Cougar Town, 30-40 make 70's

 Posted on April 13, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  625 words  |  

The idea for this Q came from my curiosity on whether there is actually a definition of being a cougar. Reliable, first-page Google hits assure that there is, indeed. The possibility of being a cougar begins at 40 years old, with a typical 10 year gap, thus making the average cub a barely-escaped hate at 30 (coincidentally also YHC’s age). Less than 2% of US relationships meet this definition, so if you, gentle reader, are one of them, you are one of the few, the proud, the cradle-graved. [Read More]
16-steves  bolton  clockwork  disco-duck  free-bird-2  puddles  ramsay  red-ryder  spicoli  steaks  tang  the-joker  theismann  two-factor 

Beaker called it monotony, I'm glad he noticed!

 Posted on April 12, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  202 words  |  

Hello Hell’s Bells! Great way to start the week! Here’s what happened: 10 studs and I gathered in the lot – quick survey revealed no FNGs, bummer…. we said the pledge & carried our kettle bells 1/2 way down the lot. Brief mosey around the lot to circle up for the: Warm-up: good morning, windmill, fazio/overhead/seal/alleluias/fazio backwards, plank, merkins, etc. Another quick mosey & gather for: The Thang: wanted to bring something newish to HB, so downloaded a Tabata app – we’d do 8 rounds of each exercise, 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest…. [Read More]
beaker  clockwork  earhart  flacco  parker  peeping-tom  sabre  smithers  theismann  wahoo  www 

All creatures, great and small

 Posted on April 10, 2021  |  5 minutes  |  911 words  |  

So…recently trying to get back in the swing of things, Piranha Park has become a new favorite. I’ve still not had a single drop of Vicious Fishes brews, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Piranha Joe’s offerings. This has become a “go for the 1st F so I can enjoy the 2nd and 3rd F” workouts. The call went out from Peeping Tom on Thursday afternoon…and it sat there for just a little bit before YHC picked it up. [Read More]
bolton  clockwork  disco-duck  earhart  kidney-stone  old-maid  peeping-tom  queequeg  rooney  sideout-2  spicoli  theismann  wahoo 

Piranha Park Launch!!

 Posted on March 6, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  542 words  |  

When: March 6th, 2021 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Trike, Triple Lindy, Peeping Tom, Yahoo, Overflow, Red Ryder, Clockwork, Side out, Theismann, Open Concept, Snots, Old Maid, Mr. Safety, Ninjago, Queequeg, Flenderson, Nothing Special, Track Star, YHC Earhart 19 PAX gathered to launch the newest, Saturday AO in Apex, Piranha Park! After 127 days of soft launching, YHC and Peeping Tom finally made it official and 17 others were there to celebrate. [Read More]
clockwork  earhart  flenderson  mr-safety  ninjago  nothing-special  old-maid  open-concept  overflow  peeping-tom  queequeg  red-ryder  side-out  snots  theismann  track-star  trike  triple-lindy  yahoo 

PHAT Tuesday

 Posted on February 16, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  428 words  |  

22 brave men and 2 brave dogs assembled in beautiful downtown Cary on the most glorious evening of the year. Warm-Up Mosey around the parking lot in front of Page Walker, past the pocket park, to the parking lot next to the tracks and circle up for various warm-up exercises. I think one of them was burpees. The Thang Mosey safely across the street to the little hill behind the Chamber of Commerce for 7&7. [Read More]
biner  cauliflower  disco-duck  earhart  flint  freebird  full-house  goose  hgtv  horatio  mojo  moped  ollie  one-four  parker  peeping-tom  press-on  riptide  side-out  tang  theismann  vhs 

Baselines and backblasts

 Posted on January 2, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  698 words  |  

January 1. Symbolically speaking, a turning of a new leaf. And while most years are met with some degree of glee and dread, it’s pretty safe to say that the vast majority of us today are expecting much greater things from 2021 than 2020 gave us. So, with that in mind, today’s Dante’s Peak beatdown aimed to set new bars and improve on past glories. Warm-up: I have been working on getting a couple of guys from my son’s BSA troop out for months now and got a positive response last night from one of the dad’s about potentially joining us at DP this morning. [Read More]
blackout  crew-chief  mr-safety  pierogi  ramsay  theismann  torpedo  triple-lindy  www 

🎶 5 Bu-r-pees... 🎶

 Posted on December 16, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  355 words  |  

The Q for Lion’s Den remained unfufilled and I hadn’t Q’d on the home turf in sometime so I took the opportunity. 10 Pax gathered at the flag with no FNG’s although with the winter gear on some were more distinguishable than others. A quick pledge and we’re off. Tour of Lights Mosey I had promised Coxswain a view of my neighbor’s Star Wars Christmas display as a perk to coming to Lion’s Den earlier in the week on Slack, alas he picked up the Q at Point Break so wasn’t with us – I decided to go through with the tour anyhow. [Read More]
blue-and-out  clockwork  decal  imp  kermit  open-concept  puddles  ramsay  red-ryder  theismann 

Quest for 8 Q Challenge ... Day 1 Hells Bells

 Posted on December 15, 2020  |  6 minutes  |  1093 words  |  

Date: 12/14/2020 PAX: Reentry, Snots, Ma Bell, Yahoo, Wahoo, Triple Lindy, Earhart, Entitlement, Roasters, Theismann, Side Out, Track Start, Kwik Stop, Free Bird, WWW Q’ing for a whole week to commemorate my birthday on 12/16 & also my F3-versary since 2017. I first heard about F3 while I was in the Cary YMCA. There was a guy in the gym talking about it to his friend. He heard about F3 in Next Door website. [Read More]
earhart  entitlement  freebird  kwik-stop  ma-bell  reentry  roasters  side-out  snots  theismann  track-star  triple-lindy  wahoo  www  yahoo 

Disclaimer: We Won't Run.

 Posted on November 11, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  442 words  |  

YHC hadn’t posted since Hot for Teacher last week as I was dealing with a bum ankle, so when coming up with a plan for this morning, I thought it’d be a good idea to limit the running and just hit upper body hard. I announced to the group how unprofessional I am and made a disclaimer that we wouldn’t be doing a lot of running. I quickly realized in the first mosey that the ankle was feeling pretty darn good so I changed my plans on the fly and incorporated the worst hill I could find. [Read More]
chicken-little  decal  hamm  henny-penny  imp  open-concept  pierogi  puddles  ramsay  schlitz  side-out  silver-fox  slim-shady  steaks  the-joker  theismann  triple-lindy  two-factor  wagon-wheel 

Hidden Agenda

 Posted on October 22, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  

17 pax: Banjo, Bootlegger, Disco duck, Earhart, Headroom, Hummus, Juicy Fruit, Kool-Aid, Peeping Tom, Ramsey, Side Out, Slim Shady, Snooki, Steaks, Theismann, Triple Lindy, Wahoo, Warmup 2 line Indian run around the front of church, back to flag, and then various warmup exercises and active stretching. ME. Though the men did not know it, the following exercises are ones elite trail runners use that don’t live in mountainous terrain. Two line Indian run to the planter boxes, grab a partner. [Read More]
banjo  bootlegger  disco-duck  earhart  headroom  hummus  juicy-fruit  kool-aid  peeping-tom  ramsey  side-out  slim-shady  snooki  steaks  theismann  triple-lindy  wahoo