Where My Dogs At? Good Guy Miles for 4 PAX at AGS..
No Q Tour travels this morning for YHC. It’s Sunday and as site Q of AGS, there was planning involved, but nothing that would require a walk through. Pre-Blast offered ‘Good Guy’ miles, nothing too crazy, no hill repeats, no Crossway, no slippery bridges…just straight flat road miles for all those in need of a shake out run from the day before, figuring there may be a need given the Strava feeds. A 3 mi EC was also planned for those in need of extra mileage. Certainly, YHC was in need of more miles this week having traveled on Monday and Tuesday, but who else would show?
Only received an Aquaman “SC” from the night before and a M4L- “Asking for a friend” rucking request, but you probably know how that ends.
Arrived to Womble around 5:20. Redenbacher was already there. Planted the flag, grabbed the light up vest and we were off. A nice even paced jaunt up Stinson to Rogers St. and then onto Main past Sir Walter (where M4L would have stopped for coffee if he showed for the ruck) and behind the parking deck where Ivan meets. Have big plans for that AO this coming Friday after taking a closer look at the surroundings this morning. Proceeded straight past Downtown Train and then a right on Earp, following all the way to a right on Bass Lake and then Stinson back to the flag. Arrived back to see 2 new cars parked in the lot.
Oboe had just pulled up and the owner of the other vehicle was stretching on the curb. At first YHC had thought it was Sprinkler. As I arrived closer, I didn’t recognize the face and did a double take. Could it be? “Hi, I’m Keith,” he said. The past 3 weeks have yielded 2 new FNG’s at AGS. Shout out to Farva for headlocking “Keith” this morning to join this thing we call F3.
5:28 and still no sign of any other PAX. Where my dogs at?….YHC gets it. There were alot of miles yesterday and Sunday’s are typically a day of rest for many, but would like to see some more folks on Sunday over the next few weeks. Gave our FNG the disclaimer and warmed up with the following series of exercises
FNGs: Welcome Vasoline. YHC, Redenbacher, and Oboe had a tough time with the naming ceremony this morning. We really needed Dawgpound on this one. Vasoline works in the beverage\soft drink industry with Farva and tried to come up with obscure soda references to start. After a few minutes between teetering on Shasta and Fresca, and a beverage called Moxie that YHC came up with that neither Oboe or Redenbacher had heard of, we then started asking about sports teams and favorite bands. Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots came up and we settled on the STP classic- Vasoline.
Warm Up: Light jog around the lot. Frankensteins and lunge walks to the middle. Carioca L\R, R\L. Circled up for Imperial Walkers X10, Hillbillies X10, Morocan Night Clubs X10, GM’s X10, Fazio 10F\10B, Prison Squats X10, Squat Hold while YHC explained the route.
The Workout: From the tennis courts, PAX would proceed the long way around the baseball fields and up Grigsby to the neighborhood on the right of the Sugg Farm gate. Follow it down to the greenway and then a right to follow the newer greenway extension back to Grigsby. Followed Grigsby past Stinson and a left on Rogers St., past Main and behind to Earp (just like the EC route), but a right back on to Raleigh St. and then Stinson back to the flag. PAX got between 4-5mi with several pick ups of the six.
Mary: Stretches- Pigeons, Downward Dogs, Right over Left, Left over Right. All while watching a tremendous sunrise.
Announcements: Forceps’ son’s memorial service is Saturday, Feb 29th at Hope Church from 12-2. Check Slack for updates.
T-Claps (Recognition): All PAX getting out this morning in the cold and putting the work in.
Prayer: Prayers for Forceps and his family. Wallaby and those battling substance issues. All military and first responders. YHC took us out.