Hanes Park track work, and sometimes hills.
I don’t do Redline. Track running, not my thing. Hill repeats, not my thing. I just don’t like to do it. But when the site Q comes calling once a year, I’ll oblige. I knew Madoff had gone a little hill-crazy last week so I planned to keep the pax off of the inclines and…
YHC has posted at #Redline a handful of times over the years. Truth be told, it is not on the top of YHC’s list of “Favorite AO’s”. Mostly because it seems every time I’ve posted there, I’ve limped away after having my John Brown Hindparts whipped by the beasts that are the #Redline Regulars. That…
Warmarama: Lap around the park. The Thang: 200m run, 200m recovery, 400m run, 200m recovery, 800m run, 200m recovery. Mosey to Intimidator; run up to Jersey; mosey back to track. Repeato until time. Announcements: GreenNest service is Saturday, 2/15/25. See Starfish. Samaritan Ministries service night is Monday, 2/17/25. Let me know if you can…
YHC had been absent 2 weeks straight so YHC took the opportunity to lead this morning. The THANG: Warm-Up Lap around the park and stop at the Intimidator Sprint to Carolina Walk to Jersey Sprint to W. 5th St. Walk to W. 4th St. Mosey to Brookstown (R) Mosey to Burke St (R) – Huddle…
There was a near-revolt the last time I Q’d Redline because we 1) did hill repeats ONLY and 2) made everyone do merkins after one of our hills. This time I wisened up. The Thang: Warm up clockwise around Hanes Park, stopping at the base of the Intimidator. Hill repeats: Carolina, Jersey, & Carolina again. Mosey…
11 fine gentleman (#HIMS) decided to hit their Redline this morning in the gloom Thang Obligatory warm-up lap around Hanes Park Recover at the HP main entrance at the bottom of the Intimidator for further instructions Launch up the Intimidator and recover at the 4th Street Filling Station 5K Pace & Recovery intersection to intersection…
I have been waiting for the past THREE times I’ve Qed Redline to borrow a stopwatch and do hill repeats (an idea the track coach at Tabor recommended). Because I’ve refused to buy one, I was finally able to borrow one today from our neighborhood swim team and, what do you know, it died during…
7 PAX gathered in the chilly morning (well, 5 + Hit Man who must have a mandatory clause to show up just as we leave the parking lot + Manscape who suddenly appeared on the warm up lap around the park) air to run around and up the Hanes Park area. We started with a…
September is National Suicide Prevention Month (CDC). Some of you know that YHC’s 17-year-old happy-go-lucky nephew died on Sept 5, 2021, from suicide. It was the darkest day of YHC family’s life and we have been fighting for light since. #27 Strong, Emerson’s football number at Reagan, has become a family mantra to keep putting…
I hate Redline. I confessed as much to Hitman and Manscape, who were kind enough to let me complain without giving me too much of a hard time. However, I’ve noticed a trend at Redline: the majority of the guys run fast – like, really fast – and show up almost every week. I’ve finally…
The alarm went off. YHC hit ‘snooze’ and heard the ‘M’ mumble something in her sleep. Fearing that is was something like “if that goes off again, I’m going to shove it up your…” YHC put on my glasses, turned off the alarm and looked up at the ceiling – getting those few extra minutes…
8 PAX arrived for a substitute-Q because the Metaverse was down and Zuckerberg was called up for the rescue. YHC thinks Zuck was visiting the Hanes Park virtual parcel. The Thang: Hanes Park warm up lap Reverse Hanes Park lap with intervals Swift pace along West End Blvd. until Joymongers Recovery pace along West End…
