Race Scenarios

Let's be clear about something first.  "Illiad" has been pitched as a workout for "beginning runners".  Having not attended Illiad yet, not knowing exactly what that meant was a slight disadvantage for YHC.  However, upon arriving, there were no "beginning runners" today.  Hall Monitor and Gang Green are young, beastly athletes.  Surely they don't fit the "beginning runner" description.  Jimmy O., a veteran of many BRRs and other craziness, certainly does not.  And Slugger, having just run the Fireball 5 Mile Loop before joining us, is becoming a beastly runner in his own right.

So I asked Jimmy O. at the end, where were all the beginning runners?  He said some of the regulars weren't here today, and that many are on a BRR team for the first time this year.

Well, if "on a BRR team for the first time" qualifies as a "beginning runner" these days, then Lake Norman has once again proved why we are the best region in F3.  Aye.  Here's what we did today:

0445:  Slugger ran the Fireball loop with Stray, Tweetsie, Jedi, and Red October.
0505:  Solo, shorter, run standard for YHC.  According to Jimmy O., the "Fireball Loop early standard" is kind of a thing now…didn't know.  My bad.
0530:  We could only convince Slugger to join us for the main event out of the 0445 Fireball crew.

Mosey around the BRP Greenway Loop and end at hill bottom on the street side.  Today's workout was all about Race Scenarios you may encounter in real life.

Scenario 1:

You're barely warmed up and you encounter hills.  Thunder Road, Nashville, Pittsburg, etc, it's a fact of life.  Run up and down each hill once.  Plank when done.

Scenario 2:

Mosey to the track.  It's raining during your race.  Human Nature is to lean forward ever so slightly when it's raining.  Without a strong core, your form may suffer.

1 minute plank, 1 minute low flutters, 1 minute plank.

2 laps around track.  People's chair when done.

Scenario 3:

Your legs are tired, everywhere.  But you are not done with the race.

1 minute calf raises, 1 minute people's chair, 1 minute jump squats, 1 minute people's chair.

2 laps around the track.  Plank when done.

Scenario 4:

If you wear a Garmin to a race, your distance according to the Garmin will likely be longer than expected.  That is because while the course distances are measured using the tightest possible turns, etc, you usually cannot follow that exact course.  For example, most Marathons I've run with a Garmin I've clocked over 26.4 miles instead of the actual 26.2.

So, run 1 more lap around the track, quickly.

Then we did some stretches for about 5 minutes.  Some of us are embarrassingly un-flexible.

Then, recover, recover.  We covered about 2.8 miles according to my Garmin.

NMM:


1.       Prayers for Capone's son as he will be having heart surgery this week.

2.       Prayers for Slugger and family.

3.       Speaking of Slugger, 2 days in a row posting with him.  Have been seeing his runs on Strava, so already knew he was getting faster.  Seeing it in person was awesome.

4.       Gang Green, I'm sorry if this is more running than you were expecting.  But you hung in there and put in some solid work.  Aye.

5.       I'm not supposed to mention the rucking that Hall Monitor has been doing because he's not supposed to be doing it until he is 100%.  Oh…whoops…

6.       Thank you Jimmy O. for the opportunity to lead. Like what you are doing with this workout. Can't wait to come back and see the continued progress.