5 Years............and Counting

 Posted on November 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  365 words  |  

Hit the PAX with a challenge to post at Kryptonite on the Slacks. And a special request to the 8 other Pax that attended my first workout, 7 of the 8 were there (Burt - Q, Wonderbread, Denali, Hotspot, Michelob, Franklin, and MaBell). Surcharge was unable to make it, although I am not sure he received my request. Anyways, 27 total showed up to see if I learned anything in the past 5 years…………. [Read More]
augmented  bagels  banjo  burt  chinese-downhill  coney  denali  flip-flop-thats-singular  franklin  gtl  hermes  hi-liter  hotspot  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  old-maid  pierogi  pta  red-ryder  shut-in  sour-mash  squatter  staubach  theismann  wonderbread 

Hotspot/Michelob 5-year F3-versary

 Posted on November 4, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  459 words  |  

25 HIM showed up at A-Team on the chilliest Monday morning in months to help Hotspot and YHC celebrate our 5-year F3-versary. Back in our day, A-Team was one of only 3 workouts per week in the Cary/Apex area, and there was no Carpex region as we were still part of F3 Raleigh. We’re very thankful to have been a part of the F3 growth in our area and also for the fellowship of all the Carpex PAX. [Read More]
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Tight, Flowey, and Quick

 Posted on November 1, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  161 words  |  

Pre-Blast 14 speedsters at GT for 4.2ish. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Small Group Indian Run up to M. Pkwy and back through the neighborhood to the roundabout in Preston Village. Circle up for 5 SSH. The First Thang Partner up. Burpee Bear Crawl around the entire circle. P1 Burpee Bear Crawls while P2 runs the same direction around the circle to catch P1. Flap jack. Continue to flap jack until you complete the circle. [Read More]
banjo  biner  bogo  gtl  gump  hi-liter  largemouth  michelob  old-maid  one-four  pivot  squatter  torpedo  wonderbread 

One Year - You get a clock!

 Posted on October 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  270 words  |  

One year ago I showed up to Apex Nature Park on a Monday and asked some guy named Disco Duck if this was the “workout group.” A couple of days later I’m running laps next to a dude with a monkey taped to his crotch. To try and sum up even just one year of highlights and memories would be a muggo sized feat. The current task at hand is to provide a worthy beatdown to the 32 PAX that chose to grace FOD on a beautiful Tuesday morning. [Read More]
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Wolverines at Wolverine

 Posted on October 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  415 words  |  

We are in the final two weeks before YHC moves out of Carpex and over to Raleigh and so I decided to Q as much as I could before I leave. Stop number 1 on the farewell tour was the darkest AO in all of Carpex and also an AO that YHC had only been to 2 previous times. My tiredness from just running the Tuna 200 Relay over the weekend, the darkness, my lack of familiarity with this AO, and trying to rest the legs keeping this more of a Limited Run style workout, led YHC to Q a little bit of a less organized beatdown. [Read More]
banjo  biner  build-a-bear  disco-duck  ezekiel  goose  hello-kitty  hi-liter  i-bea  lawn-dart  liverpool  ma-bell  one-four  pavarotti  pbx  peeping-tom  pet-sounds  pivot  schlitz  sooner  the-commish  torpedo 

 Posted on October 25, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  634 words  |  

Diamonds Are Forever … or Until You Need a Bathroom Break By the time YHC arrived on the scene we already had a police cruiser observing from a distance in the parking lot. The Commish told him something that apparently made him believe we posed no threat, so he eventually left without hitting the siren. All license plates are no doubt now on a watchlist, so score one for the PAX who parked offsite and ran it in. [Read More]
16-steves  banjo  chicken-little  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  hamm  hello-kitty  henny-penny  honeycomb  kwik-stop  magoo  old-maid  pet-sounds  pickles  ramsay  short-circuit  sub  the-commish 

The Smell of Math in the Morning

 Posted on October 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  

18 posted (Banjo and Sub EC’d starting at 4:45) at the quietest F3 AO in all of Carpex. If it wasn’t for those noisy yoga ladies, we’d really have a nice time. But Sour Mash refuses to do his Site Q job and chase them away. . . Let’s Get Started Disclaimer - Modify as needed, we will not leave you behind, but we will reinvigorate your male leadership. Pledge of allegiance Let’s mosey! [Read More]
banjo  chicken-little  flenderson  frisco  half-back  hamm  imp  puddles  qwerty  ramsey  red-ryder  short-circuit  sixteen-steves  slim-shady  smithers  sour-mash  sub  track-star 

A surprise in every corner

 Posted on October 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

YHC, Michelob and Largemouth for a 4 mile “Hope we don’t get lost and it turns into a 9 mile” EC run. It’s been awhile since I stepped out of the corn stalk onto the Field Of Dreams, so it was nice to be back and see all the smiling faces…and Banjo. No FNGs so off we went. Quick run around the lower parking lots and circled up. **Warm Up [Read More]
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Franklinaversary - 5th edition

 Posted on October 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  

On the last Monday in September in 2014, YHC was privileged to be an FNG at an A-Team workout. Today, YHC took the opportunity of his anniversary to repeat his inaugural F3 workout, this time as the Q, just as I did on the last Monday in September 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Following the first time I participated in this workout (under the leadership of Denali), I couldn’t raise my arms above my head for 3 days and couldn’t walk properly for 6 days. [Read More]
16-steves  banjo  bartman  burt  chanticler  compound-w  coney  coxswain  denali  disco-duck  franklin  goose  grease-monkey  hermes  hotspot  kidney-stone  kwik-stop  macgruber  michelob  nature-boy  short-circuit  shut-in  slappy  smokey  sooey  squatter  term-paper  two-factor  wkrp  www 

Bear Crawls and Lunge Walks and Crab Walks, Oh My!

 Posted on September 28, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  560 words  |  

It’s not everyday you have the opportunity to take charge at Carpex’s only AO to completely ignore copyrights and trademarks in its inaugural T-shirt….actually, it’s only Fridays. But every Friday, so I guess it’s less special than I thought. I hope that’s not how the PAX felt about the Q today. Beaker’s Beginnings **(The Warm-Up) **At 0545, we synchronized swatches and were off. We left the Stoners to their thing. Jog to the back of the school, through the refreshing mist of the sprinklers, to the top path for warm-ups. [Read More]
banjo  beaker  bogo  chanticleer  go-kart  gtl  gump  headroom  largemouth  magoo  old-maid  shut-in  spit-shine  torpedo