That is the question… not often pondered at the Scramble. Just as conventional wisdom about eggs, exit polls, and the devil beating his wife have been (mostly) proven wrong in recent years, studies now seem to agree – static stretching is not all that good as a pre-run warm-up. But, feeling extra groggy this entire week, YHC was nervous there might be too much time at the end of the traditional scramble, and so opted for a short dynamic warm-up to eat a bit of time.
Across the City Hall parking lot: lunge walk with a twist, knee tucks, high kicks, and maybe something else… then off to the races.
Back in decent time (8:45-ish miles) with a sprint to the finish line, we did some toe touches, plank inch worms, T-merkins, and then a short mosey to the playground for the descending pull up ladder: 10x, 8x, 6x, 4x, 2x. Finally, finished the morning off with 30x merkins and an educational discussion about the merits of Asics.
Countorama, nameorama, and Shooter led us out with a prayer. Thanks guys.
