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We start at what time?

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Loads of Pax out on a great morning for running. Start times ranged from 5:10 to 6am with mileage from 3 to 15. A good group of pax were present for a 6am warm up.

Warm Up:

SSH x10 IC

Frankenstein walk halfway down parking lot

Butt kickers back

High knees back down

Mosey back to start – hillbillies x10 IC

Announcements:

Happy birthday Aquaman!

Yoga at 9am at Athletic Lab South Wake lead by Dovetail’s M. First class there is free.

See Slack/Facebook for other announcements.
Prayer:

UTI’s dad – was in hospital yesterday, cause unknown. Is home now.
The Workout:

3 to 15 miles. Great work put in across the board.

South Wake Invades Dante’s Peak

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QSwap 2019 – YHC & Skidmark had the Q at Dante’s Peak. Loads of EC in play – Crazy Time, Pull up routine, EC miles.

The pax poured in and included an FNG brought out by Banana Seat. Disclaimers were read and we were off.

Warm Up:

Mosey to upper parking lot, performing karaoke, butt kickers, backwards run, and skips along the way.

Circle up for:

SSH x15 IC

Daisy Pickers x10 IC

Mountain climbers x10 IC

Standard Merkin x5 on Q’s up and down

Windmill x10 IC

Mosey down to end of parking lot

The Workout:

Pax lined up shoulder to shoulder facing back  the direction we came from. Dropping down into plank, on Q’s GO they sprint back to start/where we circled up.

Repeato back and forth, each sprint on Q’s GO with the following exercises (always held before the next GO):

  • Squats x15 IC
  • Low Slow Flutter x10 IC
  • Pickle Pounders x10 IC
  • Plank hold
  • Squat hold

Last sprint was down and back once YHC had used most of his allotted time. Pax circled up for Freddy Mercury x10 IC for one last break and then the reins were handed over to Skidmark.

Mosey to rock pile/bridge/pond. Pax grab a rock for some Jack Webbs

Merkin x1 Rock Press x3

Run lap around the lake

Merkin x2 Rock Press x6

Run lap around the lake

Merkin x3 Rock Press x9

Run lap around the lake

4:12 through 10:30 were done without the running in the interest of time.

Mosey back to flags.

Mary:

Merkin clock from 12 down to 1. “Break” at 6 o’clock for one arm up planks.

Some planks IC wrapped us up:

Standard x10

Right arm up x10

Right arm and right leg up x10

Standard x10

Left arm up x10

Left arm and left leg up x10

Chill cut pickle pounders x10
Announcements:

See FB/Slack for South Wake announcements

Carpex Pax are heading to Peru in ~3 weeks – they have a published list of needed supplies, see Carpex or South Wake slacks for details

Burger Feet is taking a group down to Burgaw in Eastern NC for Hurricane cleanup tomorrow (Saturday Jan 19th). See Twitter for details.

Carpex Pax has a published book where proceeds go to Triangle foster care. Book name is Charlie’s New Puppy Brother. Available on Amazon, however direct purchases yield more donation and are encouraged.
Prayer:

Ausfart – receiving visitors at home, request that M be contacted ahead of time (# is on Carpex slack)

Crab Legs – ALS

DD, Water Wings

Matlock – praise for being back out after being on IR with a back injury for a while

 

QSwap continues to be one of YHC’s favorite weeks of the year. A huge thank you to all of the Carpex & South Wake Pax that helped make this happen, from Qing workouts to making long drives and clown cars to support Qs. We’ll certainly do it again next year!

Crazy for CarPex

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YHC and Skidmark had the Q for Dante’s Peak as part of 2019’s South Wake/Carpex QSwap, so the obvious thing to do was give them a two for one and bring Crazy Time down to Carpex too. After confirming the clown car with Crosby the plans were set and Slack posts were made. No HCs were made from Carpex so YHC was worried, but thankfully they showed up.

We were warned that the park gates may not be open and that was confirmed to be the case. We found some Carpex Pax also looking for where to park – we landed at the subdivision past the park and we would use the mosey from there as part of our 1st mile.

Warm Up:

1 mile mosey to pull up bars, taking the long way
The Workout:

100 pull ups – it was nice being in Apex and having nice, real pull up bars

200 pickle pounders

300 homer to marge

Most pax did these in sets of 5/10/15 – Lipstick did some sets in 10/20/30, very impressive
Mary:

1 mile mosey back to the cars
Announcements: N/A
Prayer: N/A

Kudos to Hanson and Sub for joining our craziest AO. Found out during the workout they’re both fairly new to F3 – very impressive!

How hard can it be? This is a limited run AO

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Q: Peeping Tom & Lipstick went down range to Tortoise in Carpex.  Thanks to Banana Seat, Straight Cash, UTI, LED and Pikachu for making the trip.

Warm Up: Circle the lot and circle up for SSH x40, Good Mornings x15, Fazio Arm Circles Fwd/Rev x15, Imperial Walkers/Hillbillies x15, Mountain Climbers x15, Merkins x20
The Workout: Count off and partner up: 1st exercise partner wheelbarrows across lot with nipplers x10 at mid point.  YHC looked out in the distance and called out Red Ryder’s FJ Cruiser as the end point (150ft); Repeat with partner swap on the way back.  2nd exercise partner 1 air squared at starting line while partner 2 alligator merkins to Red’s FJ Cruiser and run back to start (Both partners do each once)  3rd exercise Bear Crawl Burpees.  Each time YHC called out Grizzley, Pax came up from bear crawl and did a burpee.  Grizzley was called out to many times to count 🙂 Once we were at Red’s Cruiser, we did Jack Webbs.  Thanks to Yogi, we did 1/4 x7 and then Bear Crawl Burpeed back to start.  Mosey over to church and grab some wall.  YHC had planned for 3 sets of BTTW with Shoulder Taps x10 and People’s Chair x10 but thanks to mumblechatter, we did 5 sets.
Mary: Diamond Merkins x20, LBC’s x20, Pikachu reminded us we didn’t finish the Jack Webs to 10, so we did 8-10 with diamond merkins on set 10, boat cannoes x20, and my favorite diamond merkins x20
Announcements: South Wake ATT Long Ass Run Feb 9, Carpex has a Krispy Kreme Team

2 FNG’s- Welcome Etch-a-Sketch & Baiter
Prayer: Ausfart, Carpex Pax M battling Breast Cancer, Crablegs

 

Disney Qswap

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33 Pax from Southwake, Carpex, and Raleigh came to the best place on earth to see what Carpex had to offer in the Qswap.  Q was Shut-in.  Backblast is from memory and a few days old.  If you were missed, please let me know and I can add you.

Warm Up:

SSH, fazio arm circles forward and back, overhead hand claps
The Workout:

Mosey to the big parking lot for exercises.  Run around the big lot stopping at the islands to conduct hand release merkins.  Partner up for bull frog burpees down one side of the lot while the partner ran the length of the lot and back.  Mosey to the flag with stop for Australian mountain climber
Mary:
Announcements:

QSwap continues, Rebuilding homes in Eastern NC affected by hurricane is still ongoing every weekend,

Prayer:

crab legs, parent going through surgery, Raleigh Police officer shot in the line of duty,

Is Lipstick a Super Hero

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Where does Lipstick really go when he disappears? Has anyone seen Superman and Lipstick in the same place? No. Batman? No. Spiderman? No. Lipstick may be fighting crime instead of dropping a deuce. Does anyone really have to poop that much? I can’t imagine the toilet paper budget in the house.

Regardless, 23 Pax posted on a slightly chilly Monday morning. I’m hoping the SW presence at Carpex was good and we were well represented.

10 for EC: Dawgpound, Full House, Emeril, Chips, Crosby, Double Donk, Cowboy, UTI, Peeping Tom, Skidmark

Breathtaker present

Warm Up: Pax were already circled up some Q let with some SSH. As Pax began a car wondered into the parking lot. The level of urgency was in question so Pax continued SSH until and unknown joined the circle. Pax did SSH x 60 and then 5 burpees OYO for the late Pax. A quick tutorial was given on Indian run that the Pax must reach the front before next Pax goes. Indian run for one loop with stops to do Good Mornings, Sir Fozio Arm Circles, Chinooks, Goofballs, and Moroccan Nightclubs.

The Workout: Big Winners today!! Triple 7’s! 7 burpees at the top of the ramp, 7 burpees at the bottom, and 7 runs up the ramp. Total = 98 burpees. Modify to merkins if needed.

Mosey to bottom parking lot. Partner up. One partner run and other do squats and then change to merkins.

Mary: Q provided a brief tutorial on the correct form for Imperial Walkers and Hillbillies. Engage the core. Did each in cc of 15.

Plank exercises all 10 cc. Regular, Right arm up, regular, left arm up, regular, parker peters, pickle pounders – recover

Announcements: See Pikachu’s announcements on Slack and FB. New announcements: R4TJ needs a Q Wednesday. Contact UTI.

Prayer: Bufird, Ausfart – released from hospital, Double D, Raleigh P.O.

Q took the group out in Prayer.

A Little Moist, eh

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Running 4 the John – Speedwork Edition

15 PAX came out to join us in a little shake-up at R4tJ.  Great showing given all of the draw from QSwap and Fritters!  Thanks as always for showing up and allowing me to lead.

Warm Up:

 

The Workout:

YHC provided some colorful chalk for PAX to mark their laps. On Lipsticks first lap he provided a different kind of mark behind the dumpsters at the first turn.  I dont think I need to tell you to steer clear of the dumpsters but just in case…

Once the laps were done, the group went backwards on the course forming a bigger and bigger Indian Run chain as we picked everyone up on the way (Nemo ignored us and kept running per the pre-blast.  I appreciate Nemo reading the pre-blast and sticking to the plan and the end, he was rewarded with covering more miles than any of us).  Half way around by the dumpsters we had picked up everyone, we turned around and continued the Indian Run until we turned the corner by the tennis courts.  A jail break was called and we all bolted for the basketball courts.

 

Mary:

For time, an audible was called to move into Mary and cancel the 1 mile cool-down (repeating the warm-up).  Dawgpound was nice enough to lead us in some yoga stretching which had the whole group making some “noises”.  Table Top, Pigeon Pose, Runners Pose, and Cobra Pose were among the rotation.  Thanks for jumping in on the cool-down Dawgpound.

Announcements:

  • ATT Long Ass Run – Get your name on the RSVP for lunch so Blue Hen can get a reservation in.  It’s in early Feb, check your Facebooks, Slacks, and Twitters for details.
  • BRR Team Formation Meet-up – Jan 22 at BlackDog Bottleshop – FB and Slack have the details, message UTI for more if you need it.

Prayer:

  • Buford, recovering from surgery – may be out for 6 or more weeks – Dawgpound looking for an opportunity to get him out of the house when he can so stay tuned for a 2nd F
  • Doug Stein – Done with surgery and in PT, wife has a scheduled C section and he wont be fully on his feet by then
  • Ausfart – Lots of prayers for Ausfart, sounds like he is out or will get out of the hospital soon for some home recovery.

A hunt for Pizza

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A group of 8 gathered for an on road AGS.  And then low and behold Lipstick showed up in what we can only hope was muddy shoes to make it 9.

Warm Up:

Circled up for:
Good Mornings
Hillbillies
Imperial Walkers
Frankenstien Kicks

The Workout:

Run down Stinson to Base Lake. From Base Lake we ran to the Lowe’s where the facilities where checked by M4L.  After Lowe’s we ran to Homegrown to see if we could get a Pie in the early morning hours.  They where closed 🙁 .  Next up was running down Crossways to Domino’s to see if they could fix my Pizza itch.  They too where closed at 7 o’clock in the morning.  It was then decided to run back to the car and go to Dunkin instead.

Mary:

Ummm…

Announcements:

Q swap

Prayer:

Buford Surgery
Yogurt (Government Shutdown)
H1N1 and Messi travels to Disney for Half Marathon.  No Dopey or Goofy challenge this year.

Catnip

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#QSwapWeek is upon us and with that YHC took up the mantle to kick it off with a proper Carpex inspired beatdown for the South Wake fellas.

 

A whole mess ‘o guys showed up for EC, and then the rest of the Pax assemble for the ME, 32 by the count (1 FNG in the mix) as all are now physically, mentally, and emotionally part of the greatest free men’s workout in the nation.

 

Let’s go.

Warm Up:

–       Up the back driveway to the lot for GM, SSH, Mountain Climbers into a left arm up and right arm up, merkins to wrap it

–       Mosey on over to the back lot and get some curb for Quick feet and curb merkins at 10, 15, 20

The Workout:

–       After making our way back through the stadium and to the front lot, partner up for DORA 1-2-3 (100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s)

–       Oh, almost forgot to mention, YHC is doing the entire beatdown in a 20 lb vest in honor of our Breathtaker Challenge bros. Beefy.

–       After the DORA, snake the pax through the lot and get ‘em in a big circle. With help from 1 Carpex bro and 2 South Wake bros, it’s the circle of pain. 10-1 on merkins, squats, LBCs and lunges. But wait… there’s more… back up to 10. Like I said, beefy.

Mary: –       Move the pax over to the basketball court for merkins (yes more), box cutters, homer to marge, dying cockroach, bonnies torture and have a nice day. We’re done.

Announcements: Q-Source, BRR Relay info 1/22 at Blackdog, Q-Swap this week

Prayer: Buford surgery today, Ausfart

–       Tclaps to Skid Mark and 187 for joining Funni Bonz on Pick up the Six to talk about Breathtaker and the Fritter Foundation. Give it a listen here: https://soundcloud.com/f3pickupthesix/pick-up-the-six-skid-mark-and-187-ep-18

–       Welcome FNG, Particle Board.

–       Love Q Swap Week, let’s keep crushing it!

–       Attack the day with an enthusiasm unknown to man.

Friday Fun Run

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QIC: Lucky Charms. A dark rainy morning in the Gloom, 13 solid lads out for a lil’ jog.

Warm Up: Oh that’s so sweet, but No Thank You!

The Workout: Indian Run, 50 x parking bump slalom weave, 50 x parking bump mogul jumps, Indian Run, 25 x Sumo Squats, Indian Run, Fozzy Arm Circles 25 F x 25 R, Indian Run, 25 x Dips, Indian Run, Imperial-walker x 24, Hillbillies x 24, Indian Run, Picnic Table Urkins x 30 & Durkins x 30, Indian Run, Bear Crawl together x 25 in cadence, Side Stradle Indian Run, Balls to Wall shoulder taps x 30, Indian Run, Bunny Hops together in cadence x 25, Indian Run to the PIT, Machine Gun run up stairs, Side Straddle-Hop x 100, Quickfeet down the stairs, Uphill Lunge walk together in cadence x 25, Indian Run

Total Indian Run 3.3 miles

Mary: LBC x 50
Announcements: Blue Ridge Relay meeting 1/22;  Mason Jar; Q-Source starts next week- 3 times available; remember to wear red on Fridays to recognize all deployed military (honor his friend)

Breathtaker 20lb. weight vest, Healing Transitions fundraiser auction:

Pikachu: $100, $160, $200, $225 ***WINNER***

Nemo: $120, $140, $170, $180

Breach: $110, $130, $150, $210

Prayer: Prayer to lead us out: Kid-cracker: (Pikachu) his niece, Evelyn, 14 yrs. old seizures & cancer, ICU @ DUKE PEDS; (Skidmark) Doug Stein, multiple leg injuries while running, wife pregnant; (Roger Roger) his grandfather (97) very ill.