Chipper knows his Western PA lingo!

 Posted on May 14, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  254 words  |  

Fabulous morning with fantastic dudes at SWW! Including FNG Todd, brought out by Full House – nice! He showed up in full sweat pants & sweat shirt – those did not last long! More on him later…. here’s what went down…. Good crowd gathered & EC group rolled in off the greenway – 22 was the count. Started with the pledge & a mosey around the big loop to warm up in the shelter – Good morning, windmills, fazios +, merkins, mtn climbers, etc. [Read More]
bagels  banjo  bluewater  build-a-bear  cauliflower  chipper  chop-block  francois  full-house  hoppin-john  ic-light  lookout  mayflower  oofta  rock-lobster  sabre  smokey  soyuz  staubach  stump-jumper  term-paper  thurston 

Klingon Opera

 Posted on May 6, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  510 words  |  

I’m sorry…what? 13 PAX descended on downtown Cary, NC, a town formerly known as Bradford’s Ordinary. Personally, “Cary” is much easier to say so I’m thankful I don’t have to say I live in Bradford’s Ordinary, North Carolina. Either way, still better than saying that I live in Apex. WARM UP Quick jog over to the Bank for: SSH Calf stretches Merkins Good mornings Squats THE THANG Mosey over to the Ol’ Parking Deck for Double 11s. [Read More]
burt  callahan  chipper  coney  foie-gras  hiliter  nature-boy  press-on  quickstop  riptide  staubach  suck-up  viking 

May the 4th Be With You: Light Side vs Dark Side Challenge

 Posted on May 4, 2021  |  12 minutes  |  2404 words  |  

Disclaimer. Pledge of Allegiance. (This Backblast is long….) Pre-Thang A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Away…. May the 4th CARPEX Light Side vs. Dark Side Challenge It is uneasy times in galaxy. The Galactic Republic is a memory and the Empire has taken its hold over everything. Emperor Palpatine has charged Darth Vader to send a team of Imperial Stormtroopers to collect Kyber crystals that were stolen by Bounty Hunters and that have been lost on the plant Endor. [Read More]
bolton  bootlegger  captain-jack  chipper  chop-block  entitlement  foie-gras  frisco  hello-kitty  hey-there  hi-liter  kwik-stop  lookout  press-on  repeato  skipper  traffic-cone  www 

Inverted Sunrise - FWD 4-27-21

 Posted on April 27, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  522 words  |  

4 For EC 3ish mile standard loop - Banjo, Lookout, Joe Smiff and YHC. 1 for EC 2ish mile jog - Chipper 19 Showed up for the main event. Including some from the other side of Cary. Debrief Greenbow on the game plan for the route. Mention something about invigoration. Pledge allegiance and a ‘follow me’. The Thang: Jog up Cary Parkway to the ’not even an exit’ future road tie-in on the right for a brief warm-up including Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings and Hill Billies. [Read More]
augmented  banjo  build-a-bear  callahan  captain-jack  chipper  full-house  greenbow  hermes  hoppin-john  joe-smith  laloosh  lookout  memento-2  pierogi  shipyard  snip  snots  staubach 

We Have Liftoff

 Posted on April 23, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  349 words  |  

15 gathered to get ready for the workout. YHC informed the pax of the plan to get a location where we could hopefully catch a glimpse of the SpaceX rocket. One FNG and the disclaimer given. Mosey towards the lake near Lochmere for a warm-up consisting of SSH, Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Merkins and Plankjacks Move down the street for Dips and Irkins at a location ideal to see the rocket [Read More]
bluewater  build-a-bear-2  chipper  chops  fluoride  hoppin-john  joe-smith  oofta  rock-lobster  snip  soyuz  suck-up  term-paper  thurston  trickle 

Expanding The Nares

 Posted on March 29, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  831 words  |  

YHC drove all around Koka Booth looking for the F3 Carpex workout site known as Kryptonite. Couldn’t find it. No Shovel Flag in site. Finally saw some EC runners, so followed them to the Kryptonite parking lot. No Shovel Flag. No site Qs. Definitely felt like an F3 Raleigh site. That is until YHC opened his car door: door was hardly ajar when Largemouth and Hermes started talking smack to YHC. [Read More]
chanticleer  chipper  flip-flop-thats-singular  full-house  gtl  hermes  hgtv  joe-smith  largemouth  mayflower  thurston  usefulengine 

BREATHE!

 Posted on March 16, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  335 words  |  

Over on the Dark Side of Cary, 14 HIM were volun-told by YHC what to do at Kryptonite. We gathered at the flag and excitedly waited for the EC runners to arrive. Then we listened to Hermes talk about his 5k PR and how he was going to take it slow on the main event. Being the ever-benevolent Q, I agreed to keep it to a reasonable pace (or I just leveraged the moment to subtly admit how slow I am…) We celebrated leadership in our community by delegating a pearls-on-a-string workout to the PAX. [Read More]
bagels  chanticleer  chipper  chops  denali  flacco  gtl  hermes  michelob  oofta  pta  sabre  squatter  staubach  thurston 

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-Team (6 Years Later)

 Posted on January 4, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  802 words  |  

The title of this backblast is a tip of the cap to Nabisco’s original backblast title “A-Team” six years ago. Just like his Q then, my Q today was flawlessly executed. 16 pax 6 years ago, 26 today (27 pax at COT having McCants join us - which is perfect as he was there 6 years ago with 75%) showed up to help YHC celebrate. I enjoy recreating this beatdown each year but with some modifications. [Read More]
badlands  bartman  braveheart  chipper  coxswain  flacco  franklin  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  henny-penny  hgtv  honeycomb  imp  jigglypuff  ma-bell  mayflower  mccants  nature-boy  press-on  sabre  shoe-horn  shut-in  silver-fox  sooey  suck-up  term-paper  www 

12 Days of Christmas Rocks FWD 12/22/20

 Posted on December 22, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  431 words  |  

1 For EC EC 1 mile bike ride - Oofta 6 For 2.5-3.3 mile EC run - Chipper, Lookout, Joe Smith, Oofta, Full House, YHC (not Shut-In) 14 circled up, we said the pledge and jogged over to standard warm up area. Warmup: Good mornings, hill billies and merkins (all Metatarsalgia friendly excersises). We then each grabbed a moderate rock and jogged across the Parkway (not the peakway) to lower office building front door. [Read More]
callahan  chipper  flouride  full-house  greenbow  hermes  joe-smith  laloosh  lookout  mamas-boy  oofta  shipyard  suck-up  term-paper