12 Wolverines

 Posted on December 26, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  428 words  |  

Conned Zip Drive into posting with me early on his Winter break (after a late night out for us all Thursday night), then conned him into trying his hand at a little bit of the Q. We planned to cover about 2 miles on the run, with a 12 Days of Christmas countup. Little surprise for #12. We arrived a little early and put out some course navigational aids. Warmup Run around the pickle CCW, high knees, carioca, buttkickers. [Read More]
burt  callahan  chanticleer  crimson  flip-flop  ford  fruit-of  happy-meal  largemouth  loom  old-maid  ollie  ribbit  sooey  zip-drive 

After Christmas Recovery

 Posted on December 26, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  353 words  |  

A group of 13 HIMs arrived at FOD for some after Christmas recovery. Crimson and YHC decided that by signing up to Q the day after Christmas was the best way to ensure we’d be up early. We had expected 8 HIMs at most but we’re presently surprised by a strong showing! At 5:45 plus a few seconds (we gave a few seconds to allow Grinch to join us) we were off towards the top parking lot for: [Read More]
crimson  denali  disco-duck  earhart  goose  grinch  hi-liter  napster  nature-boy  old-maid  shut-in  sky-blue  sooey 

96 Miles to Bethlehem

 Posted on December 24, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  634 words  |  

Fifteen HIM gathered today for a warm winter morning beat down at Phoenix. Some of you may have heard or participated in the Walk to Bethlehem challenge put out by Ma Bell and Term Paper to accumulate 96 miles (the estimated distance from Nazareth to Bethlehem) in any activity over the 21 days of Advent. As a tribute to the 96 miles that Joseph and Mary traversed, today we focused on the number 96 and the Christmas story. [Read More]
crimson  disco-duck  hi-liter  jigglypuff  kermit  napster  ollie  pierogi  shank  shut-in  sky-blue  sooey  tecumseh  texas-ranger  www 

Christmas Train!

 Posted on December 15, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  526 words  |  

When the request hit groupme for a Q for Dante’s Peak YHC jumped at the opportunity to lead Carpex’s finest HIMs not realizing that it was the morning after the big Christmas bash. Never fear, I knew I’d have a strong group of HIMs and I wasn’t disappointed this morning. I was a bit worried at 5:37 when we only had YHC, Crimson (because you know he rode with me), and Disco Duck in the parking lot but we had a strong crowd roll in from there. [Read More]
beaker  blueprint  bogo  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  goose  khakis  ma-bell  monkey-nut  parker  red-ryder  snots  sooey  squatter  water-wings 

Trivia Tuesday

 Posted on December 12, 2017  |  7 minutes  |  1354 words  |  

YHC made the journey to Thomas Brooks Park last week, the motivation being to make sure I remembered how to get there. Huzzah, as it turns out the pathway has been etched into my memory. Having signed up for the Q the following week (which would be this week, and more precisely, today), YHC wanted to make sure everything was still the same since the last time this particular journey had occurred. [Read More]
biner  bogo  bunkys  callahan  crimson  largemouth  ma-bell  pbx  pivot  saban  sooey  yoga-mat 

Tiny Black pellets forever

 Posted on December 7, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  

Atmosphere: Damp and 40 degrees I noticed the gate open on the lacrosse field, so I immediately thought about revising my initial baseball field sprints, which could be sloppy (I know how you kids like it EXTRA schloppy). Long story short, the field turf is like a sponge and we enjoyed sitting in the soak to have some Mary. Although, we did get on the field, Smokey thought mid way through the post we might have a city worker shake us down. [Read More]
crimson  earhart  exposure  freebird  grease-monkey  gtl  intimidator  khakis  oxtail  queequeg  red-ryder  smokey  sooey  sour-mash 

Perfect Form Burpee-cides

 Posted on December 6, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  472 words  |  

Apparently, all it takes to log some big numbers at an AO is to throw a gauntlet down on GroupMe…or the Twitters. But since I don’t tweet, or twit, someone must have helped spread the word. As I mentioned yesterday, one digital F3 communication format already overwhelms me. So, thanks ABB Kitty, Hi-Liter, Callahan, WKRP, and CI/6-pack/BurtLite/ChatEnforcer/Burt. That gentle buzz in my pocket that lets me know every three minutes that my job sucks relative to y’alls’ has become a welcome part of my day. [Read More]
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I am thankful & I am third

 Posted on November 24, 2017  |  5 minutes  |  929 words  |  

In an effort to add a few more Q’s to YHC’s list before the end of the year, YHC locked in on Thanksgiving morning at Bradford’s Ordinary a few months ago, only to later find out that it would be a Carpex Convergence… and 60-minutes at that. Have not fear PAX, YHC is up to the task and set forth to drop not only a beatdown on the you, but hopefully an impactful post, thus the theme of I am third. [Read More]
anchovy  angry-elf  aristocrat  banjo  bartman  billy  black-water  burt  canadian-downhill  chinese-downhill  ck  coney  crimson  delhomme  denali  disco-duck  earhart  gomer  goose  grease-monkey  hello-kitty  hi-liter  hotspot  intimidator  joe-smith  kermit  largemouth  leprechaun  ma-bell  napster  nerf  ninjago  ollie  pickles  pond-scum  red-ryder  shank  sir-mix-alot  sky-blue  snots  tecumseh  wkrp  wonk  yoga-mat  yogi 

Crimson Cousins

 Posted on November 21, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  303 words  |  

A few days ago Crimson messaged YHC to let me know he was bringing his brother the Crossfitter and his two strapping young sons to Rush Hour this week. I major beatdown was requested, here’s what YHC provided. Warm-Up Hustle over to the parking lot next to the train tracks for side straddle hops, imperial walkers, merkins, plank jacks and burpees (Rush Hour: Home of the Warm-Up Burpees) The Thang [Read More]
crimson  delhomme  disco-duck  durant  hello-kitty  kermit  ma-bell  red-river 

I wanna rock...

 Posted on November 17, 2017  |  5 minutes  |  891 words  |  

Nov. 17, 2017 – Dante’s Peak Q 11/16/17-Preblast “We’re gonna rock this town. Bring yer kitten mittens.” (inserted gif of a Stray Cats album cover of some sort) No response from the pax. A few mediocre likes, one retweet. Meh. 11/16/17 2:15pm: Hotspot with a HC for a run in and out of DP. 11/16/17 2:32pm: Michelob with a SC…yeah, right Michelob. 11/16/17 2:34pm: PetSounds with an “outta town” spin class excuse. [Read More]
biner  blueprint  bogo  chappy  crimson  divot  hotspot  imp  khakis  malpractice  michelob  monkey-nut  old-maid  parker  red-ryder  snots  sooey  sour-mash