A Day in the Life

 Posted on January 13, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  637 words  |  

7 at A-Team. 18 at DTP. 25!! at Lion’s Den. A little more manageable here at Bounty Hunters, where there was a STRONG Happy Dino contingent this morning. 21 total, with 11 bootcampers and 10 runners. 0530: As the pax arrived, I shared the news to some who had not heard, about the passing of an F3 Knoxville pax, Taylor Phelps (Cardinal) during his VQ the day before. One of his planned exercises (that he didn’t get to) was the “Air Bike” (Freddy Mercury). [Read More]
big-red  biner  blueprint  chipper  chiquita-banana  denali  egon  free-bird-2  happy-gilmore  i-pity-the-fool  ma-bell  nabisco  old-maid  orphan  pbx  silver-fox  squatter  term-paper  the-super  tiny-arms  wonderbread 

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 

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]
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On the nose

 Posted on July 24, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  256 words  |  

GT has few expectations. Those they do have include: 5K minimum No 10-counts Make sure Largemouth at least breaks a sweat Apparently recently a new one was added: Tell jokes They didn’t say they were funny. So I repeated by bacon tree joke from #PointBreak. Luckily there were no repeats from earlier in the week and I got a bit better on my delivery. Warm-up: Run to the gazebo at the roundabout. [Read More]
chanticleer  denali  largemouth  lucky-charms  michelob  one-four  pierogi  red-ryder  sabre  torpedo  wonderbread 

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 

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 

Double Duty

 Posted on April 16, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

51 is a lot different than 50 was last year. Just the situation - we are now back to getting after it in groups in the gloom. On April 15, 2020, we’d officially shut down group workouts. But one thing I wanted to keep the same. Do a Murph on my birthday. The day started with a run into Bounty Hunters, which depending on the route I choose is right about 3 miles. [Read More]
bagels  big-red  biner  denali  gtl  happy-gilmore  headroom  henny-penny  hermes  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  intimidator  largemouth  lookout  ma-bell  mr-safety  peeping-tom  pet-sounds  red-ryder  shut-in  sideout-2  silver-fox  sour-mash  squatter  triple-lindy  turducken  wahoo  water-wings  wonderbread 

Fellowship sprints

 Posted on March 10, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  274 words  |  

Today’s workout brought to you by Google & F3 Memphis. As in… “Hey Google… find me some F3 track workouts”. F3Memphis pops up with this: https://f3memphis.com/barracks-traditional-track-workout Take a little bit of this, leave a little bit of that, and modify with a dollop of CARPEx-ness and we’re ready to go. A beautiful morning out today. A sliver moon, clear skies, a few stars punching through all the parking lot lights. Just about the perfect temperature too. [Read More]
build-a-bear  denali  gtl  i-pity-the-fool  largemouth  ma-bell  mamas-boy  michelob  one-direction  orphan  pierogi  saban  steaks  water-wings  wonderbread 

Q School

 Posted on February 18, 2021  |  5 minutes  |  964 words  |  

First, let me start with what we did NOT do. I got a little flustered right at the start as I was introducing myself to Backporch only to realize that it was already 5:45 on the ol’ Garmin. You can’t be tardy to Q School! Let’s Go! So here’s what you missed… a quiz about the formerly most famous Q of them all. Q Nowadays the anonymous Q is probably more famous but for men of a Meh-generation… and of a particularly nerdy disposition… this guy was the man! [Read More]
back-porch  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chanticleer  chipper  coney  coxswain  denali  deuce  disco-duck  flip-flop-thats-singular  gambit  gtl  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  kwik-stop  largemouth  liverpool  loom  pierogi  press-on  riptide  saban  squatter  suck-up  wonderbread 

Hi Liter, "All Running" YHC, "I don't think so"

 Posted on December 3, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  85 words  |  

First Thursday of the month is a running workout, yeah i missed that one. Pledge, head to White Tiger for warm up. SSH and various stretches. Pre Thing. 75% to James Jackson, 10 Merkins, run back, 20 backwards lunge. Thing. At the creek on Maynard, 75% to Weatherstone, 10 Merkins, run back, 20 backwards lunge or 10 low squats - alternating; 7 round trips. Return to flag, 50 four count LBCs. [Read More]
banjo  denali  grease-monkey  hi-liter-2  lucky-charms  prodigal  wonderbread