This anniversary beatdown brought to you by the number 11

 Posted on August 1, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  632 words  |  

Today is my 1-Year F3 Anniversary!!!! First post was a year ago today at Flirtin’ with Disaster. Funny story about that…… Blue Water EH’d me, but due to a mix-up, I posted in Carpex and he posted in South Wake. Joe Smith was was the Q that morning. It was his VQ, and I learned who “Dora” is, and how to get to the “Bridge of Pain.” Sosa and I were both named after COT. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  bayonne  biner  bluewater  build-a-bear  chanticleer  chipper  denali  doogie  goose  half  hello-kitty  hi-liter  hotspot  largemouth  loom  ma-bell  ollie  pivot  shut-in  snots  speed-racer  squatter  youbetcha 

Dora at the Diamond

 Posted on July 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  

It was a special type of Tank Top Thursday at Bounty Hunters as a few followed in the footsteps of Cameron Poe played by the electrifying Nicolas Cage and wore sleeveless undershirts. Well… his picture electrified Slack for about 10 minutes anyway. In all, about half of us were in tanks so a good showing. We Pledged our Allegiance to Old Glory and then moseyed over to nice spot between Apex Town Hall and Apex Community Center to get warmed up. [Read More]
gtl  hotspot  imp  jigglypuff  michelob  old-maid  oxtail  pet-sounds  queequeg  red-ryder  rooney  shank  staubach  theismann  warbucks 

The Ultimate Workout

 Posted on July 6, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  573 words  |  

A few weeks ago YHC and WWW traveled north to the The Farm to help celebrate Spit Valve’s Q Week. The first half was a typical, well executed and thorough beatdown, but the second half was something new for us. It was a game of Ultimate Frisbee, with penalties doled out whenever the frisbee reached the end zone or touched the ground. It was thrilling and on our drive back we agreed we definitely had to bring it back to Carpex. [Read More]
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Kicking off USA Birthday Week

 Posted on July 2, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

As we come up on 241 years as a country, YHC felt it was appropriate to celebrate with a little victory lap. It’s a beautiful lake with wonderful scenery and a typically well maintained Apex trail running around it. The backblasts suggested A-Team hadn’t run a lap in quite some time (YHC found reference to one such effort in ‘16 led by a “McCants”) so here we go. Warm-up: this was sort of done on the run [Read More]
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Arrivederci

 Posted on June 18, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  435 words  |  

It was November 2014 when YHC and Michelob first posted to Ateam. At our one year F3aversary in November 2015, then Site Q’s Denali and Grease Monkey handed off the shovel flag to us to man for the next 2.5 years. We supposed it was time to share the honor with some HIM who hadn’t had the opportunity to do so yet. McCants already had the Q for today, so YHC requested it from him under the guise of “I’m leaving town and wanted to Q before I leave” – He bought it :-) [Read More]
chinese-downhill  chop-block  hasselhoff  hotspot  imp  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  pickles  quiver  smokey  theismann 

Guns out for Summer

 Posted on June 15, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  181 words  |  

So pumped to have pull up bars at DP! Best Friday AO Go Time 0545 Jog to end of lot - circle up 25x SSH 15x Peter Parkers 20x merkins Mozy long way to pond Stop along the way for pulsing squats for 6 and short loop back for 6 The Thang: 3 groups of 5 for 5 rounds (maybe) P1, Rock curls P2, run from rocks to pull up bars, P3, pulls up to failure P4, spot P3 for extra pullups P5, run from Pull ups to Rocks Plank hold at top of Pickle for doublesided Shakiras 10IC The Thang Duo: Mozy to to bridge CrawlBear by request from Hotspot! [Read More]
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Listen Up....I don't hear Pet Sounds

 Posted on June 13, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  239 words  |  

Date: June 13, 2018 Weather: Humid, 83 degrees, cloudy 40 Pax total, including 17 for Vespers. What a group! 5:45. No Pet Sounds (he did make Refinery). Burt takes the Q. Warm up: Mosey to the gate, head to other side of the gate for a standard warm up including 20 burpees, SSH, Merkins, Cotton Pickers, Good Mornings and Little Baby Jumping Jacks. Sprints up the hill (about 40 yards) with a prisoner run back down the hill. [Read More]
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Crazy Train Lifesavers 6/9/18

 Posted on June 12, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  650 words  |  

Lifesaver: A thing that saves one from serious difficulty, a ring-shaped life preserver, a piece of candy. AKA: Disco Duck, Yoga Mat and Dice! The Thang: 12 Pax Met at Bradford’s Ordinary 6/9 at 0745. Scratch that the train is delayed (of course), make it 0845. Some got in some 2nd F at LeFarm and some just hung out at the house a little longer. Mosey over to the Train Station and wait on the 92 Silver Star scheduled to leave Cary at 0808 and arrive in Raleigh at 0834. [Read More]
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No Pull-ups, No Problem

 Posted on June 11, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  461 words  |  

YHC started the morning with a nice little fellowship run with Hello Kitty. Got back to the flag and the PAX were already gathering. Nice mix of vets and new guys and guys we haven’t seen recently. 05:45, let’s roll! Warm-Up Mosey over to the parking lot next to Power Line Hill and circle up for hillbillies, side straddle hops, burpees, Sir Fazios and plank jacks. The Thang Mosey over towards Power Line Hill but take a surprise right turn and head down the stairs to the baseball field. [Read More]
ascot  burt  chipper  chop-block  coxswain  disco-duck  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hotspot  imp  liverpool  ma-bell  parker  quiver  red-ryder  smokey  water-wings  yoga-mat 

10-counts for dayz

 Posted on June 4, 2018  |  6 minutes  |  1078 words  |  

Disclaimer, even with no FNGs. Better safe than sorry. Ready to go at 5:44:45, but…waited for official start. Warmup: Run ¼ mile to softball field lot (backwards run, karaoke right, regular, karaoke right(left), regular, karaoke right, backwards run, regular, curb slalom to loosen up the hips) Circle up near the playground for GM x 10 SSH x 36 Thang: Split up 1s and 2s. 1s go do 10 pullups at the playground OYO, 2s LBCs. [Read More]
cheddar-bo  disco-duck  hasselhoff  hotspot  imp  ma-bell  michelob  old-maid  quiver  red-ryder  theismann  water-wings