Grace California

 Posted on January 10, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  618 words  |  

AO: Tortoises Date: 1/9/19 PAX**: Free Bird, Earhart, Clementine, Puddles, Ashbury, Trike, Pet Sounds, Sub, Cataracts, Meat Loaf, Crimson, Deuce, Spartan, Frisco, Payback, Dust Bowl, WWW, Yogi, Quiver, Milton Bradley** There was a slight breeze blowing in when I arrived at Tortoises this morning and a silhouette lingering in the lot, solo, yet there. I walked up and had pleasantries with this man and we seemed to have met before, when others start streaming in with faces coming at me in all directions. [Read More]
ashbury  cataracts  clementine  crimson  deuce  dust-bowl  earhart  frisco  meatloaf  milton-bradley  payback  pet-sounds  puddles  quiver  spartan  sub  trike  www  yogi 

Colt 45

 Posted on January 9, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  904 words  |  

Figured this was a nice nod to the Marine Corps’ chosen sidearm, the Colt 1911 Marine CQBP M45-A1 .45 ACP Pistol . Here at Full Metal Jacket, we are used to close quarters, and we went into battle today. 2 hearty youth (@michelobcarpex and @sub)joined YHC for 3 extra credit laps around the Salem homestead. FYI, one lap is a little over 1.33miles if you’re looking for extra credit running in the future. [Read More]
blue-and-out  butt-fumble  callahan  chanticleer  freebird  gtl  honeycomb  michelob  old-maid  parker  payback  pet-sounds  poolee  puddles  rooney  saban  shank  smithers  stealth  sub  term-paper  triple-lindy  wonderbread 

Carpex Challenge 2018 is in the Books

 Posted on January 8, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  171 words  |  

Congrats to the 36 that participated in this year’s challenge. In the end, very few completed all 3 Fs, and in fact, not many were able to post at every AO in 2018. Perhaps I made it too difficult this year, or maybe I didn’t do a good enough job marketing the challenge. But I think it’s more likely a statement of our growth. In the end, it was successful, because I know that it made some number of PAX push themselves a bit more and get out of their comfort zone. [Read More]
banjo  beaker  biner  bogo  butterscotch  ck  crimson  disco-duck  franklin  frisco  half  hello-kitty  hermes  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  jigglypuff  joe-smith  mccants  moped  nature-boy  pet-sounds  pierogi  quiver  red-ryder  repeato  riptide  sabre  shut-in  sooey  squatter  term-paper  theismann  tubeless  www  yoga-mat 

And I Thought No One Was Coming

 Posted on January 7, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  203 words  |  

YHC forgot this was the 4 year anniversary of Shut-In (1/5/15 officially) so last week finding an empty Q slot at HBs was perfect! YHC and The Joker did some ECPs while we waited for pax to show. I thought no one was coming but at 0525 the parade of headlights flooded the park. 15 pax were up and ready to go at 0530 for the disclaimer and pledge. Pax # 16 joined us after our loop around the pickle for warmup. [Read More]
ashbury  clementine  earhart  intimidator  kubota  meatloaf  milton-bradley  monkey-nut  pet-sounds  pickles  rooney  shut-in  smithers  the-joker  trike  water-wings 

19 Murphs in 2019 (1 of 19)

 Posted on January 3, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  99 words  |  

Pre-Blast 10 HIM for the first of 19 Murphs (in 2019) at BH. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the…the site Q didn’t bring out the flag so it wouldn’t get wet?! 10 penalty burpees. Run like 10 yards, circle up for…Smokey and Joe Smith request the shelter for warmups…so we dropped for Superman Holds and WWII sit-ups. We also did a few GMs. The Thang Do a Murph (run to Baucom Elem. [Read More]
gtl  hi-liter  honeycomb  joe-smith  pet-sounds  rooney  smithers  smokey  sub  tootsie-roll 

Another trip around the sun...

 Posted on December 31, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  384 words  |  

13 optimistic HIM showed up in the gloomiest of glooms to ring out the old year in style. YHC was looking for a way to celebrate 2018 while looking into 2019 filled with hope. Being the 365th day of the year, a theme emerged. 365, you say? Could it be another Hi-Liter style burpee-fest?, the PAX wondered aloud. Read on to find out… Warmup After a quick tribute to our nation ‘round Old Glory, we moseyed to the basketball courts. [Read More]
angry-elf  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  flacco  hi-liter  ollie  parker  pet-sounds  prodigal  sabre  snots  water-wings 

The Forgotten Hill

 Posted on December 28, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  209 words  |  

22 PAX of all ages, shapes and sizes gathered in the warm, moist gloom of Apex Nature park for a beat down of epic proportions. Little did they know. Warm up Allegiance is pledged, then mosey to the basketball court for SSHs, cotton pickers, good mornings, hill billies, 10 burpees and merkins (on my down AND up). The Thang At the first entrance is where we begin Double 11s. Monkey Humpers here, Peter Parker merkins at the second entrance. [Read More]
bambi  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  dust-bowl  earhart  frisco  hanson  liverpool  mohawk  ninjago  paddle  parker  passport  pet-sounds  red-ryder  revere  snapper  snots  sooey  sub  yogi 

Shortcut to the Playground

 Posted on December 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  363 words  |  

AO: Bounty Hunters After two plus weeks away from F3 (travel and holidays) it was more than time to hit it hard. Anticipating this situation weeks prior, YHC signed up for a lonely slot on the Bounty Hunter Q-sheet…2 days after Christmas. It was more than worth it. Called an EC 2.5 miler, fellowship pace, first at 0515, only to be politely corrected by Sub, reminding of the 0530 workout start time…revised it to 0500 and off we went: YHC, Sub and Build-a-Bear, for a friendly jog around the block, 11 other HIMs joining on time (well, all except for Shut-in, who just may have been late). [Read More]
bayonne  bluewater  build-a-bear  gtl  imp  michelob  parker  pet-sounds  queequeg  rooney  shut-in  squatter  sub  theismann 

The Bay of Fundy

 Posted on December 18, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  497 words  |  

I did something this morning that I have never done. No, not that. I Q’ed an AO where I had never posted. But it was the last one on the list and it needed to be done. And it was fitting that Term Paper was there to present me with the Award for Q’ing all AOs before the end of the year. (Note: One of the statements above is not true. [Read More]
disco-duck  ezekiel  frisco  lawn-dart  pet-sounds  pickles  sooey  squatter  term-paper  the-joker  trike  two-factor 

I was there the day we...

 Posted on December 3, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  67 words  |  

Pre-Blast

  • 16 HIM joined YHC for 2.15 miles at Wolverine with one mission in mind: set a new record as a team. We succeeded.

The Warmup

  • Pledge of Allegiance at the flag
  • Run to the b-ball court.
  • Circle up for: SSH, Prisoner Squats, Merkins.
  • Run to the big track.

The Thang

Rotate PAX calling 20 Burpees at each corner of the track. Total: 330. 2.15 miles.

COT

angry-elf  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  doogie  flip-flop  hi-liter  karma-chameleon  khakis  ma-bell  one-four  pbx  pet-sounds  pierogi  pivot  saban  sabre