We Already Did These

 Posted on December 8, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  396 words  |  

Pierogi made an astute observation on Sunday evening - there were 14, count ’em FOURTEEN empty Q slots for this week. Feeling personally called out by that, I scooped two of them. As we’ll see on Friday of this week, it was easy to select the two that I did. More on that on Friday. #foreshadowing I arrived at MDP at approx 5:04 (so as to avoid the pressure of joining the EC) to settle on the plan for the workout. [Read More]
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Recycled

 Posted on December 3, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  312 words  |  

11 PAX is a decent number for a subfreezing morning at the only AO in Carpex that has an 0515 start time. Welcome to YHC’s annual Back in Black Q! 3 PAX for a 7 minute EC run. Warm Up Pledge of Allegiance, mosey to the big Koka Booth parking lot. Circle up for SSHs, Sir Fazio arm circles, Overhead claps, Steve Earles, Runners stretch and calf stretch. The Thang Run the outer loop of the parking lot, which is around 0. [Read More]
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Mystery of the F3 Prius (QIC: Oofta)

 Posted on October 29, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  192 words  |  

QIC: Oofta On his way to BiB this morning, Pierogi began following a silver Prius with an F3 sticker on its back bumper. Piergo assumed he’d follow this Pax right into our parking lot. Not so! The Prius took the turn immediately before ours and headed into a separate Koka Booth parking lot. 3 for EC (Hermes, Oofta, Francois). Great crew of 15 for the ME. Mosey to the rock pile. [Read More]
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Taper-Free Since 73 (Ma Bell Q)

 Posted on October 22, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  102 words  |  

QIC: Ma Bell 1 for EC (Headroom, who we were all glad to see out in South Cary) Plank-allegiance Mosey to Bluewater/BaB’s building Dora: monkey humpers, squats, LBCs while partner runs the hill Mosey to Koka Booth lot Merkin corners (100 total) Mosey to Global Knowledge Hill Hill repeats with burpees/merkins at either side Mosey to flag Mary, COT (Odyssey on Saturday, check with Parker for Carying Place Day on 11/1, prayers for Liam), Ma Bell takes us out. [Read More]
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Long. Hard. 11

 Posted on October 13, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  160 words  |  

Short. Sweet and to the point. Start with the Pledge. Warm Up: Bear Crawl the circle then… Mosey to the satelite parking lot for… Windmills IC Good Mornings IC Side Straddle Hops IC Break into 2 groups “slow and fast” for Indian Run to the bottom of the ramp leading up to the bridge. The Thang: 11’s: 1-Jump Squat at bottom of the Bridge Ramp Run across the Bridge to the other side [Read More]
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2 BLIMPS are Better than 1

 Posted on October 10, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  357 words  |  

The day was Oct. 8, 2020, a day when the weather probably should have been a lot colder than it was. I have to keep reminding myself though that we live in NC, and thats just normal. But it was great workout weather, so nobody was complaining. It was also the day that 9 pax gathered at Koka Booth for the earliest boot camp in Carpex! YHC was the first one there, which I’m not really use to, and as the time drew closer my brain was starting to wonder if they moved the spot to another parking area or something. [Read More]
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Orpheus in the Underworld

 Posted on September 29, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  

Build-a-Bear relinquished his Q yesterday. I assume he built a submarine, so that he could run up and down the continental shelf. YHC was glad to step in. 2 for EC (Oofta and Staubach) and 2 for 10-Mile ECME (Lookout and Chops). Mosey the long way to Lowes Foods parking lot. Warm-Up. Lots of stretching, inspired by (our boy) Bluewater last week. Thing 1: Santa’s Ladder From the Exicon: “Pick a spot in the distance. [Read More]
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Swinging Pipes

 Posted on September 25, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  203 words  |  

Beautiful crisp morning. YHC always trying to mix it up a bit and try new things and working to incorporate more stretching and mobility to keep me of the IR . Most of the Warmama was using PVC Pipes to get upper body loose for the Merkins and Pull Ups that awaited the PAX. Some liked it, some looked confused. Warmarama (5) Side Straddle Hop 12 Hillbillies (Hip Opener) 12 [Read More]
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Gut Check

 Posted on September 24, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  185 words  |  

“Can’t ask of others what you aren’t willing to do yourself.” Someone, somewhere Warmup: Good Mornings Windmills Imperial Walkers Side Straddle Hops Mountain Climbers The Thang: 4 - Corners and a Center Escalator Work out. Corner #1 - M’uricans Corner #2 - Frog Ups Corner #3 - Squat Corner #4 - Star Jump Center - With Cinder block do an 8-Count Rock ya body or a Burpee Starting with 1 rep and adding 1 rep per rotation up to 10 reps. [Read More]
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Flirtin' with Q School

 Posted on September 14, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  209 words  |  

Eleven (+1 Runner) PAX made it out to Flirtin’ with Disaster last Tuesday morning for a “Choose your Q” kind of Tuesday. Hermes offered up his Fall Semester of HQS and I offered up the summary below. At 530 AM, PAX made their picks, said the Pledge, and off we went. Warm up Jog over the parking lot near the rock pile Side Straddle Hops Good Morning Calf stretches Arm Circles (Front/Back, Big/Small) First » Rock Pile Grab a partner and a rock…. [Read More]
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