Dawgs Pups and Wannabes -

 

Today's Nine Hills -  In spite of the Old Anal Dog's warning that the weather would be warm and the drill difficult, 10 Dawgs and 2 first-time Wannabes finally found their way to the Glenridge Hills Course.  After a slow warmup lap in which Sparky, the reverse blonde, did her best impersonation of the directionally impaired Jingles, the group of sweat-glistened heroes to be, toed the line for a non-stop 3-lap run around the one mile-three hill loop at an up tempo 5K race pace.

 

Our OUC Half Marathon trainees, Doc, Scraps, Daddy Roo, Stick Man, Pepper, Sparky and rookie, Jes Wannabe blistered the course in times between Doc and Scrappy's leading 23:25 and Jes W's closing 26:10 - all excellent efforts on what felt like a mid-August day - their splits are listed below.  The Stork, Biscuit and newcomer Linda W. wisely skipped the primary workout and contented themselves with 2-3 laps at "get in shape" speeds.  The OAD, having run earlier in the day and thankful for it, kept each runner's splits and did his usual quota of shouting, while Footy, back finally from a shin injury, loped around the area, appearing back at the start/finish area just frequently enough to achieve recognition in this eloquent epistle of the day's activities.  Now, here are the promised splits - - -

 

1.  Doc - 7:40 - 7:50 - 7:55 = 23:25            2.  Scrappy - 7:25 - 7:15 - 8:45 = 23:25

3.  Roo - 7:45 - 8:00 - 7:45 = 23:30            4.  Stick     - 8:10 - 8:20 - 8:05 = 24:35

5.  Pep - 8:15 - 8:35 - 8:45 = 25:35            6.  Sparky  - 8:25 - 8:55 - 8:40 = 26:00

7.  Jes - 8:00 - 9:05 - 9:05 = 26:10

 

Once again, following the workout, the exhausted athletes made their way to Pepper's nearby home where they were treated, by the very generous and gregarious Pepper, to a scrumptious brunch of coffee, juice, fresh fruit, cinnamon rolls, and egg casseroles and later, as a dozen lively, multi-topic, simultaneous conversations wound down, the weary Dawgs, reluctantly trudged, one by one, to their cars, and finally called it a day - a damn good day, at that!  As always, thanks Pepper! 

 

 

Thursday 11/3 - The Longest Run Yet - Meet at the Y at 8:45AM.  OUC Half trainees will run an 11-11.5 mile loop behind a lead bike.  For OUC 5K trainees and other Dawgs, there will be 3, 4, and 5 mile runs available.  All runners will run at least the first mile together.  Please hydrate well this week - temperatures on Thursday will be approaching 80 degrees as we train.

 

Thursday 11/3 - H/H & D/D - Meet at the Outback at 6:15PM for the usual end of the week attitude adjustment.  Attendance has been great, exceeded only by the greatness of those in attendance.  Dinner somewhere on Eat Street will follow with the location decided by majority vote.

 

Race Results - Congratulations to Ironbob Wannabe out in Austin, TX who ran his best 10K in several years, recording a 53:57 in last Sunday's very hilly Texas Twister 10K.  Great effort!

 

The OUC Half Marathon and 5K - 12/3 - This is when it all comes together for our Fall racing season.  Register now for "next to best" entry fees.  Best fees ended yesterday - so don't wait around.  Just do it!

 

And finally,  a big old Dawg welcome to rookie Wannabes, Jessica (Jes) Thorpe and Linda Gervalla, two ladies who promise to bring even more glory to the world of Dawgdom.  Gosh, it sure would be nice to get some guys into the group - - or NOT!

 

OAD