Four regulars showed up and were thankful for no rain . Pigskin stayed back to circle and protect Pocahontas while the three runners took a new WTH path. A left on John Rolfe had them venture South and then back North on Pump until they got to North Gayton Baptist. As they began a 4 corners of 10 Merkins, 20 WWIIs, 30 Hammers and 40 Squats, they heard some recognizable mumble chatter from behind and then were confronted by Gypsy and Mr. Rogers (and dog) running ON THEIR OWN!!
Gypsy helped start WTH many years ago and Mr. Rogers had been a recent recurring attendee. And now they go off on their own!?! Our new route clearly caught them by surprise. I can hear the excuses now: “I am prepping for some silly race and sub 4 minute miles”, “My hair is too cool for WTH”, “I am too busy preparing for an Apocalypse that also involves lots of flowers”, “My dog does not do merkins”, etc.
That’s OK. The three loyalists continued on and did a triple check at the park with dips, incline merkins and running a lap for the timer. We did this twice and were running against time. We ran back to the start and did ten burpees for fun. We got 3.5 miles in plus the exercises and then caught up with Pigskin for some announcements and prayers. Prayers for Pinto and Lighthouse as they have some I-95 fun. Pigskin and I should be at the Convergence tomorrow. Gypsy and Mr. Rogers are welcomed back to WTH anytime, after they each write “WTH is my home” five hundred times on the blackboard.
