Six years in the making!

 Posted on May 31, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

The 6th anniversary was such a big day for Carpex, 3 Q’s were lined up to ensure events would proceed smoothly. Against the odds, a cluster was avoided. Welcome FNG’s Ya Baby and Cradle. Here’s what went down. Warm Up: Shared among the Q’s with SSH, cotton pickers, hillbillies, merkins and yes, you can now go and have a great day since you had a good morning Main thing #1 - Burt: Over to the soccer field, we sprinted back and forth, doing exercises at each end. [Read More]
airbag  badlands  bartman  bayonne  biner  bogo  buena-vista  burt  carvana  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  coney  cradle  doogie  ezekiel  grease-monkey  half  katniss  largemouth  michelob  midget-for-life  nature-boy  old-maid  ollie  one-four  pbx  pivot  swag  torpedo  ultra  wonderbread  ya-baby 

Why Murph

 Posted on May 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  385 words  |  

“In an interview, Daniel Murphy said that he was not surprised to learn about his son’s actions. ‘What Maureen and I always worried about was that he would put himself in danger to help someone else, which turned out to be true,’ he said. " If you’re not familiar with the story of Micheal Murphy and his final heroic acts that ultimately cost him his life I invite you click below: https://www. [Read More]
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Core Principal #1....We Need More Core!

 Posted on May 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  380 words  |  

YHC’s goal for the SNS beatdown….don’t stop moving, and engage the core! My challenge to the PAX and future Q’s is to engage the core, and step up the numbers….it doesn’t have to wait for Mary! Though a fine 6-pack…this is NOT what we are talking about! Warm up Quick jog to the community center parking lot, backwards run in a circle to capture the 6 SSH Merkins Calf Stretches w/wide-grip merkins enough…. [Read More]
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Y2K was not the best decade for music

 Posted on April 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  251 words  |  

Rain threatened, but we did not care. 23 HIMs strode into the gloom to do battle with ourselves and be AWESOME! There were no FNGs. The mission, disclaimer, and pledge were recited. We moseyed to the green way parking lot for warm-ups. Warm-ups Side Straddle Hops Good Mornings Cotton Pickers (my hammies were really tight) Sir Fazio Arm Circles Merkins Calf Stretches Thang One We ran through the darkness of the green way heading for the bridge. [Read More]
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Start Late, Finish Early

 Posted on March 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  

4am. 10 month old is up and Daddy Dooty begins. Roughly 510, YHC sneeks out of nursery, dresses and hits the door in hopes to make the 520 pre run. As I come flying in, I see an empty parking lot. Luckily, Denali arrives a few min later and we take off on a leisurely stroll through Cary’s finest back roads. 542, we both realize we are going to be late getting back. [Read More]
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ATMs, The #4, 8-Count Absolution

 Posted on February 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  300 words  |  

5 for a Largemouth EC run with an a little extra on the front end and a little less on the back end. Michelob, Denali, Chanticleer and YHC all followed. 5 x 2 for the Main Event **Warm Up **Mosey across the street for some Good Mornings, Windmill, SSH, Imperial Walkers. Mosey to the large parking lot **Thang 1 **ATMs in all four corners. Alternating Shoulder Taps x15 IC, Tempo Merkins x10, Merkins x5. [Read More]
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Virgin No More

 Posted on February 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  495 words  |  

Woke up early for my VQ at 4. Anxious to get started I guess. Decided it was too early to get up, and slept until my alarm went off. What’s that I hear? Rain? Great, need to modify already. I planned on doing step ups on the bleachers but did not want to risk the safety of the PAX so had to come up with an alternate. More on that later. [Read More]
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Finally Cracked that Whip

 Posted on January 20, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  489 words  |  

January 19, 2019 Pax: Banjo, Biner, Buddy the Elf, Build a Bear, Chanticleer, Chinese Downhill, Denali, Half, Fava, Frey Daddy, GTL, Grease Monkey, Hi-Liter, MacGruber, Michelob, Morse Code, Old Maid, PBX, Red Card, Red Sea, Shut In, Slim Jim, Squatter, Sub, Sunshine, Wonderbread, Several handfuls for 3.1 miles EC, some are listed here: Banjo, Build a Bear, Chanticleer, Denali, Michelob, Old Maid, Red Card, Red Sea, Slim Jim, Squatter, Sub, Sunshine, Wonderbread, [Read More]
banjo  biner  buddy-the-elf  build-a-bear  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  denali  fava  frey-daddy  grease-monkey  gtl  half  hi-liter  largemouth  macgruber  michelob  morse-code  old-maid  pbx  red-card  red-sea  shut-in  slim-jim  squatter  sub  sunshine 

Carpex Challenge 2018 is in the Books

 Posted on January 8, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  171 words  |  

Congrats to the 36 that participated in this year’s challenge. In the end, very few completed all 3 Fs, and in fact, not many were able to post at every AO in 2018. Perhaps I made it too difficult this year, or maybe I didn’t do a good enough job marketing the challenge. But I think it’s more likely a statement of our growth. In the end, it was successful, because I know that it made some number of PAX push themselves a bit more and get out of their comfort zone. [Read More]
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Hills & Blocks for 3.0

 Posted on January 8, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

Nine HIMs met up this fine morning to run up and down some hills and play some more with YHC’s new CMU’s (aka “pain pills”), debuted last Friday in a very soggy Slippery When Wet beatdown. With Hermes’ return to duty, mumblechatter has resumed to a healthy banter. And, somehow, we managed to turn about 3.0 miles today, almost all of it up and down one hill or another. Here’s what we did. [Read More]
angry-elf  bayonne  build-a-bear  chipper  half  smokey  stetson  yoga-mat