New Year's Resolution

 Posted on December 26, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  809 words  |  

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]
chanticleer  dot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kyrie  largemouth  mufasa  red-ryder  smokey  term-paper  wkrp 

Q Swap

 Posted on December 24, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  646 words  |  

QIC: Boyardee, Yanni BB Author: Yanni If you roll up to any F3 AO, whether it be in your region, a neighboring region, or in another state, you can be assured that you will be greeted with the same open arms and fist bumps. The men of Dante’s Peak welcomed YHC and Boyardee with great enthusiasm and smiling faces. YHC and @mabellcarpex met a week earlier at The Earl in Pittsboro and like all F3 encounters, hit it off immediately and hatched a plan. [Read More]
boyardee  chappy  earhart  exposure  grinch  gtl  imp  jolly-rancher  kyrie  monkey-nut  nerf  parker  red-ryder  shank  sour-mash  yanni  yogi 

The Apex Town Hall and Community Center Blues

 Posted on December 21, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  415 words  |  

Winter returned Thursday morning, but it was not enough to keep eight stallions in the fartsack. Warm-Up Mosey over to the town hall parking lot and circle up for side straddle hops, plank jacks, hillbillies and Sir Fazio. The Thang Mosey the long way over to the alley behind the community center and line up for BTTW Indian run. Everyone assumes the BTTW position, the man on the end gets to his feet and runs to the other end, assumes the BTTW position and yells GO to let the next man know it’s his turn to run. [Read More]
disco-duck  earhart  gtl  khakis  oxtail  queequeg  red-ryder  sour-mash 

NOT 12 Days of A-Team

 Posted on December 18, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  437 words  |  

Since we’re a week away from the Big Guy’s birthday, YHC thinks we must have a Christmas theme. However, like the music on the radio or the Apex street decorations, sometimes we just get burned out because Christmas starts too early. So we kept it light, didn’t overkill on the 12 days of Merkins, er Christmas. A grand total of 9 PAX gathered on a rather GLOOMY and dank morning at A-Team. [Read More]
beaker  chappy  ford  hotspot  imp  katniss  nature-boy  red-ryder  saban  smokey  theismann 

Christmas Train!

 Posted on December 15, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  526 words  |  

When the request hit groupme for a Q for Dante’s Peak YHC jumped at the opportunity to lead Carpex’s finest HIMs not realizing that it was the morning after the big Christmas bash. Never fear, I knew I’d have a strong group of HIMs and I wasn’t disappointed this morning. I was a bit worried at 5:37 when we only had YHC, Crimson (because you know he rode with me), and Disco Duck in the parking lot but we had a strong crowd roll in from there. [Read More]
beaker  blueprint  bogo  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  goose  khakis  ma-bell  monkey-nut  parker  red-ryder  snots  sooey  squatter  water-wings 

Next Verse, Same as the First

 Posted on December 13, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  348 words  |  

When: Dec 13th, 2017 QIC: EarharT The PAX: GTL, Yogi, Sooey, WWW, Red Ryder, YHC: EarharT A crisp morning greeted 5 PAX for an old fashioned beatdown, (did the cold weather scare some of the regulars??). GTL came in hot, just in time, for us to take off and mosey around the parking lot and down to a different area to shake off some of the cold and for: [Read More]
earhart  gtl  red-ryder  sooey  www  yogi 

Station to Station, 90 feet at a time

 Posted on December 7, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  312 words  |  

Tortoises is supposed to be a “limited run” AO. So be it. But have you ever seen a really motivated tortoise move very quickly, for just a short distance. No? Shut up. Yes you have. Tortoises move quickly quickly in small defined spaces. That is what we do TODAY. With a little baseball theme. 9 PAX took the challenge on this gloomy morning. Warm Up SSH (Nature Boy-style if you dare) Cotton pickers Sir Fazio arm circly things HillBillies Pre Thang [Read More]
disco-duck  earhart  freebird  grinch  hi-liter  nerf  red-ryder  spartan  www 

Tiny Black pellets forever

 Posted on December 7, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  

Atmosphere: Damp and 40 degrees I noticed the gate open on the lacrosse field, so I immediately thought about revising my initial baseball field sprints, which could be sloppy (I know how you kids like it EXTRA schloppy). Long story short, the field turf is like a sponge and we enjoyed sitting in the soak to have some Mary. Although, we did get on the field, Smokey thought mid way through the post we might have a city worker shake us down. [Read More]
crimson  earhart  exposure  freebird  grease-monkey  gtl  intimidator  khakis  oxtail  queequeg  red-ryder  smokey  sooey  sour-mash 

Constructing (and Deconstructing) BLIMPS

 Posted on December 4, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  281 words  |  

14 HIM gathered at the well-lighted Apex Nature Park to start their weeks off right. Started with a brief jog into one parking lot (where the PAX got a little confused as Hot Spot broke off from the group for his solo run through the woods) for the warmup (SSH, Good Mornings, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Overhead Clap, Mountain Climbers, Cotton Pickers). Mosey across the street to the larger parking lot to construct (and deconstruct) some BLIMPS (5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, 15 Imperial Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks, 30 Squats) as follows. [Read More]
ascot  chappy  chop-block  coxswain  disco-duck  ford  hotspot  imp  mississippi  pierogi  red-ryder  saban  smokey  theismann 

Mutiny in the Dark

 Posted on December 1, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  407 words  |  

Warm-Up Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for side straddle hops, imperial walkers, cotton pickers, an attempt at Sir Fazio arm circles that was derailed by Hermes’s counting and YHC’s laughter, followed by ten penalty burpees. The Thang Mosey out of the park and down to the Crescent Green parking lot for Paula Abdul. The plan was to travel around the perimeter of the parking lot by moving two steps (light poles) forward, one step (light pole) back, but YHC failed to communicate the instructions clearly at the beginning. [Read More]
denali  dice  disco-duck  hello-kitty  hermes  joe-smith  oofta  red-ryder  shank  smokey  term-paper  texas-ranger