The OCTOTHREAT is real, people. Prepare yourselves!

 Posted on February 8, 2018  |  8 minutes  |  1578 words  |  

Another glorious day in the gloom is upon us and YHC is ready for his second ever solo Q at his favorite AO, Bradford’s Ordinary (BO for short). As always, there’s been a lot of mumble chatter in CARPex and YHC has been trying to keep up. If only there was a way to organize our chatter in such a manner where one could easily find topics of conversation and @ their favorite PAX in order to provoke an immediate reply. [Read More]
banjo  callahan  chinese-downhill  coney  dice  hermes  moped  rio  shank  term-paper  tubeless  wkrp  wonderbread 

My Infinity Loop is Bigger Than Yours

 Posted on February 7, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  155 words  |  

When Disco Duck’s call went out to the PAX due to a sparsely populated Q Sheet, YHC jumped in on a couple, including today’s Vesper. Yesterday’s FOD-a-ganza Qed by Shut-E inspired my route selection for today, only the Vesper crowd wants a little more than a quarter mile shindig I’m told. You can see the details in the images below, including the fact that Coney pushed me for a sub-8-minute mile in the last 1. [Read More]
beaker  coney  franklin  jigglypuff  ollie  term-paper  wkrp 

St. Nick Delivers

 Posted on February 6, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  279 words  |  

Monday, February 6th the day after the Superbowl/Krispy Kreme weekend. Tough draw day to Q (blame it on MaBell). The combination of queso, wings and hops had the PAX a bit sluggish but we pressed on. Let’s see how it turned out: COP SSH; Good Mornings - You’re welcome Burt; Mountain Climbers; Merkins. Land Wars Run to the big hill and grab a partner; One partner runs up the hill and the other partner runs down the hill (Cone designates the middle); Meet back in the middle for 15 partner hand shake merkins; Run the hill twice or four segments (#mindblow). [Read More]
burt  captain-crunch  chanticleer  chipper  coney  denali  fluoride  gtl  hermes  largemouth  texas-ranger 

Vanilla Ice Cream Social

 Posted on February 2, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  248 words  |  

BB 18 HIM’s and one @f3_breathtaker (worn by @CK) joined YHC for a very vanilla DJQ at DZ. The Warmup - Pledge of Allegiance at the flag - Run the pickle twice alternating backwards run and both ways karaoke - Circle up for: Good Mornings, SSHs, Sir Fazio/OH Claps, Merkins, Hillbillies - Run to the shelter The Thang - While DJ Vanilla spins the hits, perform the listed exercises during each song and punctuate with the +exercise when you hear the magic word. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  billy  burt  ck  coney  disco-duck  flip-flop  goose  hi-liter  ma-bell  pierogi  saban  tubeless 

What the heck is an Octothreat

 Posted on January 31, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  532 words  |  

As the Twitterserve would have it, YHC and some of the fellas including Captain Insano got into a deep-cut thread over the weekend and thus was born the “Octothreat.” With the pressure of the entire F3 Nation, YHC set out to embark the PAX on the first-ever Octothreat. But first, another solid showing at Insomnia. YHC was looking for the easy way out before the Q on this morn, but the peer pressure pushed YHC into the 0505 start time (sorry to Angry Elf who showed up like a HIM at 0520 for recon). [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  beaker  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chipper  coney  coxswain  disco-duck  franklin  grease-monkey  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hermes  hotspot  jigglypuff  katniss  largemouth  michelob  moore  nature-boy  old-maid  ollie  parker  pet-sounds  saban  shut-in  snots  sosa  texas-ranger  tubeless  wkrp  wonderbread  youbetcha 

Puttin the mpo in Up Tempo

 Posted on January 29, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  637 words  |  

On a delightfully warm, yet misty morning, 14 PAX rolled into the gloom hoping to check the Kryptonite box for what would be an easy Ma Bell workout (at least that’s what Hermes said). ‘Twas not to be. At 0530 - OK, 05:30:20 seconds. Come on fancy watch, catch a GPS signal already! - we rolled on. As per normal, #15 (I’ll let you guess who that was) came in on 2 wheels as we ran (at a pretty good clip, mind you) around the parking lot onto the greenway toward the lake and back around to the parking lot for [Read More]
burt  captain-crunch  chanticleer  coney  denali  fluoride  hermes  joe-smith  largemouth  ma-bell  old-maid  pet-sounds  pierogi  squatter  term-paper 

Birthday Extravaganza and January 26 History Lesson

 Posted on January 26, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

YHC’s birthday fell on a Friday this year so of course I was planning to Q the best AO in Carpex, on Friday, in North Cary. To my delight, Saban has the same birthday and the same plans. The Co-Q fix was in. 14 arrived, one was a FNG - 13 on time, Flip flop was late. Come on bro, as a future site-Q, you are going to have to tighten up. [Read More]
big-bird  burt  butterscotch  captain-crunch  chanticleer  coney  flip-flop  ford  largemouth  moped  puck  saban  sputnik  viking 

The Pax Will Not Be Silenced

 Posted on January 25, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  385 words  |  

16 loudmouths gathered at the gates of Apex Skate Park in hopes that their choice of Bounty Hunters (aka the AO not Q’d by Hi-Liter) would provide some welcome relief. Of course, YHC, being a man of the people, took requests. “Not too much running, no burpees, and few Merkins, if you don’t mind McCants.” Really? Well, there you have it. Warmup: High tempo lap around the outside of the soccer field, Freddy Mercury’s until the six shows up, SSH, Lil Man JJ, and, oh, wait, Burt wants to storm the circle since his Hokies won a home game? [Read More]
burt  chappy  coney  earhart  freebird  gtl  imp  khakis  mccants  michelob  nerf  red-ryder  smokey  sosa  sour-mash  wonderbread 

1/24/18 - TheMaynard and some clean feet

 Posted on January 24, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  356 words  |  

Well there were about 8 or 9 HC’s on the Slack channel for the pre-blasts. Turns out we had 23 run the 10.7 miles for The Maynard or as our Nantan apparently wants to call it: The May May. We also had 1 legendary servant leader: Shut-in volunteering to wash our feet, I mean serve as our course manager/swag waggon/emotional support/cooler retriever/safety official/cheerleader/mentor/and all around High Impact Man! If you are not sharpened by his Iron then you are doing it wrong. [Read More]
bartman  bogo  chanticleer  ck  coney  denali  flacco  half  hello-kitty  hermes  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  ollie  pbx  shut-in  sky-blue  snots  sooner  term-paper  wonderbread 

Agility City: High-Tempo Style

 Posted on January 23, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  997 words  |  

Finally got to Q the AO known as Kryptonite, which is listed on the F3Carpex site as “high tempo”. That being said, it has always been unclear to me what “high tempo” exactly means in a F3 workout. Oh, YHC has been to quite a few of “high tempo” F3 workouts, including Kryptonite and F3 Raleigh’s Whiplash. Yes, the aforementioned “high tempo” workouts are without question more physically straining, but are they really high tempo? [Read More]
burt  chanticleer  coney  denali  flip-flop  fluoride  gtl  hermes  largemouth  term-paper  water-wings