Party of one!

68 degrees and breezy. I am on vacation this week and I wanted to post at Unconditional Surrender this morning.  Well I guess I should have told someone else, as I was the only one there.  So at 5:15 I stated the 5 core principles to me , myself, and I.  I decided the no …

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Christmas Eve 18′ – Reindeer Games

Twas’ the morning before Christmas and all through the park the animals were curious, “who are these nuts running in the dark”!  Despite the time and to hell with the cold, this was a beat down only for the bold. 4 extra brave souls arrived early to run before we ran, only injuring 1 brave …

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Equipping Our Coxswain — Sledgehammer Edition

Weather – low-50s with tropical storm force gales (clocked a 57 mph gust during CoT) and sideways rain to start. Almost ideal conditions for the crazies… Pre-Run — since it was a perfect morning for a 5-mile pre-run, YHC, Bing and a nip-laden Ripken headed around the Benderson horn promptly at 0440. In between wind gusts of 40-50 …

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Waterworld subverted

In the past 2 days, Sarasota/Bradenton experienced what felt like a tropical storm.  With close to 10″ of rain, Adventure Park was underwater.  Ripken originally planned a devious day of sloshing, splashing and crashing through the water.  Some Pax brought a change of clothes, but with the 50 degree temps, Ripken dug deep for a …

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