Triple Crown

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

When Hola Gato put up a Q spot for the finest AO in NW Cary on a Thursday YHC immediately had flashbacks to the fun we had about a year ago when I took the lead. After a quick discussion with my shield lock about scheduling, it was decided we go for the Triple Crown and bring back the (mini) cooper. After greeting my shield lock at HFT, YHC made the trek to NW Cary arriving at 5:37. [Read More]
badlands  bogo  clementine  dr-evil  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  goose  gump  ma-bell  nature-boy  skipper  sky-blue  sooey  the-commish  trike 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

 Posted on December 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

Rockin’ around the Xmas tree - Photo courtesy Frisco 9 rocked around (a very small) Christmas tree while 4 rucked around them. Warm up After a short mosey round the pickle, the PAX gathered for side-straddle hops (15), daisy pickers (15), hamstring stretches, plank hops (15) and calf stretches, then proceeded to the “play area” for… Thang 1 - Tempo fugiemus? Tempo-based series in 1:3 ratio featuring dips (15), bear crawl to raised heel half squats (15), crab crawl to curbkins (15), turkey trot (duck waddle). [Read More]
bagels  bartman  blowout  earhart  frisco  half-pike  hello-kitty  ninjago  pickles  skipper  sputnik  trike  www 

DORA Figure Eight

 Posted on October 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  

QIC: Gibraltar Date: 09/20/2019 After 7 years of not exercising in a disciplined way and with only one month of training with F3, Pivot told me if I would like to be a Q. At the beginning it sounds to me very challenging, to lead the workout with people who are really in good shape but I did not want to miss the opportunity and thanks to Torpedo I was able to schedule my Q for the last day of the VQ week. [Read More]
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Blackjack 21 – Split Hand

 Posted on September 25, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  607 words  |  

Claymore BB Date: 9/24/19 QIC: WWW PAX: Blowout, Calvin, EarharT, Frisco, Half Back, Kwik Stop, Ninjago, Pickles, Pivot, Press On, Skipper, Sosa, WWW There were some EC’ing to run and ruck. Hats off to those that participated. I was not one of them. Frisco Q shopped and chose my Q because Claymore and WWW is limited to no running. I was not expecting to hit the miles that we did but you will need to read on to know what we clocked. [Read More]
blowout  calvin  earhart  frisco  half-back  kwik-stop  ninjago  pickles  pivot  press-on  skipper  sosa  www 

Andrew Dice Claymore

 Posted on September 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  581 words  |  

Dodecahedron Of Pain I had been really nervous about the day I was going to be asked to lead a workout. More or less hoping I would just blend into the background with the rest of the PAX. Mainly just because Im not usually a person who likes to be the center of attention, which its a literal requirement during a VQ. But when the guys I am close with decided VQ week was going to be when they did it, I decided to get over my nervousness and I signed up. [Read More]
crimson  flacco  frisco  hamm  magnolia  peeping-tom  pickles  press-on  qwerty  qwikstop  sabre  skipper  sooey  supercell  the-joker  two-factor  wahoo  www 

How Many Poles Are There Anyway?

 Posted on September 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  

A pax of 5 arrived in downtown Cary for another evening beatdown. So after the Pledge of Allegiance we were off and running. Skipper was rucking, so he blazed his own trail, and we’d meet back up with him at the end. With that we headed off to the parking lot just around the corner. Warmup: Good Evening SSH Sir Fasio Arm Circles forward and reverse Windmills Mtn. Climbers Thang 1: [Read More]
freebird  greenbow  kermit  odouls  skipper 

People actually showed up

 Posted on September 9, 2019  |  7 minutes  |  1294 words  |  

As it was the Friday of the BRR, and having not seen much activity on Slack for people planning to show up for the Rolling Stone workout, and knowing there were only moderate SCs for the only official ruck AO in all of Carpex, I really didn’t have much planned out in advance for the crew that was anxiously awaiting my arrival at 0527. That all being said, there was a surprisingly large turnout for Rolling Stone, which in fact, blotted out the Bootcampers at GT by an almost 2:1 ratio. [Read More]
bartman  franklin  liverpool  lookout  nature-boy  skipper  trike 

Birthday Beatdown!

 Posted on September 7, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  

Good morning Pax and welcome to my birthday Q! I was too excited to sleep last night and woke up a good 1.5 hours early for the start of Phoenix. No FNG’s today so quickly through the disclaimer and pledge. Mosey around parking lot and circled up for warmup. SSH, a very slow good mornings, seal claps, and calf stretches. That’s enough of that as I needed all the time I can get for the beatdown. [Read More]
betsy-ross  blind-date  carvana  deuce  disco-duck  earhart  eveready  flip-flop-thats-singular  grinch  horatio  huckleberry  jon-donson  kidney-stone  kilmer  loom  pickles  skipper  smokey  sooey  tecumseh  texas-ranger  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wrench 

3.5875 for Rucking the Maynard

 Posted on August 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  259 words  |  

Three of us gathered at SNS start point at 0330 to get out and ruck the May May. For all three of us, it was our VRTM although Slappy had previously run the Maynard. We waited a bit for Bartman, who had been a HC the night before. A quick disclaimer, and it was 0333. I had a perfect song queued up, thinking that we’d be leaving at either 0334 or 0335 - in reference to the classic Chicago hit, “25 or 6 to 4. [Read More]
bartman  skipper  slappy  wrench 

Rush Hour can be Pain(stick)ful(l)

 Posted on August 22, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  1007 words  |  

It’s Tuesday night, which meant it was time for the finest evening 1st F AO in all of Carpex - Rush Hour! To truly make it Rush Hour, YHC strapped on my workout belt and blared some Rush tunes from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. One of the things you may not know about me is that I loved Rush when I was in middle school / high school, and I was a drummer, so I was always awed at the pure genius and precision of Neal Peart. [Read More]
bluewater  kermit  odouls  press-on  skipper  theismann