Well, That Sucked

 Posted on January 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

Nicely put, Pickles. More on that in a minute. As for any Q YHC rolls in about 15 minutes before the start to walk the grounds. (This was not as necessary today as I had been there the afternoon before with my 2.0 and 2.1 to scout and confirm a few things. North Cary Park is truly the nicest park in Cary.) Shortly behind me the Site Q runs in carrying the shovel flag. [Read More]
arsenal  ck  coney  leprechaun  pickles  press-on  random-house  saban  sabre  theismann  yogi 

Cold Open

 Posted on January 17, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  375 words  |  

On “The Slack” when I see Hotspot’s week of upcoming Q’s. Hmmm. No Q at DZ. That ain’t ‘bout to happen. Snatched that bad boy up and came up with the plan. Warm Up: Harder than normal this am since everyone was in their own world conversating. Could not get this bunch of 12 in gear at all. Saben even gave me the eye. Never have I felt so inadequate as a Q. [Read More]
burt  ck  coney  flip-flop  gap-year  leprechaun  ollie  pickles  random-house  saban  sabre  sosa 

Powerlines

 Posted on January 14, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  227 words  |  

We began the workout bright and early with a strong showing of 25 HIM’s. The weather was cold and damp but none of us regretted leaving the cozy fartsack for a morning of hard work and fellowship. Warm-Up Sooey started us off with a light jog to the parking lot. SSH: 15, Good mornings: 10, Merkins:25, PlankJacks:15, Mtn Climbers:15, The Thang 1 Another short mozy down “Powerline hill”. 7’s Burpies at the top and Merkins at the bottom. [Read More]
badlands  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  ezekiel  franklin  frisco  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  hotty-toddy  imp  katniss  lawn-dart  nature-boy  open-out  payback  red-ryder  repeato  saban  smokey  sooey  staubach  term-paper 

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 

Plan B. Think anyone noticed?

 Posted on January 9, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  542 words  |  

YHC signed up to Q arguably the toughest of CARPEx AO’s last week and immediately set to thinking about what to bring to the PAX. Pullups? Not at this sprawling hey pull-up-bar lacking site. Celebration Merkins? Ditto no… although the big shelter has plenty, there’s just not that much room? Compass Merkins? There’s a thought. But one of my fave’s are the baseball fields, providing an nice setting for low-mileage beatdowns. [Read More]
bogo  chinese-downhill  chipper  denali  ezekiel  flacco  flip-flop  gap-year  hello-kitty  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  largemouth  liverpool  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  ollie  one-four  parker  pierogi  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  squatter  the-commish  the-joker  two-factor  wkrp 

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]
banjo  bogo  build-a-bear  cheddar-bo  ck  flacco  geek-squad  liverpool  moped  ollie  one-four  pbx  pierogi  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  snots  the-commish 

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 

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 

Q What You Hate

 Posted on December 24, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  416 words  |  

This Christmas Eve morning beatdown and 2ndF that followed was one of the most enjoyable mornings YHC has had over the past (almost) 4 years! Must be the advent season! After a shoutout by Disco Duck on Slack, YHC went to work planning this beatdown (circa 1930 the night before). 23 Pax in all. Lots came stampeding in from the EC run. YHC had no gloves (because YHC was planning to fartsack being out in Durham at his father in law’s for Christmas) [Read More]
anchovy  cataracts  disco-duck  goose  hotspot  hotwire  imp  intimidator  katniss  ma-bell  press-on  red-ryder  rooney  saban  shut-in  smokey  sooey  sub  term-paper  texas-ranger  two-factor  yogi 

OGs of DZ

 Posted on December 14, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  431 words  |  

Uuuughh Maybe 5 hours of sleep just isn’t enough to fully recover from a holiday party as lit as a Carpex party. It was in the 40’s, cloudy with a chance of rain (and/or merlot), and multiple PAX were feeling ROOOOUUGH. Burt, evidently, wasn’t one of them. He instead was up to his usual antics of yelling loudly. Flacco was not appreciative. Nor was I. YHC saw it was 0545 and took off around the pickle. [Read More]
angry-elf  burt  callahan  coney  flacco  flip-flop  pierogi  saban