There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

The immortal words of the one and only Miley Cyrus ring through my head as I pull myself out of bed after a night of little to no sleep. Seriously – Wednesday night was 9000 degrees in my house and I was mostly a pool of restless clammy sweat by the time my alarm went off. If not for having the Q and calling EC w Harbaugh, there’s no way YHC was making it… but i drew inspiration from the teen songbird of our generation, threw on clothes, grabbed a ruck, and took the long 5 minute drive to OCL…

2 speedy miles of suck ruck later, harbaugh and I mosie our way back just in time to start the climb…

Keep on moving

• SSH x 25
• WMH x 10
• Imperial Walkers x 10
• Grass Grabbers x 10

Keep Climbing

Mountain 1:

• 1 (5 second hold) Superman; 1 Squat
• 2 (5 second hold) Superman; 2 Squat
• Up to 5, back down
• Mosie to Playground

Mountain 2:

• 1 pullup; 2 pushup; 3 squat
• 2 pullup; 4 pushup; 6 squat
• Up to 5; 10; 15, back down
• Long slow mosie to the monster hill in Meadowmont

Mountain 3:

Bernie Run to the top of the Hill – there is a loop around a public park at the top

• sprint 1 lap; 5 dry docks; 10 second low plank
• sprint 2 laps; 10 dry docks; 20 second low plank
• sprint 3 laps; 15 dry docks; 30 second low plank

Channeled my yoga instructors and we began to ‘go back the way we came… Forward run down the hill back to pull up bars

• return to the top of the mountain – 5 pullups; 10 pushpus; 15 squats
• mosie to parking lot
• return to the top of the mountain – 5 (10 second hold) supermans; 5 squats

Keep the Faith babayyyyyy

Keep legs 6 inches of the ground throughout

• flutterkicks x 25
• boxcutters x 20
• heels to heaven x 15
• fin

IT’S ALL ABOUT IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CLIMBBBBBBBBBBB

Churham HTL crew is looking for volunteers – great chance to see what it’s all about

Tarheel 10 miler is gonna be lit – 4 speed for need chairs this year – will need plenty of men to help out, especially without the Coco hype train here to sell the 10-miler every morning for the next few months. SIGN UP

Thanks for visiting Candy Cane! Always good to have PAX from out of town – especially enjoyed our conversation after we were done weezing for 45 minutes.

BOM:

In all seriousness – this Miley song was my jam my senior year of college. It was my power song through 6 months of training for my first half-marathon. I’d intentionally put it on before the start of any big hill and belt out IT’S THE CLIMBBBBBBBB… This was after making it through ‘wrecking ball,’ ‘Party in the USA’, and pretty much every other song on the BANGERZZZ album… I have no shame in any of this.

To quote the lyrical genius Miley – “it’s our party… we can do what we want.”