Another Wed
AO: bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cheesesteak, Full Metal Jacket, Goodspeed, Lemmy, The Beast FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: THE THANG: Run round Blythewood ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Light Up the Night
AO: bladerunner Q: Goodspeed PAX: Valdez, Snowden, Rudder, Betty Crocker, The Beast, Lemmy, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Light Stretching by some THE THANG: Run hills, Run Flats, all miles ANNOUNCEMENTS: various mumblechatter COT:Prayers for the PAX
Start time is more of an idea than a rule
AO: bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Betty Crocker, Valdez, Snowden, The Beast, Shuttlecock, Lemmy FNGs: None COUNT: 6 THE THANG: Betty Left First, Then Shuttlecock, Valdez and I went one way. Lemmy and The Beast went the other way. Everybody probably ran about 6 miles with and without track work. I can only guess. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jones …
Another Humid Wednesday
AO: bladerunner Q: Shuttlecock PAX: Rudder, Gepetto, Valdez, Betty Crocker, Lemmy, Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, The Beast FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Fall out of car, put some sort of safety light apparatus on. THE THANG: Run more Miles on the road or track ANNOUNCEMENTS: mini convergence at Sandhills Saturday Feast at the Beast Home, …
Special Guest
AO: bladerunner Q: Goodspeed PAX: Rudder, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, BunkBed, Cheesesteak, Valdez, Gepetto, Snowden, Lemmy FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: Decide where to run THE THANG: Find your group and run ANNOUNCEMENTS: @bunkbed had them all COT: Prayers for PAX and health of 2.0s
Oakhurst Village People
AO: bladerunner Q: Lemmy PAX: Goodspeed, Rudder, Valdez, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden, Cheesesteak, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Some running, some not. THE THANG: Up and down the streets of Oakhurst ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam2Dam sign-up COT:Gratitude from those in health; prayers for those in need.
Are you SCReady for it?
AO: bladerunner Q: Goodspeed PAX: Rudder, Cottontail, Lemmy, Gepetto, Valdez, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, Grouper, Cheesesteak, Goodspeed FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: Sure THE THANG: Track or Road MARY: What do you think? My guess is no. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Soil temps will be dipping into the 70’s in 2-4 weeks. Take advantage of current deals …
Reconnaissance run
AO: bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Goodspeed, Betty Crocker, Cheesesteak, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Grouper, Lemmy, Shuttlecock, Snowden, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: Yes!! YHC did some stretches!! THE THANG: Pax headed out in all directions for miles, laps and merkins. MARY: Sadly, no. Cottontail was not with us. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gepetto will post …
Reconnaissance run
AO: bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Goodspeed, Betty Crocker, Cheesesteak, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Grouper, Lemmy, Shuttlecock, Snowden, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 12 WARMUP: Yes!! YHC did some stretches!! THE THANG: Pax headed out in all directions for miles, laps and merkins. MARY: Sadly, no. Cottontail was not with us. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gepetto will post …
Super moon Run
AO: bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, Shuttlecock, Gepetto, Snowden, The Beast, Cottontail FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: we call that Mile 1. THE THANG: Track work and Highway work. MARY: sadly, no. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Q school this Saturday. COT:Prayers for the reunion of Snowden and his M. Also, For Gods comfort to a …
Sandpaper
AO: bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Lemmy, Shuttlecock, Valdez, Gepetto, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden, Betty Crocker FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Arrive in time for the fun THE THANG: Snowden, Lemmy and Shuttlecock to the track for repeats. Gepetto also at the track for his workout. Valdez roaming the streets. FMJ doing hard stuff …
Shitzhu or Better
AO: bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Lemmy, Frodo, Valdez, Cheesesteak, Gepetto, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Nay THE THANG: Variety of routes. Some went to the track for 1000m intervals. Some just ran for an hour. Some ran more than that. MARY: Neigh ANNOUNCEMENTS: HDHH goodspeed q’s 2nite! COT: prayers for patrick and his …
Gnashing of Feet
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Rudder, Frodo, Lemmy, Shuttlecock, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Arrive at 5! THE THANG: Run to the track or run out and back. MARY: None! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whoops! COT: Prayers for ourselves.
Not as hot as Yesterday
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, Rudder, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: 1/4 mile run at training pace THE THANG: Run MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Valdez did an Elvis in the leftover porta potty (July 1st Celebration) at Dolo Park. Good trading for ultras. COT:Prayers for God to put on our heart something …
Let’s Head Strait to Cape Lookout!!!!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Gepetto, Lemmy, Valdez, Shuttlecock, Cheesesteak, The Beast, Rudder, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Run at Gepetto THE THANG: Speedwork, Track stuff. Strait miles, Probably some merkins if I know FMJ. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rawls memorial event, details forthcoming from Rudder COT: Got to!
4 Horsemen of Bladerunner
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Shuttlecock, Rudder, Lemmy, Full Metal Jacket FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: none THE THANG: run MARY: Merkins ANNOUNCEMENTS: nope COT:pray for God to guide our heart and our feet.
Another Wed in BWood
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Valdez, Rudder, Betty Crocker, Gepetto, Full Metal Jacket, Goodspeed, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: N/A THE THANG: Run MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
“Traffic Tips” by Snowden
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Snowden, Cheesesteak, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, Lemmy, Gepetto, Valdez, Goodspeed, Rudder FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: YHC did 1/4 mile waiting for visiting pax (no-show) THE THANG: Tapering for Longest Day event. Others got track work. MARY: seriously?!? ANNOUNCEMENTS: Still slots available for Longest Day Run. Very cool format. …
Meal Trains Needed?
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Snowden, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Goodspeed, Lemmy, Rudder, Shuttlecock, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Let’s cut through all this. We ran. We all finished together. THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Goodspeed doing off the books Murph on Friday. Beast was as subtle as possible about adjusting StartEx. We’ll …
Intervals?!? More like Outtervals!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder, The Beast PAX: Snowden, Cheesesteak, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Goodspeed, Lemmy, Mimi, Rudder, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: run 1 mile THE THANG: miles and miles. Some fast Some faster. Some John Wayne’s. All returned safely. MARY: no AB’s today. All legs. ANNOUNCEMENTS: none COT: the most eloquent …
Dodging Cones
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Rudder, Gepetto, Full Metal Jacket, Goodspeed, Valdez, Cheesesteak, Snowden, The Beast, Lemmy FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Ha THE THANG: Run various distances, speeds, directions on the track, around cones MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Goodspeed VQ tomorrow COT: Prayers for Snowden’s family friend
Speedy Wednesday
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Gepetto, Full Metal Jacket, Valdez, Lemmy, Goodspeed, Betty Crocker, Snowden, The Beast FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Drive to the AO or the track. Convince security that you mean no harm THE THANG: Lemmy, Snowden and FMJ at the track. Goodspeed and Betty where the records fell. The beast, under …
Dynamic Movement Training
AO: Bladerunner Q: Gepetto PAX: Shuttlecock, Full Metal Jacket, Lemmy, Cheesesteak, Rudder, Goodspeed, Valdez, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: OYO on the drive over THE THANG: Some PAX ran hills, some ran track, some ran far, and some ran fast. We all got better. MARY: not today ANNOUNCEMENTS: Saturday is full of options pick …
Oh Rudder My Rudder
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Full Metal Jacket, Valdez, Gepetto, The Beast, Cheesesteak, Lemmy, Cottontail, Mimi, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 9 THE THANG: Variations of straight running or speed work or running + merkins depending on who you were. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Stampede convergence Monday. Ride with snowden if you like. COT:. Prayers for families …
Like Electrons in orbit
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Gepetto, Cheesesteak, Rudder, Shuttlecock, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Get ready THE THANG: Do your speed work, do it on the roads, do it on the mean tracks of blythewood. Or just run, do it on the roads or do it on the mean tracks of …
HOW MANY LAPS?!?
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder, Goodspeed PAX: Goodspeed, Cheesesteak, Betty Crocker, Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Rudder, Shuttlecock, Snowden, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: THE THANG: Lots of miles at different areas of our fair city (Blythewood). Some confusion over how many interval laps. Some of us just went steady non-stop running. Not …
Maybe he’s a construction worker
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Shuttlecock, Valdez, Gepetto, Rudder, Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, Cottontail, Mimi, Snowden, Lemmy FNGs: None COUNT: 10 WARMUP: talk THE THANG: Speed intervals, Track work, hills, general running. Grousing, bloodletting, capitulation. Mimi pulled a rockford files style park and run to catch our group. It was fun. MARY: Ultimately no. …
Hello mimi
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Gepetto, The Beast, Lemmy, Full Metal Jacket, Shuttlecock, Snowden, Cheesesteak, Valdez, Goodspeed, Mimi FNGs: None COUNT: 10 THE THANG: Welcome run with Mimi! or speed work with gepetto! MARY: FMJ ANNOUNCEMENTS: Get ready for P200. now is the time to start your training if you haven’t already. COT:. Prayers for …
Various workouts
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Full Metal Jacket, Cottontail, Gepetto, Valdez, Cheesesteak, Snowden, Lemmy, Shuttlecock FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Get there at 0500 THE THANG:do intervals or just run COT: yes!
BOPIPHY
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Snowden, Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, Cheesesteak, Shuttlecock, The Beast, Lemmy, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: where is everyone THE THANG: they started early but two came back for me. ANNOUNCEMENTS: P200 meating 2nite 6:20pm be there!!!! COT: products on amazon have nonsense names to facilitate a fast trademarking process. …
Beware of the stomach bug!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Gepetto PAX: Cheesesteak, Rudder, Goodspeed, Betty Crocker, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, Lemmy, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 8 We ran! Prayers to those struggling this AM.
Ghost runner
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Gepetto, Valdez, Goodspeed, Shuttlecock, Rudder, Lemmy FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: That ain’t our thing THE THANG: Running. That’s our thing MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:prayers for struggling marriages. Prayers for us to be a light in the world today.
Plans, lots of em!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Gepetto, Haggle, Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, The Beast, Goodspeed, Lemmy, Valdez, Rudder, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 10 THE THANG: 3 walkers/ruckers, 7 runners for 46-60 minutes of work. COT: despacito
Track Fun
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Valdez, Rudder, Goodspeed, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: You running? THE THANG: Straight to the track. Do intervals of your choosing. YHC tied his shoe and did 100s MARY: No! ANNOUNCEMENTS: see gepetto for beer 2nite COT: work mea culpas for snowden.
Birthday run with goodspeed!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Goodspeed, Rudder, Lemmy, Haggle, Q-Beam, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Stretch yourself. Avoid gigantic wheel destroying sink hole on boney road. THE THANG: Start rucking at 0500, or run at 0515. COT:. Welcome back Haggle! I hope Goodspeed is cool with us sharing this. but he shared that …
Rudders HC is his bond
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Rudder, Cheesesteak, Shuttlecock, Lemmy, Snowden, Waterboy, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 7 plus maybe FMJ when i hear back WARMUP: 6 miles (gepetto, lemmy, shuttlecock) THE THANG: 4 miles MARY: Is that waterboy running toward us? ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes it is COT: rudder hc’d and he meant it. despite getting sucked into …
Domestic Violence is Bad
AO: Bladerunner Q: Gepetto PAX: Lemmy, Full Metal Jacket, The Beast, Snowden, Rudder, Goodspeed, Gepetto, Valdez, Cheesesteak FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: 4 miles THE THANG: various mileage by all PAX MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: ELO may be touring and Snowden needs a date. COT: yes, thanks The Beast
Is that you Haggle?!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Lemmy, Gepetto, The Beast, Full Metal Jacket, Goodspeed, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Run 4 miles THE THANG: Run 4 more miles MARY: Implied! ANNOUNCEMENTS: It was the Beast, not haggle. D2D, P200 COT:Grace and Gratitude
Zone 5 Activated
AO: Bladerunner Q: Gepetto PAX: Lemmy, Gepetto, Waterboy, Full Metal Jacket, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 5 WARMUP: Run THE THANG: Run Faster or Ruck (Waterboy) MARY: Run ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rotary Half & 5K and Tom Tom COT: prayers for Snowden’s speedy recovery
Cold
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Snowden, Valdez, Waterboy FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Never THE THANG: Run or ruck MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: none today COT:
Kiawah Debriefing
AO: Bladerunner Q: Rudder PAX: Full Metal Jacket, Goodspeed, Lemmy, Rudder, Valdez, Waterboy, Cottontail, Q-Beam, Snowden FNGs: None COUNT: 9er WARMUP: being a run AO, not so much. THE THANG: from 3 to 4.18 miles (should we round that up to 5?) MARY: See comments about warm-up. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lighthouse “Harbor” 15k ruck, got 2 more …
Information I could’ve used an hour ago!
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Snowden, Goodspeed, Valdez, Rudder, Gepetto FNGs: None COUNT: 5 THE THANG: Ruck for 50-60 minutes ANNOUNCEMENTS: Families helping families. A micro plane can come in many grits. COT: Prayers for the community by Rudder.
Singing in the rain. Minus the singing
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Rudder, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: No time. It was raining. And Cottontail and FMJ were already on the course or done THE THANG: Run around and get our shoes wet. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Don’t run in the rain COT:
Fun
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Rudder, Snowden, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
Checking the wrong box
AO: Bladerunner Q: Snowden PAX: Cottontail, Lemmy, Gepetto, Valdez, Snowden, Full Metal Jacket FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: How are you doing? “what am I doing?”. “No, how are you doing? THE THANG: Run 3.? to 8 miles COT:. Hebrews 10:24. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and …
Did you say Farts?
AO: Bladerunner Q: Gepetto, Rudder PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Goodspeed, Lemmy, Rudder, Shuttlecock, The Beast FNGs: None COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Start running. THE THANG: Gepetto suggests we warm up 1 mile, then run fast from one power pole to the next. Then recovery pace for the next set. Fartleks. Evidently, that was getting …
Another Wed
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Rudder, Valdez, Waterboy FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: climb out of car THE THANG: run 1-8 miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blythewood Rotary 5K and Half Marathon in January COT:
Another Wed in Blythewood
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Goodspeed, Q-Beam, Rudder, Snowden, Valdez, Waterboy FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: never THE THANG: Pre run, run, ruck, just move MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence Saturday. Beer, bourbon and bacon COT:
Spice of Life
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Cottontail, Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Rudder, Shuttlecock, Snowden, The Beast, Valdez FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Never happened THE THANG: 1-8 mile options. Solo or group available MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: NE Convergence 10/29 COT: Rudder used some Greek and we left to go get warm
Brush with Death 2.0 🤣🤣
AO: Bladerunner Q: Valdez PAX: Full Metal Jacket, Gepetto, Lemmy, Rudder, Snowden, The Beast, Valdez, Cottontail, goodspeed FNGs: None COUNT: 9 WARMUP: THE THANG: at least 4 miles. Some more MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: NE Convergence 10/29, the wall 10/29 COT: