this is the year

 Posted on April 1, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  517 words  |  

HAPPY OPENING DAY! We made it through another baseball offseason. And through another Q1. And through another gloomy gloomy winter. We got some sprinkles this morning, and I don’t think we cracked 50deg, but it was glorious nonetheless. Here’s what we did… Gather up, and oh snap, Bayonne’s here!! Awesome to see you back, man. 9 others rolled up including 2 via EC. Burt swaps his Dodgers jersey for a tank top, and I don my Matt Harvey jersey for potentially the last time. [Read More]
adjacent  bayonne  burt  coney  goose  happy-gilmore  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kwik-stop  press-on  saban 

Boxcars!

 Posted on March 15, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  426 words  |  

Every year on the Ides of March, YHC has the distinct honor to celebrate the anniversary of his first F3 post. Today on the 6th installment I was honored once again to do so with my F3 Carpex brothers. We gathered outside the open gates* of Apex Community Park, home of A-Team, and noted the peak spring gloom, having endured a full 26 hours of Daylight Savings Time. 3/4ths of the ShieldRuck was on hand, one in a Cubs jersey #oversight. [Read More]
bartman  bootlegger  burt  coxswain  flenderson  frisco  henny-penny  hgtv  how-how-2  intimidator  mr-safety  nothing-special  press-on  skipper  term-paper  the-joker  trike  two-factor 

POTT to Puff

 Posted on March 11, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  613 words  |  

YHC started with two t-shirts and a sweatshirt on this fine March morning, and quickly transitioned to a tank top. When TTT calls, you answer. Just as you do when two of our finest Site Q PAX call - you ANSWER. 9… make it 10 PAX gathered at 5:45 for what on the surface appeared to be a BO-farewell Q for our outgoing compadre Coxswain. Little did we know, there was a secret plan being cooked up for a Passing Of The Torch for the ages. [Read More]
burt  callahan  coney  coxswain  jigglypuff  loom  pierogi  press-on  saban  shipyard 

Missed Shots and Merkins

 Posted on March 2, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  427 words  |  

Field of Dreams. The name just conjures up so many positive thoughts. YHC has spent a lot of time in this park, not related to F3. Many baseball and softball games have been played/coached/umpired out here. And it’s a great site to move around and travel. So we’re going to do a low mileage, core-heavy, sorta March Madness themed workout. Warm Up Pledge of Allegiance, and disclaimer. Do a mosey lap around the parking lots. [Read More]
sideout  beaker  biner  bogo  bonanza-2  burt  callahan  clementine  compound-w  coney  earhart  geek-squad  high-school-musical  kilmer  mulligan  one-four  overflow  pbx  peeping-tom  pivot  pom-pom  red-ryder  schlitz  sky-blue  trike  triple-lindy  wahoo  www 

Double Nickles Pickles

 Posted on February 26, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  368 words  |  

Sixteen HIMs showed up at Danger Zone to help YHC celebrate his 55th trip around the sun. A glorious morning, with the temp at 47° according to the Disco Duck-mobile. EC runners come rolling in and after some light mumble chatter it’s time to get started. Warm Up Windmills x 11 IC SSH x 11 IC Sir Fazio/Fazio Sir x 11 each IC Hillbillies x 11 IC Standard Merkins x 11 OMD (shout out to Saban for the reminder of “starting position, move” Thang 1: P-I-C-K-L-E-S At each end of the pickle, do the following, repeating the previous exercises each time: [Read More]
bag-boy  blowout  burt  callahan  coney  disco-duck  flip-flop-thats-singular  happy-gilmore  jigglypuff  leprechaun  pickles  pierogi  press-on  saban  sabre  shoe-horn 

Q School

 Posted on February 18, 2021  |  5 minutes  |  964 words  |  

First, let me start with what we did NOT do. I got a little flustered right at the start as I was introducing myself to Backporch only to realize that it was already 5:45 on the ol’ Garmin. You can’t be tardy to Q School! Let’s Go! So here’s what you missed… a quiz about the formerly most famous Q of them all. Q Nowadays the anonymous Q is probably more famous but for men of a Meh-generation… and of a particularly nerdy disposition… this guy was the man! [Read More]
back-porch  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chanticleer  chipper  coney  coxswain  denali  deuce  disco-duck  flip-flop-thats-singular  gambit  gtl  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  kwik-stop  largemouth  liverpool  loom  pierogi  press-on  riptide  saban  squatter  suck-up  wonderbread 

A Smattering

 Posted on February 15, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  479 words  |  

4 years and a day! Quite a morning today, but first a look back at the last few February 14ths: 2020 // 2019 // 2018 // 2017 (note, way better BB compliance in Raleigh so far in 2021, but it seems like it’s only thanks to Pigpen and Cococrisp. tighten up, this is apparently a lost art) 14 PAX joined me at the flag, were graced with a retrospective about bu_m_ble tea and cheese foam, we checked for FNGs, said the pledge, and were off! [Read More]
bootlegger  burt  coxswain  disco-duck  frisco  happy-gilmore  henny-penny  hgtv  imp  intimidator  jigglypuff  mccants  mr-safety  open-concept  press-on  water-wings 

It's called Winterfell for a reason!

 Posted on February 8, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  384 words  |  

Super frosty & icy morning in the Far Northeast Kingdom of CARPEX! Maybe it was the cold, maybe it was the over eating attributed to the Super Bowl, maybe it was the over drinking (SB)….. not really sure but the mumble chatter was high & the mosey was slow this fine morning. Here’s how it went down according to my recollection. No FNGs, start with the pledge, mosey back along school to the back where the buses are – painted some lines than circled up for some warm-up: [Read More]
badlands  burt  disco-duck  flacco  franklin  one-direction  rooney  sabre  shoe-horn  term-paper  wreck-it-ralph 

2 Live Crew

 Posted on January 25, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  157 words  |  

Two year anniversary. Wonderful group today. YHC went for a long-ish run yesterday, so today was a Parker-style ME shred. Warm-Up (for some reason I always call “have a nice days” instead of “good mornings” - I make this strange mistake every time - will tighten up). Thing 1: Rock Circuit x3 (oblique sit-ups, single-leg deadlifts, mountain climbers) Thing 2: Rock Circuit x3 (goblet squat, jump squat, pushup, shoulder tap) [Read More]
bubba  burt  captain-jack  disco-duck  flip-flop  francois  frisco  hello-kitty  henny-penny  hgtv  hoppin-john  imp  joe-smith  lookout  open-concept  parker  pierogi  press-on  snip  staubach  yogi 

Watch out for roots! This is Danger Zone.

 Posted on January 22, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

Did everyone bring a headlight? Close enough. “Why did Coxswain say to bring headlight when he doesn’t have one on himself?” Que lights clipped onto my waist band like I’m Data in Goonies! Warm Up: Merkins (Yes, we started with merkins!) LBCs Imperial Walkers Good Mornings Side Straddle Hop more Merkins and then we’re off running Thang: Cross the street, not at a crosswalk, but there weren’t any cars coming so it was safe! [Read More]
blowout  burt  coney  coxswain  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  happy-gilmore  hermes  jigglypuff  ollie  press-on  saban  sabre