dice - F3 Carpex

The Forecast is for PAIN

Posted on June 13, 2018 | 3 minutes | 439 words |

Five HIM gathered in the hustle and bustle that is Rush Hour for 45 minutes of sweat & fellowship. Warm Up Mosey from the flag to the circle across from Ashworth’s. Along the way we paint some lines. Once there, we complete the requisite reps of SSHs, Hill Billies, Cotton Pickers, Sir Fazio both ways, Plank Jacks, and then 10 Merkins on YHC’s down and up. The Thang Mosey back past the flag to the parking deck. [Read More]

Care and feeding of a Crazy Train

Posted on June 12, 2018 | 5 minutes | 996 words |

It was hot. No, seriously, it was hot. And the train was late. And there was a Pimento Cheese street festival bearing down on us like an ill names Hurricane in June. So as you can see, it was the perfect CATSUP. Disco, Dice, and I posted at Phoenix for a Kitty beat down. After an excellent beat down, we circled up and made sure we we had coolers, water, sports drinks and fruit. [Read More]

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Crazy Train Lifesavers 6/9/18

Posted on June 12, 2018 | 4 minutes | 650 words |

Lifesaver: A thing that saves one from serious difficulty, a ring-shaped life preserver, a piece of candy. AKA: Disco Duck, Yoga Mat and Dice! The Thang: 12 Pax Met at Bradford’s Ordinary 6/9 at 0745. Scratch that the train is delayed (of course), make it 0845. Some got in some 2nd F at LeFarm and some just hung out at the house a little longer. Mosey over to the Train Station and wait on the 92 Silver Star scheduled to leave Cary at 0808 and arrive in Raleigh at 0834. [Read More]

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Crazy(ish) Phoenix

Posted on June 11, 2018 | 2 minutes | 380 words |

Banjo hit the Pax with news of his trip to the IR and naturally YHC jumped on the chance to Q Carpex’s premiere AO on a Saturday morning. And with the boys headed out for Crazy Train, we had to get a good beatdown in, in their honor as well. Fellowship run at 0605 (sorry Chipper who had been waiting since 0545 chomping at the bit) and the rest of the Pax arrive on-time for a 0630 start. [Read More]

Tank tops and merit badges

Posted on May 24, 2018 | 4 minutes | 689 words |

I was the Scout Master for Thursday’s Scout Week themed workout. As we do, we started out with the pledge of allegiance. Then we mosey to the bank for some: SSH IC Good Mornings IC Sir Fiazo Arm Circles , forward and reverse IC Merkins, on my down, holding for a 10 count after each set of 5 Warm-up complete, we run over to the pocket park behind Page-Walker where we start working on our first merit badge, Animal Science! [Read More]

You can do a lot with an extra 15 minutes

Posted on May 21, 2018 | 3 minutes | 573 words |

I was glad to finally have some “approved” extra time for my workout this morning. I had been struggling with finishing on-time all week, so if I couldn’t bring this one back home in time, I may need to seek help. But since 60 minutes just isn’t enough for some people we also had two groups of EC runners. At 5:45 YHC, Snots, Hi-Liter and Chipper for a 4 miler and at 6:05 Disco Duck, Texas Ranger, Yoga Mat, Liverpool and Air Supply for 2 miles. [Read More]

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What do they call it when you dedicate part of a Q to a guy who doesn't show up?

Posted on May 10, 2018 | 2 minutes | 400 words |

In jest only, as McCants was called to remain on the home front, but YHC did set out to dedicate a portion of the beatdown to the one and only, PJ “McCants” Puryear. On what is the calendar date of YHC’s 1-year F3 Carpex Anniversary, I had to grab the Q spot at Carpex’s premier AO in downtown Cary on a Thursday morning. 22 are here, 20 for the beat-down and 2 with sacks of rice on their shoulders. [Read More]

Ode to the Hate

Posted on May 8, 2018 | 2 minutes | 332 words |

We had a May the Fourth workout last week… so let’s follow with a May the HATEth workout! It’s all about the Hate today. FNG Check Mosey over to the Kids Together playground for our warmup. Half the pax do figure Hates around the playgrounds. The other half works on cadence GM, Cotton Pickers, and CDDs. Gather up, and Indian Run back out to Thurston. Turn right and head to Cary Parkway. [Read More]

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Slippery When Wet... more like Star Wars Workout

Posted on May 4, 2018 | 3 minutes | 494 words |

I mean the AO has SW right in its initials. Too easy. Preblast Playlist After emerging from the gloom to the Imperial March, an FNG check resulted in all experienced PAX. Let’s go! Run over toward the greenway. Circle up in the lot for the warmup: 25 SSH 20 IW 15 Tempo Merkins 10 Hillbillies WELCOME TO DAGOBAH. Partner up. Luke will carry Yoda to the baseball field. Flipflop as many times as needed. [Read More]

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BO 2 Yr Anniversary

Posted on April 23, 2018 | 1 minutes | 125 words |

BO was my first Carpex post, 4/28/16. MCants had the Q. He was so cool to me and made me feel part of the PAX immediately. 5:45rolled around and off we went, headed to school and did some warms up, 23 Merkins for Gibson. We then did so 4 corners work for Ma Bell, then we did some running work with Mary mixed in, then some dips and squats by the water fountain. [Read More]