Betting on the Rain

Thirteen gambling men tried their luck at some hills this morning, some lost and some won. YHC bet on the weather cooperating, but a freak storm surprised YHC and washed away all the hard work done the night before in preparing the hill routes and marking them out with chalk. YHC adapted, improvised and overcame and the PAX willingly followed along.

It went down like this, PAX met at the typical spot, YHC then asked everyone to pair up with someone of similar running abilities. Sabb lost a bet and got stuck with YHC. YHC had Q energy and couldn’t sleep the night before and was ready to run – sorry Sabbskie. After everyone paired up, YHC handed each team their very own dice. Moseyed on over to the bottom of Ridgeway Rd. each team rolls the dice and depending on the number it corresponded to a pre-determined (and washed away) number somewhere on the hill.

Roll a 2 – short run to the big puddle that YHC pointed out (shortest hill)

Roll a 1 – run to the top of Ridgeway with the Y intersection (medium hill)

Roll a 3 or 4 – run almost all the way up Ridgeway to the dogleg left (worst and steepest hill)

Roll a 5 or 6 – take the right fork off Ridgeway on up to Fairway View Rd T-intersection. (long hill, but less steep)

Everyone runs back down then roll the dice again to find out the next hill to run. Repeat-o until time is up. The audience poll had everyone doing around 3-4 miles.

Numbers and Names, then YHC took it out. Thank you to everyone for your kind words and prayers. YHC’s Mom successfully made it to the other side of surgery this afternoon and is happily eating hospital food and watching HGTV.

See you in the gloom!