Chilly Mini-Cooper

 Posted on October 25, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  342 words  |  

I have to admin it was quite chilly this morning but 12 PAX braved the colder temperatures to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the finest site in NW Cary on Thursday. I am sure the PAX would have preferred Clementine’s Q but since he had an unfortunate accident last weekend on the Odyssey YHC took over the lead spot. Get better soon buddy! We all arrived early so it was tempting to take off before 5:45 but I thought Trike might come in on two wheels but he never showed up so off we went. [Read More]
badlands  bogo  camel  crimson  geek-squad  goose  hotty-toddy  ma-bell  mr-belding  one-four  sky-blue  sooey 

Some tea for Dora

 Posted on October 22, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  683 words  |  

Over 70 Pax showed up for the Odyssey only two days ago, and after six AO’s and 11.5 miles of total distance covered….rest assured there would be some sore pax by this morning. Would it be possible to hit a muscle group that wouldn’t be sore already? Let’s see….. Wait, what tha hell is this hard clear stuff on my windshield?!?!?! Frost?! Weather channel said 36 degrees!!!! After the truck warmed up enough to get that melted, I headed to the AO for a little EC Odyssey recovery run with Ollie. [Read More]
biner  build-a-bear  cheddar-bo  doogie  flacco  flo-rida  geek-squad  goose  honeycomb  karma-chameleon  ma-bell  meatloaf  milton-bradley  ollie  one-four  sabre  strawberry 

Military Time

 Posted on October 16, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  486 words  |  

28 strong for a #TeamFOD Q this morning. YHC has now become used to 0530 (and soon to be 0515) workouts that upon arrival there was plenty of time to stretch. Pax started rolling in but, of course, none made an entrance like Burt…yes Burt was at FOD. I think for the first time since we tried to throw Callahan a surprise baby shower, so like what, 2-3 years ago!? Anyways he came in windows down mumblin his chatter BEFORE HE EVEN PARKED HIS CAR! [Read More]
badlands  banjo  biner  box-spring  burt  camel  clementine  franklin  geek-squad  goose  katniss  liverpool  ma-bell  moped  mr-belding  nature-boy  one-four  pbx  pigeon  pivot  roxanne  sabre  shut-in  sky-blue  trike 

Sometimes Vanilla is the Right Flavor

 Posted on October 15, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  348 words  |  

Ever since I attended my first themed workout, I knew that is the way I wanted to go when I started Q’ing. I believe it was a Hello Kitty Q themed on the college football playoffs, nothing fancy, but it was never the less, inspirational. However, a time comes in every man’s life where he has to embrace change and also that time was Sunday night where he hasn’t come up with a theme and needs to go to bed, hence my first vanilla Q. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  coney  doogie  franklin  geek-squad  gingerbread  hi-liter  honeycomb  jigglypuff  karma-chameleon  kneivel  nature-boy  ollie  one-four  pivot  quiver  saban  sabre  snots  strawberry  term-paper 

Virgin Fields

 Posted on October 9, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  

FOD was my first Carpex Post and so is VQ now. A few fist bumps with PAX, Words of encouragement and support, butterflies in the stomach settling down. 31 Strong for this VQ No FNG’s present. Disclaimer is given. After the Pledge of Allegiance Warm-Up Mosey up the pickle, across the street to the shelter parking lot around the back island and circle up for 10 X Side Straddle Hops IC 10 X Windmills IC 10 X Fazio C X 2 IC 10 X Overhead Claps IC 10 X Good morning IC [Read More]
airbag  badlands  banjo  beaker  bogo  box-spring  callahan  camel  clementine  coxswain  earhart  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  goose  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  katniss  moped  mr-belding  nature-boy  one-four  pbx  pigeon  red-ryder  roxanne  sky-blue  sloth  sudafed  swag  trike 

Good Form

 Posted on October 6, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  443 words  |  

15 pax joined me this fine morning for a lesson in good form. YHC had advertised a mentoring or on the job training for our VQs to prepare for their big week next week. At 5:45:00 we were off. Run to end of parking lot and circle up. Ask pax what we forgot and they correctly identied missing disclaimer and FNG check. YHC was feeling we were off to a good start! [Read More]
bogo  cataracts  compound-w  crimson  disco-duck  gantt-chart  geek-squad  hotty-toddy  monkey-nut  parker  snots  sooey  theismann  trike  www 

Milk Run

 Posted on October 4, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  355 words  |  

33 Pax gathered to celebrate YHC’s 35th birthday… well actually, they gathered to watch what would happen when Frisco drank a half gallon of milk prior to the beatdown. Banjo joined Frisco in the lactose challenge. Surprisingly, they were able to keep it all down during the workout. Pickles and Parker got in some EC merkins and several pax got in an EC fellowship run with Half. Once the new start time of 0530 rolled around, we were off! [Read More]
ausfahrt  badlands  banjo  bluewater  chief  crimson  flip-flop  franklin  freebird  frisco  geek-squad  grease-monkey  gtl  half  hermes  honeycomb  hotty-toddy  imp  joe-smith  khakis  liverpool  michelob  mr-belding  orphan  parker  pelican-brief  pickles  red-ryder  shut-in  sooey  squatter  staubach  swag 

Prop-less. Vanilla.

 Posted on October 2, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  712 words  |  

Forget bananas, sprinkles, waffle cones, sauces (chocolate, caramel, or Nutella). Not even whipped cream or a cherry. Just a 2.5 gallon bucket of store-brand vanilla. After Parker needled me yesterday at Wolverine for bringing the sled (“I shouldn’t have been surprised that there was a sled hidden in the dark-er part of the AO, you always use props”…or something like that), I decided today would be just me, the PAX, and the AO. [Read More]
badlands  banjo  beaker  biner  bogo  camel  clementine  ezekiel  franklin  gantt-chart  geek-squad  goose  hotty-toddy  katniss  liverpool  moped  mr-belding  one-four  pbx  pigeon  pivot  roxanne  sky-blue  sooey  swag  trike 

Merkin Monday (on a Friday)

 Posted on September 28, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  451 words  |  

Welcome to the 3rd installment of Flaccoversary Week 2018, and only the 2nd installment Q’d by YHC! After an unexpected business trip to Virginia preempted the 2nd installment (that was graciously Q’d by Sabre), YHC felt the need to get swolt. (And my legs aren’t working very well since the lungefest at SNS, so upper body seemed the way to go.) So my M went to Crate & Barrel to buy me something nice for my Flaccoversary, and she found Merkins on sale. [Read More]
ausfahrt  blueprint  bogo  clementine  crimson  earhart  ezekiel  freebird  geek-squad  hotspot  hotty-toddy  parker  pivot  red-ryder  road-rash  shut-in  snots  trike  water-wings 

Carpex Crud?

 Posted on September 24, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  449 words  |  

Waking up to a DM that the scheduled Q was out sick today, YHC couldn’t help but wonder if this was some kind of new site Q hazing ritual. But upon hearing that Kryptonite suffered from the same affliction, perhaps it’s possible that the Carpex Crud has returned. Better wait on that picnic for a few weeks. In any event YHC was somewhat concerned that my co-site Q would struggle coming up with a themed workout and associated props in 30 minutes, so I decided to step up and give it a go on short notice. [Read More]
angry-elf  arthur-murray  bartman  beaker  bogo  box-spring  build-a-bear  doogie  flacco  flo-rida  geek-squad  gingerbread  ollie  one-four  pennywise  pierogi  pivot  rooney  snots