August 14th, 2019 By The Farm

…is what 8 men did this morning. After a few scattered thunderstorms yesterday, the air was THICK. There were points of the run where we could literally see the water droplets in the air…although that might’ve come from the sprinklers that MANY homeowners forgot to turn off but that’s irrelevant!

YHC has not officially Q’d a run at The Valley in quite some time. I signed up for three reasons.

1) To not be on @Blowout’s naughty list for taking and not giving (sign up to Q!)
2) To ensure that the six would be picked up by Q’ing from the six.
3) To enjoy some 2nd F with my F3 brethren.

All of those things were accomplished this morning! Here’s the route:

Sweaty Moleskin:

At first, I thought it was going to be just me, @No-H (who asked about the route last night) and @Pleasure (who HC’d). YHC was excited to see @Ajax, @Landlord, and @Gentle Grizzly emerge from the shadows but disappointed that @Pleasure wasn’t with us. I figured the fartsack must’ve claimed him in a way that it surely would’ve claimed me had I not signed up to Q (#f3works). Then as we made our way down MCC, someone said they saw @Sterling parking as we started. Typical…someone should talk to that guy about being on time! He caught up to us in typical, starting out too fast and then finishing early fashion (#youngfellaneedstoslowitdoooown). Then a familiar voice started talking next to me. It was @Pleasure! This made us into a lucky seven which gave me hope that nothing wrong would happen during this run…and then along came @2step to change it to 8. Fortunately, the run was completed without incident. These days at The Valley, any run that does not result in a man ducking into the woods to relieve himself is a win.

Make it a good day men!

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