Easy Hill Work

Weather: temp in low-70s and dew point in upper-60s. Welcome FL summer, let’s run! Pre-run: YHC and Defib hit the pavement at 0410 to log some easy miles on the Green Bridge. It was fun. Welcome: as Excalibur rolled-in, he wasn’t sure if he was early or late, but he sent YHC and Defib a text stating he …

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Just us and the Pavement

Weather: a little muggy with temp at 61F and dew point at 60F. Nevertheless, a good day for a run. Welcome: at 0515, YHC greeted the Excalibur (who put in a mile or so by arriving 15-min early) and away we went. The Thang: With four straight weeks of high-intensity repeats and intervals at this AO, YHC thought …

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Hell Came to BreakFAST

Weather: a bit on the humid side with dew point in the 60s and temps around 68F. A light breeze came in from the NW, and some rain drops fell for about 15-min at the beginning of the beatdown. Welcome: at 0515, YHC greeted Defib and took off for a quick warm-up. Word was that Excalibur was …

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1k by 6 + an hour early

Weather: cold and rainy, perfect day to run. Temps in the low-50s with a nice steady breeze from the Northwest. Light rain. Welcome: A little backstory. In unusual fashion, YHC awoke promptly at 0330 and was out the front door by 0345 with a quick stop at the local Wawa for some morning joe. Since …

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Pete and Re-pete

Weather: perfect day for some bridge hill repeats. Temps in upper-60s with a nice steady breeze from the Northwest. Dew Point in the mid-60s, so a bit on the humid side. Welcome: at exactly 0515, YHC greeted the lucky posters, Excalibur and Shamrock. We discussed the two hill runs YHC had on the ticket. It …

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Ups and Downs

Weather – 61 and extremely pleasant. Confession:  YHC had serious thoughts of Fartsacking on this fine gloom, and the excuse was a later than usual evening with friends and the Triathlon this weekend…but having received texts from Coop the day prior, ending with “see you tomorrow”, I didn’t want to let him down…as I entered …

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BQ Fail — Marathon Mania

Weather – mid-40s with an ominous 5-mph breeze and low humidity. Perfect. Pre-Run — YHC, Bing, Ripken and FNG Excalibur were down for what turned-out to be a 6-mile pre-run. The pax circled-back to the parking lot to snag any would-be 3-miles, but all others chose a bit more of the shartsack. So, run we did. As …

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