Seriously? I didn't even see it coming. No Berlin? Goose? Not even a scary Halloween costume? YHC did champion festive socks recently received from his niece. Thank you Annabelle, they make my feet feel happy.
To clarify – not fartliks in the traditional aimless cross-country wondering sense, but the more literal ‘speed play’ with activity stations that makes fartsacking sound like an sensible alternative. Not calling anyone out directly, but if you were laying in bed at 0535 and feeling sadness, a hole, a missed adventure; own it, next Tuesday will be served up hot with a side of man ball. It’s greasy, and you'll want some. (speaking of next week)
A quick word from our sponsors: Did we mention how much we love our F3 Lake Norman website? We have a great website. F3 Lake Norman (or @F3LKN to the peasants on Twitter) is one of the nicest workout sites in F3. Some random Tom, Dick or Eric is putting extra time to keep it up to date, and we're the beneficiaries. Thank you.
Back to the show –
The iniital PAX: a few regulars, and a guy who runs the F3 Lake Norman website.
No rain, no shine, all gloom, starting right on time.
Mosey to a lit spot for warmorama to hear YHC miscount cadence.
SSH, IPS, Bear Crawls, Lunge Walks
Mosey to the construction site, because my kid wants to be a digger for Halloween.
Shuttle Runs across the street descending sets from 10
Ascending cool down activity between runs: Burpees, Rangers, Dive Bomber, Carolina Dry Docks, Derkins, Downward Dog Elbow Ups*, Merkins. Dips Off Curb, ect.
*Daily Insight; Qs at other AO sweep the streets before the beatdown so PAX don't return home wearing elbow jewelry. That's kind and honorable and should not be ridiculed. We don't do that at #OuterLimits, because we're looking for rusty nails, which is a sign of a once new nail, which are used for construction and construction makes the locals happy.
Mosey to the new and improved trail head, featuring 10 tons of fresh gravel.
Sometimes the body only wants what the EH is offering. You may be out on a quiet jog, flying solo, looking up at birds, when out from the gloom, your EH, which you now know as Sparknut, calls out, "Leave the safety of road behind and come run down this ravine with us and enjoy other fine activities."
So we added a FNG to our roster. The first step in leadership is disruption – well done Sparknut; and kudos to FNG Wes for answering the call. Welcome.
With our new arrival, we rotated on sidewalk stations – merkins, lunges, mason twist, goblet squat, and Freddy Mercury while our timer 'carefully' navigated down the new trail head and sprinted back up. x2
Final sprint back to the clubhouse for abbreviated Mary (If you're not totally satisfied…) LBC, Superman and Side Plank.
Ball of man while waiting for the school bus: 5K in Davidson and a prayer for a LKN PAX under going cancer treatment.