BACKBLASTS

The Forgotten Hill

Posted on December 28, 2018 | 1 minutes | 209 words |

22 PAX of all ages, shapes and sizes gathered in the warm, moist gloom of Apex Nature park for a beat down of epic proportions. Little did they know. Warm up Allegiance is pledged, then mosey to the basketball court for SSHs, cotton pickers, good mornings, hill billies, 10 burpees and merkins (on my down AND up). The Thang At the first entrance is where we begin Double 11s. Monkey Humpers here, Peter Parker merkins at the second entrance. [Read More]

You Still Have 20 Minutes Left!

Posted on December 28, 2018 | 3 minutes | 444 words |

From the day the sign up sheet for Grand Torino was posted I have been eager for the opportunity to Q Carpex’s newest high tempo site. For the last month many decisions of where to posted were based on what I thought would best prepare me to lead the type of PAX that frequent GT. With the exception of a little sleeplessness last night I felt as prepared as I could be when I rolled up at 0515. [Read More]

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Full Starsky to DD?

Posted on December 27, 2018 | 2 minutes | 342 words |

14 gathered at finest Thursday AO in NW Cary, including 1 FNG and post disclaimer, we were off. Warm Up Mosey a little past the soccer field for SSH x 15 IW x 15 GM x 10 Merkins x 20 MC x 10 PJ x 10 Thang 1 4 corners on soccer field-Lunge Walk the width, fellowship jog the length 5 Merkins, 5 Star Jumps, 5 LBCs at corner one, 10 each at corner 2, 15 at corner 3, 20 at 4 [Read More]

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Pain Stick Party

Posted on December 27, 2018 | 2 minutes | 234 words |

Pre-Blast 8 for a pain stick party at BO. YHC worked with the fellas to make sure we ALL counted during exercises. There’s only one way to learn to count cadence when you Q a workout… You have to practice by counting aloud when someone else is leading. It is definitely more difficult to breathe, but that’s the point: you learn and grow stronger. WWW led the pace back to the flag. [Read More]

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Shortcut to the Playground

Posted on December 27, 2018 | 2 minutes | 363 words |

AO: Bounty Hunters After two plus weeks away from F3 (travel and holidays) it was more than time to hit it hard. Anticipating this situation weeks prior, YHC signed up for a lonely slot on the Bounty Hunter Q-sheet…2 days after Christmas. It was more than worth it. Called an EC 2.5 miler, fellowship pace, first at 0515, only to be politely corrected by Sub, reminding of the 0530 workout start time…revised it to 0500 and off we went: YHC, Sub and Build-a-Bear, for a friendly jog around the block, 11 other HIMs joining on time (well, all except for Shut-in, who just may have been late). [Read More]

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12 Days - Tour Style

Posted on December 26, 2018 | 2 minutes | 258 words |

Small crowd post Christmas gathered in the launch area, one FNG, disclaimer given and we are off for a mozy through Bond Park, stopping occasionally to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas as a group. Warmup 15 SSH (whoops) 12 Hillbillies 12 Good Mornings 12 Merkins 12 Mountain Climbers Thang 1st Day – Mozy 2nd Day – Burpees 3rd Day – WW2 4th Day – Diamond Merkins 5th Day – LR Lunges [Read More]

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'Twas The Night Before Christmas in Carpex

Posted on December 25, 2018 | 7 minutes | 1340 words |

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except a $(%%*# mouse. Where is Ma Bell? I thought. Doesn’t he eat these things? “Not recently, Frisco, since he found out they were high in cholesterol,” Rooney said. “Oh yeah, thanks, Roo–wait!” I cried, scaring the mouse I had been sneaking up on. “What are you doing in this story?” The mouse darted under the Christmas tree. [Read More]

Q What You Hate

Posted on December 24, 2018 | 2 minutes | 416 words |

This Christmas Eve morning beatdown and 2ndF that followed was one of the most enjoyable mornings YHC has had over the past (almost) 4 years! Must be the advent season! After a shoutout by Disco Duck on Slack, YHC went to work planning this beatdown (circa 1930 the night before). 23 Pax in all. Lots came stampeding in from the EC run. YHC had no gloves (because YHC was planning to fartsack being out in Durham at his father in law’s for Christmas) [Read More]

24 - 16 (now)

Posted on December 23, 2018 | 3 minutes | 523 words |

32 including 1 FNG (Liverpool’s brother) PREBLAST: Kentucky vs UNC this evening at 5:15 pm on CBS, Kentucky and UNC have met 39 times since 1924. UNC leads the series 24 wins to Kentucky’s 15 The series between two of the most victorious college basketball programs of all-time, Kentucky (1st) and North Carolina (3rd), as of the writing of this preblast. WARMUP: SSH x 24 Kentuckys (similar to Imperial Walkers) x 15 [Read More]

Ninjago’s Virgin Q at Rush Hour!

Posted on December 23, 2018 | 2 minutes | 323 words |

When: December 18th, 2018 QIC: Ninjago The PAX: Theismann, Ollie, Mojo, Dice, Kermit, Ninjago, Traffic Cone, FNG Roy, YHC Earhart 9 HIM show up for an afternoon of fun with Ninjago and his first ever Q! He had his winkie in hand and even brought a schoolmate as an FNG. Theismann came in hot (man traffic was bad in downtown Cary). Ninjago call time and we had out in a mosey toward the parking deck and take a right into the field and circle up for: [Read More]

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