hermes

Thanks to you guys, I’m a better man at 51 than I was at a decade or two ago. That’s an understatement, to be sure, but I won’t bore you with details. Just wanted to say that my body is sore but my spirits high, and I attribute most of that to the excellent group of HIMs that I’ve come to associate with. Fight the good fight, finish the race, keep the faith. [Read More]

YHC is not known for Theme workouts, and to be fair, this is the only themed workout I’ve ever done, and could very possibly be the only. I’m just not very creative. I saw the Q spot open and grabbed it….LONG before realizing it was on May the 4th…..AKA Star Wars day. So, I had to come up with something. I even created a playlist, then left my BT speaker at home. [Read More]

Mall Walkers: Chinese Downhill, CK - These guys walked and talked. Mall Walkers with Backpacks: Hotcakes, Skipper, Carvana - These guys walked and talked with heavy stuff. Joggers: Hermes, Bogo, Denali, Largemouth, Old Maid, Hasslehoff, Hotspot, One Four, Coney, Chanticleer, Grease Monkey, Michelob, Bart, Half Baked - These guys jogged around and talked and listened to music. Baddass Bootcampers: Banjo, Build-a-Bear, Flacco, Franklin, Hi-Liter, Pivot, Saban, Sabre, Shut-In, Snots, Swag, Term Paper, Torpedo [Read More]

What is the meaning of all of this traffic coming into Bond Park at 0615? I would love to say the 50 cars YHC observed roll in in about about a 10 minute span where pax upon pax coming to receive the highly anticipated beat-down that was near to launch hosted by yours truly. But alas they were not. While the pax turnout of 25 was nothing to sneeze at, this was not going to be a typical quiet morning with the 310 acres of Bond Park to ourselves. [Read More]

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]

Pre-Blast 18 HIM for 5.52 *(more miles than #ao-sat-whiplash)* at the hardest working AO in CarPex on a Saturday, #ao-sat-phoenix. Proud of my fellow warriors…y’all killed it today. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run out the east exit of the park down to the bank and into the dry cleaner lot for a 1 mile warmup. Circle up for: Good Mornings, Abe Vigoda, Runner’s Stretch, Groiner Merkins, Calf Stretch. [Read More]

Pre-Blast 7 HIM joined YHC at Kryptonite. 1 for an EC run – his name rhymes with smargemouth. 1 for EC Bible reading in the car during the EC run – his name rhymes with shurmeez. Once or twice, the PAX needed to be reminded that Kryptonite is a hi-tempo workout. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag - abbreviated version? Run around the lake. Circle up for: GM; Extended Plank Series: 200 total reps of MC, PJ, DM, WGM; 100 SSH. [Read More]

Shut-In blew-out his kankle on Friday and needed to go to the bullpen early in the week. This is now the most unique way that he has managed to avoid my Q. Still trying to wrap my head around how he did that…… 4 of the Carpex 6 for a Hilly pre-run through the slums of Cary. 16 for the main event. Head across the street for a standard warm-up. 10 SSH, 10 GMs, 10 PJs, 10 IWs, 10 MCs, and 10 merkins. [Read More]

Hermes 3rd f3aversary. Danger Zone. A perfect 43 degrees. Full moon. What’s not to love? 13 of the strongest ever to grace the Carpex gloom showed up to keep Danger Zone great. Former site Qs such as Burt, Largemouth, and Callahan were not among them. Warmup 1½ times around the original pickle and circle up for an arm circle variety pack - regular, overhead, out front. Mumblechatter may have been at an all-time high at this point. [Read More]

Pre-Blast 26 crushed #ao-wed-sns and #ao-wed-vesper. SNS covered 3.7 mi. Vespers covered more, I’m sure. 9 studies God’s Word at #3rdf-refinery. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run out of the park, east on High House, and into the east park entrance. Stop at the first east park road intersection. Circle up for: SSH, Prisoner Squats, Merkins, FrogUps. The Thang Deconstructed Burpee Double Hill Double Sevens - run four light poles north, perform 1 Merkin, run back to the intersection, perform 6 Prisoner Squats, run four light poles east, perform 1 FrogUp, run back to the intersection, perform 6 StarJumps. [Read More]