1983 GMC Vandura

 Posted on February 24, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  809 words  |  

The AO A-Team has special place in YHCs heart. After all, it was where my first post was in July of 2016 with Banjo as the QIC. That particular day we had 18 men, and all but two are still Carpex regulars. In fact, four of those guys were there today: Banjo, Compound W, Michelob, and Shut-In. YHC rolled up with about 4 minutes to spare. Holy Schnikies!, nowhere to hardly park. [Read More]
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ша́пка-уша́нка & Suzanne Somers

 Posted on February 21, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

The morning after the Blizard of 2020 swept through the greater Carpex area, YHC was a bit concerned about making the regularly 22-minute drive to Danger Zone in icy conditions. How long will it take? Will I survive? or worse, will I wreck the last remaining Pontiac Torrent on the road? All of these worries were put to rest when the opening of the garage door revealed non-icy, almost dry roads, and very safe roads. [Read More]
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A is for Anniversary

 Posted on February 18, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  728 words  |  

So the goal this week was to do 6 Qs in 6 days to mark my one year anniversary with F3, which will officially be this Saturday 2/22 (and no, I am not running the Mayhem, not running a Maynard, and not rucking one either). And while my work plans are taking me down to Wilmington later this week, I still had the honor of leading a fine group of men this morning for a ruck-inspired boot camp. [Read More]
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RIP Mamba...

 Posted on January 27, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  641 words  |  

I am not the biggest basketball fan, but I am a sports fan. The tragic passing of Kobe Bryant as well as his 13 year old daughter and the other 7 people on the helicopter that crashed transcends basketball and sports all together. I played JV basketball in 10th grade (the only year I ever played in high school) and I vividly remember that I wore Kobe’s shoes that season. [Read More]
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A Little Something for Everyone

 Posted on January 10, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  470 words  |  

Ima be real honest here. DZ is not a site a frequent that often. It’s a damn haul from my house in the POGL. But in 2020, YHC is gonna do better about getting to sites that are not in my normal rotation. And since we’re being real here, that’s a pretty good problem to have here in Carpex. This thing is BLOWING UP! So after I barely made my connecting flight, I arrived at North Cary park with plenty of time to spare. [Read More]
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T.GI.F and The Starliner

 Posted on December 20, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  711 words  |  

As advertised, YHC arrived for EC at 5:43 a.m., which consisted of 3 reps of fist-bumps with the fellow PAX, and a quad stretch. After a flawless disclaimer delivered by YHC, including the oft omitted ’no assets’ verbiage, we took off for two laps around Carpex’s original Pickle™ with some painting of the lines sprinkled throughout. It was during the Pickle™ run that YHC learned that my fellow three PAX all stayed up way too late last night. [Read More]
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Putting the B in Burpee, and Other B Words

 Posted on December 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  

I never know exactly how many PAX are boot-camping and how many are Vespering, but there were 20+ gathered at Bond Park expecting some sort of exercise routine. Warm Up A couple laps around the pickle to get the gams loose. Do the Pledge and recite the F3 Mission, circle up for SSHs, Sir Fazio forward and back, Seal claps, Steve Earles, Plank Jacks, and CFMs. The Thang Mosey down to the end of Maury O’Dell, hang a right and go to the nicely lit parking lot adjacent to fields 5/6/7. [Read More]
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Post X-mas Party hangover cure

 Posted on December 13, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  100 words  |  

Burt said he was going to be there. And he was. No Coney though. So did Flip. And he made it. Barely. Flacco did too… though he regretted it. How How, Jiggly. Viking. YHC. 7 PAX went at it with 12 days. We made it all the way through Day 10 and added on Days 11 and 12 without the bonus. COT: see above Praises & prayers: this season is about the people and family we love. [Read More]
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5 Years............and Counting

 Posted on November 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  365 words  |  

Hit the PAX with a challenge to post at Kryptonite on the Slacks. And a special request to the 8 other Pax that attended my first workout, 7 of the 8 were there (Burt - Q, Wonderbread, Denali, Hotspot, Michelob, Franklin, and MaBell). Surcharge was unable to make it, although I am not sure he received my request. Anyways, 27 total showed up to see if I learned anything in the past 5 years…………. [Read More]
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My way to the DangerZone

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  379 words  |  

Team RED DZ - Photo courtesy of Shut-In DangerZone was my first post, on Aug 23rd 2019, having done pretty much nothing active for 10 years. Today was my VQ. Thanks to everyone for your support over the past three months and to those who were able to post at DZ today! I’m fitter in body, mind and spirit thanks to you all. Warm up - Take my breath away [Read More]
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