Pet Rock

 Posted on April 24, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  

8 HIM gather in the gloom for another Claymore, limited run, beatdown care of Earhart. Welcome to FNG Caddyshack, who received the disclaimer (mostly) and then we performed the Pledge. After a quick lap around the upper parking lot pickle, we circle-up for Warm Up Good Mornings Sir Fazio Imperial Walkers Cotton Pickers The Thang Done with warm-ups, we head over to the park’s lovely rock and flower garden to pick out a traveling rock. [Read More]
brody  caddyshack  chinese-downhill  earhart  pickles  press-on  the-joker  www 

Kettlebellers

 Posted on April 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  283 words  |  

Beautiful morning at Hell’s Bells for some fun! My first kettleball workout Q, so I did my homework & hoped to do a proper job…. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the pickle – front/back/left/right, etc…. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, prisoner squats (deep stretch style), homer-to-marge, lunges, hip rotators, merkins, and spidermans. [Read More]
ashbury  duece  earhart  flacco  intimidator  meatloaf  milton-bradley  peeping-tom  random-house  rooney  sabre  snooze  triple-lindy  www 

Ninjago in da HOUSE

 Posted on April 21, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  467 words  |  

When: April 17th 2019 QIC: Ninjago The PAX: Pickles, WWW, Rooney, Deuce, Hanson, Honeycomb, Ninjago, Hello Kitty, Frisco, Billy, Ascot, Sub, Trike, Sabre, Intimidator, Lawn Dart, Ezekiel, Chipper, Sloth, Lambeau YHC Earhart 21 PAX gather in the early morning gloom to celebrate Ninjago’s 2nd ever Q, this time at Tortoises. After a quick disclaimer and the pledge, the Q drags us around the upper parking lot to circle up for: Warm Up Good Mornings [Read More]
ascot  billy  chipper  deuce  earhart  ezekiel  frisco  hanson  hello-kitty  honeycomb  intimidator  lambeau  lawn-dart  ninjago  pickles  rooney  sabre  sloth  sub  trike  www 

4 Pics, 1 Word

 Posted on April 20, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  145 words  |  

Pre-Blast 18 HIM for 5.52 *(more miles than #ao-sat-whiplash)* at the hardest working AO in CarPex on a Saturday, #ao-sat-phoenix. Proud of my fellow warriors…y’all killed it today. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run out the east exit of the park down to the bank and into the dry cleaner lot for a 1 mile warmup. Circle up for: Good Mornings, Abe Vigoda, Runner’s Stretch, Groiner Merkins, Calf Stretch. [Read More]
bartman  biner  build-a-bear  callahan  chipper  disco-duck  earhart  hermes  hi-liter  ninjago  parker  pigeon  repeato  rooney  smokey  sooey  texas-ranger  torpedo 

Making Good Friday Even Better: Stations of the Cross

 Posted on April 20, 2019  |  8 minutes  |  1703 words  |  

QIC: Crimson, Wonderbread, Flacco 42 HIM gathered in the gloom to commemorate the the final days of the greatest HIM of all time. Stations of the Cross is a Catholic tradition that marks each of 14 notable events the Christ endured on his final day on this Earth. From his condemnation by Pilate and the Sanhedrin to his final (well…not-so-final) resting place in the tomb. Below is the full text that was read and the accompanying exercises for the workout. [Read More]
bartman  callahan  chinese-downhill  chipper  ck  claven  coney  crimson  denali  disco-duck  earhart  flacco  flip-flop  franklin  garfield  goose  hello-kitty  honeycomb  horatio  hotty-toddy  jigglypuff  kermit  leprechaun  miyagi  ninjago  ollie  orphan  parker  peeping-tom  pet-sounds  pickles  repeato  sabre  sooey  sour-mash  speed-racer  texas-ranger  theismann  torpedo  traffic-cone  two-fer  wonderbread 

Gratitude

 Posted on April 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  371 words  |  

Some things are just meant to be. The Hell’s Bells Q slot just happened to be available - YHC jumped on the chance for a birthday Q. Arrive early to get in some ECP and running before the main event; mosey to the parking lot at about 0527 to see 8 HIMs gathering. At 0530, we pledge allegiance and off we go. Warm Up Mosey around the big pickle with high knees, butt kickers, and karaoke both ways. [Read More]
banjo  earhart  intimidator  monkey-nut  red-ryder  rooney  sub  term-paper  triple-lindy 

50 Challenge Vanilla ... NOT!!!

 Posted on April 13, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  603 words  |  

PAX: Ashbury (hate), Captain Jack, Chipper, EarharT, FNG Fedora (hate), Honeycomb, Joe Smith, Kermit (Hate), Kitty Litter, Meatloaf, Milton Bradley (hate), Sega (hate), Smokey, Staubach, Term Paper, Titanic, Whirlie, WWW My original Q slot was supposed to be last week because Blue Water was not going to get back from his trip until later that day, so he needed someone to step in and Q. I thought I was the first to respond but Riptide was quick on the draw and beat me to the punch. [Read More]
ashbury  captain-jack  chipper  earhart  fedora  honeycomb  joe-smith  kermit  kitty-litter  meatloaf  milton-bradley  sega  smokey  staubach  term-paper  titanic  whirlie 

Perfect Timing

 Posted on April 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  379 words  |  

YHC rolled into Sovereign Grace Church to notice 2019 HOTY candidate Theisman doing ECP all by his lonesome. Although PAX were gathering in the parking lot, this called for a few ECP to make sure the ol’ QB was not lonely. At 0529 we joined the other 20 in the normal gathering spot for Tortoises. Disclaimer was disclaimed, and off we did not go. Warm Up Circle up, 10 burpees OYO to calm the chatter. [Read More]
ashbury  bambi  earhart  ezekiel  hanson  honeycomb  intimidator  lawn-dart  meatloaf  milton-bradley  ninjago  orwell  oswald  red-ryder  sega  snooze  texas-ranger  theismann  trike  triple-lindy  water-wings  www 

Avoiding Potholes

 Posted on April 9, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  

It rained practically all night, and at 0500 the Steve indicated that Tank Top Tuesday was a real possibility. To that end, an even dozen of Carpex’ finest gathered at the flag at Salem Pond Park. Allegiance is pledged and off we go. Warm Up Mosey around the parking lot and then down the main drag to a street light that was actually on. We’ll forever refer to that as Mistake #1. [Read More]
biner  build-a-bear  callahan  earhart  gtl  mccants  michelob  pbx  red-ryder  shut-in  slappy  triple-lindy 

Nemesis

 Posted on April 9, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  1019 words  |  

Odd title, right? Well, I don’t just mean rival or enemy or generic bad thing. I am going old-school for the classical Greek meaning of the goddess who enacts retribution on an individual suffering hubris, or foolish pride. Or, in the immortal words of Brick Top, “Do you know what nemesis means? A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case by an ‘orrible c**t — Apex Nature Park. [Read More]
ashbury  beaker  billy  earhart  intimidator  meatloaf  milton-bradley  monkey-nut  puddles  quiver  rooney  sega  snooze  triple-lindy  www