12 Ways that Year 2 Differed from Year 1
Following up on my 12 pieces of advice from last year’s f3versary backblast, I thought it might be fun to reflect on how things were different over this second year. …
GrowRuck 32: Neptune’s Adventure
Four pax from Carpex attended GrowRuck Training Event (GTE) 32 this past weekend, dubbed Neptune’s Adventure, hosted by F3 Hampton Roads. For three of us, this was our first GTE. GTEs are …
Carpex Culture Month 2022
You might have heard a lot about culture month, and participated in past years. Here, you can find out more about the nitty-gritty details of the events that just won’t …
Beer, Run, Repeat: A Blue Ridge Relay Story.
The Blue Ridge Relay felt different this year. Maybe it was the return of the slapbands for runners at the exchange zones. Maybe it was because every team seemed scrambling …
Flying Cirqus
My first post at Flying Circus featured a Pom Pom Q* involved flipping coins, ball toss, card decks, disc throws, and ring of fire burpees. So when asked to Q, …
Smoking the Smoky Mountain Relay 2022
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, …
Full throttle on a rainy day
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” Since New Year’s is around the corner, I thought I’d start off with a quote from the estimable …
12 reflections on 1 year with F3 Carpex
Several Pax have asked what I’ve learned over this past year, and several more have asked how much weight I’ve lost. YHC thought a blog post was in order, and …
‘Sup dawg, ‘Sup J.Lo, and other broga poses ICYMI
While running with the Travelling Circus, Pivot was saying how he hadn’t needed to Q-beg* the entire summer because BRR had brought out the inner Yogi in each of us. …