Flirtin' With a Double Dribble

 Posted on August 22, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  565 words  |  

On Wednesday, August 22nd, the Carpex Fighting Fish PAXetball team meet at Marla Dorrell park, the home of Carpex Court, for an early morning practice. 27 members of the team, YHC included and an FNG from New Jersey (lifelong friend of YHC) met at the hardwood (or pavement), because as YHC’s tweet pointed out, “Hard bodies are made on the hard wood (pavement).” And with that, practice was under way: [Read More]
blue-and-out  build-a-bear  callahan  chanticleer  dice  flip-flop  gmo  half  hello-kitty  hermes  jigglypuff  joe-smith  mccants  mufasa  muni-bond  ollie  oofta  repeato  saban  shank  smokey  sosa  strange-brew  the-situation  whirlie  wkrp  yoga-mat 

Solar Eclipse!

 Posted on August 21, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

Today is the day for the solar eclipse so I felt compelled to create a workout that was both challenging and fun, relating as much as I could to the special astrological day. 21 PAX gather in the humid, gloom day for the themed-event. We take off down the road in a mosey imitating, the sun and moon traversing the sky. We make it, after a backwards run up the hill, to the first eclipse over Oregon for: [Read More]
bocephus  bogo  compound-w  disco-duck  dreamland  earhart  enough  franklin  hasselhoff  hotspot  jigglypuff  katniss  leprechaun  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  pickles  red-ryder  repeato  smokey  wkrp 

Brotherhood of the Traveling Rocks

 Posted on August 17, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  

The plan this morning was to travel around SNS with some rocks. None of this standing around in a circle stuff. Get that heart rate up! Warm Up SSH x 20 Merkins x 15 Good Mornings x 15 Mountain Climber x 15 Sir Fazio Arm Circles forward and back x 10 each. Burpees x 5 OYO Thang 1 Get a medium sized rock. Mosey over to parking lot. 7 exercises around the parking lot perimeter. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  blackout  callahan  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  crimson  denali  flip-flop  hasselhoff  khakis  malpractice  ollie  parker  pbx  riptide  saban  shank  smokey  snots  sooey  sooner  sosa  strange-brew  swag  water-wings  wkrp 

Tortoises Comes To A-Team

 Posted on August 14, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  

The plan this morning was to bring a Tortoises style workout to A-team. Limited running, unlimited pain. So we moseyed to the first parking lot at the front of the park and stayed there for the entire workout. Warm Up Little Man Jumping Jacks x 15 Jukebox x 15 (created by and named for my 2.0) Imperial Walker x 15 Cotton Pickers x 15 Thang 1 Partner up for Dora 1-2-3, merkins x 100, prisoner squats x 200, LBCs x 300, one partner runs the pickle while the other does the exercises. [Read More]
airbag  angry-elf  ascot  banjo  billy  biner  blackout  bogo  crimson  disco-duck  dreamland  ford  goose  grinch  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  open-out  parker  pbx  saban  shank  smokey  snots  sooey  sosa  sour-mash  water-wings  wkrp  www  yogi  zeke 

More Jets than Chargers... sadly

 Posted on August 4, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  574 words  |  

Going into this VQ, I was hoping to achieve Hall of Fame status but at the very least hit #MinimalCompetence. I thank all the PAX family for putting up with the latter while I work towards the former… you aim for the Hall of Fame but you sometimes have to go through the Jets to get there. But that’s beyond the point… in celebration of TCU Alum LaDainian Tomlinson’s upcoming induction into the NFL Hall of Fame, 13 PAX joined me for a VQ beatdown-ish. [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  biner  burt  chanticleer  flip-flop  ford  hermes  largemouth  pierogi  saban  shank  sky-blue  wkrp 

Over Hill and Dale in Downtown Cary

 Posted on August 3, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  800 words  |  

So a few weeks ago I was complaining giving constructive criticism about an Indian Run we were in the middle of when Term Paper said, “Guess what, VQ week is right around the corner and you can plan an even better workout.” Dazed and confused, YHC finds himself in the gloom, in front of FUMC, Q’ing the Bradford’s Ordinary. A huge THANK YOU for the yoga mats that appeared! At long last, my wail of anguish has been answered and I have a place to lay my weary countenance! [Read More]
airbag  banjo  biner  bo-jackson  burt  callahan  compound-w  containment  coxswain  dice  disco-duck  franklin  half  hello-kitty  hermes  joe-smith  kermit  ma-bell  mississippi  ollie  saban  sky-blue  smokey  term-paper  wkrp  wonk  yoga-mat 

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

 Posted on August 2, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  

On August 2, 2017 Shakin’ not Stirred became Friday (Wednesday) Night Lights with the Carpex Fighting Fish. 29 PAX arrived for practice. Also, the Carpex cross-country team headed out with 5 in toe (sorry Ma Bell) for a Vesper’s conditioning run. First a tip of the coaching visor to Burt for the modify as needed t-shirt and the love for YHC, Hello Kitty. With fire in their bellies Coach Kitty gave a rousing pre-game speech (some got emotional), telling the team that by giving all they had on this day we would be ready to take on Bingville on Friday night. [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  beaker  bogo  burt  carpetbagger  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  denali  flip-flop  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hermes  hotspot  joe-smith  kermit  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  parker  pet-sounds  pierogi  repeato  saban  shut-in  snots  sooner  sosa  tenderfoot  term-paper  track-hoe-lexington  wilbur  wkrp 

Q-Drenaline

 Posted on August 2, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  802 words  |  

YHC was super pumped up with Q-Drenaline for his VQ. So pumped up that he initially got into the car this AM without his running shoes. So pumped up that he drew up a 2-sided weinke in 4-point font that was entirely unreadable in the early gloom. So pumped up that he was nearly made late for his own VQ while waiting for “Gonna Fly Now” from the Rocky Soundtrack to download, so that YHC could get into the proper mental/emotional state on the drive to FWD. [Read More]
bo-jackson  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  coxswain  dice  half  hello-kitty  joe-smith  largemouth  lip-sync  milli-vanilli  moneyball  mufasa  ollie  oofta  pet-sounds  saban  shank  shut-in  smokey  sosa  term-paper  track-out  whirlie  wkrp  wonderbread  yoga-mat 

The Dirty Dozen

 Posted on August 1, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  259 words  |  

In the gloom, 35 intrepid PAX (3 FNGs) gathered to discover what would happen in this week’s first VQ. YHC was celebrating completing 12 months of F3 goodness. The group took off doing the Smokey Shuffle up the hill to warm-ups. Warm-ups (12 count each) – SSH, Good Morning, Calf Stretch, Merkins, Mt. Climbers Thing 1 – The Dirty Dozen – LBCs at the bottom of the hill and Carolina Dry Docks at the top totaling 12 reps for each lap. [Read More]
angry-elf  ascot  banjo  bartman  blackout  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  crimson  dice  disco-duck  flip-flop  franklin  hotspot  joe-smith  kermit  leprechaun  ma-bell  michelob  mississippi  old-maid  parker  pickles  saban  shut-in  sky-blue  sooey  sour-mash  term-paper  water-wings  wkrp  yoga-mat 

360

 Posted on July 27, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  696 words  |  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lldD6SVbBQc Yep, just got back from Colorado, as my team qualified to compete in the USA Ultimate Frisbee National Championships. My team hadn’t lost a game since 2014; an unparalleled feat, which resulted in two world championships and one national championship. So when we lost in the quarterfinals by one point, we were certainly disappointed. We ended up 5th in the nation, so not too shabby, but we already were planning our return to greatness, which is exactly 360 days from today. [Read More]
burt  callahan  chanticleer  compound-w  containment  coxswain  denali  flip-flop  hello-kitty  hi-liter  joe-smith  nabisco  pierogi  riptide  saban  term-paper  wkrp