So I know some of you are woodworkers...

 Posted on May 20, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  442 words  |  

My 3 years of f3 celebration continue as I Q at the place I posted for the 2nd time, and my favorite Carpex AO, Bradfords Ordinary. What I remember from that post was that Disco Duck was the Q and the old lady that gave Callahan what was walking and carrying a bag of rice as he was coming off of IR a hard time. (Read about it here) FNGs: 2 Welcome Satchmo and Flavortown [Read More]
adjacent  all-ours  asthma  banjo-2  bartman  block  burt  callahan  captain-jack  captain-kirk  chipper  chop  deuce  entitlement  flacco  flavortown  goose  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  iceman  jazz-hands  jigglypuff  joe-smith  karma-chameleon  lookout  ma-bell  moped  nature-boy  old-maid  pierogi  quiver  repeato  riptide  saban  sabre  satchmo  shoe-horn  sosa  vhs  yeah-baby 

Three Mile Minimum

 Posted on May 18, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  504 words  |  

Workout Date: 05/18/21 Working on my stretch goal, YHC has been making some moves on the Carpex Q sheets. I was somewhat apprehensive about blindly signing up to Q a “high tempo” workout without posting first. I’ve seen more than one AO where this label no longer applies, and others where the label is missing. I did my due diligence, verifying with Peeping Tom that Full Metal Jacket really was high tempo and posting Kryptonite the day before to get a taste of Carpex High Tempo. [Read More]
egon  flip-flop  francois-3  happy-gilmore  jeter  largemouth  mr-wilson  orphan  pigpen  saban  stella  suck-up 

Oh my God! They Killed PBX

 Posted on April 23, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  739 words  |  

Preamble OK, everybody just calm the F down. PBX is fine. But there was a period of time where we didn’t know that. “What happened?” you ask? Here’s the way it went down. All statements herein have been verified by multiple sources. The morning began like any other Friday at Gran Torino. Elite EC runners at 0500 followed by a rag-tag group of blue collar EC runners at 0505. PBX was one of those blue collar guys, along with Biner, Water Wings, and YHC. [Read More]
banjo  biner  chanticleer  clementine  hi-liter  lucky-charms  ma-bell  michelob  one-direction  one-four  overflow  parker  pbx  saban  water-wings 

What really is hi-tempo anyway?

 Posted on April 20, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  316 words  |  

quckie backblast – Ma Bell hyped the site as the best, Grease Monkey back for a one-night special, & lots of talk about how FMJ has gotten too tough as of late…. so, pressure on me to make sure the PAX were moving this fine morning…. with 15 seconds to spare, we said the pledge and did a sharp mosey down to the middle school parking lot dodging 3 Apex pick-up trucks on dawn patrol for some reason…. [Read More]
antique  bartman  burt  chanticleer  denali  francois  grease-monkey  gtl  hello-kitty  hi-liter  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  old-maid  one-direction  orphan  pet-sounds  prodigal  saban  sabre  shoe-horn  staubach  the-commish  wonderbread 

Papa Smurf

 Posted on April 16, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  

Surprisingly brisk mid-April conditions at North Cary Park this morning, so chilly even Ma Bell was wearing sleeves. Warm-Up Mosey around The Pickle back to the flag and circle up for control freak Good Mornings, imperial walkers, burpees, copperhead merkins and squats. The Thang Mosey down to the shelter for 11’s (since Callahan says 7’s aren’t a thing), left-right step-ups in the shelter, hand release merkins at the flag. Partner up, one partner runs The Pickle, one partner does irkins, dips and derkins. [Read More]
blowout  burt  callahan  coney  disco-duck  happy-gilmore  liverpool  ma-bell  press-on  quiver  saban  two-factor  viewmaster 

Zip it

 Posted on April 16, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  165 words  |  

5:22AM: Arrive at El Cap. See Prodigal sitting in this car mentally preparing for the joy to come 5:22 - 5:28AM: Short run to validate that it is bright enough on the greenways to not need a light. Check. 5:29AM: Share the good news of “no lights” needed with Saban and Ramsay. Ramsay ignores me. 5:29.30AM: Receive Naturday from Burt. Build-a-Bear gets his too. 5:30AM: Pledge 5:30.45AM: We’re off 5:31 - 5:37AM: Brisk run in direction of Wendy’s. [Read More]
one-four  pierogi  prodigal  ramsay  saban 

SNS 4/14/21

 Posted on April 14, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  664 words  |  

35(ish) PAX converged at Bond Park for a pick-your-own-adventure sorta day. Some ran. Some rucked. Some beast-ed. And some did a little bit of all that. But I can only speak to what the bootcampers did. Some other hero will need to fill you in on what happened with the ruckers and runners. 5:44am, YHC hollered at the PAX to find a partner. A dull buzz filled the air as the PAX wondered whether YHC had actually planned a Q *gasp*. [Read More]
antique  banjo  bartman  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chanticleer  coney  denali  duece  flacco  goose  gtl  happy-gilmore  hello-kitty  hgtv  hiliter  horatio  hot-spot  jigglypuff  largemouth  michelob  one-direction  pierogi  qwikstop  repeato  saban  sabre  schlitz  shortcut  shut-in  snots  squatter  steaks  yeah-baby 

this is the year

 Posted on April 1, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  517 words  |  

HAPPY OPENING DAY! We made it through another baseball offseason. And through another Q1. And through another gloomy gloomy winter. We got some sprinkles this morning, and I don’t think we cracked 50deg, but it was glorious nonetheless. Here’s what we did… Gather up, and oh snap, Bayonne’s here!! Awesome to see you back, man. 9 others rolled up including 2 via EC. Burt swaps his Dodgers jersey for a tank top, and I don my Matt Harvey jersey for potentially the last time. [Read More]
adjacent  bayonne  burt  coney  goose  happy-gilmore  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kwik-stop  press-on  saban 

A-Team GBBs!

 Posted on March 29, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

Super excited to Q at A-Team this morning – it’s one of my favorite sites and is always loaded with High Impact Men. Speaking of HIM, @petsounds was there! So great to see him back in the gloom! Bootcamp-wise, I felt like trying something new – here’s what went down…. 15 total pax, 9 bootcampers, the remainers bruising/walking + 4 legged Manny! Pledge of course! Then mosey straight into the park to the top of the powerline hill for warm-up: good morning, windmill, hill-billy, mtn climbers, merkins, etc. [Read More]
bootlegger  crimson  flacco  goose  henny-penny  honeycomb  imp  pet-sounds  press-on  saban  sabre  silver-fox  smokey  sooey  yeah-baby 

POTT to Puff

 Posted on March 11, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  613 words  |  

YHC started with two t-shirts and a sweatshirt on this fine March morning, and quickly transitioned to a tank top. When TTT calls, you answer. Just as you do when two of our finest Site Q PAX call - you ANSWER. 9… make it 10 PAX gathered at 5:45 for what on the surface appeared to be a BO-farewell Q for our outgoing compadre Coxswain. Little did we know, there was a secret plan being cooked up for a Passing Of The Torch for the ages. [Read More]
burt  callahan  coney  coxswain  jigglypuff  loom  pierogi  press-on  saban  shipyard