Six #Amble regulars posted this brisk morning for a little speed work after only a day’s recovery from the 12 mile #F3GC training run of the weekend. The longer distances contrasted with the Owens Field speed work seems to be doing its job as everyone continues to get faster and stronger in preparation for the …
Good Morning, this is your wake up call…. Yes, I know what time it is… Yes, I know you didn’t request a wake up call…. Who is this? This is the Mud Run calling, I thought you’d recognize the voice… Yes, you can go back to sleep, but rest assured… I’m coming to get you… …
As the big miles stack up we enter the final weeks of long runs before the early November taper down prior to the big day. This weekend serves up 12 miles, a PR distance for YHC, and a run I’ve been nervously anticipating since before the Mud Run last weekend which sapped my enthusiasm for …
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Hill week continued this morning at #Amble as 11 Pax reacquainted themselves with Atascadero. Atascadero!?! Yes… Columbia has a dreadful shortage of truly steep streets. In an effort to seek them out for the benefit of the Amble faithful, this particular beauty was served up towards the end of mile 2 of our morning’s course around the …
9 Pax gathered in the KBC parking lot with the weekend on their minds. 11 Miles looms for #Amble brethren gearing up for the Governors Cup. The Mud Run is likewise tomorrow guaranteeing a crushing physical ordeal. And yet, with so much on the horizon, these men gathered once more on a Friday morning to get …
This weekend is going to be special… An ever growing group will be headed down to the Mud Run this Saturday with an army of F3 Nation. But don’t let that derail your course for the Governors Cup. The absence of YHC is no excuse. The miles await you in the gloom as do many of …
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Given the solid track beating on Monday and the subsequent massacre at various AO’s on Tuesday, the 11 pax who showed for this mornings #Amble proved their resolve by just getting up. Still limping a bit, YHC passed around the four mile course of Wednesday tradition knowing it would not be a race pace day …
Eleven amblers set out in the dark of the early morning to fulfill a need that they didn’t know they had. What was the need? It was a need for speed. And the only way to satisfy that need is the Golden Cleats Track Meet. Nowhere else can you partake in the continuous baton passing, …
For a rare afternoon beatdown, 6 pax and a 2.0 gathered for a hybrid workout at Harbison State Forest to inaugurate a new trail based downPAINment. While the approximate distance had been shared, the pain stations interspersed along the rugged route were concocted without dissemination of either their placement or contents. All the pax knew was …
It’s October and the double digits are upon us. Every weekend this month we will have a run exceeding 10 miles before the taper back down in preparation for the Governors Cup itself. This is not the time to bypass the distance. Vince Lombardi once said, “The difference between a successful person and others is …
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