VQ 5 Years Later

 Posted on September 22, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  518 words  |  

47 degrees in September…yes please! 21 pax left their warm cozy beds to suffer a bit in the gloom (even 1 high schooler! William “Braveheart” Wallace Marriott IV). So here is how this Beatdown was birthed…YHC VQ’d at FOD back in May of 2015. This past month I’ve been back to FOD a couple times and was excited to see the path around the baseball fields was FINALLY finished! We used to run the mess out of that loop and it got me thinking back to the early days of FOD…which got me to look up my VQ backblast…which got me to copy it for this morning and not have to think of something new! [Read More]
beaker  bogo  braveheart  clementine  compound-w  doggy-paddle  duece  entitlement  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  gump  high-school-musical  kenison  liverpool  pigeon  pivot  pom-pom  shut-in  sky-blue  term-paper 

Herding Cats for COT

 Posted on September 21, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  289 words  |  

Big crowd mulling around outside the gates. One FNG – disclaimer given. Pledge and we are off. Mosey through some parking lots followed by a few traditional warm up exercises. Head to the lot near the shelters for some pickle partner lunge, run, HRM circuits Shelter for 11’s with Dips and Irkins Crimson suggests heading to powerline hill to find Chewie and Bootlegger Run to crosswalk doing 3,6,9, 12…24 monkey humpers at each lightpole [Read More]
bootlegger  braveheart  cataracts  chewie  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  henny-penny  hgtv  honey-comb  horatio  imp  quiver  repeato  saban  shut-in  silver-fox  smokey  sooey  sour-mash  suck-up  term-paper  two-factor  vhs  www 

Not to disappoint...

 Posted on September 2, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

Beige I get a little anxious when it comes to Qing “High Tempo” workouts. Will I get enough miles in? There’s a certain group of Pax among us that expect a certain mileage minimum for such workouts. But will there be enough variety for the rest of the Pax? Well, I attempted to come up with a plan that would appease all, but wouldn’t you know it, at 0530 that certain group was nowhere to be found anyway. [Read More]
banjo  build-a-bear  garfield  i-pity-the-fool  kermit  orphan  peeping-tom  schlitz  shut-in  water-wings 

Hemlock Bluffs Blair Witch

 Posted on August 31, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  176 words  |  

Several for extra credit, and 20 were there for the main event. No respects. We ran down the trail past the SWW turn and then crossed the creek into the woods and onto the Hemlock Bluffs trail. We ran all the trails in Hemlock Bluffs (well, almost all). Then we ran home. We did some push ups and squats and things along the way while waiting for the 6 to catch up. [Read More]
bagels  build-a-bear  chanticleer  chops  denali  grease-monkey  hasselhoff  hermes  hot-spot  khakis  kiffin  lookout  mayflower  oofta  peeping-tom  puzzles  shut-in  snip  water-wings  wild-turkey 

Catch'em Burpees

 Posted on August 22, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  130 words  |  

20 Pax today total with the guys that ran the Dino (I think)..

No FNG’s

We had 4 for EC run of 3 miles

Disclaimer and intro, Pledge

Mosey to the parking lot by ball field for warm up, some good stretching to get ready for the thang

The Thang

  • Partner up for Catch me if you can with burpees
    • Partner 1 did 5 burpees to start
    • continued for 2 laps around trail/ path around the fields
    • Reduce down to 4 burpees for 1 lap
    • Then 3 burpees for 1 lap
    • Then 2 burpees for 1 lap
    • Running short on time for the last one so we split in 2 groups for a Washington run back to skate park for Mary

Mary with LBCs, Homer to Marge, and American Hammers

bitcoin  blueprint  build-a-bear  denali  garfield  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  kermit  largemouth  mabell  mamas-boy-2  one-four  orphan  puddles  shut-in  silver-fox  smokey  water-wings  wonderbread 

How Quickly Things Change

 Posted on July 30, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  433 words  |  

YHC has been trying to find a good week to get on the Q sheet for Rush Hour. Over the weekend while camping, he was able to EH a buddy so after a dozen or so adult beverages he slapped his name on the sheet for this week. YHC had a fantastic theme and plan and had even done some recon earlier in the day. Things were all aligned until 4 minutes into the drive to the AO when the dark sky started to be illuminated with intermittent lightening bolts. [Read More]
cauliflower  lightning-rod  schlitz  shut-in 

If I Can, You Can

 Posted on July 28, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  294 words  |  

YHC has made posting at Measure Twice a priority. I mean one 30 minute stretch session should fix me for the whole week, right? Every time I’ve been I’ve been impressed by the Q. And everytime I’ve been I’ve thought I’m MONTHS away from EVER Qing this site! Fast forward (or rewind I guess) to Sunday night. The empty Q slot was just calling my name and saying, “Do it. Doesn’t matter if you don’t think you can. [Read More]
banjo  bartman  bogo  bolton  butterscotch  entitlement  five-hole  globe-trotter  parker  prodigal  schroeder  shut-in  sky-blue  torpedo 

Back-in-Bounty Hunters

 Posted on July 23, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  503 words  |  

Prologue: A couple months ago, the Bounty Hunters shirt went up for sale. I’m both a Star Wars and F3 nerd, so I was all in, but I felt like I shouldn’t wear the shirt of a Carpex AO where I’d never posted. Since I’m solo Site-Qing at Back in Black right now, I needed a flag at Koka Booth, so that I could head to Bounty Hunters and check that box. [Read More]
captain-jack  denali  garfield  gtl  half  honeycomb  kermit  orphan  prodigal  shank  shut-in  silver-fox  smokey  term-paper  water-wings 

Measuring 2x with Music

 Posted on July 21, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  619 words  |  

Music has always been a core part of my life. Piano lessons starting at age 6, leading high school youth group on guitar, dancing like a fiend at Phish shows, and most recently mountain biking at Lake Crabtree classic rock (thanks to Road Rash for the tip). I knew once it was time to VQ I’d want to find some way to incorporate it into the gloom, at the very least to honor my namesake. [Read More]
banjo  blowout  bogo  bolton  build-a-bear  butterscotch  five-hole  franklin  prodigal  schroeder  shut-in  sky-blue  torpedo  valjean 

No Koozie = Hot Beer

 Posted on July 14, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  582 words  |  

Last night I dreamed of Q’ing FMJ and receiving a custom F3 FMJ koozie……like a badge of honor! So cool! Instead, I got shafted just like Mark Gottfried shafted the Wuffpack. I got shafted by the Nantan Emeritus, now demoted to FMJ Site-Q, Ma Pythonless Bell. Def a low point in my life. But sheeeiiiit, I drink my Brooksweisers fast enough, so don’t need your Koozie Ma Bell! I bet the other real Site-Q, Orphan, woulda remembered tho! [Read More]
callahan  denali  flip-flop-thats-singular  i-pity-the-fool  imp  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  parker  pierogi  shut-in  squatter  term-paper