badlands

17,884 days down; 1 to go.

Posted on May 18, 2019 | 2 minutes | 347 words |

What a great morning! We had EC runners & ruckers; ME boot campers, ruckers, stretchers and rehabbers; 2 FNGs; visitor from New Bern; and a wide spectrum of guys who have been with Carpex from its earliest days to those who have been posting for just a few days. As it was stated often today, “Who has it better than us?” On the eve of my 49th birthday, it’s safe to say that I am in the best physical, emotional and mental shape I’ve been, in a long time. [Read More]

Welcome To Camp Frisco

Posted on May 16, 2019 | 11 minutes | 2227 words |

It was a glorious day at Camp Frisco…uh, Bounty Hunters. 56 PAX showed up ready to work. I realized however that Hi-Liter, Pet Sounds, and Red Ryder were probably alone at their sites. After a few rounds of Rock-Paper-Scissors (and two recounts demanded by Cool Beans–TYFYL) 33 PAX were shipped off to other AOs. There would be penalty burpees in store for them, but none of them had contributed to my HIM of the Year campaign PAC so they were quickly dismissed from my thoughts. [Read More]

Should ya shoulders

Posted on May 14, 2019 | 1 minutes | 75 words |

QIC - Pet Sounds Date - 5/14/2019 PAX: bogo, pigeon, pivot, franklin, swag, one direction, bad lands, beaker, claven, geek squad, PBX, Ma Bell, Biner, Pet Sounds not much running when the shoulders needed work warm up brought to you from Mtn View Cali field work , skips (3ways) side step (2 ways) B2W should taps lap grab rock worked in 21s, rows, press, ext, with rock crawl and 2 more sets of b2w [Read More]

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And now for something completely different......

Posted on May 10, 2019 | 2 minutes | 418 words |

In the ever brightening gloom as we giddy up toward summer, 15 brave and intrepid men made their way to an outpost in the northernmost western AO in Cary, for an early morning beatdown by Carpex legend Petsounds. Petsounds has other ideas and was thousands of miles away in sunny CA whilst all this was going on, so instead YHC stepped in as a makeweight Q whilst Petsounds googleplexed in Palo Alto…. [Read More]

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Pusher among us...

Posted on May 6, 2019 | 2 minutes | 272 words |

Amazingly beautiful morning at A-Team! Crisp & cool with almost daylight from the start….. 17 HIMs gathered – One FNG. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the first parking lot & crossed over to the other for: The Warm Up Circle up for good mornings, windmills, calf stretch merkins, sir fazio, SSH, etc. Mosey over to the greenway trail for: Thang 1 – Straight up vanilla 7’s on the hill – descending Burpees at the bottom with ascending CDDs at the top. [Read More]

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The Jim Parsons Project

Posted on May 2, 2019 | 2 minutes | 255 words |

YHC rolled into the grounds of Flying Circus, arguably the finest AO in west Cary on a Thursday, to see a couple of HIMs already on the grounds. A few pull-ups are done at the baseball field, and eventually there’s a solid dozen ready for a good sweat-fest. Disclaimer is disclaimed, Allegiance is pledged, watches are started, and we’re off. Warm Up Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Good Mornings, Steve Earles, Moroccan Night Clubs, Seal Claps, and Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]

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The Utes invaded

Posted on April 29, 2019 | 1 minutes | 192 words |

With little planning put into it, YHC was still feeling some pressure this morning headed to Wolverine, largely because Red Baron was in town and waiting for me at the front door for our 0515 exit. Needless-to-say, we left on time. 22 are circled up (a bunch of Utes rolled out of the Meatloaf mobile) for Wolverine and with that we we took off… out of the perfectly good (albeit dark) park. [Read More]

B-day Q-Week Begins!

Posted on April 22, 2019 | 2 minutes | 345 words |

As I reflect on the year that has been and prepare to celebrate the completion of my 58th trip around the sun, I busted out the music from the decade of my birth and started the beat downs. Warm-ups The mission, disclaimer, and pledge were recited. There were no FNGs. We ran from the flag to the top right parking lot listening to Aretha sing “Respect” where we circled up. Warm-ups consisted of Side Straddle Hop, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazzio Arm Circles, Merkins, and Plank Calf Stretch. [Read More]

Biner Says Wooooo!

Posted on April 11, 2019 | 3 minutes | 431 words |

Always good to be at Flying Circus. West Cary’s Finest Thursday Morning AO Near Two Schools and a Fire Station (or something like that.) All the regulars were there, I guess. I don’t really know. I’ve only been here like 4 times. We greeted Globe Trotter visiting from Austin, made fun of Nature Boy’s Hi-Liter-inspired ear muffs, a version of the disclaimer was given and we circled up. **Warm Up [Read More]

Crosswalk to Crosswalk

Posted on April 10, 2019 | 3 minutes | 583 words |

23 in total for YHC’s first crack at Lion’s Den. With some Google Satellite the night before a plan was made. There were some EC runners, some twins in the same shirts, some yoga pants, and a flag. It’s go time! 0530 - Disclaimer and Pledge Warmup lap threw off Franklin so much he quit and waited for the pax to circle the loop and come back. Then YHC went vanilla #shutinsignaturewarmup: GMs, HBs, Merkins, SSHs [Read More]