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2019 is coming to a close ... Make way for a great and blessed new year 2020

Posted on January 1, 2020 | 2 minutes | 284 words |

A Team Date: 12/30 PAX: Crimson, Term Paper, Bagels, How How, Chicken Little, Hamm, Sooey, WWW, Hot Spot, Hello Kitty, Two Factor, Compound W, Rooney, Sixteen Steves, Silver Fox, Henny Penny, The Joker No FNG, 67 degrees, slight drizzle, slight wind. Pledge Our Allegiance to Old Glory. Off we go to the warm-up area for GM, daisy pickers, Sir Fazio, hip flexor stretch, calf stretches and Eskimo Merkins. Mosey to power line hill for the thang. [Read More]

Start of Birthday / 4-yr F3-versary Week; McCants is a Beast who gladly shared the gloom beatdown with YHC

Posted on December 17, 2019 | 3 minutes | 552 words |

AO: A-Team Date: 12/16/2019 Q: McCants & WWW PAX: Bagels, Banjo, Build-A-Bear, Crimson, Frisco , Hamm, Henny Penny, HGTV, Honeycomb, Hotspot, How How, McCants , Press On , Prodigal , Prom King, Shank, Schlitz, 16 Steves, Short Circuit, Slim Shady, Smokey, Sour Mash, Two Factor, WWW This all started a few months ago when I began planning my Birthday /4-year F3-versary week. As I was in the Q sheet, I noticed McCants had the Q slot for 12/16. [Read More]

Enough rollin' in my 5.0 ...

Posted on December 2, 2019 | 3 minutes | 629 words |

Ah, Thanksgiving. Family, food, football. And, if you are like me and my family, lots and lots of travel. With brothers and sisters spread out across the U.S. (and abroad) hosting Thanksgiving at home is a once-every-few-years affair. The rest of the time, it means a flight or a drive. This year, it was drive. And since no one wants to travel 800 miles only to turn around and head back 48 hours later, we saved the return till the last moment. [Read More]

5 Years............and Counting

Posted on November 25, 2019 | 2 minutes | 365 words |

Hit the PAX with a challenge to post at Kryptonite on the Slacks. And a special request to the 8 other Pax that attended my first workout, 7 of the 8 were there (Burt - Q, Wonderbread, Denali, Hotspot, Michelob, Franklin, and MaBell). Surcharge was unable to make it, although I am not sure he received my request. Anyways, 27 total showed up to see if I learned anything in the past 5 years…………. [Read More]

Hotspot/Michelob 5-year F3-versary

Posted on November 4, 2019 | 3 minutes | 459 words |

25 HIM showed up at A-Team on the chilliest Monday morning in months to help Hotspot and YHC celebrate our 5-year F3-versary. Back in our day, A-Team was one of only 3 workouts per week in the Cary/Apex area, and there was no Carpex region as we were still part of F3 Raleigh. We’re very thankful to have been a part of the F3 growth in our area and also for the fellowship of all the Carpex PAX. [Read More]

One more lap!

Posted on October 28, 2019 | 2 minutes | 293 words |

Good weather brought 19 eagar PAX out this morning to A-Team. YHC took a quick warm up jog to stretch out since this was my first post in a week. After arriving back at the flag and stretching it was 5:44. Quick test of the PAX lead Crimson to provide the mission of F3 and Hotspot had to phone a friend of the disclaimer. Luckily Smokey was ready! After the pledge it was 5:45 and we were off! [Read More]

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Escargot, my car go

Posted on October 16, 2019 | 4 minutes | 803 words |

I came across a news story Tuesday that the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees had been announced. I don’t remember how the news came to catch my attention but catch it it did. Start with the fact that two of my favorite bands were on the list (again) and that I hadn’t even heard of a couple others and I got intrigued. An hour or so later, not only had I created a little Spotify playlist to listen to at home, but an idea for a Q was developing as well. [Read More]

Hotspot & Sooey were none-the-wiser

Posted on October 14, 2019 | 2 minutes | 347 words |

It has been a loooong time since I have Q’ed A-Team, so I thought I’d dig through the Backblasts to see what we did. As I was reading I thought this was a pretty good workout. Good enough to be repeated. And unless someone had a really good memory, maybe I can get away with it seeming “original.” The only two people who were there the first time were Hotspot and Sooey, and luckily they didn’t even notice. [Read More]

Franklinaversary - 5th edition

Posted on October 3, 2019 | 2 minutes | 422 words |

On the last Monday in September in 2014, YHC was privileged to be an FNG at an A-Team workout. Today, YHC took the opportunity of his anniversary to repeat his inaugural F3 workout, this time as the Q, just as I did on the last Monday in September 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Following the first time I participated in this workout (under the leadership of Denali), I couldn’t raise my arms above my head for 3 days and couldn’t walk properly for 6 days. [Read More]

An Ode to Angry Elf

Posted on September 25, 2019 | 4 minutes | 640 words |

Two years ago today, YHC stumbled out of a slumber to visit Fred G. Bond Park in the heart of Cary. Known prior to that fateful day only as Kyle John Montgomery (save “Daddy” to a couple of kids, and “Skolnick” to a group of college buddies), this sad clown was drawn to a mysterious gathering of men, looking for a good workout…and an adventure. As soon as he jumped out of his car, he was welcomed with a warm yet equally obnoxious, “Hey, what are you doing here? [Read More]