when it’s 19 degrees outside and snowing..for many of us, it all comes down to those accountability partners expecting to see you in the Gloom. For me, with out them, anything below 42 and I will use my Joker to make up any reason to not get out of bed at 5am. Like: I’ll do it later, I have a gym for a reason, I need a rest day. Etc. I just ended 9 months of run training and wrapped up the race season this past Saturday. I knew this week would be rough staying motivated to get up with nothing scheduled. So in comes the accountability part. Sign up to Q and offer a ride to a pax. Now, not only would I catch grief for bailing on a Q.. but would also screw over a shield lock brother if I didn’t pick him up. Neither is a valid option.
0530 at Pocahontas Middle school and snow is falling. I brief request by the PAX to drive over to parking deck. Vetoed by the Q. We have window shopping to do at Short Pump mall. Exit school to right on 3chopt. Right on Pump. Right into Dog park. Some dynamic stretching. Then off to Short Pump Mall
The Thang: Window Shopping
run the 1 mile around short pump Town center circle stopping at each stop sign to alternate between 10 jump squats or 10 Merkins. Easy enough. Now run back to AO.
3.8 miles some stretching. Some Merkins, some Squats. No WW2 or LBC because YHC didn’t want to roll around in snow when it’s 19 outside. 🙂
had fun running in the snow with my Accountability partners. See you next time.
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John (Gypsy) Boles
