Shop Local

 Posted on November 16, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  489 words  |  

Granted, YHC hasn’t been to Bounty Hunters in a while. Typically it’s “fartsack day” but of my most recent posts there the pax have left the park only to return to COT. This set the scene for this morning’s beatdown. We were going to shop local. 12 studs rolled out of bed, some confessing as late as 0530, for a workout YHC preblasted on the Twittersphere. The claim was high tempo, lots of stops, low mileage. [Read More]
chanticleer  chappy  freebird  grease-monkey  imp  joe-smith  mccants  michelob  open-out  oxtail  queequeg  shut-in 

The 1%

 Posted on November 8, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  687 words  |  

In past wars, the war effort was a national effort. The entire country got behind both world wars and in Vietnam, the draft touched families across this land in all economic groups. For the war or against the war, the war effort was front and center at family dinner tables coast to coast. That was then. For my time in the military, the 80’s, who knew that was relative “peace time” for the American military. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  biner  blue-and-out  burt  callahan  chinese-downhill  crimson  denali  disco-duck  earhart  fred-sanford  gtl  half  hi-liter  imp  intimidator  mccants  monkey-nut  parker  shank  shut-in  snots  sooey  sour-mash  strange-brew  texas-ranger  wilbur  www  yoga-mat 

14-35

 Posted on November 3, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  274 words  |  

When: 11/2//2017 QIC: Pet Sounds The PAX: GTL, Grease, Oxtail????, Quebue, Imp, Sooner, Open Out, Malpractice, Backdraft,Old Maid,x,x,PetSounds (YHC will update if someone can help me with the missing two names) Is Oxtail the correct name (help me out!) With a great tailgate hanging with friends, old, new and F3 Saturday 10/28 started as good as it could! By half time of what would become a great ND win over NCSU YHC raised his hand to grab any Q available… With all the travel lately, YHC felt like he was in a strange place with new and old friends. [Read More]
backdraft  grease-monkey  gtl  imp  malpractice  old-maid  open-out  pet-sounds  queequeg  sooner 

Four-Alarm Fire

 Posted on November 3, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  264 words  |  

BB 20 PAX stamped their passports and journeyed ALL THE WAY to DP on a misty, unseasonably-warm morning. YHC kept hearing something about it being a “first Friday,” and therefore cause for an “easier” workout! Yeah, right. Let the beatdown begin. The Warmup - Pledge of Allegiance at the Shovel Flag - Jog to the end of the parking lot, painting the lines along the way, run past the “field closed” sign onto the field, circle up. [Read More]
blueprint  bogo  freebird  goose  grinch  hotspot  imp  khakis  ma-bell  malpractice  michelob  monkey-nut  old-maid  pet-sounds  pickles  snots  squatter 

Bayside High School Is Awesome

 Posted on October 24, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  769 words  |  

I love @jeremyfoland sending out the weekly “Who’s Qing” tweet because about every 4th week or so I look and say, “Oh, I’m Qing this week.” And speaking of Hotspot, we’ll get back to him a little later. Good crowd of 21 PAX today, including 2 FNGs from out of state. The FNGs came with Grease so I knew they’d be athletes and were probably use to being in action. Gave the disclaimer and we were on our way. [Read More]
banjo  denali  dollywood  earhart  freebird  grease-monkey  gtl  imp  jigglypuff  largemouth  malpractice  mccants  michelob  pet-sounds  rudy  shut-in  snots  sour-mash  term-paper  texas-ranger  www 

10 10 Road of Hard Knocks

 Posted on October 20, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  375 words  |  

When: Oct 20th, 2017 QIC: Free Bird The PAX: GTL, Sour Mash, Ascot, Hot Spot, Malpractice, Kabota, Grease Monkey, Khakis, Monkey Nut, Bogo, Snots, Franklin, Blue print, Nature Boy, Red Ryder, PBX,Wilbur, Old Maid, Free bird When I posted the twitter pre blast warning of “devastation”, I thought it would just be another Twitter scare tactic. Then, when pulling into Dante’s 10 minutes before start, no one was around. I thought to myself, “wow”, everyone took that Tweet seriously last night. [Read More]
bocephus  bogo  crimson  earhart  freebird  gtl  hotspot  imp  malpractice  monkey-nut  parker  shut-in  snots  sooey  sooner  spit-valve  water-wings  wilbur 

"It Didn't Look That Big When We Started"

 Posted on October 17, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  360 words  |  

hill·ock ˈhilək noun a small hill or mound. synonyms:mound, small hill, prominence, elevation, rise, knoll, hummock, hump, dune;bank, ridge, knob;formaleminence"the lovely green hillocks in the distance" First, credit to Denali for the #twss quote (possibly paraphrased) that became the backblast title. We wrapped up our workout on the featured hillock near the Salem Pond Park parking lot, but there was oh so much more this PAX of 12 did on the first sub-50 degree morning in several months. Warm-Up [Read More]
chinese-downhill  denali  freebird  imp  largemouth  malpractice  mccants  michelob  old-maid  pet-sounds  wilbur  www 

Happy Birthday Dante's Peak!

 Posted on October 13, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  722 words  |  

When: Oct 13th, 2017 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Wilbur, Bocephus, BOGO, Parker, Crimson, Freebird, Sooey, Shut-In, Malpractice, Monkey Nut, Hot Spot, GTL, Snots, Water Wings, Imp, Sooner, Spitvalve (Raleigh), YHC Earhart Can’t believe it has been a year since Shut-In and I launched Dante’s Peak. It took me a while to get the site going as it was the first site where we doubled up with Danger Zone. The PAX were resistant to adding another site, dividing Carpex on the same day, but I am glad we did. [Read More]
bocephus  bogo  crimson  earhart  freebird  gtl  hotspot  imp  malpractice  monkey-nut  parker  shut-in  snots  sooey  sooner  spit-valve  water-wings  wilbur 

Travelin' Wilburys

 Posted on October 12, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  308 words  |  

Alright, listen up. Imabout tired of this early August weather IN OCTOBER. Be Fall already! Yes, I feel better now. Anyway, a great crowd of men assembled at the Mellinial Memorial Skate Park in the unseasonably warm and humid morning to get better. My guess is they did. Extra Credit: First person to tie a recent event to the title of this post wins a free cup of cheap coffee. [Read More]
biner  blue-and-out  denali  franklin  goose  grease-monkey  imp  katniss  ma-bell  nature-boy  open-out  parker  pbx  queequeg  sky-blue  sooey  sour-mash  water-wings 

Little of this, little of that

 Posted on October 5, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  266 words  |  

9/28/17 Rumors were amidst the PAX this morning that there had been some Q shopping to avoid another Benchmark day with YHC. Dismayed as they were, YHC decided to save for a later time, thanks to the beat down given by Shank and McCants on opening day for Full Metal Jacket., AKA The Murph. WARM-UP Mosey west on Hunter Street to the Baucom Elementary bus parking lot for some SSH, Merkins, calf stretches, and good mornings. [Read More]
bogo  earhart  freebird  grease-monkey  grinch  gtl  imp  malpractice  matlock  parker  queequeg  shank  snots  water-wings  wilbur