Burpalicious

 Posted on November 29, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  209 words  |  

Pre-Blast 14 Him joined YHC for 2.12 miles of Burpaliciousness. We sang Hail to the Victors too. Michigan beat UNC last night. That is all. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run a one mile warmup stopping for 20 Burpees OYO in honor of late PAX. Circle up at the skate park for: GM, Windmill, Sir Fazio AC/Seal Clap/OHC/MNC/Sir Fazio, 84 SSH (Michigan’s point total last night). Partner up. [Read More]
ausfahrt  butt-fumble  hi-liter  imp  nerf  open-out  oxtail  parker  queequeg  recently  red-ryder  smokey  theismann  yogi 

Help an Old Guy Out

 Posted on November 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  388 words  |  

It’s been a little too long since my last Q so I need to get myself back in the rotation. 16 strong at FMJ this morning to help get things fired up again. Temps are trending cooler so the plan was to keep everyone moving as much as possible. Things went pretty smoothly until COT when YHC realized readers are needed in order for me to see the Voice Memo app icon on my phone, because I can’t remember 16 names on my own. [Read More]
butt-fumble  callahan  chanticleer  gtl  hi-liter  honeycomb  imp  joe-smith  khakis  mccants  michelob  nerf  netscape  shank  squatter  strawberry 

#70

 Posted on November 26, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  164 words  |  

Pre-Blast 12 Him joined YHC for 2.51 miles of, in Term Pappy’s words, 70 reps of lots of stuff. 6 for EC run. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run to the back of the park - stop for 70 reps each of SSH, Standard Merkin, Squats, LBC. Complete the loop at the back of the park with extended PTL. ****The Thangs Run toward the front of the park. [Read More]
biner  disco-duck  hello-kitty  hi-liter  hotspot  imp  jigglypuff  joe-smith  pbx  pickles  press-on  smokey  term-paper  yoga-mat 

The Daytora 500

 Posted on November 24, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  127 words  |  

Pre-Blast 11 calorie-heavy HIM’s joined YHC for 3.32 miles of the Daytora 500 at Phoenix. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run the long way out of the east park exit down to the Jersey Mike’s parking lot (1.05 miles) - stop for Good Mornings, Windmills, SFAC, and 100 Standard Merkins on the way. Partner up. The Thang Daytora 500: with your partner, perform 500 St. Merkins, Sumo Squats, LBC. [Read More]
callahan  disco-duck  hello-kitty  hi-liter  jigglypuff  lite-brite  ollie  parker  pivot  smokey  theismann 

Thankful (especially for FNGs on Thanksgiving)

 Posted on November 23, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  685 words  |  

YHC is thankful for many things; my loving family, a full table this Thanksgiving, and a purpose-driven career. But, above all things, I’m thankful for the blessings of FNGs on Thanksgiving Day. More to come, but first: The annual Thanksgiving Convergence means the men of Carpex descend upon the finest AO in all the land, Bradford’s Ordinary, and this year the weather right-perfect for a proper beatdown. EC run waves launched at 0600 and 0630 (psst, Frisco showed up at 0538 texting YHC, “um when are we starting? [Read More]
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Fired up for some Turkey!

 Posted on November 21, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  

Wednesday morning’s are always a high energy affair with Insomnia runners coming in and the Vesper and SNS crowd ready to kill it. Add to that the pre-holiday excitement, temps near freezing and anticipation of Kitty’s upcoming Thanksgiving extravaganza, New Year’s Eve in Times Square had nothing on the 34 gathered at the Senior Center this morning! At the crack of 5:45, the Vesper’s headed out to explore new trails and the SNS crowd got after it. [Read More]
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Fun!

 Posted on November 20, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  163 words  |  

Pre-Blast 11 monsters for 2.57 miles of deconstructed burpee rack-em-and-stack-em on the track at #ao-tues-fmj with 305 standard merkins taboot. Great to have Zinfandel from Charlotte. Welcome FNG, Butt Fumble! The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run the long way along the road, invade CG’s former? stomping grounds. Paint the lines, mixed run. Circle up for: Good Mornings, Windmills, 51 slow count merkins. Mixed run on the way out of the lot. [Read More]
angry-elf  butt-fumble  chanticleer  gtl  hi-liter  imp  joe-smith  michelob  old-maid  parker  zinfandel 

Liverpool Loves Dips

 Posted on November 19, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

Feeling like the ankle is getting back to full speed, and with the Thanksgiving convergence coming up, YHC knew he needed to shake a little bootcamp beatdown rust off. There is no finer AO on a Monday morning at 0530 on Davis Drive than Wolverine, for said beatdown. Oh, but first HIM of all HIMs Build-a-Bear called a 0455 EC run and YHC felt obliged to join. Grizzly Bear Ollie was there to boot and it was a wonderful 3 mile loop. [Read More]
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Rotate. Rotate. Rotate. Rotate.

 Posted on November 14, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  369 words  |  

- EC Pullups: Theisman, Red Ryder, Joe Smith, Parker, Bluewater - EC Run (that’s right I said EC run): Michelob, Wonderbread, GTL, Hi-Liter, Snots, Chanticleer, Largemouth, Denali & YHC I’ve done a variation of this workout once before at SWW but I thought it would be perfect for Tortoises so I dusted it off, loaded up the Pontiac P.O.S with some fun toys to play with and the rest is soon to be Carpex History. [Read More]
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Where's the Rain?

 Posted on November 13, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  139 words  |  

So we got lucky on the rain, 10 cool guys showed up and we got after it. Nice slow jog up to a parking lot, did 23 Merkins in honor of my son Gibson, 10 Windmills, 10 Plankjacks and 10 Hill Billies. Part one was some Fry Daddy ’s Speed Racers, 5 Burpess and one lap, 10 Burpees and 2 Laps, 5 Burpees and 3 laps. Part 2 was slow jog to rock pile, we did curls, rows and tricep extension with some running to a variety of light poles. [Read More]
biner  bogo  chinese-downhill  coney  hi-liter  katniss  pbx  pet-sounds  pivot  trike