Backblasts

Tar Pit Magnificent Mile

Date: 2026-09-30
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Tortuga, Da Vinci, Panhandle, SAGA, Sparrow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Conditions: light rain, 66F

WOR: good mornings, SSHs, arm stretches, arm circles

The Thang:

Around the track with the coupon. At each corner do an exercise. Farmer’s carry the straightaways and rifle-carry/curl-carry the curves. Exercises were curl-presses, BBSs, coupon swings, and goblet squats. 10 reps first lap, then 20, then 30, then back to 20.

Moleskine: figure out how to deliver bad news as an act of love

Tags: Tar Pit, Tortuga, Da Vinci, Panhandle, SAGA, Sparrow

Mastodon BRASSY but not CLASSY

Date: 2026-09-29
AO: Mastodon
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Beaker, Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions: Fabulous

WOR: I Vow to Thee My Country – Gustav Holst & The Salvation Army NEW YORK STAFF BAND

Butterfly Stretch
Box cutters
Arm Circles – forward & back
Stretch right
Stretch left

The Thang:

•Hoffa
10 coupon swings
20 derkins
30 coupon step overs (1:1)
40 arm rows (20 each arm)
Hold AL Gore waiting for pax – Run up Hoffa and back
(Repeat once more)

•Baseball Field
5 blockees
10 salt shakers (2:1)
15 goblet squats
20 plank pull-thrus (1:1)
Hold Plank waiting for pax – Run around bases
(Repeat twice more)

•The Hamptons
5 burpees
10 step ups (picnic tables)
15 crunchy frogs
20 side straddle hops (1:1)
Calf raises waiting for pax – Skip to boat launch
(Repeat twice more)

•Starting spot
Box cutters
Flutter kicks
Butterfly stretch

Moleskine:

Each pax stated something they are grateful for.

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – American writer Robert Brault

Silent prayer/ meditation

Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Beaker, Da Vinci

Mastodon Scylla and Charybdis at AO Mastodon

Date: 2026-09-26
AO: Mastodon
Q: Treebeard ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Dumpster, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Treebeard, Stock boy, Noodles FNGs: None
COUNT: 78
Conditions: Perfect weather for rowing between a rock and a hard place.

WOR: The usual stuff with songs focusing on rowing, sailing, and all thing nautical.

The Thang:
– The crew was looking a wee bit rough so they had to get back in rowing shape. Performed a series of exercises targeting biceps and back. – Buried Elpenor (fallen comrade) with some murder bunnies.
– Sailed by the Sirens. Had partner work where sometimes each Pax was Odysseus strapped to the pullup bars and able to hear the wonderful song.
– Farmer carried back to original location to setup for the main event of 3 stations. One station was Scylla (Burpee, Rows, Alt Curls, Squats); other was Cattle of the Sun (Blockies, Alt Rows, Curls, and Big Boys)—and the final station was . . . well the feared station of Charybdis, the whirlpool monster. A real canoe was used for this as the PAX managed to navigate the turbulent waters.

Moleskine: Life brings us often to places of no good choice. We feel Scylla and Charybdis. One tip for charting a course is having some determination. The underworld is the hinge point of the Odyssey narrative and after that Odysseus becomes determined.

Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Dumpster, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Treebeard, Stock boy, Noodles

Flat Earth Flat Earth

Date: 2026-09-29
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Hypotenuse ,
PAX: Panda Express, Banks, Knuckleball, Pine tar, MaiTai, Gummi Bear, Y2K, Snatch (F3 NW HWY), Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Swish, Cheese, Tortuga, Candyland, Jolly, Hypotenuse, Big Mac, BigBlue, Lib, Bolt FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
Conditions: Cool as a cucumber

WOR: ssh dnb

The Thang:10v10

Moleskine: Do hard things like Case Keenum.

Tags: Flat Earth, Panda Express, Banks, Knuckleball, Pine tar, MaiTai, Gummi Bear, Y2K, Snatch (F3 NW HWY), Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Swish, Cheese, Tortuga, Candyland, Jolly, Hypotenuse, Big Mac, BigBlue, Lib, Bolt

Dark Room Dark Room – Iron Pax: The Finale

Date: 2026-09-29
AO: Dark Room
Q: Brainfog , Framed
PAX: Brainfog, Manhole, LeMond, Oompa, Framed, Endo, Flower Boy, Body Double FNGs:
COUNT: 8
Conditions:
Brisk, muddy, gloomy with some fog but we could still see the stars

WOR:
SSH + stretching

The Thang:
IPC week 4
Everyone made it through a round and then some 💪
Every rep counts, each full round was 150 reps.
Didn’t forget to submit your score:
https://ironpax.f3greenwood.org/submit

Moleskine:
Being competitive is great motivation. Always push yourself to do better. Reflecting on your results and progress is also important. Appreciate when you set a new personal best or hit a new goal.

Tags: Dark Room, Brainfog, Manhole, LeMond, Oompa, Framed, Endo, Flower Boy, Body Double

Tar Pit Tar Pit

Date: 2026-09-28
AO: Tar Pit
Q: T-bone ,
PAX: Big Mac, Chuck, Jolly, LouGee, Tortuga, Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
Conditions: perfect fall morning

WOR: SSH, AV’s and OYO

The Thang: IPC Week 4 Crayolas’s Masterpiece

Moleskine: Shepherding you thru the unknown is Gods specialty – see Isaiah 42:16

Tags: Tar Pit, Big Mac, Chuck, Jolly, LouGee, Tortuga, Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle

Ground Zero Once Again

Date: 2026-09-28
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Pool Boy, Crack, Audible, Cheese, Endo, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Ankles, Mr. Bean FNGs:
COUNT: 9
Conditions:
Getting chilly…48° but not windy

WOR:
SSHs x10
Tappy Taps x10
Abe Vigodas x10
Stretch OYO

The Thang:
4 ruckers, 5 runners ➡️ South on Prairie Path

Moleskine:
My M and I had a fight last night. It was something small that got big before we got to the crux of the issue and worked it out. In the past, I would have just fallen asleep in my bitterness without bringing up the thing bothering me. The way this played out was better than in the past, but we still have work to do. To sum it up as Ankles did, “If you’re going to fight, fight well.” Or something like that.

Tags: Ground Zero, Pool Boy, Crack, Audible, Cheese, Endo, Sparrow, Mr Roboto, Ankles, Mr. Bean

North Beach North Beach Sandbag – Iron SACK

Date: 2026-09-28
AO: North Beach
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Stock boy, Manhole, Lakers
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
Conditions: Dark and Ominous, a thick and oppressive fog rolling in over the empty fields

WOR:
SSH, Arm Circles, Picking Daisy’s, Heavy Carry

The Thang:
Moved to the field with the hill.

Pax performed four exercises, 10 reps each.
One pax pulled the sandbag 100’ out and then back. Rotate puller as pax continue exercises.

Round one: Standard Pull
Squats
Lunges
Deadlifts
Ground-to-back rack

Round two: Reclined Over head pull (this may have been a bad idea) Chest press
Overhead press
Thrusters
Merkins on bag

Round three: no pull due to time
American Hammers w/bag
BBSU
BEAR-hug squats
Ground to side shoulder

Final exercise: sled-dog the bag back to the COT

Moleskine:
Leverage. Use what we’re good at to help make other people’s lives easier!

Tags: North Beach, Stock boy, Manhole, Lakers

Downrange 2026 F3 Naperville 5k

Date: 2026-09-27
AO: Downrange
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Brainfog, Dumpster, Treebeard, Endo, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF) FNGs:
COUNT: 6
Conditions:
Amazing 57° at start time, beautiful course, beautiful conditions

WOR:
Stretch OYO

The Thang:
We ran 5 kilometers. Endo finished second overall with a time of 18:05, just 28 seconds behind first and an incredible 1:46 ahead of third. The rest of us finished in the 23–32 minutes range.

Moleskine:
Friendship. Okay, break for coffee and snacks!

Tags: Downrange, Brainfog, Dumpster, Treebeard, Endo, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF)