May 23rd, 2018 By Exit54

Eight PAX to start out with today’s #RoadWarrior, six remained when we brought it back to the AO…

THE COURSE:

• Head out Main St., left on Roberta, cross over onto Parallel
• Straight down Parallel til you hit Morehead, turn left (lose Wexler at some point)
• Run up Morehead (lose Secret), cross 49
• Take a left on Oakley, right on Harris Depot, left on School Cir
• Right onto the bridge, left on Stallings, enter the Stalling Rd Park parking lot
• Take the dirt path to the Elementary School track, do a couple laps at your own pace
• Head back to Stalling Rd Park, right on Stallings, right on the Veterans Parkway
• Cross over 49, cut thru between the Post Office and Cabarrus Family Medicine
• Left onto Professional Blvd, stop back at the flag
• Here’s the map

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Thoughts and prayers for DT’s nephew, baby Annabelle, WhiteBronco’s daughter, Ito and family, Spauldini and family.  Also let’s be mindful of Kojak recovering from a nasty skin graft, hoping for a quick recovery and good news from the doctors, brother.
• Pancake breakfast this Saturday morning (5/26) at HRHS to support the Volz Family.  Coffeeteria will be held at this site following the regular Railyard workout.
• RoadWarrior and WarriorOne both move to Abbington Pool House next Wednesday.  Time to get re-acquainted with the Devil’s Pitchfork.
• See Wexler for info on Adopt-a-Park.
• King Tiger 5K is next Saturday (6/2).
• Our 5th Anniversary beatdown will be 6/16, annual family cookout at Casa del Gamma later on the same day (look for an evite on this).

MOLESKINE:

As soon as I saw Escalade pull into the lot driving a convertible 4-series that he clearly borrowed from a friend (actually a rental), I suspected we may have a fast crowd.  Then when I saw Anvil appear out of the gloom, with his trademark pre-workout sweat already going, I knew there was no reason to hold anything back, pace-wise.  Seven of us departed the AO at 530, picking up an 8th (Minnow) about 100 meters down Main St.  When we got to Morehead I noticed we were back down to 7, with Wexler dropping out due to an ankle issue.  At the top of Morehead, we had another straggler – Secret had gone down with a pulled muscle.  We wished him the best and kept heading on our way.

We reached the Harrisburg ES track at five til six, plenty of time to get a couple laps in (and a quick bathroom break if needed).  Then an easy and straight shot back to the flag.  All in all, we covered 5.3 miles at an 8:02 pace.  Also I can report that Wexler and Secret made it back ok.

Thanks for coming out, thanks for letting me lead, and thanks for pushing yourselves for the full 45 minutes.

/Exit 54

Harrisburg, Road Warrior

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