The Indy 500

 Posted on January 15, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  457 words  |  

Preamble YHC was thinking about what to do when a post on some social media site or another fell into my lap talking about the Indy 500, something someone from Indianapolis had brought to the PAX to Minneapolis. Well, well, well. Not above shameless mimicry, I had me the makings of a Q The morning started with a pre-blasted EC run as well as the do-not-call-it-Vesper run at 0510. The czar of calf sleeves hisownself, Beaker, joined YHC for the standard end-end EC run while 4 elites took off for the West Cary hinterlands, not to be seen again until COT all sweaty and bloody nippled. [Read More]
beaker  bedpan  bogo  dirty-bomb  doogie  dr-evil  geek-squad  goose  gump  kilmer  ma-bell  nature-boy  pbx  pivot  sky-blue  swag  the-u  training-wheels 

Figure 8 and some healthy competition

 Posted on January 10, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  

Who doesn’t love to get pushed by their brothers? 16 HIM pushed and pulled each other along at GT. Warm-up: Mosey to the greenway parking lot for some cadence-counted Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Calf stretches, Merkins, and Side Straddle Hops. Thang 1: Burpee-intervals, with the winner of each interval earning the chance to rest and pick up the six. But mostly we saw Beaker’s back. Then a group run to the figure-eight flagpole. [Read More]
beaker  chanticler  clementine  crusty  ezekiel  five-hole  gtl  hi-liter  largemouth  michelob  one-four  pivot  squatter  torpedo  trike  wonderbread 

2020...Year of the Absolution

 Posted on January 8, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

Small crowd for Insomnia this morning: YHC, Michelob, Largemouth, GTL, Callahan & Beaker. 5:45. Disclaimer was “given.” Vespers go left, SNS’ers went right. Off to the grassy area behind Senior Center & Circle Up. Good Morning, Windmill, Arm Circles, Overhead Clap. Side Straddle Hop, Imperial Walker, Steve Earle, Mnt. Climber, Absolution. [Q NOTE: The Absolution is a simple 8 count exercise that I will continue to call at all of my Qs until all PAX present at the afore mentioned Qs knows how to do it and can perform 10 flawless reps. [Read More]
bartman  beaker  callahan  chanticleer  coney  dr-evil  farm-boy  flacco  frank  franklin  gtl  gump  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  how-how  largemouth  liverpool  loom  michelob  nature-boy  one-direction  press-on  shoe-horn  sky-blue  smokey  squatter  swag  the-joker  the-noid  the-u 

Respectable Anniversary

 Posted on November 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  372 words  |  

When: November 12, 2019 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Goose, Nature Boy, Franklin, Sky Blue, Dirty Bomb, Spit Valve, Spit Shine, Beaker, Ma Bell, Hi-Liter, Pigeon, Ezekiel, Liverpool, The Commish, Gump, Geek Squad, FNG: Gipper, YHC Earhart 18 PAX gather in the gloomy and drizzly morning for YHCs first Q and post as a respect. I am also celebrating my 4-year anniversary. Welcome FNG: Gipper (brought out by Dirty Bomb). Disclaimer done, we head around the parking lot and down the dark path to the street where we oval-up for: [Read More]
beaker  dirty-bomb  earhart  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  goose  gump  hi-liter  liverpool  ma-bell  nature-boy  pigeon  sky-blue  spit-valve  spit-shine  the-commish 

Have Rocks, Will Travel

 Posted on November 5, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  225 words  |  

According to The Free Dictionary the idiom “Have ____ , will travel” is used when one has the ability or skill to do something and could do it anywhere. While rock carrying, or in this case indian running with rocks, is not a skill that most of us set out to develop we can use a discipline such as this to develop toughness and belief within ourselves. Today 10 HIMs declared “I have rocks and I can take them anywhere”. [Read More]
beaker  buzz-lightyear  dirty-bomb  franklin  gump  hotty-toddy  pigeon  sky-blue  theismann 

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]
banjo  beaker  betsy-ross  biner  brosef  buzz-lightyear  claven  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  goose  gump  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  kilmer  lawn-dart  liverpool  ma-bell  mai-tai  moped  pbx  pigeon  pivot  scarecrow  sky-blue  sooey  spit-shine  swag  the-commish  the-departed  trike  two-factor 

DORA Figure Eight

 Posted on October 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  

QIC: Gibraltar Date: 09/20/2019 After 7 years of not exercising in a disciplined way and with only one month of training with F3, Pivot told me if I would like to be a Q. At the beginning it sounds to me very challenging, to lead the workout with people who are really in good shape but I did not want to miss the opportunity and thanks to Torpedo I was able to schedule my Q for the last day of the VQ week. [Read More]
bartman  beaker  biner  build-a-bear  doogie  earhart  geek-squad  gibraltar  gibralter  gtl  hi-liter  kermit  krusty  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  old-maid  one-direction  one-four  parker  pbx  red-ryder  schlitz  skipper  snots  spit-shine  steak-knives  the-departed  theismann  torpedo  trike  triple-lindy  wonderbread 

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]
banjo  beaker  bedpan  bogo  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  five-hole  geek-squad  gump  hi-liter  largemouth  lawn-dart  liverpool  michelob  moped  sky-blue  sooner  sosa  squatter  swag  trike