YHC recently came onboard as co-site Q for #therabbit and decided that he also wanted to get better at distance running. Hence suggesting ’10 Mile Tuesday’. After checking it wasn’t crazy with Horny Toad a plan was put in place to run 10 miles on the last Tuesday of each month for benchmarking and training.

The plan: 10 mile group assembles 0450, runs a 5 mile circuit, picks up 5 mile group approx. 0535 and repeats 5 mile circuit.

Warm up: SSH, WMH, Old Man Stretches with accompanying Old Man Noises.

The Thang: A five mile circuit was ran around BC at about a 8:20/mile pace. The most notable event was YHC nearly ‘Paula Radcliffe-ing’ himself during the 4th mile, luckily it was a false alarm and he was able to carry on. The 5 mile group had assembled, been ably warmed up by Chum, and were moving to the RV as the 10 mile group approached. In the words of Hannibal (not of elephant fame) “I love it when a plan comes together”.

With the full group assembled we continued at about a 9:00/mile pace. YHC was so proud of the ‘no-man left behind’ attitude displayed by the PAX when he had to make a brief pit-stop at his house for an emergency ‘situation’. YHC’s M thought she was having the weirdest home invasion………

Everyone returned to the AO full of beans and the satisfaction in a job well done. A PB distance for YHC and plenty to work on. Here’s a link to Strava https://www.strava.com/activities/2176410937

Announcements: Grunge and the rest of BC’s rucking finest are doing the HTL over the weekend in a mixture of Durham and Chapel Hill locales. There will approx. 35 F3 guys on the go for over 24hrs, and they all need your thoughts and prayers for the Thang!

BOM: Just a big thank you to the F3 Nation and the guys who came out this morning. I’d have given up a lot earlier if it wasn’t for the encouragement and challenge of running with some heroes. YHC has found something in his life through F3 that was lacking and is glad the itch is being scratched. AYE!!!!