Test 7: Road Kill
It wasn’t 5km, we know.
This was probably the workout I was dreading most. A painful distance and They announced it early enough for me to run it in my head about 100 times before we did it for real. I don’t think the daily floggings helped 😂.
The night before my wife informed me that I was to run with the lead breakaway pack no matter what. After taking a conservative approach on The Ride and not being able to catch up we needed aggression. “Run with them for two laps then figure it out”. I didn’t like the sound of it, but @mich_letendre agreed. This wasn’t gonna feel good.
It was a mass start of men and women, 4 lines of 15 on a narrow road. I was standing sideways with my chest touching @bk_gudmundsson back and my back touching @jellehoste chest. Feet tangled, I had no idea how we’d get running. Everyone leaned forward and on the beep I got thrown forward. A push on my back almost sent me to my face to be trampled to death. I barely caught my footing and it launc...