FNGs: n/a
Warm Up: Two laps around the track
The Workout:
14 PAX ran a modified workout from the Great Steve Prefontaine.
200 meter repeats on the track. Alternating Target 5k race pace / +10 slower per 200m continuously for 1600m.
After 1600m run, go back and pick up the six.
2 minute rest and then repeat.
Mary: Streeeetching (Pigeon pose, runners stretch, etc)
Announcements: Mulch
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Prayers for Lipstick
Sorry for the late BB – Busy Friday & Weekend
EC: Shredder, Norm, Mr. Teriffic, Martini
PAX: The usual suspects –> above plus 16-Bit and Dovetail
FNGs: Not Today
Warm Up: Mosey to the back of the school. Circle up for SSH, Sir Fozie Arm Circles, Good Morning, Windmills, Daisy Pickers, Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies
The Workout: Recess – Circuit around the playground
Station 1: People’s Chair
Station 2: LBC’s
Station 3: Step Ups
Station 4: Merkins, Derkins, Erkins (PAX Choice)
Station 5: ABS – PAX Choice
One PAX at each station while the one PAX took a lap around the track. When he returned everyone rotated.
Made it through 3 complete rounds.
Shredder handled teaching combatives.
Mary: No time
Announcements: Openings on the Q sheet, Mulch
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Mr. T’s cousin’s family recovering from COVID, Dovetail’s injured wrist
Q sheet was empty so FML decided to take a leap and Q the workout since we needed most of us only needed 5 miles this morning while following the training plan. YHC was excited to catch up with Mookie who was like BOOM!! when the Q sheet slot filled. Unfortunately there are sometimes more pressing issues like late nights with the family, illnesses, hangovers, or sometimes the fartsack just wins baby. I’m not going to speculate as I believe the sleeping in was needed. Next time Mookie, next time.
FML rolls in style. We promised 2nd trunk coffee complete with all the fixins in a picnic basket. No donuts or fritters, sorry.
YHC rolled up early to set up coffee and there was only 1 EC, Vaseline, who for 2 days in a row drove to the workout. Congrats on the PR.
Route was secret until time to post but I promised hills and we’d keep our feet dry. Minus the sweat, they stayed dry. We started with 11 but finished with 12. See how that works, you can come back with more, but never less.
FNGs: None
Warm Up: Leg swings side to side and front to back, tiger claws, and some hip opening things
The Workout: The route went like this: Down Stinson and across Bass Lake Rd, into Sunset Ridge. Turn R at the first road and continue staying right until Sunset Walk, Sunset Walk to Gable Ridge, Turn R on Gable Ridge to Linksland. Turn R on Linksland. Follow Linksland to the end where some thought this was a dead end but it actually meets up with Salem Ridge again. Turn Left on Salem Ridge and loop back up to Linksland. Turn Right on Linksland. Follow Linksland past the driving range and pool and turn L on Gable Ridge. Follow Gable Ridge and turn R on Sunset Walk. From here follow the route back to Womble. At the peak of every hill we picked up the 6: Stinson, Sunset Walk, Linksland and Gable Ridge, Salem Ridge and Linksland, Linksland and Gable Ridge (after pool), Sunset Walk, Stinson at Womble.
Mary: Some stretching OYO
Announcements: mulch
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Full House’s family
FNGs: None
Warm Up: None. We went right out and ran.
The Workout: Run run run. 9 for convergence, 5 for Crossway. They both sucked, in different ways. For convergence, we split up and had a race/WWI/math competition, followed by a BTTW until failure. The score was 2-2…until next time guys.
Mary: Nah.
Announcements: Scramble week! Go try something new.
T-Claps (Recognition): McNugget for forgetting where Crossway is and coming to converge. He ran Nemo’s sizable head start down for the victory.
Prayer: Boy George’s house to sell quickly and easily. Our nation.
YHC pre-blasted the workout with enough time that Pax would reach out and get their paces for today’s workout. The misconception about speed work is that is not just come and run as fast as you can. Lots of requests last night for pace and YHC checked back to see at 10 HC’s as of last night. The good news, an HC still means something at Tiger Blood as all 10 HCs posted.
Runners returned from EC routes warmed up and ready to go. No one could find Dawgpound as we started the mosey. As we neared the track the lost pup was located after setting up his recovery device. 
Here is SW we don’t do 10 or 20 counts. At Tiger Blood we usually recover on the mosey, but today apparently we were to recover in luxury.
3 for 2 mile EC: Full House, Mr. Terrific, and Skidmark
1 mile EC: Dawgpound, Cupid, Pikachu, 187, Emeril, McNugget, and maybe some others
Run from home: Aquaman, Bernie, Bullseye
Notable non EC: Lipstick
FNGs: None
Warm Up: Little mosey to the track. Leg swings side to side and front to back. Tiger claws. 400 meters (1 lap)
The Workout: Tempo Runs. 2 -12 minute sessions with 3 minute recovery between sets.
“So what is a true tempo run? A tempo run—also known as an anaerobic threshold or lactate-threshold run—is a pace about 25 to 30 seconds per mile slower than your current 5K race pace, according to running coach Jack Daniels, Ph.D., who popularized the tempo run in his book Daniels’ Running Formula.
Without getting too technical, tempo pace is the effort level at which your body is able to clear as much lactate—a byproduct of burning carbohydrates—as it produces. Your body’s lactate clearance is at the same level as its lactate production, meaning the dreaded dead-leg sensation doesn’t set in.
That’s the key difference between a race and a tempo run. In an all-out session, your body bypasses this limit, allowing for fatigue to develop rapidly. A tempo pace, on the other hand, can be held steadily (albeit not too comfortably) for at least 20 minutes.
For those fond of using heart rate monitors, Daniels notes that tempo runs should be done at 90 percent of maximum and feel ‘comfortably hard’.”
Finished with a 400m at Short Interval Pace
Mary: No time
Announcements: Mulch again, Q Swap week between HS/FV August 10 and 17, Derek Davis Memorial Run will be held at Tiger Blood on 8/20. It will be the workout but will be open to anyone.
T-Claps (Recognition): 16 guys for speed work, incredible
Prayer: Full House’s family, Lipstick’s family
It was a search for treasure.
Gold, specifically.
Sorry for the late BB post here, YHC had a whirlwind of a time since the AO, and only now getting back in front of the computer after a trip to Beech Mountain and a day of downhill mountain biking.
Warm Up:
Shredder, Mr. Terrific, and Fumunga for EC.
Side straddle hops, Moroccan night clubs, Frankensteins, and trunk twists, then mosey to the first stop.
The Workout:
Workout consisted of five stations (we only completed 4 before time), each station holding hidden treasure in the form of a small stack of gold playing cards. One man was chosen (or volunteered) to hunt, while everyone else held a squat. Once the treasure was found, the 5-6 cards dictated the exercises thusly:
♦ – 3 reps, ♠ – 6 reps, ♣ – 9 reps, ♥ – 12 reps
Combatives:
Sitting kick defense – front kick (remember to thrust hips forward!), twist kick (hips shift out L, R leg kicks to the outside, then switch legs), side fall turn kicks
Announcements:
Mulch signups
Prayer:
Mr. Terrific’s wife’s roommate tested positive for COVID; general continued health for the PAX
9 pax came out for what YHC promised to be a “fun game” at the track. Apparently there was some confusion as Peeping Tom did not realize that this AO was speedwork – woops. He pushed through though.
Before we started all pax confirmed their short interval pace per the RRCA pace chart provided by YHC.
A surprising lack of comments about my interesting dice selection of using a D8 and a D4 – for thos uneducated not nerdy enough, dice come in more than just the standard six sided variety. Lipstick correctly assessed after the workout that these were for Dungeons and Dragons, or more commonly after an unjustified bad rap in the 80s D&D.
FNGs: None today
Warm Up:
Mosey to the track. Side to side leg swings x10, Tiger Claws x10, warm up lap
The Workout:
First roll had a 6 on the D8 and a 3 on the D4 – so we did 3x 600s starting halfway around the track with a target of the recovery lasting half as long as the work portion. Keeping this ratio makes speed work absolutely brutal and it was exacerbated by the oppressive humidity this morning.
Between rounds we did ab solution x5 IC (8 count) plus a recovery lap.
Roll two had a 4 and a 2 (well, it was a 1 but that was too easy) so we did 2x 400s with the recovery again being half of the working time just around the finish line. We ran these in the opposite direction like the law breakers that we are.
Between rounds we did ab solution x5 IC (8 count) plus a recovery 200m.
Our last interval was determined by a good old fashioned D6 – ended up doing one more 400m where pax were told they could go a little faster if they were still feeling spunky.
After our last interval we did some strides, running easy to the first goal, picking up through to the end of the second, and then rolling through to the 100m line. We did four of these.
Mary:
Jumping back over the fence is always one of the tougher maneuvers of the morning. Recover mosey back to the flag. Butterfly stretch, seated hamstring stretches, chattaronga, downward dog.
Announcements:
Mulch at bass lake continues!
T-Claps (Recognition):
Peeping Tom for pushing through the surprise speed workout.
Prayer:
Rams’ family, unspoken
You had to HC to Tiger Blood to get the workout ahead of time and program your watch. This created some anxiety for some once they saw the workout and the pace they were required to run for the given distance. Some just avoided it all together and showed up this morning controlling what they could control, yet still with some doubt. The best part of speed work is we stay together, get the 6, but the workout is geared to your individual goals. We some new HC’s for a fall marathon, the numbers of TB are growing.
EC: Fumunga, Mr. Terrific, Skidmark
FNGs: None
Warm Up: Leg swings side to side and front to back, Tiger claws
The Workout:
Warmup
1200m (3 laps) at Long Interval Pace
400m (1 lap) Recovery
1200m
400m
1200m
400m
Cool Down
Long Interval Pace is slightly faster than 5k pace. We use a chart of paces to determine what your pace should be. Some pax were doubtful when told they should run that fast. Long Interval Pace is not all out. It should be slightly uncomfortable, but too hard to achieve.
Mary: Stretching
Announcements: Mulch, Q-swap between HS and FV coming soon, Ruck event in October, RDC marathon in November (Cupid HC’s today)
T-Claps (Recognition): Dawg and Emeril sandbaggin’
Prayer: Covid around Pax family and Friends, Rams’ family, a guy from Norm’s unit, Fumunga’s friends
EC: Mr. Terrific & Shredder
FNGs: none
Warm Up: Moseyed to the front, SSH, Sir Fazio Arm Circles F&B, Michael Phelps, HBs & IWa, Squats, Wing Chung punching in cadence x 50. We then practice the Wing Chung shove.
The Workout: Pax lined up on the curb for traveling quick feet. When we got to an island we dropped to traveling planks. At The end of the parking lot we did 10 merkins. Then front kicks to the other side. Traveling quick feet and planes all the way to the other end of the parking lot. Then lunges back across the parking lot with a focus on posture. Inside Crescent kids back across the parking lot. Then traveling quick feet and planks back across. 10 merkins at the end followed by front kicks. Traveled one more time back to the starting point where we finished with three sets of dips and erkins.
Mary: LBCs, shoulder taps, LSF, crab cakes, have a nice day.
Announcements: Bass Lake mulch, Forceps’s move, 10 yr convergence
T-Claps: Dovetail for riding up on his bike.
Prayer: Mr. Terrific took us out. Pax, our country, our sanity.
FNGs: n/a
Warm Up: Mosey to track and 400m jog
Some birds seemed to be flying around in the gloom, having a good start to their day. Upon closer examination – they were bats finishing up their night!
The Workout:
100m of A skips + 10 merkins, 100m B skips + 10 SSH.
800m run at 5k pace
100m of side shuffles + 10 burpees, 100m of karoke + 10 merkins
800m run at same pace as first 800m
Grab some fence for claws and leg swings (2 sets of 10, each leg)
800m run, try to keep same pace as first 2
100m walk to recover, 100m A Skips + 10 merkins
Final 800m run, stay strong for both laps
After all those half-mile intervals, there weren’t any bats left in sight! The PAX chased them away!
Mary: Glorious stretching (runner’s stretch, pigeon pose)
Announcements: Mulching at Bass Lake, couple spots open. 3rd F meeting went well, everyone should read up about it.
T-Claps (Recognition):
Prayer: Thanks for one of Pikachu’s friends getting a job. Prayers for people falling ill that can’t be visited by loved ones.