*** FNG-1 is Best Week who isn’t registered.

Some Candy Shop regulars were down range, and YHC was hurtin’ this week so a PB went out for 3-4 miles for any and all.

Pax of 6 showed up and we are off

Scratch that, AM-PM made it.  Pax of 7 showed up and we are off

Scratch that, Blackbeard made it.  Pax of 8 showed up and we are off because Sac was getting restless and about to demonstrate some John-Wick-level-whoopass if we didn’t get the tread turning over.

The thang:  4.00 mile route to run at a fellowship pace.  Some pressed on for 4.25 or 4.50.   All had the world’s best $1 coffee courteous of Tantrum

Candy wrapper moleskin:

• Blackbeard!!!     Enough said.
• Okay I’ll say more.   Great to have Blackbeard out today.  He saw the #PB and said this is the time to come shopping with our candy-asses.  Awesome run.  We smoked the 4 miler at 9:36.  So long to your 11+ days.
• #Cobains to Titan et all who will never ever get Blackbeard back.  He is one of us now.  Don’t believe me.  Look at the pax.  Once Isotope’s best Friday running workout gets a hold of you, it doesn’t let go.  (Except for Little Finger, but he’ll be back…..maybe)
• Speaking of which……Best Week, great to meet you and have you with us.  Welcome to the Shop, come on in and stay a while.  You’re just our style.
• T-claps to Sac for taking the fasterish guys out for an additional half mile.  Perfectly timed for COT as well.  
• The Force does a great impression of a Runner.  If you didn’t hear him at coffeeteria you totally missed out.
• Next week at the Candy Shop we will be handing out free Miracle Ear hearing amplifiers for all pax who want to actually hear what The Count is saying.
• What I learned today:  I had seen Blackbeard posting runs on Strava.  He has done a lot of cycling, but had posted some walk/runs.  It has been cools to see.  (Side note:  homie is an amazing #wasnow).  Recently he ran 6+ miles.  When I decided to post a 4 miler, I thought on two occasions to DM him asking him to join us.  I didn’t.  He showed anyway.  And this may sound crazy but I had the best run of the year just running with him, which I haven’t done in years. (No offense to Tantrum and AM-PM who were with us).   But here is what I learned…. we all have something within us.  Call it Intuition, call it a prompting from the Holy Spirit, call it whatever you want.  But we’ve all been there where you had a nudge.  If that nudge, if that prompting happens more than once, then dammit RESPOND.  I didn’t.  In a strange paradox, by not responding and Blackbeard showing anyway, I was shown what I should have missed out on by not responding and DM’ing him.  You may want to chew on that for bit if it doesn’t make since.  So don’t be like me, but rather be like that person who is attentive, responsive, and intentional.  You may just have a great run, catching up with a great person.