The Odyssey 2026: Peak City Edition

Sing to me of the men, Muse, the men of many mumblechatters, who sailed cardboard across the sea of Apex… DATE: 2026-10-31 (All Hallow’s Eve) AO: #downrange COUNT: 94, from five regions FNG: Stone Age The Gathering of the Fleet The Trojan War was over, and the hard part was still ahead. Peak City hosted PAX from five regions for the annual Greater Carpex Region CSAUP, and the plan for the voyage home to Ithaca was simple: a 7. [Read More]

They say third time's the charm

Three years have flown by. Some things have changed, such as our region, our workout locations, many of our pax, some dumb new trend of Bay City Scissors, the 4th F, my weight. Some things have stayed the same, such as busy fall F3 schedules that take up just about every free weekend you have, Chiquita’s 5-minute grace period, Greater Carpex having the best newsletter in F3 Nation, Wake-O refusing to put my coffee in the cup I bring, or YHC having too much Q-drenaline and starting off too hot out the gate. [Read More]

It’s a Jungle at Lion’s Den

7 at A-Team. 18 at DTP. 25!! at Lion’s Den. Difficult to scale, and I’m learning a lot still. 0530 Several mallwalkers and motherruckers out with the bootcampers this morning. An EC runner or two.All assembled, no FNGs, lots of familiar faces, Pledge of Allegiance, statement that we’ll keep pretty close to the flag, and we immediately have to move (too many pax for the first exercise). Warmup First was a follow-me to the coziest spot in Peak City for some Good Mornings (missed you Big Red). [Read More]