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Date: 2026-08-24
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Chuck ,
PAX: Chuck, Panhandle, Spit Valve, Big Mac, Tortuga, Archive, Jolly FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Conditions: 56 degrees.

WOR:
SSH
never-ending arm circles
Picking daisies

The Thang:

BYOMurph

Mile run
100 Burpees
50 Merkins
50 Coupon curls
50 lunges (2 is 1)
50 overhead press
100 squats
100 BBSUs
100 thrusters
Mile run

Big Mac was the only one who finished :shocked_face_with_exploding_head:

Moleskine:

In order to be less selfish, you should think about yourself less. Encourage someone, pray for someone, or serve someone today

Tags: Tar Pit, Chuck, Panhandle, Spit Valve, Big Mac, Tortuga, Archive, Jolly

Date: 2026-08-22
AO: Tar Pit
Q: T-bone , T-bone
PAX: Portage, LeMond, T-bone, DQ
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
Conditions: Perfection

WOR::heavy_check_mark:

Thang 1: lap 1 – 10 burpees at corner 1, 20 BBSU at corner 2, 30 merkins at corner 3 and 40 squats at corner 4 – then 1 lap AFAP – cool down 200 – repeat. Thang 2: 5 Alive – merkins, squats, BBSU, Burpees, Lunges

Moleskine: Goethe put it as “Tell me with whom you consort with and I will tell you who you are”

The now-famous phrasing — “you are the average (or sum) of the five people you spend the most time with” — is credited to Jim Rohn, the American motivational speaker

Surround yourself with people who make you better and who push you. Also – pay attention to your kids friends.

COT: :heavy_check_mark:

Tags: Tar Pit, Portage, LeMond, T-bone, DQ

Date: 2026-08-22
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Oompa ,
PAX: Dewey, White Noise, Hypotenuse, Endo, Cheese, Banks, T.B., D’Count, BigBlue, Spit Valve, Tortuga, Y2K, Bloomer, Candyland, Jolly, Panda Express, Oompa, Awol, Head Top, Jack, Frizzle FNGs: 1 Frizzle
COUNT: 21
WOR: SSH, Picking Daisies, down and back

The Thang: Ultimate (2 simultaneous games)

Moleskine: don’t waste too much time on your phone.

Tags: Flat Earth, Dewey, White Noise, Hypotenuse, Endo, Cheese, Banks, T.B., D’Count, BigBlue, Spit Valve, Tortuga, Y2K, Bloomer, Candyland, Jolly, Panda Express, Oompa, Awol, Head Top, Jack, Frizzle

Date: 2026-08-21
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Cottontail ,
PAX: Cottontail, Stock boy, Brainfog, Crack, Endo, Cheap Shot, Tenderfoot, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Shamwow, Mr. Bean, Runs FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Conditions: 61, clear, dark at beginning but sunrise by the end

WOR: goofballs, Abe Vigodas, SOYO

The Thang: some ran North, some rucked N/W

Moleskine: quality time is 100% dedicated time to the person that needs your attention at the moment. Avoid distractions (phone), be physically, mentally and emotionally present.

Tags: Ground Zero, Cottontail, Stock boy, Brainfog, Crack, Endo, Cheap Shot, Tenderfoot, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Shamwow, Mr. Bean, Runs

Date: 2026-08-21
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Y2K ,
PAX: White Noise, Cheese, MaiTai, Banks, Pine tar, Tortuga, Y2K, Knuckleball, Oompa, Bloomer, Shiplap, Panda Express, Jolly, DQ, Has Been, Chopsticks, AWOL, Frogger, FNGs:
COUNT: 18
Conditions: perfect

WOR: yup

The Thang: the ushe

Moleskine: sometimes your plans don’t work out exactly how you planned them. Find joy in the journey.

Tags: Flat Earth, White Noise, Cheese, MaiTai, Banks, Pine tar, Tortuga, Y2K, Knuckleball, Oompa, Bloomer, Shiplap, Panda Express, Jolly, DQ, Has Been, Chopsticks, AWOL, Frogger,

Date: 2026-08-20
AO: Mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Stock boy, Toto, Endo, Tenderfoot, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Spit Valve, Samsonite, The wet burrito, Credit Check FNGs: 1 Credit Check
COUNT: 11
Conditions:
Anout as beautiful as they can be. Mid-60s, clear skies, and I’ll take 70% humidity over the 90s we’ve been experiencing.

WOR:
SSH x10
Mountain Climber x10
Copperhead Squat x10
Good Morning x10 OYO
Michael Phelps

The Thang:
This workout is “six style,” meaning everyone picks up the six by continuing their reps until the six is in. Each exercise, unless otherwise noted, is x20. PAX collectively shout 1, 2, … 11 as they finish their reps to indicate they are done, but they keep going until 11 has been shouted. Each set is followed by a lap to and around the traffic circle.

Set 1:
Merkin, BBSU, Goblet Squat, Bonnie Blair
Set 2:
Curl, Freddie Mercury, Bulgarian Split Squat, Thruster
Set 3:
American Hammer, Dolly, HtH, Coupon swing
Set 4:
Flutter kick, Copperhead Squat, Copperhead Merkin, OHP
Set 5 (x10):
Scissor Kick, Pickle Pointer (followed by lap around the lot)

5 MoM

Moleskine:
I recently had my kids pick out paint colors for their room and let them help me paint them. Two lessons for everyone:
– I let my kids pick colors I would never pick. Decide what is negotiable and what is a hard ‘no’. Some things, you may think you’re right, but let your kids learn from mistakes—or maybe it’s you who will learn.
– I let my kids help me paint. Factor in time for your kids to make mistakes. The point of the chore is to spend time with them and teach them, not to do it perfectly the first time.

Tags: Mastodon, Stock boy, Toto, Endo, Tenderfoot, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Spit Valve, Samsonite, The wet burrito, Credit Check

Date: 2026-08-20
AO: Dark Room
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Body Double, Brainfog, Framed, Manhole, Flower Boy, What, Tortuga, LeMond, perculator, Bookworm FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
– Warmorama: 5 mins
– Motivators from 7
– Groiners: 20
– Mountain Man Poopers: 10
– Speed skaters
– First thang: Dirty MacDeuce, along the ½ mile path
– 12 reps of each exercise (4-count), 6 stopping points
– Set 1: merkins, monkey humpers,
– Set 2: flutter kicks, diamond merkins (single-count)
– Set 3: forward lunges, hello dollies
– Set 4: wide grip merkins, jump squats
– Set 5: heels to heaven, Copperhead merkins,
– Set 6: Bobby Hurleys, crunchy frogs
– Intermediate Thang at the gazebo
– Ultimate control (keep arms up at all times)
– 7 slow squats
– 7 slow sumo squats
– 7 side lunges in each direction
– 7 4-ct toy soldiers
– Stand on left leg, 7 forward arm circles
– Stand on right leg, 7 backward arm circles
– 7 4-ct Overhead claps
– 1-min wall sit
– Main Thang:
– Blockees on one side of the hill; burpees on the other
– Reps of 5 each, then 10, then 5.
– Run over hill; at the top, 10 leg lifts
– Coupon press spittoon: 180
– Colt 45
– Moleskin:
– The Q shared a story about trying to print out documents for his wife at 9pm the previous night, where the printer had to be power cycled and then ran out of ink.
– “I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.” – -Henry David Thoreau.

Tags: Dark Room, Body Double, Brainfog, Framed, Manhole, Flower Boy, What, Tortuga, LeMond, perculator, Bookworm

Date: 2026-08-19
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Chuck, Panhandle, T-bone, Tortuga, SAGA, Jolly FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Conditions: warm and muggy

WOR: goofballs, arm circles, picking daisies

The Thang:
11s with different modes of transport and a six-minute timer that meant everyone had to run a lap around the track – blockees and goblet-squats (murder-bunny)
– CPRs and WWI sit-ups (lunge)

That’s as far as Tortuga got…

Moleskine: figure out how to thrive, maybe even rejoice, within the suck because sometimes life really does just suck

Tags: Tar Pit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Chuck, Panhandle, T-bone, Tortuga, SAGA, Jolly

Date: 2026-08-03
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Ankles ,
PAX: Ankles, Flower Boy, Mr Roboto, Mr. Bean
FNGs:
COUNT: 4
Conditions: Humid?

WOR:
Lost to time.

The Thang:
Three of us dated to ruck through the marsh while Flower Boy ran in a different direction.

Moleskine:
Something about spending time with your parents when they’re older. It was a good one.

Tags: Ground Zero, Ankles, Flower Boy, Mr Roboto, Mr. Bean

Date: 2026-08-15
AO: Tar Pit
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle, DQ, LeMond
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
– Warmorama:
– 25 SSHs
– Abe Vigodas
– Copperhead merkins
– Copperhead squats
– Side-leg raises
– Around the lake: 11s with 8-count body builders and Big Boy Situps – 1 8-count body builders, 10 BBSs
– 2 8-count body builders, 9 BBSs
– Stop after at 5 8-count body builders
– Save the Knees: 4 sets of 4-count exercises
– 10 mountain climbers
– 10 alt arm/leg raises
– 10 leg swings
– 10 Australian Snow Angels
– Continue with reminder of 11s
– Continuing around the lake: 11s with jump squats and hand-release merkins – 1 jump squats, 10 hand-release merkins
– 2 jump squats, 9 hand-release merkins
– Stop after at 5 jump squats
– Ultimate control (keep arms up at all times)
– 7 slow squats
– 7 slow sumo squats
– 7 side lunges in each direction
– Stand on left leg, 7 forward arm circles
– Stand on right leg, 7 backward arm circles
– 7 4-ct Overhead claps
– Continue with remainder of 11s
– BLIMPS thing:
– Round 1
– Bear-crawl to first cone, perform 5 x Burpees
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 10 x Lunges each leg
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 15 x Imperial Walkers each leg – bear-crawl to the next cone, 20 x Merkins
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 25 x Plank Jacks
– bear-crawl to the last cone, 30 x Squats
– Run back to the start after each cone
– Round 2
– Rifle carry to first cone, perform 5 x Blockees
– Rifle carry to the next cone, 10 x Bucket brigade Lunges each leg – Rifle carry to the next cone, 15 x Imperial Walkers, holding coupon – Rifle carry to the next cone, 20 x Alternating Merkins on the block – Rifle carry to the next cone, 25 x Plank Jacks off the block – Rifle carry to the last cone, 30 x Goblet Squats
– Leave coupon, run back to the start after each cone.
– Mary
– Freddie Mercuries
– Little Orphan Annies
– American Hammers
– Moleskin:
– Q reflected on being present at the hospital before his mother’s surgery. – A patient going into surgery is among the most vulnerable people.
– Remember to be there for your loved ones when they are most vulnerable because they will be there for you.

Tags: Tar Pit, Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle, DQ, LeMond