Why Murph

 Posted on May 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  385 words  |  

“In an interview, Daniel Murphy said that he was not surprised to learn about his son’s actions. ‘What Maureen and I always worried about was that he would put himself in danger to help someone else, which turned out to be true,’ he said. " If you’re not familiar with the story of Micheal Murphy and his final heroic acts that ultimately cost him his life I invite you click below: https://www. [Read More]
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Always Be Blimpin'

 Posted on May 24, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  

EC runners: YHC, Old Maid & Chanticleer Ruckers: Build-a-Bear, Banjo, Skipper, Ezekiel 0530 off we go. Skip Pledge of Allegiance, get stern look from Biner, run around the parking lot back to flag, say the Pledge of Allegiance, receive a friendly grunt from Biner, circle up. **Warm Up **Good Morning, Windmill, SSH Run out to street and partner up for a little Suicide-Style B.L.I.M.P.S. **Thang One **P1 runs 3 light poles ahead and turns around. [Read More]
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Lt. Danger reporting for duty

 Posted on May 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  326 words  |  

A balmy 71 degrees this morning did not scare off several EC runners including YHC, Largemouth, Michelob, Chanticleer, Chipper, Ooofta & Staubach. All familiar faces this morning, so off we go for a little traveling warm up around the lake. Stopping a few times for Good Mornings & Windmills, then again for Imperial Walkers and SSH, then again for Mnt. Climbers and Merkins. Final stop was the start of the bridge where we walked on our hands (feet on top of bridge) across to the other side. [Read More]
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17,884 days down; 1 to go.

 Posted on May 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

What a great morning! We had EC runners & ruckers; ME boot campers, ruckers, stretchers and rehabbers; 2 FNGs; visitor from New Bern; and a wide spectrum of guys who have been with Carpex from its earliest days to those who have been posting for just a few days. As it was stated often today, “Who has it better than us?” On the eve of my 49th birthday, it’s safe to say that I am in the best physical, emotional and mental shape I’ve been, in a long time. [Read More]
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Gran Torino @ Gran Torino...so meta

 Posted on May 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  482 words  |  

With a penchant for movie themed Qs and an AO named after a movie, it was only a matter of time…with a cooler full of PBRs and a dollop or two of gray hair coloring hair clay the scene was set. As I enjoyed a pre workout beverage whilst scowling in my lawn chair the Pax and ECers arrived. They looked excited. After the pledge, we took off, I muttered a disclaimer (no one gave me a disclaimer before shipping off to Korea). [Read More]
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Should ya shoulders

 Posted on May 14, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  75 words  |  

QIC - Pet Sounds Date - 5/14/2019 PAX: bogo, pigeon, pivot, franklin, swag, one direction, bad lands, beaker, claven, geek squad, PBX, Ma Bell, Biner, Pet Sounds not much running when the shoulders needed work warm up brought to you from Mtn View Cali field work , skips (3ways) side step (2 ways) B2W should taps lap grab rock worked in 21s, rows, press, ext, with rock crawl and 2 more sets of b2w [Read More]
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And now for something completely different......

 Posted on May 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  418 words  |  

In the ever brightening gloom as we giddy up toward summer, 15 brave and intrepid men made their way to an outpost in the northernmost western AO in Cary, for an early morning beatdown by Carpex legend Petsounds. Petsounds has other ideas and was thousands of miles away in sunny CA whilst all this was going on, so instead YHC stepped in as a makeweight Q whilst Petsounds googleplexed in Palo Alto…. [Read More]
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Brother Bri and the letter B

 Posted on April 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  417 words  |  

When scrolling through the Exicon in search for new ideas that have not (to YHC’s knowledge) been executed in/around Carpex and you don’t even get past the letter B… you know it’s going to be a good day. _NMS: YHC was ready for EC this morning, but the old bowels had another idea in mind. EC was skipped for a trip to Harris Teeter and back._ 22 Bros meet up at the Field of Dreams. [Read More]
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SPEAK UP, Q!

 Posted on April 23, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  563 words  |  

18 HIMs met this morning at the gloomiest AO in Cary, except that clear sky and nearly full moon made it relatively bright. I was dismayed to learn that several pax showed up for the Riptide beatdown not realizing I picked up the Q instead. I don’t blame them, hell I was trying to do the same thing! One FNG this morning courtesy of Honeycomb, so the full, drawn-out briefing was in order. [Read More]
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Gran Torino Challenge

 Posted on April 19, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  811 words  |  

Date: 4/19/19 PAX: Biner, Hi-Liter, PBX, WWW Ruckers: Carvana, HotCakes, Skipper, The Commish For some reason, I thought I had the FMJ Q this week, but, I noticed on the Q summary, when it was posted, that I was not on the list. I checked my calendar and I had made a scheduling error, so I needed to make-up for it, if I wanted to stay on track with my quest. [Read More]
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