Accountability 2020

 Posted on January 19, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  238 words  |  

The new year brings new goals. YHC has not been very good at stepping up to Q as often as I should. So, what do you do about it? You get an accountability partner and make a pack. So, for 2020, YHC and my accountability partner @Deuce will hold each other accountable to Q at least once a month. In that vain, January kicks off the accountability pack with a Co-Q at Dazed and Confused. [Read More]
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Old Home Week

 Posted on January 17, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  498 words  |  

Preamble Nothing like going back home. B.O. holds a special place in YHC’s heart for a few reasons. First, it was the site of my first post, and where I was named. Second, it happens to coexist with where I go to church. Finally, it offers the most diverse set of workout opportunities of any AO in Carpex. But enough of that, let’s go Warmup Jog over to the best warm-up site in all of Carpex in front of the bank and circle up for [Read More]
banjo  burt  callahan  captain-kirk  chop-block  coney  goose  ma-bell  overworked  pbx  riptide  sky-blue  sosa 

The Indy 500

 Posted on January 15, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  457 words  |  

Preamble YHC was thinking about what to do when a post on some social media site or another fell into my lap talking about the Indy 500, something someone from Indianapolis had brought to the PAX to Minneapolis. Well, well, well. Not above shameless mimicry, I had me the makings of a Q The morning started with a pre-blasted EC run as well as the do-not-call-it-Vesper run at 0510. The czar of calf sleeves hisownself, Beaker, joined YHC for the standard end-end EC run while 4 elites took off for the West Cary hinterlands, not to be seen again until COT all sweaty and bloody nippled. [Read More]
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Tour de Mills Park

 Posted on January 2, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  196 words  |  

7 PAX ventured out to the big tent at Flying Circus to tour Mills park. Warmup - Exploring Mosey around including stairs, bear crawl up stairs and painting the lines 20 smurf planks 5 good mornings 5 Abe Vigodas 10 ea Fazio arm circles forward and reverse Thang 1 - Staircase and Park Run up 1 flight then head to the park for 10 lunges 10 pull ups 10 dips 10 LBCs Repeato by adding 1 flight to the stair climb until all 4 flights are completed Thang 2 - Thigh burn and rocks (at the large hill) [Read More]
ezekiel  geek-squad  goose  kilmer  ma-bell  pbx  pigeon 

Triple Crown

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

When Hola Gato put up a Q spot for the finest AO in NW Cary on a Thursday YHC immediately had flashbacks to the fun we had about a year ago when I took the lead. After a quick discussion with my shield lock about scheduling, it was decided we go for the Triple Crown and bring back the (mini) cooper. After greeting my shield lock at HFT, YHC made the trek to NW Cary arriving at 5:37. [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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45 Minutes of Side Plank Star Crunch

 Posted on December 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  264 words  |  

Well who is that barreling in at exactly 5:44 am to West Cary’s best AO on a Thursday morning? It’s Trike with the flag, of course. Nevermind he lives like 2 minutes away. No FNGs, the Pledge is pledged, the mission of F3 is recited, and off we go. Warm Up 2 laps around the parking lot, then circle up for SSHs, Moroccan Night Clubs, Steve Earles, Plank Jacks, and CF Merkins. [Read More]
biner  bogo  clementine  dirty-bomb  dr-evil  ezekiel  goose  gump  hi-liter  ma-bell  pbx  pigeon  pivot  red-ryder  trike 

HB2me

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  304 words  |  

31! This has been some kind of week, so just like I did in my preparation I’m going to keep it brief. Mostly recycled my May the H8th workout from last year (thank you, longevity). Here’s what we did this time: FNG Check / F3 Mission Statement / FOLLOW ME into the park Quick figure 8 through the playground, and back to the inner lot for: GM // SSH // TT // 31SM [Read More]
bagels  build-a-bear  butterfly  captain-jack  chipper  freebird  goose  greenbow  hgtv  hoppin-john  jigglypuff  ma-bell  schlitz  sky-blue  smokey  snip  term-paper  theismann  whirlie  yoga-mat 

Old School Tour

 Posted on November 15, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  449 words  |  

Aside from VQ Week, RESPECT week is my favorite week on the F3 Carpex liturgical calendar. Well, except for my birthday week. Speaking of that, I once told my wife that our wedding day was the second best day of my life. She looked surprised and hurt, and asked me what my best day was, then rolled her eyes when I told her it was the day I was born. But I digress…seriously, the fact that RESPECT week is on the week of Veterans Day. [Read More]
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