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 

Short Track Racin'

 Posted on November 13, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  277 words  |  

Surprised to see 11 this morning. With the rain and flash flood warnings last night, I thought for sure everyone had already turned off the alarm. Not so fast my friend, let’s get moving. Warm up - Run to the other side of the Elementary school for 20 SSH, 10 GMs, 20 PJs, 10 IWs, 20 Mtn Climbers, 20 merkins. Thang 1 - At the carpool loop for Speed Racer Inflating BLIMPS. [Read More]
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The Highs, the Lows, and the Long Haul

 Posted on November 13, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  933 words  |  

The Highs, the Lows and the Long Haul There are a lot of things that YHC cannot get his head wrapped around. One being how one woman would stay connected to me for 33 years…..I say it, but yet I can’t believe it. Monday’s workout was themed around the stages of our marriage. The Highs…..The 82nd Airborne days were coming to a close. I received a letter in the mail, snail mail that is, that said I was “cleared to come on board”. [Read More]
chipper  crimson  disco-duck  hello-kitty  imp  moore  repeato  smokey  traffic-cone 

The 2018 Odyssey: It’s a Journey, Not a Race

 Posted on November 10, 2018  |  29 minutes  |  6037 words  |  

In CARPEX, we have a saying “if there’s no Back Blast then either it was a Riptide Q or it didn’t happen”. But the Odyssey did happen (I have the t-shirt to prove it) and so it must to go down into the annals of CARPEX so that someday future generations will read about it and ask themselves “What the #*@(#* were those morons thinking?!?!!” So what the #*@(#* were we thinking? [Read More]
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A trip to the zoo brought to you by the numbers 7 and 14

 Posted on November 1, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  

Nice warmer weather again this morning brought out 13 of Carpex’s finest to the premier skate park in SW Wake County. YHC tried to solicit some requests for the workout today - didn’t get much but decided to work in what I could 530 - time to start - a few still messing around at a truck trying to find a pair of gloves - so the rest of us went over there and did 1 burpee OYO to start. [Read More]
badlands  chief  franklin  gtl  honeycomb  imp  khakis  nature-boy  oxtail  red-ryder  smokey  squatter  strawberry 

All aboard the Middle School Bus

 Posted on October 30, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  567 words  |  

A brisk cool morning greeted the kids waiting for the bus this morning on their way to Salem Middle School. The gathered in the parking lot and waited patiently for 5:30. Apparently, the bus driver (who was their early) wanted to protest the start time so we didn’t get moving until 5:31. Largemouth wondered if he was going to make everyone stand around until 5:45. While it seemed like a good idea…. [Read More]
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DBDHDS

 Posted on October 29, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  114 words  |  

Pre-Blast 10 HIM joined YHC for 2.8 miles at A-Team The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run to the gravel lot, paint the lines on the way. Circle up for: Good Mornings, SirFazio, Burpees, Prisoner Squats, Merkins, Frog Ups, Star Jumps. The Thang****s Deconstructed Burpee Double Hill Double Sevens: From the gravel lot, run to the bottom of hill 1 for 1 Prisoner Squat, run back up to the gravel lot for 1 Merkin, run to the bottom of hill 2 for 6 Frog Ups, run back up to the gravel lot for 6 Star Jumps. [Read More]
ascot  bayonne  hi-liter  hotspot  imp  press-on  repeato  smokey  term-paper  wkrp 

The return of an old favorite

 Posted on October 26, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  440 words  |  

I pulled in to Tortoise Wednesday morning - excited to lead the men who are always slow and controlled with purpose. It has been a long time for me since I had visited tortoises but was excited to be back. There was a collection of normal activity as we gathered to begin the workout- some folks doing EC pullups and Frisco doing something stupid (apparently he lost another bet that required him to wear a weighted vest during the workout). [Read More]
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aidanhasaposse.org

 Posted on October 25, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  406 words  |  

FNG Check / Disclaimer / Lets Go Warm Up - Mosey up the hill and around the back of the track to the far end. Circle up! Warmup featuring GM // OC // SM // SSH Partner up. CMIYC with 10 Merkins to the Crossroads of the Town Hall, or the ‘Eye of the Sharknado’ as it were. Plank Hold until everyone is in. Mosey together to the back of the complex. [Read More]
gtl  honeycomb  imp  jigglypuff  oxtail  parker  queequeg  shut-in  smokey