Acceleration of the King

 Posted on July 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  258 words  |  

Who are all these guys? YHC clearly needs to go to Slippery When Wet more often. There are at least 4 PAX that I’ve never had the pleasure to meet previously. However, with all the newer PAX, as the clock reached 0545 there were no site Qs or shovel flags in existence. Therefore, a form of the disclaimer is exclaimed, and YHC stated the mission of F3 (Hermes was given a shot at the mission, but failed. [Read More]
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Flirtin' with Circuits

 Posted on July 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  

Part 2 of 6 Celebrating with 14 of Carpex’s finest Here’s what we did. Warm Up: Disclaimer given. Pledge said. Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Windmills, Imperial Walkers. Monkey Humper’s per Term Papers request. I thought it was odd too. lol. I also moved my butt to the center of the circle. I’m missing 3 pax so feel free to shout them out in the comments! The Thang: Circuit Work 5 exercises for 5 reps done for 15 minutes. [Read More]
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Sleep Training

 Posted on July 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  326 words  |  

Late Sunday night (like 9 PM) I noticed that there was a Q change. Sir Joseph Smith Esquire was in the throes of sleep training and needed someone to take his Q. Pet Sounds undoubtedly pulled the short straw from the PAX at the Sublime concert and would be our substitute Q……………what could go wrong??? I mean the concert was at Koka Booth, just sleep in your BFT, set your alarm for 5:25 and figure out the rest. [Read More]
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12 Guys Just Doing Some Work

 Posted on July 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  400 words  |  

For weeks - WEEKS! - I’ve been trying to get these East Caryites to do some EC pull-ups. The response? “We only run over here in East Cary, Ma Bell. Take your pull-ups and shove it.” I might be paraphrasing, but the result was the same nonetheless: no ECPs at FWD. Fast forward to Sunday. Headed back from the lake, I’m checking out the Q sheet when I notice a blank at FWD. [Read More]
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It's Gotta be the Shoes

 Posted on July 15, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  592 words  |  

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/2533656518 17 Pax gathered at Cary’s Koka Booth VIP lot ready for a high tempo beatdown led by YHC (or why else would I be writing the BB?) As the crowd gathered it appeared we’d also have a high tempo mumblechatter kinda morning. And boy did we. 1 FNG, formerly known as “Ken”, now referred to as Snapback was there. He has lived here about a year and was a referral from the Cape Fear boys, where SB used to live. [Read More]
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It was quite Beige in the heart of Bradfords Ordinary

 Posted on July 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

19 pax show up, everyone in one of Becky’s freshly pressed TT’s, no FNGs, gloves not required. Straight vanilla., or beige? 7 Rubberbands follow Angry Elf for stretching. The remaining 12 BOs head to the bank to warmup with various stuff. In plank position, Burt is called on …….. ? And he calls calf stretches. Yeah we were all thinking the same thing, waiting for it to sink in. Really? Shaking away the cobwebs, gathering his wits, he then has us going into a progression of calf stretches, merkins, and …. [Read More]
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Sweatin' Bricks

 Posted on July 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  

A humble group of 8 HIM’s gathered early for the EC with Jiggly arriving even earlier at 0445 for his first of two laps around the lake. We dodged many a toad along the way. Today YHC Q-subbed for Peeping Tom who remains on IR recovering from an unfortunate cycling accident. He and Greenbow smartly chose to Mall Walk this morning’s workout while ten of us sweat with some bricks. [Read More]
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Pre-BRR Hills Today Boys

 Posted on July 10, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  129 words  |  

YHC called a pre-BRR hill day with four laps up the big hill along Cary Parkway (0.8 mi round trip). A few HIM’s arrived early for the EC, then we went right to it. Frying Pan joined us from Rock Hill, SC. Quick warm up over by the CrossFit place, then off to the hill for the workout. Top exercises (one each lap): 30 LBC’s; 30 Freddie Mercs (4 ct); 30 Dying Cockroaches; 30 Hello Dollies. [Read More]
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Ditch the Rock and Run the Race!

 Posted on July 9, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  449 words  |  

Showed up for the prerun and they said I could pick the route since I was the Q. Great, I always like doing routes backwards so lets do that! Which one?? Humm, Option 2. I knew that one well. Fast forward 20 minutes or so and I am confidently telling Largemouth that we are looking for a left but we weren’t. We missed the right turn but thankfully Largemouth got us back and only a minute or so late. [Read More]
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Odd Couple

 Posted on July 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  238 words  |  

Pre-Blast 17 (+2 Ruckers) for partner work at #ao-mon-ateam. 6 for great discussion at #qsource. Great start to the week! Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run to the midway parking lot on the right. Circle up for: GM, WM, CP, Zebra Butt Kickers, Diamond ‘Mericans, WG ‘Mericans. Partner up, size matters. Run to the front of the back lot. Thang 1 Partner Carry across the lot and one time around the circle. [Read More]
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