Wednesday in Greenwood SC seems to be a PAX favorite. For a while now, Wednesday morning has meant the Starbucks 5k, which has morphed into multiple routes and lengths and perfectly caters to what’s happening with F3Greenwood runners…they are getting stronger, faster, and going longer….We needed more space and new challenges, so for a few weeks now a small contingent have ventured over to a new AO, Clovers Corner. The name is a deception. Leads one to believe that he is going to an easy jog thru fields of spring flowers and ….well, clover. One would be WRONG!!!”

Clovers Corner is a hub, much like Starbucks, with many route possibilities and options. But mostly it’s the home of and  jump off point for the Clover, a gnarled collection of neighborhoods that when linked together correctly, create a 6.5 mi hill after hill after hill after hill route….big hills, little hills, long hills, steep hills that YHC likes to call  “steps”….it’s a beast. It’s a beast not because it’s super long, and overall it’s not any harder than most routes we do, it’s just one of those routes that stands out as one that will make your day or crush your soul…..and you never know which it will be. You can feel great at the start, kill the first of the four hoods(the hardest in my opinion) and a few minutes later she’ll spit you out on the side of the road, DEAD. How does YHC know the Clover is a she? Only a she would treat you like the Clover treats you…

sooo, with disclaimer issued…twice, we snuggled up to the Clover….there were casualties

Over the hills, over and over / this is why we run the Clover / she is tough day after day/ it’s why we can not stay away /  we will try both slow and fast / we will try, she will outlast / we run her hills over and over / we mere runners, she is the Clover

we survived, we counted, we named, we prayed

Heavenly Father, thank you for these men, these friends, these brothers….lay Your hand on them and bless them, lead them in their quest…Amen