GONADS/SweetSix--BackBlast.6/23/11--A Ragged Affair

Aye, Waco planted the ShovelFlag in the rain-softened soil of the CC parking lot and the Faithful set out for the SweetSix. With the Spartan race looming, it was a bit of a ragged affair this AM:

The Pax:
Affirmation Jones
MMOB
Angrus
Dark Warrior
OBT
Tango Delta
Waco
Zoot(!)

The Thang:
The MMOB City Six. MMOB himself (sans shirt), Affirmation, Angrus and DW did the full 6.4-mile loop, with the leaders finishing in just under 49 minutes.

TangoDelta, Waco and OBT took the McDowell Cutoff/Spartan Taper Option and logged 5.2 miles. I finished in just over 41 minutes.

Zoot started late and finished first (LIFO!), taking the Eastover Cutoff/Spartan Taper Option.

Spreadsheets From The Gloom:
_3x claps to Waco and DW, both of whom pulled the HDHH/SweetSix double. Waco didn't stay at HDHH much later than I did, but word has it that DW took my place on the back porch of Ed's for the entire second shift, which ended after 11 p.m. Apparently he and Dredd were able to come to agreement on the need to immediately overthrow the government but remain divided on whether it would be possible for anyone to lead a united nation in the aftermath of said revolution.

_ There were surprises around every corner of the run this morning. We set out from CC with five us in the pack -- a throwback to the size of group we had last fall for the initial runs on the City Loop. Then MMOB popped up at the Sake Dispenser (another nostalgia-inducing moment; it's been a while since he pulled that trick). As we came out from under the 277 overpass on Third Street, Tango Delta caught up to the pack, bum knee and all. And at the finish we came upon Zoot, who hadn't heard about the Great Summer Hours Reversal of '11 and thought we were launching at 0530.

_ Kotter (and a big one) to Zoot, making his triumphal return to the SweetSix just in time for the Spartan and the start of BRR training season.

_ Epstein's Mothers: All the HDHHers -- Dredd, Rook, BlackBird, Silence.

_ Man Down! Report: None today, but Tango Delta was hobbled by a bad knee and I was working through some right foot pain. We'll both be ready for Saturday's Spartan, however.

OBT