Author: Hollywood

1 man showed up for Boxtrot this morning.

The PAX: Hollywood (Q)

The Thang:

4 miles…supposed to be just under a 10/min/mile pace. It was not…but we’ll get to that.

I rolled up to the start point at 5:27AM…I knew that XBox is on the IR, and also I was pretty sure that DryDock was a solo dad this week.  So who else was going to show?  5:30AM…just me…was I really going to do this? Sure. Why the hell not?

Mile 1 – Attempting to set the pace which we normally run. It’s hard cause I don’t have a fancy smart watch. My watch I bought off a spinning rack at Fred Meyer a couple years ago. It’ll have to do this morning. My footfalls are loud, not covered up by mumblechatter. I have the opening horns from Van Morrison’s “Real Real Gone” stuck in my head.

Mile 2 – Feeling good. The song’s still there. The trail is practically empty, and the morning is beautiful.  I passed a set of millennials, maybe a couple? They were running with headphones in. Not sure if I was jealous of that, or glad to be running in silence.

Mile 3 – Oh shit.  I just hit the turn around point at 5:45AM. This is bad. Real bad. “Real Real Bad” there are those horns again. All this time I’ve been blaming DryDock for letting the pace creep up. But I just ran the first two miles at a no BS 7:30/min/mile. Figuring out a way to still blame DryDock…standby. In the silence though, I did figure out a critical story point for a creative project I’ve been working on. This problem has been plaguing me for the last few weeks, and it was a bit of an epiphany this morning. All by myself.

Mile 4 – The last mile of our run…the visibility really opens up. The trail is straight and open, you can see a long way. That makes it tough when you’re on your own. I focusing now on the pain in my legs, and the fact that I know I’m running faster than we normally allow, but I’m also pushing myself to finish at that pace.

Finish Line – Yikes. Finished at 6:01…by my math that’s 4 miles in 31 minutes, or about 7:45/min/mile. Whoops. DryDock really messed up the pace this morning. I’m going to have a stern talk with him when I see him next.

General thoughts – Working out by yourself is no where near as enjoyable. F3 has made me more sociable whilst working out.  I said “hello” to everyone that I passed. 80% did not really respond, or did at a minimal level.

I had a great morning…just wish other guys had been there to share it.

20 guys at Heritage 

The Pax:

Hops, Snip, Bam Bam, The Dude, The Hoff, Alexa, Ickey, LZ, AP, Grissom, Swinger, Bob, Elroy, Buckeye, Wolf, Handbag, Adrian, Putt Putt, Romo, Hollywood (Q)

The Thang:

Mumble chatter right from the get-go due to so many OG members being at the same AO. Nearly all of the original PS board were in attendance!

SSH, Squats, Merkins

Mosey to bottom of south hill for Jacobs Ladder:

1st set – Mtn Climbers/Jillian Michaels

2nd set – Burpees/Squats

3rd set – Sumo Squats/ Hand release merkins

Bear crawl back to top of hill

Divide into four groups of 5 for 4-corners (10 burpees/AMRAP flutters)

Red Barchetta (classic)

PYS (10 reps)

1 cool down lap

6MoM – LBCs, Upstate Box Cutters, Slow bicycles, pass catchers. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

**Convergence next Saturday (7/7) in Tacoma. Defiance AO. Celebrating their 2 year anniversary. All other official Saturday workouts are cancelled. 

Clown car from Kirkland Middle School meet at 6AM. **

Rucks – talk to wolf or buckeye

Base to Space – talk to Grissom

Tough mudder – talk to Gekko

WoW – engage those around you. It’s more meaningful than you may think. 

13 guys made it out to Heritage to continue their quest towards a Redwood patch. 

Elroy, Bam Bam, Bob, Shark Bait, Valdez, Singlet, Guerro, The Hoff, Hollywood (Q), Worthington, Buckeye, Kramer, Jemaine

The Thang:

SSH, merkins, Mtn climbers, cotton pickers 

The millennial (Run 100 meters, complete 100 reps of…)

SSH, Merkins, Squats, LBC, Lunges, Dips, Flutters, Step Ups, Mtn Climbers, Burpees

6MoM

Announcements 

2.0 workout next Saturday (6/16) 9am at KiMS

Rucks a plenty 

Tough mudder 

Base to space

Words:

Thinking about the celebrities who supposedly “had it all” yet took their own life, recently. 

One main thing to realize is that F3 is a community which will support you, lift you up if you need it. You only have to ask. 

5 men met for a boxtrot run Tuesday morning.

The PAX – XBox, Spotlight, DryDock, Cowboy (Kotter), Hollywood (Q)

The Thang:

4 miles…aimed at a 10/min mile…but ended up averaging closer to 9:18.

Great mumble chatter welcoming Cowboy back. Props to Ickey and DigDug.

WoW:

Take care of yourself. The summer is nearly here, and many opportunities for CSAUPs and other activities. Don’t push yourself to the point of injury. Get better…yes…but stay healthy. The goal is to keep coming back.

4 men went for a run Tuesday morning.

The PAX: XBox, Jar Jar, Kramer, Hollywood (Q)

Tha Thang: 4 miles, 10 min/mile pace. We turned right and headed to the north this morning. XBox actually made the comment that it seem colder. SMH.

Great conversation the whole time. Props to Jar Jar for pushing through as far as he could go. We are all getting better.

WoW – Your choice of response to someone under-performing is the difference between Admonishment or Coaching.