. That first climb was traumatic for some, but once […]

[paper_trail] Sunset taking forever

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Chopper, Paper Jam, Rubbermaid, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Cliff notes: Another trip to recce Terror Trails, to see the progress of those power lines and the state of the leaves, just two weeks after the previous. It’s funny how it works: we met at the same spot as before, […]

[paper_trail] Defying the laws of Physics

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Franky, Paper Jam, bunker, Cliffhanger, Frasier FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: Five took a trip to South Mountains State Park to preview the routes for an upcoming half-marathon. Most of us completed the 12-plus, but one managed to get 29k, just by turning back on all intersections to pick […]

[paper_trail] Wet T-shirt Contest

AO: paper_trail Q: Cliffhanger PAX: Rubbermaid, Swedish Chef, HazMat, Drive By, Cliffhanger, Drago FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Cliff notes: it was rainy, but really nice temperature. We run the Little Sugar Creek runway on a Saturday morning. Do the math

[paper_trail] your tax $$ at work

AO: paper_trail Q: Kid Rock PAX: Swedish Chef, Rubbermaid, Kid Rock, Paper Jam, Cliffhanger FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Cliff notes: today it was Chef’s turn to guard our North border, and he did so wonderfully by covering 17 frigging miles of hills at Crowder’s. The rest of us, safe back home, took a trip to […]

[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 […]

[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.

[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 […]

[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 […]