BACKBLASTS

Comfortable Rock

Posted on March 13, 2018 | 3 minutes | 522 words |

Tuesday, a couple days removed from the clocks “springing forward”, not sure mother nature got the memo. YHC showed up early for an Ice Recon. With no significant ice in sight, YHC circled back to the main parking lot to keep warm in the car. As Grease Monkey likes to point out, I am “Cary Soft”. So what if my car has seat warmers and a heated steering wheel….. PAX assemble around the flag, thanks Chanticleer, 545 and we are off. [Read More]

The first one's free.

Posted on March 13, 2018 | 3 minutes | 558 words |

An early morning HIDA alert from YHC, Disco Duck, Water Wings and Snots for meeting in the FMJ Gloom a little early to knock out 100 Burpees. Why? Why not, I guess. Being that we’re team players… we saved a few for our F3 Brothers. The PAX arrive, it’s a 10-count to start, great to see Grease Monke…wait… where’s he going? Half, did he arrive safe and sound? OK, a 9-count for a H-E-L-L-O K-I-T-T-Y Q at the premier FREE Tuesday morning bootcamp in the 27523 zip code (more on the FREE part later). [Read More]

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Virgin Wolverines Hunting Sloths on a Track in South Merka

Posted on March 13, 2018 | 4 minutes | 662 words |

The path to Q’dom had to start somewhere, for Tubeless it started at Wolverine. 12 brave PAX showed up to attack the time change, put a hurting on Monday, and celebrate YHC’s VQ. Things were off to a great start as Jiggly Puff made his return to the gloom after having his 2.2 Gus. All PAX were stoked to see him. Welcome back Jiggly Puff! Speaking of PAX, YHC was stoked to see 12 PAX post for the Tubeless VQ. [Read More]

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It Adds Up, I Promise...

Posted on March 12, 2018 | 2 minutes | 391 words |

Time change and the Mule over the weekend = 5 HIM gathered at the flag in the misty gloom for a mathtastic beat down at A-Team. As YHC left his watch at home, Hot Spot is appointed timekeeper and announces that we have 10 seconds to GO TIME. The flag is planted, we start out with the Pledge and mosey into the park. Warm Up Standard fare of SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Sir Fazio both forward and reverso, Overhead Claps and Good Mornings. [Read More]

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Respect at the Circus

Posted on March 12, 2018 | 2 minutes | 254 words |

16 PAX were warmle welcomed to what is rapidly being acknowledged as the finest Thursday AO in Northwest Cary. “Damn that’s a nice shovel flag!” Fine, fine weather. Goose dropped his gloves in the driveway back at the house…thanks Biner for saving me! YHC with the Q: (Proper) Warm-Up Lap around the parking lot and to the top of the steps to the track SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billys, King David Kicks, Windmill, Slow Count Merkins, Slow Count Squats [Read More]

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Rock Your Body with Bells

Posted on March 12, 2018 | 3 minutes | 440 words |

YHC is just ITCHING to get back in the gloom! So it was going to be Hell’s Bells today no matter what. Looked at the Qalendar to see who was Q’ing and…it was blank. [yoink!] Now it’s Shut-In! Gloomiest of glooms loomed amoong oous this mooorning in Carpex. 0510 YHC departs the house. Wants to get a little early stretch going, start up the music etc. 0520 All the gates are locked. [Read More]

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No worries - I got the Q and the flag!

Posted on March 11, 2018 | 2 minutes | 263 words |

It was Monday night and I get a text from Hermes asking if I will be there tomorrow. I thought “of course.” Text him back and quickly get signed up for the vacant Q and get solo site Q duties. No worries. Fortunately I have been to a few F3 workouts so I poached off ones I enjoyed. Warm up SSH, IW, GM, Plank Jacks, Merkins Thang 1 (Thanks Michelob and Whiplash) [Read More]

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The Lake is Beautiful this Time of Year (har, har!)

Posted on March 11, 2018 | 4 minutes | 771 words |

“The lake at Phoenix is beautiful this time of year,” I thought with a sadistic little smirk on my face. Here is how we got there…. YHC didn’t know what to expect at Phoenix this morning with the Mule going on in Raleigh. Hello Kitty planned a 6 mile meander through Cary, as well. But, the parking lot was packed with PAX and one FNG. So, after the initial disclaimer, we were off, running down to the stop sign and then “whoa, curveball” Hi-Liter heads to the right, the traditional Texas Ranger path, but YHC heads left, just keeping everyone guessing. [Read More]

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BOMBS Away at the Flying Circus

Posted on March 9, 2018 | 2 minutes | 256 words |

It’s Spring Break, so YHC decided to go a bit down range this week. I had never ventured out to the Carpex-Churham DMZ to visit Flying Circus, so I figured why not make my first post a Q (and there looked to be plenty of fun features to use at FC). Eight PAX initially gathered in the parking lot, many questioning our life choices with temperatures dropping back in the 20s. [Read More]

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Doing the B.I.R.P

Posted on March 6, 2018 | 2 minutes | 264 words |

The day-after birthday Q… How can we combine BLIMPs, partners and rocks… hmmmm. Warm-up Lap around the lot 45 ssh 10 gm 10 wm Run back to the rock pile with 1 merkin at each lamp Thang #1 - Doing the B.I.R.P – BLIMPS.Infating.Rock.Partner Partner up, grab a traveling rock, run to the soccer pitch. Line up along the midfield line, P1/P2 run to opposite goal lines and back, meet up, do the exercise set, then hand off the rock. [Read More]

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