Today’s Goal 1000

The morning gloom (muggy gloom) was the forecast for today’s workout at Piledriver so, the number of Pax was up in the air when Q rolled in to get an early start. When 05:30 rolled around the number was 11 … Read More

Wait! Is that Silas and Toughskins?

Today 4 men rolled out of the fart-sack to put in a few miles and enjoy some fellowship. The usual   suspects were at the launch site at 0500 ready to go, so off we went. The plan was to head … Read More

Turn right – no turn left!

This morning four pax rolled out of bed and came out to log some miles. The mood was a little mixed as greetings were passed and it was 2 in favor of the 63 degree 100% humidity and 2 “not … Read More

Chasing That Blinking Light

One by one the Pax shows till we have 4 for the first half of the run. Today was a special day, a very special day because we had a special guest, “Chum”. Yes! and little did we know the … Read More

Pain Academy “not just a location”

With a chill in the air and a not so seasoned Q, 7 of Mint Hill’s finest showed up for chilly beatdown. The Q had a plan that would get the blood pumping and all concern of hypothermia would be … Read More

Merkin Monday

What a great way to start the week! Merkin’s? This fine Monday morning ten PAX decided to get out of one said fart sack and come support a long overdue Q from yours truly. The PAX put a solid effort … Read More

New-Kid(s)-In-Town

YHC rolled up at “0 dark 30” to see a couple of familiar but “not on run day” faces. There standing in the gloom the usual suspects (Othello, Chum, Crush and Tough Skins) and two new faces, Man Bun and … Read More

Running Does Pay Off

At 5:00 a.m. there stood four men in the HT parking lot ready to log a few miles.

After a brief hello or grumble, everyone set their tracking devices and we were off. The group headed out of the parking … Read More

Let’s do the hill….

The Q wasn’t sure if he would have any company on today’s run, but there setting in the foggy gloom was none other than Othello. He has also been called “Unicorn”, “The Othello Vortex” and even on occasion “Rabbit”. Nonetheless, … Read More

Ruck or Run…..

At 0455, four brave souls arrived on the gravel lot at Veterans Park in Mint Hill. We had two ready for a run and two for a ruck, so when the clock struck 0500 we were off. We headed out … Read More