10 Rounds with Rocky Balboa

Pre-Blast 19 HIM entered the ring to go 10 rounds with Rocky Balboa. West CARY was well represented. The FWD shovel flag was not well represented. The BO flag was, though. Amirite Kitty?! The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run to the shopping center. Circle up behind the stores for: Good Morning, Windmills, Merkins, Sir Fazio AC The Thang Run back to the park, weave the pylons, grab a traveling rock. [Read More]

Wow! That's a long hill!

What’s a good way to prepare for the BRR AND enhance overall stamina and endurance at Flirtin’ With Disaster?? The hill on Cary Parkway, of course. But you can’t just run the hill, you’ve got to throw in some exercises as well. All FWD regulars are intimately familiar with this hill, and it shows up in probably 1/4 or more of the workouts, and normally stopping at designated lightposts for Merkins, or Burpees, etc. [Read More]

FWD- Half Official 1 Year Anniversary

July 17, 2017. I ventured out a boy in search of Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. I found it at the Monday site, Kryptonite. Here we are one year later, YHC leading the PAX for my 1 year Anniversary at Flirtin With Disaster. Quick awkward intro to the PAX and we are off. Your leader/guide/q for the morning…. Warm Up Fellowship pace jog over to the CrossFit parking lot Random Warm up at varying cadence/count: Good mornings, SSH, Merkins, Hillbilly, Merkins, Lastly, “free” Monkey Humpers facing the windows of CrossFit. [Read More]

Return to the Bridge

AO: Flirtin w/Disaster June 26, 2018 Weather forecasts can be an inconvenient distraction. After days of threats (90% chance of rain, thunder!) Build-a-Bear calls a pop-up EC three miler, departing 0430. Not a rain drop in sight. Such was the beginning of a muggy morning at YHC’s first pre-arranged Q at Flirtin’ w/Disaster. Some of the PAX may have suffered a flash back to YHC’s disorderly pop-up Q at this very AO about a month earlier, where we spent quality time on and across the US1/64 pedestrian bridge. [Read More]

No Rip, No Problem

Got an email while I was up late working. No Riptide, sick M. Well Hermes is out of town so I guess I got the Q! What should I do? I’ll think of it in the morning….. I got there and Termpaper was making comments about Rip not knowing it was at 5:30 and might not show. I had to let him know he wasn’t coming. He seemed bummed about not toddler swats or partner merkins. [Read More]

No worries - I got the Q and the flag!

It was Monday night and I get a text from Hermes asking if I will be there tomorrow. I thought “of course.” Text him back and quickly get signed up for the vacant Q and get solo site Q duties. No worries. Fortunately I have been to a few F3 workouts so I poached off ones I enjoyed. Warm up SSH, IW, GM, Plank Jacks, Merkins Thang 1 (Thanks Michelob and Whiplash) [Read More]

First Anniversary and Bacon! 2/20

Is they a direct relationship on how long you put off writing a back blast and how good it is? For me, the longer I put it off the shorter it becomes. Probably a matter of opinion if that make it better or not. 1 FNG - Disclaimer by Joe Smith. Nicely done for a lawyer. Run to Chanticleer’s for Warmup - SSH, IW, GM. Merkins+Mountain Climbers+Plank Jacks Run back to the Park parking lot and partner up. [Read More]

New Year's Resolution

QIC: Kyrie “Do today what others wont, so that tomorrow I can do what others can’t.” Highly motivated. Let’s get after it. What a time to be alive. December 26th, 2017. YHC gets to the park early. It’s his VQ, can’t be late. 0525. Frick… its cold. YHC decides to EC run a bit to warm up and check the route. 0535. YHC returns. “Hello @DoT, is your heater still running? [Read More]

Uphill Both Ways

How long’s FWD been in action? How long has it been since I’ve been there? (last time I posted, Fluoride almost killed me…he’s a BEAST) You mean I’ve never had a chance to Q there? What, it’s Sunday and there’s an open Q slot there (and at Vesper AND at Dante’s Peak)? Fantastic, time to pay a visit to Hermes’ homeland. Spent Sunday evening drawing up my plans, had my Weinke all ready to roll. [Read More]

Flirtin With Respect

November 7th 2017 QIC Fluoride The Pax: Ollie, Sosa, Dice, Oofta, Saban, Kyrie, Lite Brite, Chanticleer, Titanic, Mufasa, WKRP, Term Paper, Whorley, Joe Smith, Hermes, Wonder Bread. It was a perfect morning at Marla Dorrell park as I rolled in for yet another beat down with my fellow pax. As I walked up I noticed Hermes seated in a lawn chair donning a straw hat and reading the paper. He said he was waiting to show me the add for Sprigmoor Retirement home, thought I might be interested. [Read More]