Gamehendge

 Posted on January 3, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  472 words  |  

This is the first time the full Gamehendge has been completed in CARPEX since July 1994 and while no backblast exists of that last beatdown, most PAX consider it one of the classics of the exicon. WARMUP: TMWSIY mosey as we search for Colonel Forbin and the door to Gamehedge. The music was pulsating so the pace was high and so were we. We found a gate and pushed through, down past the gazebo, avoiding the Multibeasts. [Read More]
callahan  corncake  pholoaf  pierogi  punchout  saban  slugger  sputnik  squatter  tea-party 

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 

Smoking the Smoky Mountain Relay 2022

 Posted on May 9, 2022  |  12 minutes  |  2385 words  |  

For the first time, Carpex sent two 9-man teams to the Smoky Mountain Relay. Coincidentally, this was the first year that SMR had a 9-man division, and perhaps less coincidentally, the Carpex teams took 1st and 2nd place in that division. We’re going to cover a lot of ground in this backblast, from the teams, their experiences, the course, to a comparison with the perennial favorite Blue Ridge Relay (BRR), so buckle up, because this is going to be a bumpier ride than the “100% paved” abandoned Nantahala wilderness road of Leg 26! [Read More]
banjo  biner  clockwork  decal  gump  henny-penny  ma-bell  mr-safety  mr-wilson  one-direction  one-four  pbx  ramsay  red-ryder  saban  suck-up  track-star 

Another Yank safely contained

 Posted on August 6, 2021  |  10 minutes  |  2012 words  |  

Last Saturday, YHC moved from Chatham county closer to the center of the Carpex universe, going from 0 AOs* within an EC-able 3-mile radius to approximately half of all the AOs in Carpex (or as HK calls it, the Nation). What better way to move in, meet new Pax, and ensure that YHC wakes up and works out each day instead of sleeping in on a week off than to Q every day at a Cary AO? [Read More]
all-ours  antique  augmented  bagels  banjo  bartman  bluewater  breezy  build-a-bear  cauliflower  chanticleer  chipper  chops  clockwork  decal  denali  entitlement  foie-gras  francois  gtl  higgins  hoppinjohn  ic-lite-2  imp  joe-smith  kermit  kitty-litter  kwik-stop  largemouth  loom  mayflower  memento-2  peaches  pineapple  pinto  repeato  saban  shipyard  skipper  staubach  steaks  term-paper  thurston  vegemite  vhs  viewmaster  voltron  wonderbread  yogi 

Circles on the Green

 Posted on July 30, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  522 words  |  

AO: Gran Torino Workout Date: 07/30/21 I got to witness Gran Torino from afar when I Q’d Rolling Stone back in May. Those fellas got in some serious mileage just doing laps in the parking lot. I’ve been putting off my Q, waiting until I was “ready.” How many times have we said/heard that at F3? I was originally scheduled to Q Crazy Ivan today but got unintentionally bumped off the Q Sheet there for Q Swap Week. [Read More]
bartman  biner  chanticleer  hello-kitty  lucky-charms  ma-bell  michelob  nothin-special  pigpen  saban 

Mexican Slayride*

 Posted on June 14, 2021  |  7 minutes  |  1464 words  |  

It snuck up on me, but my 6-year anniversary of my first post is 6/15. I first posted at A-Team, at the urging of Hotspot, way back in 2015. You know he can be convincing… Crazy busy schedule these last few days, with 2.0 Zip Drive wrapping up his high school career, and all the celebrations that signal the end of one phase, and the beginning of another. But I saw that A-Team was Q-less, and, even with all the crazy in my life right now, could NOT pass up a chance to see if I could pull off another themed Q there. [Read More]
big-red  bootlegger  burt  chipper  chop-block  compound-w  crimson  deuce  flenderson  frisco  hassel  hello-kitty  hgtv  hi-liter  hotspot  intimidator  ma-bell  old-maid  repeato  saban  shut-in  smokey  snooki  sooey  term-paper  the-commish  traffic-cone  viking  wawa 

There's Bears Back There

 Posted on June 8, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  240 words  |  

It was good for YHC to return to FMJ. The guys that were there the only two other times YHC posted there, and Q’d know the routine. Run towards the track,, stop for 10 Good Mornings (IC) 10 Butt Kickers (IC) 10 Calf Stretch (Hold L/Hold R) 10 Hill Billies (IC) 10 Hackeysacks (IC) 10 Cossak Stretch (a.k.a Hey Hey Willy) (IC) 10 King David Kick (IC) Proceed to the track [Read More]
denali  egon  gtl  happy-gilmore  hiliter  hotspot  i-pity-the-fool  kwik-stop  largemouth  michelob  orphan  saban  stella  suck-up  wonderbread 

7th Callahanniversary

 Posted on June 1, 2021  |  8 minutes  |  1590 words  |  

Seven years is a significant amount of time regardless of how many years you’ve racked up to this point in your life. For me, it represents over 20% of my existence on this earth. I spent some time the last few days considering how much I have changed in that span of time. A 27-year-old, working as an inside sales rep at a failing wood mill is were it started. Sam, the salesman. [Read More]
blowout  burt  callahan  coney  flip-flop  happy-gilmore  moped  pierogi  press-on  riptide  saban  sosa  term-paper  tubeless  viking 

Madness In The Method

 Posted on June 1, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  468 words  |  

By trade I’m a project manager. I always have a plan. But many times, I don’t actually finalize Q plans until minutes before the event actually starts. For the FMJ Q today, I must tip my proverbial hat to Suck Up. Unbeknownst to HIM, the plan was nearly finalized while on the playground at Kelly Road park while completing our Memorial Day Murph. In typical Suck Up fashion, he was smiling a lot and finding ways to talk trash while being super nice. [Read More]
banjo  biner  gtl  hi-liter-2  i-pity-the-fool  imp  orphan  pierogi  red-ryder  saban  shut-in-2  steaks  stella  suck-up  tecumseh  water-wings 

Merlot, 3 Honors, no Murph, no coffee, blood, 1 bud light, & counting can be so freakin' hard!

 Posted on May 27, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  491 words  |  

Wow – crazy fun morning at BO! So very much was happening & I’m not sure if I can capture half of it…. here’s my version, my truth…. Men gathered at the flag, grumbling was evident as Flacco’s presence looms large these days of May…. Murph on the minds of the PAX. We did the mission, the pledge, & were off to tour the town. Loop around & head to the bank for warm-ups – executed under extreme mumble chatter – it was awesome! [Read More]
all-ours  burt  callahan  coney  flacco  flavortown  hermes  hot-pants  jigglypuff  lookout  old-maid  press-on  riptide  saban  sabre  shoe-horn  term-paper  tubeless  vhs