Bears and Hills

 Posted on December 24, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  121 words  |  

A warm December morning with some light rain made for a perfect day at the gloomiest of Carpex’s AOs. A small but dedicated group enjoyed good company while with attempting to leave each other for a bear to eat up the hills of Park Village. Warmup: Good Morning Too-many Sir Fazio Arm Circles Seal Clap Overhead Clap Calf Stretch Runner’s Stretch Murkins Thang 1: Mosey to the Park Village Hill for hill-based Bear Runs (single file, but don’t be last in the the line). [Read More]
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Leg Day

 Posted on December 24, 2019  |  6 minutes  |  1231 words  |  

One of the things I am known for is being a tougher Q than Prodigal. Actually that is true for all the P-named Qs: Parker, PBX, Pierogi, Pa Bell, Pow Pow, PWERTY, Pisco Puck, Pater Wings, Pquatter… The list goes on and on. So when I Q I know there is a certain standard I need to shoot for to inspire those guys. Claymore on Christmas Eve was originally supposed to be Q-ed by Pred Pryder. [Read More]
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Challenge the Body, Challenge the PAX

 Posted on December 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  314 words  |  

AO: Phoenix QIC: Wrench PAX: 7 Respects, 1 Hate, 9 Mehs. 1-4, Bubba, Cataracts, Chanticleer, Defib, Earhart, Flenderson, The Fridge, Loom, Old Maid, Ollie, Pierogi, Pigeon, Schlitz, Sour Mash, Yogi, Wrench 12/21/2019 We had 2 fine men wander for a 5ish mile EC run (great running with you, Flenderson!) 17 men came to Phoenix to challenge their body under YHC. Gathered everyone together and off for a Mosey to the upper baseball field parking lot. [Read More]

Coming in Hot

 Posted on December 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  

Numbers always start declining a bit once the temps dip down, and the last couple weeks have been no exception. However, YHC had pre-blasted that we’d stay warm at Dazed and Confused today, despite a reading of 25 on the Steve. So, at 05:28 there are 16 PAX bouncing around - maybe in anticipation, maybe just trying to stay warm. At 05:29, YHC’s long awaited FNG rolls in on 2 wheels, having already been warned that we don’t tolerate being tardy. [Read More]
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T.GI.F and The Starliner

 Posted on December 20, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  711 words  |  

As advertised, YHC arrived for EC at 5:43 a.m., which consisted of 3 reps of fist-bumps with the fellow PAX, and a quad stretch. After a flawless disclaimer delivered by YHC, including the oft omitted ’no assets’ verbiage, we took off for two laps around Carpex’s original Pickle™ with some painting of the lines sprinkled throughout. It was during the Pickle™ run that YHC learned that my fellow three PAX all stayed up way too late last night. [Read More]
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We rucked and picked up a straggler (the oldest of Old Maids)

 Posted on December 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  256 words  |  

Date: 12/20/19 AO: Rolling Stone PAX: Bartman, Disco Duck, Old Maid, Skipper, Trike, WWW Day 5 / Q #5. I had things planned with pain stations but when a cold or flu bug hits, you modify as needed. It was a balmy 28 degrees this morning and I had 4 rucking beast ready to get our ruck on. Ma Bell pulled the classic bait and switch with the GM boys and they had some Churham boys waiting in haste to get their party started. [Read More]
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Asking Forgiveness, Not Permission

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  443 words  |  

15 PAX gathered in the sub-freezing temps at Hunter Street park, not aware of the history that would be made today. Yes, there was some vague talk of an unprecedented event to occur here, but gotta keep em guessing. Right? Warm Up Keep warm mosey to get the legs moving, Pledge of Allegiance and circle up at the skate park for a standard round of SSHs, Moroccan Night Clubs, Seal Claps, Steve Earles, Plank Jacks and CFMs. [Read More]
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Insomni-Q-ersary

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  659 words  |  

Last night, YHC went to bed and told the Mrs. that he would not be working out. It was our anniversary on Wednesday after all. “Nope. I’m going to sleep in,” I said. Unless I was so excited and couldn’t sleep in which case I might go to Insomnia. “But fear not… I will be back by 6. So no worries. Sleep in.” And with that, Tuesday turned into Wednesday and 14 years of marriage came to a close. [Read More]
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PAX got educated about PRIDE AND EGO.

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  432 words  |  

AO: HFT Date: 12/19/19 PAX: Bobby Boucher, Cataracts, Crimson, Flenderson, Frisco, Hamm, Henny Penny, Oxtail, QueeQueg, Slappy, Theismann, FNG Shake It, Short Circuit, Shut-In, Traffic Cone, Two Factor, Wahoo, Yahoo, WWW, We did have an FNG so we recited the F3 mission, core values and credo cited. Pledged Our Allegiance to Old Glory and 16 of us head off for the workout and 3 head in the other direction to get in a 5+ miler (Shut In, Slappy, Two Factor). [Read More]
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Save the date for January 10-11, 2020 for 42-42-14: First Rucking CSAUP of the Decade!

 Posted on December 19, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  555 words  |  

A look back to this time last year - I was 212 pounds, had just needed to buy a suit for a job interview - 44 Regular with 38"(!!!) waist - and was told by my doc that I needed to lose weight and exercise more. So over the holidays, the former “Sad Clown me” committed to rucking at least 500 miles in 2019, and to get my average weight for the year below 190. [Read More]