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Excuses, Excuses

Posted on September 12, 2017 | 4 minutes | 661 words |

11 PAX (ten for boot camp, one for a solo run) gathered at Thomas Brooks Park, site of Field Of Dreams. YHC pulled up just as the rain was letting up just a little. It was a smaller group today, but that’s okay. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to lead a group barely into double digits. I forgot how nice that is. But, to be frank, I expected a smaller crowd today. [Read More]

9/8/17 Dantes Peak Beatdown

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 2 minutes | 227 words |

September 8, 2017 PAX: Free Bird, Bocephus, red rider, sooner, Earhart, Snots, Ascot, Kubota, Blue and Out, Matlock. Querqueg, Blueprint, Banjo, Bogo, Mopar Warmup: Cotton pickers Outside and inside Merkins x 10 IC- did not turn out like I thought. My bad Wind mills IST The thang Mosey to playground Nickel, Dime Quarters 5 pull ups 10 decline merkins 25 Dips Repeato x 5 Mosey to Rock pile (All IC) [Read More]

B.O. 8/24/17

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 2 minutes | 366 words |

So, I’m late. If I were a woman, that’d be quite the statement. Here’s what happened: WARM UP: C’mon bro, this happened nearly three weeks ago. But if I’m going to guess, I’d say it was some assortment of SSH, GM, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Squats(?), Arm Circles(?) THE THANG: Run over to the most glorious concrete structure in North Carolina. Seriously. This parking garage might be the most Cary thing in the Town of Cary. [Read More]

Bounty Hunters - 08/31/2017

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 3 minutes | 610 words |

So, I feel really bad about this one. I got the calendar alert at 8PM the night before and thought, “Yeah, I’ll just wing it. Maybe some partner work or Dora 123. One of the classics. It’ll be aight.” Then Wednesday night happened. My 2.0 was up no less than 3 times in the night, once with poop all over the place. So when my alarm went off at 4:15 AM (so I had enough time to get to Apex), I darn near fartsacked. [Read More]

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Dazed and Confused

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 3 minutes | 603 words |

When: Sept 11, 2017 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Freebird, Crimson, Sooey, Saban, Shut-In, Middler, Ascott, Hotspot, WKRP, Aristocrat, Texas Ranger, Smokey, Disco Duck, Pickles, Wilbur YHC Earhart Welcome to Kryptonite, my first time here to post and Q, hence I mostly was wandering around, dazed and confused. 15 PAX show-up (eventually), many of whom this was their virgin post, for a “regular” tempo beatdown care of YHC. No FNGs, we head out for a warm-up run around the parking lot, picking up several PAX along the way and then circle up for: [Read More]

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FWD 09/05/2017

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 4 minutes | 844 words |

September 5, 1990. On that day, my youngest sister was born. In 2017, she turned 27 years old. That’s absolutely insane. Sorry, just needed a second to let that one sink in. Moving on. So, I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but I ended up Q’ing four times in a span of 12 days. For the first Q (BO on Aug 24) I would give myself a 93% Q-score (out of 100, so 93 is pretty darn good). [Read More]

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I Believe In Me

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 3 minutes | 608 words |

YHC knew that after last Friday’s inauguration of V-AO #SLIPPERYWHENWET, complete with breakfast buffet, espresso-wielding baristas, and custom-initialed bathrobes for all attendees, the expectations of the PAX would be high. Like sky-high. Like towering moonshot, fly-ball-to-the-warning-track high. And I’ll be honest, YHC was nervous to be the Q shouldering this burden. Had a little self-doubt. A little lack of self-belief. But then YHC remembered the wise words that may or may not have been famously uttered by Mr. [Read More]

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Labor Day Convergence in Carpex

Posted on September 11, 2017 | 2 minutes | 395 words |

32 PAX slayed the fartsack on a holiday and opted to do some work on Labor Day. Seems fitting. WARM UP Run down past the kiosk to the field - circle up for SSH, Good Morning, Merkins, Arm Circles, Moroccan night clubs, Imperial Walkers. THE THANG Get a partner, run to the base of the hill that you’re supposed to stay off of. Okay, TOC, okay. Partner 1 backwards run up, 5 burpees, crawl bear down. [Read More]

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Still shakin' (or bakin?) three hundred and sixty five days later!

Posted on September 9, 2017 | 3 minutes | 566 words |

A few weeks ago, YHC was ego-surfing the now nearly impossible to find F3Nation.com backblasts when I came across this beauty from Burt. I quickly jumped on the Q-sheet and found to my giddy surprise that the 9/9 slot at Phoenix was still open. With a mix of trepidation (‘how am I going to fill up 60 minutes?’) and pride (‘definitely did not imagine I would still be getting up at 5 o’clock a year later’) I signed up to Q. [Read More]

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Posted on September 8, 2017 | 3 minutes | 577 words |

9/7/2017 Callahan, Coney, Goose, Parker, Katniss, Water Wings, (unknown), Smokey, Pet Sounds, Pickles, Disco Duck, Term Paper, Snots, Sosa, Chanticleer, Ma Bell, Dreamliner, Beaner, Earhart, Joe Smith, Angry Elf, Half, Coxswain There weren’t many TTs on TTT but there were 24 PAX that showed up to be lead by Coxswain with a quick start promptly at 5:45 over to the bank for warm-up. Warm-up: This began with 15 Good mornings signaled in true Coxswain fashion with “STROKE! [Read More]