How Not to Win Friends & Influence People

 Posted on September 18, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  524 words  |  

Someone mentioned to me last week that I had the Q this week at FOD. I had not remembered that. It would have been super embarrassing to travel across CarPEX Nation and miss a Q at FOD. I mean, who does that? Anyway, given this is the OG Tuesday AO in CarPEX, I wanted to bring it. Nobody splashed but the level of hatred thrown my way leads YHC to the following conclusion: mission accomplished. [Read More]
airbag  badlands  beaker  biner  bogo  camel  clementine  compound-w  crimson  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  goose  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  ma-bell  nature-boy  one-four  pbx  pigeon  pivot  red-ryder  roxanne  sky-blue  sooey  sosa  squatter  swag  trike 

Burpee-cides and Bear Crawls 04Sep18

 Posted on September 4, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  697 words  |  

Descending from a Labor Day Weekend mountain-top experience of Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, and campfires was hard enough. But when the first two sentences spoken to me were “Sky Blue was worried you wouldn’t make it.” and “Can we use your Old Glory calf condoms as a shovel flag?”, I knew we needed to re-instill some semblance of order and discipline in Carpex (amiright, Nantan?). Standards have to be met and exceeded here people. [Read More]
beaker  bogo  camel  clementine  compound-w  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  kilmer  loom  nature-boy  one-four  pbx  pivot  sky-blue  sloth  sudafed  trike 

BRR Preview Bus Trip

 Posted on August 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  233 words  |  

Hermes had a great idea a few months ago. All the BRR guys would grab all the Q spots for an entire week just prior to the race, and we do running workouts at every AO for the week. Well, YHC did his part. The original plan for the day was to do a Double 11’s, but just last week, Ma Bell unwittingly stole my workout! Oh well, another plan lay in waiting for the PAX and this was it. [Read More]
ascot  banjo  chop-block  compound-w  goose  hotspot  ma-bell  smokey  wkrp 

Hurt Box

 Posted on August 20, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  504 words  |  

‘Twas a coolish morning, relative to the last two months, and not quite as dank. The skies were still angry from the previous night’s storms, still spitting the occasional rain drop but hinting at lashing out again. This palpable uncertainly is perhaps why a relatively small PAX tentatively gathered at the flag. The flag itself had been tentatively planted by Smokey, creating an uneasy tension. There remained, however, an underlying current of optimism amid the groggy remains from the weekend. [Read More]
clementine  compound-w  goose  hotspot  imp  ma-bell  red-ryder  shank  smokey  t-sip  trike 

We're not bringin' Sexy Back

 Posted on August 6, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  563 words  |  

Music starts at precisely 540 with Enter Sandman to get the PAX pumped to work hard. 27 strong and we are off about 20 seconds early. Mozy meander through some trails until we get to a good warm up spot. Warm Up Merkins x 20 IC SSH x 15 GM x 10 5 burpees OYO The Thangs 4 groups-ish for a cluster Indian Run to the pickle Partner up for laps around the pickle. [Read More]
banjo  blue-and-out  captain-kirk  cataracts  chipper  compound-w  coney  crimson  frisco  geek-squad  hot-lips  hot-toddy  hotspot  imp  liverpool  ma-bell  open-out  pierogi  saban  shut-in  smokey  sooey  swag  term-paper  theismann  traffic-cone  wkrp 

1 Year of F3 Bliss

 Posted on August 24, 2017  |  5 minutes  |  973 words  |  

Rewind to 1 year back. YHC was a newish dad who had recently moved to Apex. Suddenly, my life looked very different than all that I had known. I found myself pouring so much into my family and our new home that I left little for my own personal growth and development. My physical fitness was suffering, my emotional health was suffering; and without a happy me, my family was suffering. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  burt  chanticleer  ck  compound-w  coney  goose  grease-monkey  joe-smith  khakis  ma-bell  malpractice  mccants  pet-sounds  red-dawn  repeato  riptide  saban  shank  snots  sosa  sour-mash  swag  water-wings  wilbur  wkrp 

Solar Eclipse!

 Posted on August 21, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

Today is the day for the solar eclipse so I felt compelled to create a workout that was both challenging and fun, relating as much as I could to the special astrological day. 21 PAX gather in the humid, gloom day for the themed-event. We take off down the road in a mosey imitating, the sun and moon traversing the sky. We make it, after a backwards run up the hill, to the first eclipse over Oregon for: [Read More]
bocephus  bogo  compound-w  disco-duck  dreamland  earhart  enough  franklin  hasselhoff  hotspot  jigglypuff  katniss  leprechaun  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  pickles  red-ryder  repeato  smokey  wkrp 

Step by Step

 Posted on August 4, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  716 words  |  

Life is a series of steps. For the first 25 years or so, you are basically pushed down a series of steps. Elementary school, little league baseball, driver’s license, first job, then usually college or in my case, the military. In the Army, every step of your life is controlled almost 24 x 7. My three years in the 82nd Airborne Division were challenging and fun but when I got out, the day I got out, the minute I signed my last form, I was lost. [Read More]
ascot  banjo  blackout  blueprint  compound-w  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  freebird  gtl  hotspot  katniss  leprechaun  lulu  monkey-nut  parker  pet-sounds  pickles  road-rash  snots  sooey  sooner  stovepipe  water-wings  wilbur  yogi 

Over Hill and Dale in Downtown Cary

 Posted on August 3, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  800 words  |  

So a few weeks ago I was complaining giving constructive criticism about an Indian Run we were in the middle of when Term Paper said, “Guess what, VQ week is right around the corner and you can plan an even better workout.” Dazed and confused, YHC finds himself in the gloom, in front of FUMC, Q’ing the Bradford’s Ordinary. A huge THANK YOU for the yoga mats that appeared! At long last, my wail of anguish has been answered and I have a place to lay my weary countenance! [Read More]
airbag  banjo  biner  bo-jackson  burt  callahan  compound-w  containment  coxswain  dice  disco-duck  franklin  half  hello-kitty  hermes  joe-smith  kermit  ma-bell  mississippi  ollie  saban  sky-blue  smokey  term-paper  wkrp  wonk  yoga-mat 

360

 Posted on July 27, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  696 words  |  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lldD6SVbBQc Yep, just got back from Colorado, as my team qualified to compete in the USA Ultimate Frisbee National Championships. My team hadn’t lost a game since 2014; an unparalleled feat, which resulted in two world championships and one national championship. So when we lost in the quarterfinals by one point, we were certainly disappointed. We ended up 5th in the nation, so not too shabby, but we already were planning our return to greatness, which is exactly 360 days from today. [Read More]
burt  callahan  chanticleer  compound-w  containment  coxswain  denali  flip-flop  hello-kitty  hi-liter  joe-smith  nabisco  pierogi  riptide  saban  term-paper  wkrp