Hermes is a beast

 Posted on August 15, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  592 words  |  

And today he was a beast at complaining. It was like I was at BO with Callahan all over again. But I’m getting ahead of myself. YHC slept like crap last night. Tossed and turned dreaming about Uwharrie. You see, B-a-B and crew have a 20 mile trail run planned for Sunday morning that the heart is saying “yes yes yes” to while the mind is saying “you’re an idiot”. 3:24 AM rolled around and I woke with a start thinking it was time to get to SWW for the EC wit nothing but 3,124’ of elevation on my mind. [Read More]
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Switch Back Training

 Posted on July 30, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  401 words  |  

Thanks to Wrench for the attempt at a video of who was in attendance. Amazingly, I was able to pretty quickly remember 13 of 14 PAX. The one that took me the longest to remember was…YHC. The Carpex Challenge quest continues this morning at Bradford’s Ordinary. I had posted here an entire 2 times previously, but I knew there was a giant parking deck, and what else do you really need than a water fountain, which we have that too! [Read More]
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Blood Doping (legally)

 Posted on July 24, 2020  |  6 minutes  |  1269 words  |  

Ahh, Thursday nights since this COVID-19 started. Normally a night reserved for playing poker at my friend’s house, but we’ve been doing it differently. Now we all stay home and play against each other on an online platform, plus with use a separate laptop to Zoom in so we can physically see each other and talk trash. Playing in this fashion is fun, and can have both advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that we can all slug down tons of beers all night since we don’t have to drive. [Read More]
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The Five Man Weave

 Posted on July 23, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  

After putting my name on the Q sheet last week I went back and forth trying to come up with a way to get the PAX moving between stations, without running, and while maintaining social distance. I settled on a three man weave, with a 2-man option if needed. As luck would have it Callahan ran a 3-man-weave Tuesday at FWD and it worked fairly well, so I thought I was good to go. [Read More]
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Measuring 2x with Music

 Posted on July 21, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  619 words  |  

Music has always been a core part of my life. Piano lessons starting at age 6, leading high school youth group on guitar, dancing like a fiend at Phish shows, and most recently mountain biking at Lake Crabtree classic rock (thanks to Road Rash for the tip). I knew once it was time to VQ I’d want to find some way to incorporate it into the gloom, at the very least to honor my namesake. [Read More]
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Under the Bridge

 Posted on July 17, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  268 words  |  

Good turnout for the EC run on a Soupy Friday Morning with 8 Pax and 17 for the ME . Started with the Pledge and the Warmarama Good mornings (Chipper thought I was rushing it a bit. Not like I done hear this enough at home) Side Straddle Hop Hillbillies with Hip opener Fazio Arm Circles Squat hold and push out Knees Runners Stretch Hips – Scissors/Front/Back/Full/Circles 5 burpees on my down Mosey to Bridge on Kildaire [Read More]
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BOMBS Over Waverly

 Posted on July 15, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  246 words  |  

As tax day began, we had a handful of ECers run the lake loop and we all met back at the flag for an ontime start. No FNGs, so we recited the pledge of allegiance and took off towards the Duke Health parking lot. Warmups: Good mornings, calf stretches, standard merkins and plank jacks. The Thang: B.O.M.B.S. were in order - we partnered up……Partner 1 started the exercises: B = 50 Burpees, O = 100 Overhead Claps, M = 150 Merkins, B = 200 Boxcutters, and S = 250 Squats. [Read More]
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Prodigal Sun Rise

 Posted on July 2, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  

Following through on my standing offer to write your backblast if you Q at Back-in-Black: Prodigal is your QIC, and he brings his own party (Trident and Drago). Chops solo ECs. Puzzles, fresh off his highly successful VQ at FWD, arrives on bike. Thing 1: 10 burpees, 10 lunges, 10 WW2s, run the pickle, 9 burpees, 9 lunges, 9 WW2s, etc. Prodigal laps everyone. Thing 2: Pearls on a string Indian run halfway around the lake. [Read More]
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No... I said fist sized

 Posted on June 24, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  428 words  |  

Apologies dear Reader – it’s a short one today. It’s late and YHC is making a trek to the Land of Oz tomorrow, where everything is wonderful, taxes are high, grades are always B+ and Duke really is the devil. Churham here we go! But let’s stick with Flirtin’ for a minute. The pre-run here is no joke. About ten showed up and at 0500 we were off. And I mean like a flash. [Read More]
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The Dragon's Tail (or is that tale?)

 Posted on June 3, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  

Luckily, YHC was in bed by 10:00, so plenty of rest before the Q at SNS. But, it was a long day. It was my day to home school my two girls so the M could work. After dominating the Letterland lesson, we crushed counting to 100 by fives and tens. I was mentally exhausted. YHC did rebound for science and P.E., and then, in the spirit of my kids missing being at school, cooked up some droopy square pizza for lunch. [Read More]
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