February 20th, 2025 By Hops

PAX

Hops

Tombstone

Mayweather

Bozeman (kind of)

 

2 men and 1 Tombstone showed up to get hard together on a snowy morning. But that’s it. I had handed off the Q because I didn’t know if I could make it, but it turns out I had to get up at 4:00 to administer pain meds to my patient and she went right back to sleep, so I slipped away to see my boys. Both of them.

The words “Waffle House” were obviously spoken, but I needed to exercise and already had plans to cook my kids breakfast this morning, so away we went. Turns out neither Hops nor I had a plan, so we agreed on doing the usual ASEC special and I took it so he wouldn’t have to post a backblast.

Mornings like these are my favorites – stay together, take it easy, but still get some decent exercise. Active recovery before running more hills tomorrow. 2 rounds into our circuit a mysterious hooded vagrant appeared in the shadows. We were careful to avoid him, obviously he was unstable and dangerous, probably contagious. Also Bozeman’s truck was suddenly parked in the lot. The two events were unrelated, and we ran off without him.

Following the workout, we prayed for Marlboro and his extended immediate family, and for the goodness of our friendships. Thankful that no matter the weather, no matter what’s going on in your life, no matter what…show up at 5:30 AM 5 days a week and a friend WILL be there. 5:31 AM and their asses will have left you, but that’s your fault. If you need someone or something, you don’t even ask…it WILL be there. That’s pretty damn cool, and I appreciate it.

 

 

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