A — always
B — be
B — back
B — blastin’
You get the picture? You laughing now? Only one thing counts in this life…write a backblast. You write a BB or you hit the bricks.
A – attention
I – interest
D – decision
A – action
Do I have your attention? Are you interested? Have you made your decision? Are you man enough to take action a write a BB?
Put that coffee down. Coffee is for closers only. You think I’m messing w/ you? I’m here from corporate on a mission of mercy. You call yourself a pax, you SOB?
Ok, that’s my take from Glengarry Glen Ross. If you’re a salesman, you absolutely need to watch this movie. 2nd prize is a set of steak knives. 3rd prize is you’re fired. You laughing now?
If you’re not a salesman, watch it anyway.
What’s that got to do w/ today’s run? Nothing. I just wanted a good intro as well as a decent way to shame you if you haven’t written a backblast in a while. Reminder, they don’t have to be long. Or funny. Or even interesting. But if you’re slow in the noggin like me and you get stuck the night before your Q, it’s an excellent resource to find ideas for your Q. So::::: ABBB, son. Looks over at Medball.
On to Arrow.
Weather: Light rain. Twas gloriously refreshing.
Thang: We ran. Did some repeats on hills. total of about 6.3 miles & 600 ft of elevation. Normally, I get left behind very quickly on our routes. But since we did repeats from 4th St to 127 (including 4th St Hill, Oakwood Hill, and Test Hill), I got to watch everyone fly by me on several occasions. Kudos to the fastholes. You guys can really move out.
Sidenote to Future Self in the event that I re-read my own BB:
- training for BRR is the worst. While today brought some much needed relief, running all summer to get ready is the most miserable thing ever. Hey Summer, go kick rocks.
- And to top it off, you’re doing an Ultra? Mo-ron
- But it is a good way to get ready for Mortimer 100.
- Which is 3/26/22, by the way.
- Same weekend as P200 again.
- Couple of OG M100 dudes have already notified RC that they are running P200 instead. Can someone please come remove this dagger from my back?
- No, it’s ok…I’m sure you’ll find those peanut fields offer much better views than Yellow Buck Mtn, Linville/221, and Howard’s Knob.