YHC negotiated with Jolly Roger to exchange Qs – he would Q The Wilderness on May 24 (The Wilderness is a well-oiled machine of an AO, so we book our Qs at minimum months in advance – if you're interested, take a look at 2019 and submit your application), and YHC would take the very next Recover Q, as Jolly had not secured a replacement for himself when he'd be out of town (a little less well-oiled, one might deduce).
YHC had not posted in the gloom at a Recover workout before, thus one might understand my surprise when informed the launch time was 0445. 0445 to 0515, run. 0515 to 0530 stretch/recover. 0530 til… healthy discussion. While early, this did sound intriguing. Almost too good to be true. Get a good run in, followed by a good stretch, then find ourselves in front of Starbucks where we could find shelter from the cold to enjoy strong, hot coffee and stimulating conversation. YHC set the alarm for 0420 the night before, and awoke, dressed and exited the house like a ninja in the night so as to not disturb the M at that hour.
The pax was not what YHC is accustomed to seeing at The Wilderness. In fact, at 0440 there was no pax. At 0445, YHC began to wonder if there would be a pax, and if this was even a real AO. Had YHC been juked by the villian pirate, Jolly Roger??? ARRRRGG! To be certain, YHC turned on the headlamp and launched. Up and down the cold, dark sidewalks for Birkdale to cover the entire main drag in search of pax who might have met somewhere else… Sigh, nothing.
YHC climbed into the mighty Toyota FJ (similar to the pirate's vehicle, but different), and began to type the F3 counts tweet. But wait! What is that on the horizon?!?!? Lights! Could it be late arrivals to this make believe AO??? Alas, no, it was not. However, welcome the pax of Java, who arrived at the same location for a 0500 run.
It is quite thought-provoking that a MQ from F3 would schedule the same type of workout at the same AO as another on the same day just 15 minutes earlier.
Thanks to the men of Java, YHC put in a few more miles, got a good sweat, and still arrived home in time to wake the 2.0s and kiss the M.
The Sadclown Moleskine from Recover:
Tune in at a future date to learn whether or not this AO truly exists or not. Or, just sleep an extra 20 mins and post at the best bootcamp in all the land – The Wilderness just 2 miles away at 0510 EVERY Thursday.
T-Claps to Calypso for Qing The Wilderness in my absence this morning. Pax of 10.
Aye.