Start Late, Finish Early

 Posted on March 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  

4am. 10 month old is up and Daddy Dooty begins. Roughly 510, YHC sneeks out of nursery, dresses and hits the door in hopes to make the 520 pre run. As I come flying in, I see an empty parking lot. Luckily, Denali arrives a few min later and we take off on a leisurely stroll through Cary’s finest back roads. 542, we both realize we are going to be late getting back. [Read More]
bartman  callahan  chinese-downhill  denali  disco-duck  frisco  half  one-four  pickles  press-on  shut-in  silverback  sputnik  squatter  the-commish 

Twas a starry night in the gloom which was ideal to bring on some Thunderstruck!

 Posted on March 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  608 words  |  

Date: 3/18/2019 QIC: WWW AO: A Team PAX: 15 For some reason, Sky Q forgot to turn on the heater. Albeit being a crisp / brisk morning, it was a blessing to be out there leading the PAX in the workout. Sooey graced us with his presence to get his walk in. Sooey is da Man because he did not wait long to get back out in the gloom. There is always one or two PAX that would not mind taking a walk with him. [Read More]
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Hablo un poco de español

 Posted on March 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  

Buenos Dias, Hermanos. When it was announced that Liverpool and Water Wings would share their Chimbote, Peru (or is it Chipotle…) story with the Pax at a bread braking and the Q sheet was WIDE FREAKING OPEN for that day, YHC had to jump on it. Knowing we’d have a squad on hand, I was extra excited (hard to believe I know) for this one. With a resounding Yooooooooooooo at 0544, we got ready to roll out. [Read More]
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Bartmanniversary IV

 Posted on March 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  402 words  |  

23 PAX turned out this fine morning to help YHC celebrate four years of gloom. That’s right, this week marks 48 months of getting after it, and it’s as if A-Team hasn’t changed a bit. PAX in the low 20’s, rain more often than it should, and a bunch of go-getters ready to hit it. A 2-mile EC led by Disco was the perfect apertif. Mosey to the front parking lot and circle up. [Read More]
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BO BB 3/7/19: Vanilla Just Tastes Better

 Posted on March 11, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  838 words  |  

15 PAX entered the gloom on a 40-something degree morning in downtown Cary. A couple guys did EC - you know who you are. By the grace of the SkyQ, one of the BO twitterkeepers tweeted out that YHC was the Q for the week. YHC may or may not have remembered that. (I didn’t) In light of that, I jokingly asked @shutincarpex what he was planning to do for his Q down the road, and like a good PAX, he DM’d me his pre-blast. [Read More]
bartman  callahan  captain-kirk  hello-kitty  jigglypuff  peeping-tom  press-on  prodigal  riptide  saban  silverback  squatter  straight-cash  stump-jumper  vhs 

Clowning Around the Track in the Gloom

 Posted on March 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  373 words  |  

Date: 2/28/2019 QIC: WWW AO: Flying-Circus PAX: Badlands, Beaker, Biner, Ezekiel, Geek Squad, Goose, Kilmer, Lawn Dart, Nature Boy, Silverback, Sky Blue, Trike, WWW, Warm-up: GM (You can’t have a great day without a good morning), hamstring stretches, calf stretches with some CFMs x5 for each leg, Sir Fazios. We mosey top the track for some clowning around. Thang 1: 4 pain stations strategically stationed around the track (backward run btw stations) [Read More]
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Found

 Posted on February 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  291 words  |  

3 for EC: Disco Duck, Term Paper, and YHC Honeycomb advised his FNG would be several minutes late, so we proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and then off to the first parking lot to warm up. SSH, Imperial walker, good morning, cotton picker. Recover and head back to the gate to pick up Honeycomb, Disco Duck and FNG. 10 burpees and hill billys. Recover, share disclaimer, head off into the park. [Read More]
banjo  bartman  disco-duck  goose  honeycomb  imp  katniss  magellan  nature-boy  repeato  saban  shank  silverback  smokey  term-paper  wkrp 

7 of Diamonds

 Posted on February 21, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  392 words  |  

F3 Carpex is in a great spot. I don’t mean location. F3 Carpex is healthy and growing. In some ways it seems like our growth is limitless. I cannot begin to imagine how many AOs there will be five years from now. Many AOs, on a nice morning, will have well over 20 guys post. The energy is high, the mumble chatter is relentless. But I was reminded this morning of how a small group of men can be a refreshing change. [Read More]
burt  callahan  liverpool  puck  silverback  term-paper  theismann  viking 

Mathletics

 Posted on February 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  332 words  |  

Eleven HIMs gathered in the fairly well lit, narrow parking lot of Annie Jones Park expecting a limited-run boot camp workout. This is, in fact, what was to be delivered to said PAX. First exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. In a well-disguised foreshadowing of things to come, a high knee/karaoke mosey to the lot next to the tennis courts for… Warm Up SSHs, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Overhead Claps, Plank Jacks & Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]
carvana  ck  ezekiel  frisco  intimidator  pickles  red-ryder  saban  silverback  the-truth  theismann 

Millennial Mayhem

 Posted on February 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  440 words  |  

‘Twas a lovely morning on the border of Cary and Apex, where Miss Laura Duncan once cooked some chard on a stone. 18 men gathered to pay tribute to the Millennial generation with a goal of 2000-count exercises: 1000 reps and 1000 meters of running. Dodging the expected deluge of rain, we had a fine time in the cool, soggy gloom…one might even say “moist.” YHC had found the Millennial workout on the Exicon and thought it would be a great way to challenge the PAX to a well-rounded beatdown. [Read More]
bartman  coney  disco-duck  flacco  hasselhoff  honeycomb  hotspot  jigglypuff  ma-bell  red-ryder  saban  sabre  shut-in  silverback  smokey  sub  term-paper  two-factor