Three… four….no five men hit the track this morning for a non-P200 friendly workout at Laces Out.  Here is what they did.

The Thang:

Warm up mile around the Kingsley business park and then back to the FMHS track for some quarters and halves:

4 x 400M with one lap recovery in between (walk the last recovery lap)

3 x 800M with one lap recovery in between (jog one recovery lap together)

COT

This being a speed workout less than a week after the Palmetto 200, I hinted on Twitter that if you ran the P200, it would be wise to skip this one and take some rest.  So, I fully expected low numbers or even to be alone this morning.   But, my neighbors Decibel and Copperfield gave me the hard commit so I knew we would have at least 3, and that’s what it turned out to be when we left the school lot at 5am. But, after a few minutes into the warm up jog, Skate or Die suddenly appeared behind us on Munn Road, and then a little while later, MP, caught us near 160 as we were heading back to the school. I thought about making another loop around Munn to find out who else might join us, but decided it was time to hit the track.

Track workouts can be a grind, no doubt about it. ‘Back in the day’, I used to do these alone and they were always tough mentally and physically.  These days, track workouts are a little easier because there are other guys who will run them with you.  Even when each person is  running at a different speed,  and are separated a good bit of the time, just having other guys out there with you makes these workouts  a little more tolerable.  And, having someone (like Skate or Die) on your tail most of the morning, might make you push a little harder too.

It was a pleasure to lead the group this morning,  and I am thankful that there were four other guys on the track to keep each other motivated and to push each other.

Announcements/Prayers/Praises

This Saturday, April 1:  Brew Ruck benefiting FM care center, Easter Egg Hunt at the Paradise neighborhood, and Children’s Attention Home event all happening.  Read your newsletter!

Magic Show, featuring our own Copperfield, to benefit CAH, on April 22.

Prayers for several family members with cancer and a son with depression/anxiety