Date: 2025-05-24
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Banks
PAX: Tortuga, Jolly, DQ, Banks, Candyland, Cheese, Jack, Panda Express, Shiplap, T.B. FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR:the usual
The Thang:ultimate
Moleskine:be intentional
COT:stockboys M
Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, Jolly, DQ, Banks, Candyland, Cheese, Jack, Panda Express, Shiplap, T.B.
Date: 2025-05-23
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Crack, Panhandle, Sweet P, T.B., TBTF, Toto, Samsonite, Stock boy, Beaker, T-bone FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
SSHs x20
Picking Daises
Tappy Taps x10
Stretch those calves
The Thang:
Run/ruck south along the brand, spanking new sidewalk. 7 runners, 4 ruckers/walkers
Moleskine:
Say hi to people. Learn their names and use them.
COT:
K-pop’s wedding. T-bone’s 2.0s’ road trips. Stock boy’s M.
Tags: ao_ground_zero, Crack, Panhandle, Sweet P, T.B., TBTF, Toto, Samsonite, Stock boy, Beaker, T-bone
Date: 2025-05-23
AO: downrange
Q: Da Vinci , SAGA
PAX: Sparty, 7 students
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: abe vagodas, runners stretch
The Thang: 3 mile run, 18 burpees, 52 merkins, 52 BBSU, 52 squats, 52 squats
Moleskine: Chief buffalo gave all for his people in his 90s.
COT: praise for a great few days so far.
Tags: downrange, Sparty, 7 students
Date: 2025-05-23
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Jolly
PAX: Panda Express, Gummi Bear, DQ, Candyland, Tortuga, Banks, Bloomer, BigBlue, Shiplap, Dewey, Manhole, Krampus, Cheese, Jack FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: SSH, down and back
The Thang: 7v8 Ultimate
Moleskine: It’s ok to fail.
COT: yes
Tags: ao_flat_earth, Panda Express, Gummi Bear, DQ, Candyland, Tortuga, Banks, Bloomer, BigBlue, Shiplap, Dewey, Manhole, Krampus, Cheese, Jack
Date: 2025-05-22
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: DQ
PAX: Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, TBTF, Glowstick, Archive, Falsetto FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR:
– SSH
– Goofballs
– Arm circles
– Abe Vigodas
The Thang:
Murph minus the run:
– 100 pullups
– 200 merkins
– 300 squats
Stock Boy finished early and earned the opportunity to repeat the following until time was called: – lap around hoffa
– 15 burpees
Ended with some Mary:
– Crunchy frog
– Bird dog
– Dead bug
– Hello merkins
– Hip rock and raise
– Heels to the heavens
– Spiderman planks
Moleskine:
Wisdom from parents of teens / tweens to our young family group on how to invest in your relationship with your kids to keep that door of communication open: Do things side by side. Face to face conversations might not be as productive. Doing things side by side builds the relationship and brings about opportunities for connection.
COT:
– Stock boy and Mr Roboto Ms recovery from ailments.
Tags: ao_mastodon, Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, TBTF, Glowstick, Archive, Falsetto
Date: 2025-05-21
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Big Mac, Tortuga, Lib, Sweet P
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR: SSHs, abe vigodas, arm circles, picking daisies
The Thang:
– Thang 1: moseyed around lake with 4 stops (25 each of squats, merkins, BBSs, and T-merkins) – Thang 2: Five Alive with squats, merkins, BBSs, T-merkins, and burpees
– Thang 3: 11s with dips and BBSs (around the hamster wheel at the spa) (interrupted because of time)
Moleskine: stolen from T-bone: be kind and watch what you say
COT: Lib’s family,
Tags: ao_tar_pit, Big Mac, Tortuga, Lib, Sweet P
Date: 2025-05-17
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Bloomer
PAX: Stock boy, Bloomer, Cheap Shot, Samsonite, Short Circuit, Falsetto, Sparrow, TBTF, Deaddrop, Caden McDaniels- FNGs: 1 Caden McDaniels-
COUNT: 10
WOR: side, straddle, hops, tapping taps, plank jacks, stretch on your own.
The Thang:
1. 10 laps around the parking lot. Went at the flag. We completed 10 reps of curls, thrusters, coupon swings, Merkins. After running a lap we reduced one rep and counted down all the way to one rep per exercise. 2. 6 mins of Cindy – 5 pull-ups, 10 Merkins, 15 squats.
3. Picnic table work – every minute on the minute, we work to accomplish sets of dips, derkins, step ups.
4. We bear crawled up Hoffa and then we broad jumped and sprinted up Hoffa.
Moleskine: Don’t say, “Be a Man!” But rather say, “Be a Better Man.” You are a man, let’s not tear down to call each other. Boys but call each other to be better men.
COT: pray for Sparrows travels
Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, Bloomer, Cheap Shot, Samsonite, Short Circuit, Falsetto, Sparrow, TBTF, Deaddrop, Caden McDaniels-
Date: 2025-05-20
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Mr Roboto, Glowstick, LeMond
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR:
SSH, Abe Vigodas, tin soldiers, leg stretches
The Thang:
Tabata – dips, merkins, BBSU, flutter kicks, calf raises, lunge squats, American hammers, Freddie Mercury’s, table presses, shoulder shrugs
Moleskine:
Do the hard things without hesitation; agree and start before you have the opportunity to talk yourself out of it.
COT:
Prayers for preparation for summer changes, LeMond’s work, Stock boy’s M sickness.
Tags: ao_mastodon, Mr Roboto, Glowstick, LeMond
Date: 2025-05-19
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Samsonite
PAX: Mr Roboto, Tortuga, Cheese, Crack, Beaker, Manhole
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: SSH, Abe Vigodas, Batwings
The Thang: RunRuck
Moleskine: I’ll try to make this more clear than my garbled delivery today. Been thinking about life and death because I’m reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. He was a young, accomplished neurosurgeon who died of lung cancer. His book gets me thinking about the third act of the play “Our Town,” where main characters of the play return in death. But in death one is given the chance to return to her living community and be with the living once again. The thing is, the living folks don’t know that she’s returned from death; they interact with her as if she’s just the person they’ve always known. So this character returns wanting to cherish every moment, savor each second, that she’s back with her living people. But the living folks are just living, moving through their lives not thinking about death or loss. Because they can’t. They can’t live in some world where they’ll die, because they have to live – make breakfast, do laundry, think about what they have to do in the afternoon. When we stop and really think about the fact that one day it’ll all be gone, we can look around and see it – really see it – but we can’t live in that reality. We are too busy just living. So there’s a dance between savoring and living in the moment, and just living, being as present as possible, while life continues on. It’s good to stop and think about death once in a while, but mostly we need to just be present, in the moments we have, all while we just keep living.
COT: Prayers for K-pop’s upcoming wedding. Announcements: Apps and Beer (plus a little trivia) at Nobel House on Tuesday; Friday Birthday Happy Hour at Wheaton 302; Spielberg and Samsonite One night only performance at Westside Improv! 7 PM.
Tags: ao_ground_zero, Mr Roboto, Tortuga, Cheese, Crack, Beaker, Manhole
Date: 2025-05-17
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Jolly
PAX: Shiplap, TBTF, DQ, Cheese, Bloomer, Spielberg, BigBlue, Velveeta, T.B., Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Hershey FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WOR: SSH, down and back
The Thang: 7v7
Moleskine: Don’t let a little headwind stop you from having fun.
COT: Spielberg’s 2.0’s Bday, Shiplap’s dad
Tags: ao_flat_earth, Shiplap, TBTF, DQ, Cheese, Bloomer, Spielberg, BigBlue, Velveeta, T.B., Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Hershey
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