Turning Water Into Coffee
PAX: Straight Cash, UTI
Warm Up: This was more mental than physical. Despite the sound of consistently louder and louder drops of water hitting the roof as my alarm went off at 5:30 AM, I got out of bed with my correctly set alarm (No mis-fire today Skidmark). I proceeded through my pre-workout ritual which gave me a little time to sit and read a few articles on the best attire for a run in the rain. Following said ritual, I pulled together the best of what my closet had to offer and went down stairs. Checking-in with Straight Cash, who had DM’d me the night before, I re-confirmed his HC for a clowncar to AGS. He got in the car and we both agreed this wasn’t smart but we committed. If other PAX showed and committed as well, we were in it for the long haul.
The Workout: We did expect to meet some hard core PAX at Womble. Upon arrival at approx 6:29 the lot was empty. We gave it the old 5 min. rule and in at 6:34 and about 30 secs we watched as a lonely car made its way over the speed bumps on Stinson. The car passed Womble and we started talking game plan. The rain was a solid “yellow” for the next hour on AccuWeather’s MinuteCast… So the next debate was Starbucks or Duncan.
Mary: We were reassured by Draper with our decision to go for coffee, he had also called off his Harris Lake run this morning due to the heavy rain. At least we weren’t alone. Straight Cash and I sat at Duncan and covered a broad spectrum of topics both F3 and personal. The shop itself was pretty dead with the occasional customer strolling through. There were some questionable cleaning practices in play on the AC intake as the manager or other employee sprayed some sort of aerosol upward onto/into the vent. I hope it was on the up-and-up and they weren’t simply spray painting the vent cover white for appearances. There was a definite spray paint smell…
Announcements: Based on our own mumblechatter I’ll call out the following announcements…
- BRR hangout Jan 22 – Black Dog Bottle Shop, info on the Facebook and the Slack
- Breathtaker up for grabs weekly at Cletus – Benefits charity, many ways to contribute either through auction, donation, and even getting others to sponsor you to carry the vest.
- Convergence Lunch in RTP – Look for updates on the next one on the typical channels.
- QSwap continues next week SW goes to Carpex.
Prayer: Selfishly – please pray that Straight Cash and I don’t have some sort of lung-related issues from the DD fumes.
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