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]
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Gloomiest Cinder Blocks!

 Posted on January 8, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  409 words  |  

(CMU’s - Apparently) 19 Met at the Gloomiest AO in all Cary this morning (1/7/19) for a workout, and they were not disappointed. Snots, Ollie and YHC met at 0445 for some extra credit intervals and worked different paces over at the Davis Drive Middle School track. The intervals are always tough, yet rewarding and today was no different. As the pax were arriving in to parking lot, whoa, wait, who’s that? [Read More]
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WHAT GOES AROUND

 Posted on January 6, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  408 words  |  

Phoenix, January 5, 2019 Pax: 1-4, Angry Elf, Banjo, Bluewater, Callahan, Clementine, Earhart, Everready, Frisco, Gap Year, Hello Kitty, Hermès, Jiggly Puff, Lite Brite, Ninjago, Ollie, Pierogi, Pigeon, Pivot, Smokey, Snots, Term Paper, Texas Ranger, Theismann, Traffic Cone, Water Wings, Yoga Mat Today was to be Karma Chamelion’s virgin Q, Karma has busted his knee and will be out indefinitely. Prior to starting, YHC invited all pax to consider joining in on the Healing Transitions weekly Saturday 0800 run at Umstead, Harrison entrance. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bluewater  callahan  clementine  earhart  eveready  frisco  gap-year  hello-kitty  hermes  jigglypuff  lite-brite  ninjago  ollie  one-four  pierogi  pigeon  pivot  smokey  snots  term-paper  texas-ranger  theismann  traffic-cone  water-wings  yoga-mat 

Not My Finest Hour (and 20 minutes)

 Posted on January 4, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  657 words  |  

Where do I start? The beginning is always a good place. So I woke up at 5:10 am, the exact time I posted the Danger Zone EC run would start. Feeling completely refreshed and well rested, and not yet comprehending what was going on, I went to the bathroom to get ready and take care of some business. Still in no particular hurry because I wasn’t yet grasping the situation. [Read More]
burt  callahan  chanticleer  coney  flacco  gap-year  pierogi  press-on  puck  random-house  resume  saban  sabre  squatter  viking  yogi 

Yoda, you seek Yoda

 Posted on January 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  

On NYD Yoda’s manhood was attacked by a 12 year old. Today he was invited to Carpex to defend his honor. Hear more about it here: https://soundcloud.com/f3pickupthesix/pick-up-the-six-yoda-ep-17 Now, to the reason we’re really here, a beatdown. 13 gathered on a cool and misty day in downtown Cary, with a site-Q leading the way. Warm-up: Run over to the bank for GM, SSH, Sir Fazio + Overhead clap + Fazio, Imperial Walkers The Thang: [Read More]
angry-elf  burt  callahan  captain-kirk  coney  disco-duck  hello-kitty  orphan  pierogi  press-on  term-paper  tubeless  yoda 

New Year, new SNS

 Posted on January 2, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  428 words  |  

After a rousing start to 2019 at the 1/1 convergence, it was great to see 32 more PAX lined up to continue getting after it in ‘19. No FNGs, you all know how this works, so let’s go.Quick turn at the end of Billy Run Road back to the parking lot, circle up: SSH x20 IW x19 Standard merkin x20 Mountain climber x19 Thang Count off by threes and mosey to. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  bayonne  build-a-bear  burt  butterscotch  chanticleer  denali  flacco  flo-rida  gap-year  hi-liter  hotspot  largemouth  loom  michelob  one-four  parker  pierogi  pivot  press-on  prodigal  repeato  saban  sabre  shut-in  snots  swag  the-joker  wkrp 

What's Your Kryptonite?

 Posted on December 31, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  905 words  |  

Conditions were 51 degrees, 50% foggy, and 50% gloomy. I inserted a pre-blast for coffeeteria at NY Bagels. Other pre-blast material was request from Burt for Agility City (see original Agility City here: (https://f3carpex.com/2017/05/09/agility-city/) , and a request from Largemouth for EC run because “the QIC was soft”. Of the three pre-blasts, only two were partially true. Then yesterday afternoon, the M informed me we would be hosting the cul-de-sac game night at our house. [Read More]
burt  chanticleer  chipper  coney  flip-flop  half  hello-kitty  kiffin  largemouth  michelob  pierogi  squatter  wonderbread 

24 - 16 (now)

 Posted on December 23, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  523 words  |  

32 including 1 FNG (Liverpool’s brother) PREBLAST: Kentucky vs UNC this evening at 5:15 pm on CBS, Kentucky and UNC have met 39 times since 1924. UNC leads the series 24 wins to Kentucky’s 15 The series between two of the most victorious college basketball programs of all-time, Kentucky (1st) and North Carolina (3rd), as of the writing of this preblast. WARMUP: SSH x 24 Kentuckys (similar to Imperial Walkers) x 15 [Read More]
banjo  boo-boo  build-a-bear  callahan  cataracts  chipper  disco-duck  flacco  fluoride  hotwire  kermit  lite-brite  liverpool  ollie  pierogi  pigeon  prodigal  push-it  riptide  smokey  snots  sooey  sub  swag  term-paper  texas-ranger  theismann  two-factor  www  yoga-mat  yogi 

Pick up the S(t)ix

 Posted on December 17, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  411 words  |  

Pre-count off to form Red, Green and Yellow groups. 18 present and no FNGs Thang 1 Brisk mozy to start of the greenway heading back to SWW with Warm up GM x 8 and merkins x 20 along the way. Glow sticks strategically placed on the greenway. When you arrive at your color – 10 merkins (total of 10 stops per color) If you see a blue, bear crawl to the next stick. [Read More]
burt  chanticleer  coney  denali  flip-flop  joe-smith  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  old-maid  pierogi  red-ryder  shut-in  snots  squatter  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread 

1stF #7 of 7 BD & F3’versary Q-week: What a Rucking great time with a lot of moisture.

 Posted on December 15, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  827 words  |  

Believe it or not, rucking was not one of those workouts I had in mind when I was developing the personal challenge and I’m so glad I used it as the pinnacle of the beatdowns. Don’t get me wrong, the other beatdowns is as it sounds, beatdowns! They were all a lot of fun to Q. What spurred the need to add rucking to the list of Q’s and to make it the pinnacle of my BD F3’versary Q week stemmed from the Rucking/F3/FIA Triple Down Convergence. [Read More]
bartman  callahan  chipper  disco-duck  earhart  frisco  hello-kitty  kenny  lights-out  liverpool  parker  pierogi  roundhouse  snots  texas-ranger  two-factor  www