F3 Carpex 6th Annual CSAUP, The Odyssey

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  688 words  |  

93 PAX and 2.0’s descended on Downtown Cary for the 6th annual CARPEX Odyssey. Special thanks to Bogo and Badlands for doing the heavy lifting on the Q for this event, and to PetSounds for crushing the SAG Q and post-race 2nd F. Also thanks to all of the SAG support volunteers, Site Q’s, shirt designers, and inspirational musical selections. On to the workout…Rooney kicked us off with an opening prayer and then handed it off to Badlands for the warmup at the home of BO. [Read More]
16-steves  amway  badlands  banjo-nomo  bartman  bean-counter  big-red  biner  bogo  bolton-the-hill  bronx-bomber  build-a-bear  bumper-sticker  burt-r  cauliflower  cheap-trick  chicken-little  chiquita-banana  chop-block  claven  clementine  clockwork  coco-crisp  coney  dadbod  decal  disco-duck  doggy-paddle  earhart  franklin  fruit-of  geek-squad  greenbow  gump  hamm  happy-gilmore  hi-liter  high-school-musical-hsm  hobbit  hoppinjohn  horatio  i-pity-the-fool  ic-light  kidney-stone  kilmer  kwik-stop  ldb-lil-drummer-boy  liverpool  lucky-charms-boy-band  ma-bell  magnolia  mr-safety  old-maid  one-direction  overflow  parker  pet-sounds  pigeon  pivot  poncherello-2  pongo  press-2  prodigal  red-ryder  riptide  rooney  saban  schlitz  schroeder  screws  skipper  slugger  smokey  sour-mash  squatter  steaks  stolen-valor  stretch  sunshine  texas-ranger  theismann  trike  triple-lindy  two-factor  verde  viewmaster 

Stuff happened

 Posted on January 12, 2022  |  1 minutes  |  184 words  |  

It’s Revolution time in CARPEx and about 30 dudes were running the Maynard. YHC came out for Insomnia and … ran it solo despite the parking lot being full of cars. Plus it was really cold. So I didn’t expect many guys to show up. But show up they did. In droves. All within 30 seconds of go time. 30 seconds later we were off. Only one goal today: keep everyone warm. [Read More]
burt  callahan  coney  cosmic  en-garde  flacco  franklin  goose  happy-gilmore  hotspot  kwik-stop  liverpool  mccants  pierogi  prodigal  sabre  snots  trident  yeah-baby 

Let's get swole!!!

 Posted on November 9, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  331 words  |  

So for some strange reason YHC signed up to Q this morning. The day after running a 1/2 marathon. Not the best plan, but at least Hell’s Bells is typically limited run. Also, YHC does not typically post at Hell’s Bells, but I’ve been around long enough so what the hell? Here’s what we did: Warmup: No FNGs. Mission statement and pledge and offff we go for a mosey around the parking lot and up the street. [Read More]
ashbury  bubba  clockwork  earhart  eharmony  einstein  headroom  hello-kitty  left-cheek  meatloaf  mumbles-2  prodigal  puddles  punch-card  pvc  schlitz  sega  snooki  track-star  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Are we still doing this?

 Posted on November 3, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  753 words  |  

I know we have a newfangled method of tracking workouts with attendance and what happened on slack with PaxMate, but part of me still enjoys typing it out for posterity. Anyway, as Triple Lindy and I were discussing running plans for this morning, I remembered I had a late softball game Tuesday night. It’s cool we can just run Friday. And then our boy Happy Gilmore dropped the SNS pre-blast and I was reminded I did indeed have the Q. [Read More]
burt  charmin  coney  cosmic  deuce  flacco  happy-gilmore  hotspot  intimidator  kwik-stop  liverpool  loom  press-on  prodigal  sabre  schlitz  shoe-horn  sooey  stella  tecumseh  the-commish  triple-lindy  two-factor 

Alright, Alright, Alright

 Posted on October 2, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  

AO: Dazed And Confused Workout Date: 08/13/21 Warm Up: State the mission, check for FNGs(0), and give the disclaimer. Warm Up exercises Main Event: 1) Number of The Beast in the front parking lot 2) Balls to the Wall, People’s Chair, and Australian Mountain Climbers on the wall by the school 3) Fives on the hill behind the parking deck. Squats and Star Jumps maybe? I took too long to write this Backblast and can’t remember [Read More]
bogo  bubba  charmin  deuce  dr-seuss-2  egon  flea  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  honeycomb  hotspot  mccants  one-four  parker  pigpen  prodigal  silver-fox  torpedo  trident  two-factor  water-wings  yogi 

El Halfitan run club

 Posted on August 5, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  102 words  |  

Truly appreciate the guys who made it out this morning. Solid conversation throughout, with maybe the pause here and there on the climbs. Thanks for coming out. Route: start to Cary Pkwy east towards Evans zig/zag through Silver Creek development including one segment and one missed turn exist to Evans heading south right onto Maynard and all the way back to the start Official mileage is 5.7. New record. COT: [Read More]
one-four  pierogi  prodigal  torpedo 

Something about a blossom

 Posted on June 8, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  

We ended today’s COT with Pivot saying something profound about a blossom. But I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. It was something like “even if you can’t flower, you can smell the blossom”. I know that’s not it but it was something like that. Or maybe it wasn’t. But it definitely had the word “blossom” in the quote. Probably. Today’s Measure Twice was something like a Measure Thrice. [Read More]
ezekiel  goose  pierogi  pivot  prodigal  schroeder  swag  torpedo 

Adult "Keepy Uppy"

 Posted on May 18, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  

At the elite Tuesday limited-run/maximum pain AO in Carpex, we wanted to do something special today. I am still limited with an ankle but was looking forward to mixing things up a bit. I still had beers leftover from 2.0’s birthday, so I brought those…and some of his Bluey balloons for the PAX to play with. I am pretty sure I heard Repeato giggle with glee as those balloons were introduced. [Read More]
bartman  chewie  clockwork  flenderson  foie-gras  hello-kitty  kwik-stop  prodigal  reentry  repeato  shakeweight  skipper  slippers  tang  trike  two-factor 

What really is hi-tempo anyway?

 Posted on April 20, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  

quckie backblast – Ma Bell hyped the site as the best, Grease Monkey back for a one-night special, & lots of talk about how FMJ has gotten too tough as of late…. so, pressure on me to make sure the PAX were moving this fine morning…. with 15 seconds to spare, we said the pledge and did a sharp mosey down to the middle school parking lot dodging 3 Apex pick-up trucks on dawn patrol for some reason…. [Read More]
antique  bartman  burt  chanticleer  denali  francois  grease-monkey  gtl  hello-kitty  hi-liter  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  old-maid  one-direction  orphan  pet-sounds  prodigal  saban  sabre  shoe-horn  staubach  the-commish  wonderbread 

Star Wars, Star Trek, Starbucks, Starburst

 Posted on April 19, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  405 words  |  

Warm-Up Mosey around the school to the bus lot and circle up for imperial walkers, arm circles, mountain climbers, good mornings and burpees (only because it was chilly, the pax had been on their good behavior so far). The Thang Mosey over to the basketball court and circle up for Birthday Surprise. Schroeder did this at our Bruisers workout this weekend and I liked it so much I stolt it. One man selects an exercise, then the man to his left calls that exercise with the number of reps matching the day of his birthdate. [Read More]
beaker  disco-duck  kidney-stone  lucky-charms  one-direction  pet-sounds  prodigal