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Well, someone suggested it and it sounded like a great idea, so here’s YHC’s recap of his first Blue Ridge Relay. I’m a little long winded at times, so if anyone else decides to read this, sorry in advance. Heading out: Due to lack of child care, YHC was in charge of the 2.0 on Thursday when everyone was set to leave, meaning I was in the PM van. No big deal, since I was van 2 anyway and did not need to get up early. [Read More]

OK, so the Apex PAX (A-PAX for short) are clearly more smarter, better looking, and enjoyable to workout with than the Cary (basically Durham) PAX (CAR-PAthetiX for short but not really). I rolled out my new Dora et Trois concept again in today’s DP Gloom and they took to it like moths to a flame. It definitely had nothing to do with my ability to explain the workout, or an arguably better setup at DP than at Whoville earlier this week. [Read More]

Yep, it’s been 3 years of F3 for YHC. I decided to keep this low key, not Q every day of the week, but do a single anniversary Q at the site where I started. My 3 year F3 journey has been epic - I’ve grown in ways I couldn’t imagine. Not just physically but emotionally and in how I relate to and lead others. F3 truly is leadership training thinly disguised as a men’s workout group. [Read More]

This week has been crazy. I am a day late in writing my backblast. Monday I found out one of my work friends died over the weekend. My volunteer work has picked up. Deadlines in my day job. And yet Crimson brought up the fact that Tortoises didn’t have a Q and I felt compelled to put my name on this Q sheet. I did not really plan the workout. I did not have the time to do it. [Read More]

Disclaimer, Intro, No FNGs, Pledge Run from entry of park to parking lot Warm-up Good Mornings Side Straddle Hops Mountain climbers Runners Stretch The Thang I came early and set up some cones on Laura Duncan for us to use as markers We started at the park entrance and ran up Laura Duncan with 3 stops. Working up and down the ladder with following movements: 1st stop: 10 Merkins 2nd stop: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats 3rd stop: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats, 30 LBC’s … (No back down the hill) 4th stop: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats 5th stop: 10 Merkins Plank hold at top and bottom of hill to wait for everyone to join back up. [Read More]