We'll take it from here, Cardinal

 Posted on January 13, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  876 words  |  

Early Thursday morning, YHC was stirring and came across the news of young Taylor Phelps, F3 Cardinal, out of Knoxville TN, who had horribly passed away during his Virgin Q (VQ) at a workout on 1/11/23. For Thursday’s workout, I incorporated one small element of his planned workout, 15 double count Freddy Mercury’s. We did them at the very end of our workout, and after the workout was over, I shared that his planned workout looked extremely hard, and I would be hesitant to try it. [Read More]
ashbury  bubba  cataracts  cauliflower  clockwork  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  doggy-paddle  floppy-crust  meat-loaf  old-maid  red-ryder  sega  slim-shady  smokey  sour-mash  the-commish  triple-lindy  wahoo 

When are we going to start disturbing the peace?

 Posted on January 10, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  1004 words  |  

So, Day 1 at A-Team was a nice intimate pax of 4 for the bootcamp, 3 for some ruck/walking. Day 2 was no such luxury. About 17 or so converged on the subfreezing temperatures in the very center of the Peak City. YHC fought a slow defroster to arrive with about 5 minutes before go-time. Feeble old eyes couldn’t make out the shovel flag, but the pax took joy in pointing out the HUGE flag at the fire station. [Read More]
big-red  bootlegger  bumper-sticker  charmin  imp  mr-safety  old-maid  open-concept  ramsay  red-ryder  slim-shady  smokey  sooey  the-joker  triple-lindy  wahoo  yahoo  zamboni 

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 

Hard like Beskar

 Posted on April 28, 2022  |  6 minutes  |  1116 words  |  

Well. It’s been a week. After a rare day off work last Friday, and having such a blast with a spelling bee at Danger Zone, I remembered how fun it is to Q. You never realize how bad you are at being a Q until you don’t do it for a long time, then try to jump back in the ring. DZ was a little different; I had a plan, and willing pax, and it was an out-and-back…what could go wrong? [Read More]
badlands  blue-and-out  blueprint  egon  franklin  hotspot  i-pity-the-fool  old-maid  orphan  parker  pet-sounds  silver-fox  smokey  the-commish 

The Non Convergence Experience

 Posted on November 27, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  173 words  |  

Seeing the Q slot open a few weeks earlier and realizing I was still in need of said AO Q slot for the “box checking”, I eagerly entered my name onto the Q-Sheet. As the days passed, I then realized that the day in question was good ole Thanksgiving. Reaching out to Site-Qs.. the decision was made to stay open giving the PAX another option. With that said – and after a brief EC and no FNG’s in sight, we started with The Pledge… and [Read More]
duece  earhart  egon  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  mamas-boy-2  ninjago  puck  pvc  silver-fox  smokey  the-commish 

Thou Shalt Not Cadence Count...

 Posted on October 1, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  668 words  |  

Today is my birthday. I turned 55. The rules say I have to Q and we have to do Triple Nickels, presumably because we don’t have Double Nickels so here we are. I do not make the rules. I am bound by precedent. A small brightly lit mob of EC runners joined a comfortable number of PAX who happened to wander in to Slippery When Wet. After a brief introduction and the Pledge of Allegiance we were off… [Read More]
bluewater  build-a-bear-2  captain-jack  disco-duck  francois  hermes  higgins  hoppin-john  iclight  joe-smith  kitty-litter  oofta  rock-lobster  shipyard  smokey  staubach  water-wings  wawa  yoga-mat 

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

 Posted on September 3, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  777 words  |  

And it was ushered in by perfect gloom temps of approximately 68 degrees. For the PAX who decided to wake up this morning and head to the most galactic of AOs in all of Carpex this side of Tatooine, not only were they greeted with amazing weather, they got to start their day with a beatdown of collegiate football caliber (kind of). After all, with college football kicking off today, it was only fitting (and YHC always leads at least 2 football-themed beatdowns per season to commemorate summer camp season and kickoff). [Read More]
blue-and-out  charmin  clockwork  denali  flenderson  frisco-1-12th-hoty  gtl  i-pity-the-fool  imp  mia  orphan  peaches  ramsay  smokey  sooey  two-factor  wonderbread 

A Quiet FWD

 Posted on July 20, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  158 words  |  

A calmness and cool 66 degrees captivated 10 apparently groggy HIM this morning at FWD. With no mumble chatter apparent, I gave a brief disclaimer, and we then started with The Pledge. Mozy up and behind the shopping center to the large parking lot for warm ups. Good Mornings SSH Sir Fazio Arm Circles / reverse Seal Claps Overhead claps Merkins Calf Stretches / Runners stretch Mozy to Corner of lot for Thang 1: 4 Corners [Read More]
breezy  brutus  garbage-plate  iclight  just-one  kitty-litter  litebrite  memento-2  smokey  the-commish  useful-engine 

Leg Day, All Day

 Posted on July 19, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  247 words  |  

It’s A Team and this is my backblast. Pledge of Allegiance then… Warm Up Mosey to the parking lot by the tennis courts. Circle up for Sir Fazio arm circles, Overhead claps, Steve Earles, and some runners/calf/hamstring/hip stretching. All the Thangs First, go to the traffic circle by the picnic area. Partner up. Partner 1 does El Capitan around the circle. Partner 2 runs around the opposite direction. Each time you meet, 10 merkins and then switch. [Read More]
bartman  burt  chipper  freebird  henny-penny  hgtv  hotspot  intimidator  kwik-stop  red-ryder  smokey  wawa 

Balls, Balls, Balls, and Towels

 Posted on July 17, 2021  |  7 minutes  |  1421 words  |  

The Back Story Now that I have my first Q under my belt and celebrated my birthday taboot, it was time to commemorate three years of me being a part of this great thing we call Carpex. Three years ago, Sosa’s diligence in EH’ing me for months (seriously) finally paid off and I showed up to Thomas Brooks Park for my first post. Red Ryder was the Q that day at Field of Dreams. [Read More]
bolton  bootlegger  chewie  coxswain  disco-duck  garbage-plate  hunchback  jello  kidney-stone  kitty-litter  overflow  pineapple  roasters  schroeder  shipyard  smokey  sooey  spicoli  two-factor