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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4 Turkeys and a Lion

There was a small gathering of 4 in the gloom this beautiful morning. Temp was a cool 67 degrees.  We began with  a mosey around the east side of the hill. We must have bothered Mufasa  as he awoke to put us through a four on the roar! We mosied ourselves over to the north …

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Hot Laps in the Chilly Gloom

Weather – 61 and a COLD breeze (I know, it sounds ridiculous knowing our brothers in Naperville, Omaha and Minneapolis have snow, but geez it was chilly). A quick disclaimer was shared and we were off to warm up, literally and physically. Mosey included a few laps around what would be a familiar track for …

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The Amazing Race Beatdown

Weather:  72 degrees and foggy Good turn-out this morning.  No FNG’s.  The pax was fired up to see why this beatdown was called The Amazing Race. Pax started with a mosey of two laps around the parking lot.  Mixed in were butt kickers, high knees, nur and carioca x2.  Then, the pax moved to the …

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Beatdown or Run Down

Weather: 72 and heavy dose of mosquitos 4 HIM took to the streets for a pre-run including Mr. Clean, Rowdy, Jenner and YHC.  Yup, a downrange Pax took an F3Suncoast tweet to heart and posted for the pre-run AND the Beatdown. The beatdown commenced nearly immediately upon the pre-run completion, so it was off for …

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