Always Be Blimpin'

 Posted on May 24, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  

EC runners: YHC, Old Maid & Chanticleer Ruckers: Build-a-Bear, Banjo, Skipper, Ezekiel 0530 off we go. Skip Pledge of Allegiance, get stern look from Biner, run around the parking lot back to flag, say the Pledge of Allegiance, receive a friendly grunt from Biner, circle up. **Warm Up **Good Morning, Windmill, SSH Run out to street and partner up for a little Suicide-Style B.L.I.M.P.S. **Thang One **P1 runs 3 light poles ahead and turns around. [Read More]
badlands  banjo  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  chanticleer  coney  ezekiel  greenbow  hi-liter  liverpool  nature-boy  old-maid  pbx  pivot  prodigal  shut-in  skipper  spit-shine  squatter  swag  trike 

"Are we doing that Clock Thingy Workout?"

 Posted on May 21, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  373 words  |  

So this is the fourth time I’ve pulled out this workout, but It has yet to get a name that has stuck. Term Paper remembered it and yelled out the above quote as we did our warm up run, but I don’t think Clock Thingy Workout is the one. Today I Googled “Circle of Fitness” and two things happened. First, this random guy’s image came up, and two, I saw something that read “Wheel of Fitness. [Read More]
beltway  butterfly  captain-jack  chipper  coxswain  greenbow  honeycomb  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kitty-litter  mufasa  oofta  roscoe  squatter  stetson  term-paper  titanic  whirlie  wkrp  yoga-mat 

Flirtin' with The Murph

 Posted on May 17, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  250 words  |  

Hi-Liter asked me to step in for the FWD Q this week, I was honored! Leading up to the Q, I thought to myself, What would Hi-Liter do? I figured it had been at least 4 or 5 days since his last Murph, so it must be time for another Murph, right?! But the famous Memorial Day Murph convergence is right around the corner. Now FWD is strategically placed .5 miles from Cary’s flagship pedestrian bridge, which is irresistible to YHC with the Q. [Read More]
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I will not leave you

 Posted on May 10, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  

Men, Two years ago today I showed up in the F3 Carpex Gloom at the invite of my fraternity brother, Jamie “Repeato” Roseborough. I had been back in North Carolina for about eight months and things were going well. I was getting in workouts about three days a week in the gym and crushing a strong 2-3 mile solo run on the weekend. Things were fine, right? Wrong. Something was still missing, and as they say, you now know the rest of the story. [Read More]
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21 for 22's

 Posted on May 8, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  437 words  |  

Warm-Up Mosey out of the park and safely across Cary Parkway to the office park and circle up for imperial walkers, Sir Fazios forward and reverse. Notice Red Ryder’s smiling face as he sneaks into the circle, ask the site Q’s what time we start, confirm my suspicion that he’s late, reward his tardiness with ten burpees OMD (#noOYObro). Close out the warm-up with good mornings and criticism of my cadence. [Read More]
butterfly  captain-jack  cheddar-bo  chipper  crimson  disco-duck  freebird  greenbow  joe-smith  kermit  lite-brite  red-ryder  smokey  sooey  stetson  term-paper  texas-ranger  titanic  whirlie  www  yoga-mat 

The Hill is Alive

 Posted on April 30, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  

Perfect morning at FWD! Site I don’t get to a whole lot – great to get together with some fine high-impact men. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the parking lot & painted some lines. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, good mornings, windmills, imperial walkers, hill billies, calf stretch merkins, etc. [Read More]
bayonne  greenbow  kermit  lite-brite  oofta  roger  sabre  scarecrow  stetson  term-paper  texas-ranger  titanic  whirlie  yoga-mat 

Lay down your bricks

 Posted on April 9, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  168 words  |  

When: 04/9/2019 QIC: Pet Sounds Smokey, Oofta, Yogamat, Squatter, Honeycomb, Captain Jack, Jigglypuff, Disco Duck, Litebrite,, Greenbow and Pet Sounds Warm up - run around parking lot, give the disclaimer, Pledge of Allegiance to America, SSH, Imp Walkers, Shoulder stretching, get you a pair of bricks Thang 1 Mozy to far side of shopping center - did stuff on the way 7s on the hill - Brick Burpees and Jump Brick Lunges [Read More]
captain-jack  disco-duck  greenbow  honeycomb  jigglypuff  lite-brite  oofta  pet-sounds  smokey  squatter  yoga-mat 

World's Best 11s

 Posted on March 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  

YHC arose at 04:50 with great anticipation of Q’ing a site not visited as often as it should by us Apexians. FWD has quite a signature structure - the bridge over US 1. With the weather appropriately gloomy, 13 lucky PAX gathered at the flag to get the disclaimer and two laps around the tiny pickle. Warm Up SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Steve Earles, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Control Freak Merkins, and 5 burpees OYO. [Read More]
bayonne  bluewater  chipper  disco-duck  greenbow  kermit  peeping-tom  quiver  red-ryder  smokey  staubach  term-paper  yoga-mat 

#HelloBrother

 Posted on March 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  520 words  |  

YHC went to a multi faith prayer vigil at Broughton high school with 2.1 in remembrance of those killed in the mass shooting in Christchurch New Zealand. One of the speakers was Farris Barakat, brother to Deah Shaddy Barakat, a second year dental student at UNC, who was murdered 2-10-15 at his home in Chapel Hill. Farris shared the story of the Muslim man, Daoud Nabi, at the mosque in Christchurch. [Read More]
banjo  captain-jack  chipper  greenbow  high-heels-knoxville  kitty-litter  ollie  roscoe  smokey  staubach  titanic  www  yoga-mat