Secrets of the Beige Bros

 Posted on July 18, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  

Four dudes were “In”. Three dudes were not. Much like the Masons have their secret handshakes, the OA has it’s Ordeal and fraternities do bizarre things to biscuits, so to does the elite running club of CARPEx have a code. And much like the other ‘secrets’ above, theirs too is out in the open for everyone to see. But so subtle that most miss it. But it’s there, quietly reinforcing the fact that you, oh slow one, are just not fast enough. [Read More]
chanticleer  hi-liter  largemouth  michelob  pierogi  prodigal  squatter 

Pelotoned

 Posted on July 9, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  190 words  |  

QIC: Riptide. Big crowd for a muggy Riptide Q. Just as we’re about to launch, a car screams into the parking lot. It’s the triumphant return of Joe Smith. Mosey to Koka Booth parking lot for the warm up. Mosey to the rock pile, partner up, and grab a rock. Mosey to American Tower. Thing 1: Partner rock work. Partner 1 stays with the rock for 8-step rock-your-body. Partner 2 runs up the American Tower hill, does 2 burpees, runs down the hill, crawl-bears back up the hill, 2 starjumps, runs back. [Read More]
augmented  bagels  bluewater  captain-jack  cumulus  denali  full-house  joe-smith  lookout  mayflower  prodigal  puzzles  repeato  riptide  staubach 

Prodigal Sun Rise

 Posted on July 2, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  

Following through on my standing offer to write your backblast if you Q at Back-in-Black: Prodigal is your QIC, and he brings his own party (Trident and Drago). Chops solo ECs. Puzzles, fresh off his highly successful VQ at FWD, arrives on bike. Thing 1: 10 burpees, 10 lunges, 10 WW2s, run the pickle, 9 burpees, 9 lunges, 9 WW2s, etc. Prodigal laps everyone. Thing 2: Pearls on a string Indian run halfway around the lake. [Read More]
bluewater  build-a-bear  captain-jack  chops  drago  hermes  prodigal  puzzles  snip  trident 

It's not the size of the rock that matters

 Posted on June 17, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  648 words  |  

Weather forecast for this morning was not looking good. And Claymore is one of those AO where options for hiding from the elements are limited. Unless you want to hang out under a tree. There are lots of those. I guess the dugouts technically work but then you have to worry about social distancing and how to do you split the PAX up. And there’s a bathroom. But it’s locked. And speaking of splitting PAX up… just don’t want to go there. [Read More]
bartman  blowout  coxswain  deuce  fosbury  pickles  pierogi  prodigal  quikstop  skipper  trident 

100' from the pool and still drenched

 Posted on June 10, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  

The NC summer is officially here. How does one know? When you’re driving to an AO at 4:43 AM and your wipers are going but it’s not actually raining… it’s humid. And hot. And it was both of those today. [Editor’s note: as I was working on this BB, YHC noted that Cauliflower posted an eerily similar BB at the same time. You can read his masterpiece here: https://f3carpex.com/2020/06/10/summer-in-nc-almost/] EC: Called an EC run. [Read More]
big-red  captain-jack  chipper  crimson  deuce  hamm  pierogi  prodigal  short-circuit  shut-in  sooey  staubach  track-star  triple-lindy  two-factor  wahoo 

The Dragon's Tail (or is that tale?)

 Posted on June 3, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  

Luckily, YHC was in bed by 10:00, so plenty of rest before the Q at SNS. But, it was a long day. It was my day to home school my two girls so the M could work. After dominating the Letterland lesson, we crushed counting to 100 by fives and tens. I was mentally exhausted. YHC did rebound for science and P.E., and then, in the spirit of my kids missing being at school, cooked up some droopy square pizza for lunch. [Read More]
asthma  build-a-bear  chop-block  compound-w  coney  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  goose  moped  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  sandlot  schroeder  ya-baby 

Gorillas in the Gloom

 Posted on May 21, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  275 words  |  

Sitting on the can this morning about the time the Back in Black boys were stepping out of their cars into the gloom, I am not ashamed to admit that a certain thought crossed my mind: ”Why in the hell did I pick today to Q?” After two months out of the gloom, it’s a bit easy to get soft. Not just muscle soft or calluses soft but mentally soft. Examples? [Read More]
banjo  callahan  kwik-stop  pierogi  prodigal 

BO and a Show

 Posted on February 21, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  493 words  |  

When my Wednesday go particularly difficult to deal with at work, I texted my M and set a plan for the evening. After dinner, we would take the family out for a special outing to a new bubble tea place on NC State’s campus. After all, they have this new ‘cheese foam’ topping that has the internets all abuzz. I have a strong stomach, how bad could it be? Rolled through town this early AM to scout out a new spot I wanted to visit with the PAX. [Read More]
burt  callahan  coney  hgtv  jigglypuff  kermit  prodigal  sosa  vhs  www  yoga-mat 

Finding Peace in Chaos

 Posted on January 24, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  286 words  |  

ECers: YHC, Michelob, Denali, Oofta, Chipper, Half, Term paper & RileyTheDog 5:45 Mosey to the parking lot near the shelter. Circle up for Good Mornings, Arm Circles, Steve Earles, SSH, Mnt Climbers. Grab a cinder block and mosey to the far end of the parking lot for 10x Block Curls; Block Shoulder Presses. Hold Chair Pose for an uncomfortable amount of time. Mosey to playground for 10x pullups and Merkins and hold Superman for an uncomfortable amount of time. [Read More]
adjacent  bluewater  chipper  denali  grease-monkey  half  hermes  hgtv  hoppin-john  kermit  michelob  nessie  oofta  prodigal  rileythedog  shank  smokey  squatter  term-paper