Field Trip

 Posted on March 2, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  

Field trip day at Carpex’s premier Friday AO in the 27513 zip code. Little chitty-chat among the PAX to start, “Holy shnikies it’s windy. Is that a tail wind, Coney?” A quick disclaimer to FNG Nick and we’re headed out of the park and on the road towards the Veterans’ Memorial, because YHC has a half a Mary coming up and needs some miles before a LONG run manana w/ @mabellcarpex. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  big-bird  billy  burt  cheddar-bo  coney  flip-flop  flipper  ford  goose  hello-kitty  largemouth  loom  moped  ollie  pierogi  puck  saban  viking 

Hell's Bell's in the Field

 Posted on February 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  414 words  |  

When: February 27th, 2018 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Franklin, PBX, Beaker, Bogo, Sooey, Moped, Pivot, Chum, Airbag, Sabin, Skyblue, Goose, High-liter, Biner (RS), Bartman (RS), Katniss (RS) YHC Earhart I head to an old stomping ground for my next Q, this time bringing with me an assortment of kettlebells for a Hell’s Bell’s beatdown at FOD! I also notice that Rolling Stone is here with me so all kinds of weight pain are going around this fine morning. [Read More]
airbag  bartman  beaker  biner  bogo  chum  earhart  franklin  goose  hi-liter  katniss  moped  pbx  pivot  saban  sky-blue  sooey 

Some Things Never Change

 Posted on February 24, 2018  |  9 minutes  |  1792 words  |  

Prologue: extensive interviews took place with several OGs of Carpex to obtain information for the following epic story of Danger Zone. The history of the Danger Zone, the original Area of Operation in Carpex, runs deeeeeep. As fate, or faith, would have it…..the location for the greatest AO in the U.S.A was obvious. [There were a couple of other trials at other Cary locations: Walnut Street Park and Kids Together Park (site of current FWD), but North Cary Park ultimately was selected]. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  beaker  billy  biner  butterscotch  chanticleer  coney  flip-flop  hi-liter  largemouth  ma-bell  moped  pbx  saban  sky-blue 

A #2 in the Woods is NOT a Double Down!

 Posted on February 22, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  

Nice morning. 63 degrees. Overcast. 15 for insomnia pre-run. Pet Sounds does the Duece in the woods adjacent to parking lot between EC and SNS. All of the ingredients were present. 32 dudes showed up and split into 3 groups. 14 for Boot Camp, 14 for Vespers (further split into two groups) and 4 for Rolling Stones. Gotta love Wednesdays in Bond Park. Pax List includes SNS, Vesper and the Rolling Stone Pax. [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  billy  burt  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  chop-block  coney  franklin  hermes  jigglypuff  katniss  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  moped  nature-boy  old-maid  ollie  parker  pet-sounds  pierogi  shut-in  smokey  snots  term-paper  tubeless  water-wings  wkrp 

Mucho Chesto Merkin Mile

 Posted on February 19, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  562 words  |  

Wolverine’s starting time moves to 5:30 next week, and YHC was honored to Q the final 5:45 workout. It’s a special occasion, so I knew I had to bring something special. I pulled into the parking lot and the conditions were perfect. Dark, raining, not really cold but certainly not warm. Perfectly gloomy. Warm-Up Mosey over to the middle school parking lot and circle up for imperial walkers, Sir Fazios forward, Sir Fazios backwards, hill billies and cotton pickers, all x 15. [Read More]
banjo  biner  bogo  disco-duck  happy-meal  ma-bell  moped  napster  parker  pbx  pierogi  tubeless 

Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me.

 Posted on February 15, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  

4 Years of ACCOUNTABILITY. Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me Where: BO When: 2/15/18 22 PAX: Banjo, Bartman, Biner, Burt, Callahan, CheddarBo, Chinese Downhill, Disco Duck, Jigglypuff, Joe Smith, Katniss, Lite Brite, Moped, Netscape, Pickles, PBX, Rio, Saban, Shank, Tecumseh, Term Paper, WKRP 10 burpees OYO Warmup: SSH, Imperial walker, windmills, mountain climbers, merkins Jog to parking deck and back with stops on the way for accountability work [2 Men complete 100 total reps of first exercise, taking turns, 10 count at a time, while other pax holds second position] [Read More]
banjo  bartman  biner  burt  callahan  cheddar-bo  chinese-downhill  disco-duck  jigglypuff  joe-smith  katniss  lite-brite  moped  netscape  pbx  pickles  rio  saban  shank  tecumseh  term-paper  wkrp 

Hill of Dreams

 Posted on February 13, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  282 words  |  

11 gathered at FOD this morning, 9 were anxiously wondering who was the Q. Franklin and YHC were the only in the know. With discussion of a Beaker, Hi-Liter and YHC tri- Q, it was not to be. Already planned more than we would get to. Let’s go!!! Warm-up. Jog around the parking lot and circle up for: 20 SSH, 10 GMs, 20 PJs, 10 IW, 20 Mountain Climbers, 2pp merkins. [Read More]
beaker  biner  bogo  chum  franklin  hi-liter  landline  largemouth  moped  napster  nature-boy  pivot 

This PAX is on Fire

 Posted on February 11, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  535 words  |  

Dow Jones wasn’t the only one that had a rough week. YHC was again bit by some sort of bug and two colleagues went down with the flu. So what better way to cap off the week than rising from the ashes at Phoenix? 20 PAX agreed and all 21 of us hit the gloom. Though rain threatened, we stayed mostly dry. A few hearty PAX ran into the AO from various destinations, working to get in some extra miles leading up to various events this Spring. [Read More]
banjo  biner  callahan  dice  earhart  flacco  freebird  hello-kitty  hermes  jigglypuff  kermit  ma-bell  mississippi  mojo  moped  o-for  ollie  tecumseh  texas-ranger  wkrp  yogi 

The OCTOTHREAT is real, people. Prepare yourselves!

 Posted on February 8, 2018  |  8 minutes  |  1578 words  |  

Another glorious day in the gloom is upon us and YHC is ready for his second ever solo Q at his favorite AO, Bradford’s Ordinary (BO for short). As always, there’s been a lot of mumble chatter in CARPex and YHC has been trying to keep up. If only there was a way to organize our chatter in such a manner where one could easily find topics of conversation and @ their favorite PAX in order to provoke an immediate reply. [Read More]
banjo  callahan  chinese-downhill  coney  dice  hermes  moped  rio  shank  term-paper  tubeless  wkrp  wonderbread 

Fly, Eagles Fly! (5 Feb 2018)

 Posted on February 6, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  328 words  |  

13 Hung(over)ry PAX showed up at Wolverine for holy-cow-that-was-an-amazing-Superbowl-so-GO-EAGLES beatdown. Temps were modest for January, no rain, and no last-minute additions. Somebody had to help Hi-Liter with his strap-on (Breathtaker, that is). Welcome and disclaimer to Tubeless’ Father-in-Law Dennis, and we’re off to the races. Warm up: A moderate mosey pace down to Davis Drive Middle, with a little side-shuffle left and right along the way. Circle up for 20 SSH IC, 15 mountain climber IC, 15 plank jacks IC, 15 merkins IC. [Read More]
biner  bogo  breathtaker  butterscotch  hi-liter  jigglypuff  ma-bell  moped  parker  snots  troller  tubeless  water-wings  wilbur