up, Up, UP!!!

A cold, wet day scared away most of the PAX but 10 hearty souls joined me for an early morning beatdown. As one of the tenants say, rain or shine, cold or hot, you will post to a workout. I briefly thought about shelter work today but, nah, we will warm-up on the running and workout I had planned (mostly). Run over to the curb and start with some quick feet to get the blood going then head-off into the gloom (watch out for Lake Ma Bell Nature Boy! [Read More]

Buzzer-beater, that went into overtime

YHC was more than a little anxious to deliver a good Q at Phoenix, after having been on the DL for a few days. Overplanned it, but had a good time with the Men of Carpex. Glad to see some of the park in the daylight, hope to cover some of that ground again. Warmarama: GM x 15 IC SSH x 20 IC Hillbilly x15 IC Imperial Walker x15 IC (yes, I know you were already in position, but we want to make sure everyone’s recovering and warming up gently, right? [Read More]

Hermesversary Week Part 1 of 2

24 PAX, YHC forgot one in the list, thanks to Term Paper for the assist! On this date in 1781 the British astronomer William Herschel discovered … well you had to be there. Remind me to ask Sky Blue about this British discovery. I don’t guess I knew it was that old. Seems like you would need a good telescope to be able to see it from that distance. Cheddar Bo was once again late for the workout, which required a long jog to warm up. [Read More]

No sloth in Apex this day

18 Men met in the diminishing gloom one last time before DST puts us back into the Dark Ages Warmup 20 SSH IC 8 GM IC 20 Hillbillies IC 10 Pikes IC/Side 15 Hackey Sacks IC 15 King David TT IC 10 Merkins OMD Burpee Count Off - 18 To Frog Pond Group up in 3s, Size matters Catch me if you can – Wheelbarrow Style P1 Sprint the loop P2 Wheelbarrower P3 Wheelbarrowee Rotate 2x each Catch me if you can – Partner Carry Style 1 rotation [Read More]

Need to push it in anticipation of too much basketball watching

Q: Franklin So - who decided we always needed to run some before the warm up - not this Q. Promptly at 05:45 (right as flip flop and Permit mosey across the street)- Circle up, warm up, GM - starting position move, IC - Exercise Warm up 15 – GM, 15– hillbilly - 20 – SSH, 20 – MC, Sir Fazio – 10 each way Mumblechatter at a high pace early - mostly Burt, Riptide and Flip Flop - but that will change soon [Read More]

Four Corners

Q: Term Paper YHC arrives at Rush Hour a few minutes early to limber up his creaky body while waiting for the EC boys to arrive. Banjo and Old Maid emerge from the parking deck and we are off Warm Up SSH x 15 GE x 8 MC x 15 The Thang Mozy through downtown Cary periodically stopping for a set of 4 Corners, alternating between 5 burpees 10 left/right lunges 15 merkins 20 squats and 10 double merkin burpees 15 reverse lunges 20 wide grip merkins 25 jump squats [Read More]

Pyramid Fit

Today’s Statline: 7 Pax #Insomnia EC, 10 Pax Vesper, 18 Pax SNS SNS BB: This workout originates from a documentary I watched Monday night, Froning (https://www.hulu.com/watch/939583). 4 time crossfit champ and proclaimed “fittest man in history”. You see, there is great debate amongst myself and Don Ho with xfit lover Other Brother on whether or not you can call yourself fittest on earth just because you win xfit. Any xfitter will say yes and any other sane person will so no. [Read More]

Brokeback Deliverance

The Mule can make a man do some crazy things. Things that may be beyond the norm, beyond his normal range. That is really what the Mule is about, heck CSAUP’s in general. Signing up to Q the day before and the day after the Mule was not one of YHC’s smarter moves. Actually it was done with no inspection of this past weekend being the Mule. Still, a commitment is a commitment and must be done and seen thru. [Read More]

40 Reps Mixed In to Kick Off Lent

It was another unseasonably warm morning, temp in the 50’s, clear. It was Ash Wednesday. The EC runners rolled after 4ish miles. EC boys included Callahan (had to scoot to shine his shoes and get ready for Refinery), Old Maid, Flip Flop, Shut-In and Hermes. Nice work boys. 25 PAX. 16 for the Burt Boot Camp and 9 for the Running Option. Shovel Flag planted, no Disclaimer read, Boom Box turned on to 80’s Rock. [Read More]

Recon

Rumors have been rampant about a new AO in CARPEx. Was South Wake invading the motherland? An outraged Ma Bell, our local Nantan, was dutifully considering his options against this unprovoked sign of aggression. Under consideration were building a wall, a retaliatory launch in Holly Springs or both. It was determined that 3 of our own would skip SNS/Vesper for a covert recon mission before action would be taken. We arrived in separate vehicles to avoid any suspicions on behalf of the Q or his minions. [Read More]