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
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
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
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)
Date: 2026-09-26
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Da Vinci ,
PAX: T-bone, The wet burrito, Portage, Beaker, LeMond, What-‘., Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Every PAX gets a lightning round (roll from the 10x dice and pick an exercise)
GIB COUPON (Tabata) [sprint between rounds as needed] 1. Blockees
2. Incline merkins
3. Derkens
4. Curls
5. Skull crushers
6. American Hammers with Coupon
7. Coupon squats
8. One arm rows
GIB NO COUPON (Tabata) [sprint between rounds as needed] 1. Side straddle hops
2. High Knees
3. Burpees
4. Jump squats
5. Mountain climbers
6. Plank Jacks
7. American Hammers
8. Flutters
GIB AB (not Tabata)
1. LBCs (2 is 1)
2. Box Cutters
3. BBSU
4. Oblique
5. Leg lifts
6. Freddie Mercuries (4 is 1)
7. American Hammers (2 is 1)
8. Flutters (4 is 1)
Moleskin: “Humans are heart-soul-mind-strength complexes designed for love” (The Life We’re Looking For p. 31). We connected that to the mezouza (counteracting touching our phones) and the Feast of Tabernacles in Lev. 23:40-42 (don’t get too attached to your house – all is temporary). The deep roots of our love of Fall “rejoice for seven days before the Lord.”
COT: Voice many concerns and silence.
Tags: Tar Pit, T-bone, The wet burrito, Portage, Beaker, LeMond, What-‘., Da Vinci
Date: 2026-09-25
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Cheese ,
PAX: Cheese, Babe, Panda Express, MaiTai, Tortuga, Pancake, Shiplap, White Noise, Y2K, DQ, Jolly, Candyland, BigBlue, Pine tar FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Conditions:
Beautiful Fall morning
WOR:
SSH & Abe’s
The Thang:
Ultimate on 2 fields
Moleskine:
Tags: Flat Earth, Cheese, Babe, Panda Express, MaiTai, Tortuga, Pancake, Shiplap, White Noise, Y2K, DQ, Jolly, Candyland, BigBlue, Pine tar
Date: 2026-09-25
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Endo ,
PAX: LeMond, Comp, Endo, Beaker, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, The wet burrito, Cheap Shot, Runs, Toto, Mr. Bean, Topham, Tenderfoot, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
Conditions: warmish and muggyish
WOR: ssh, goofs, stretch
The Thang: went north
Moleskine: Say 5 positive encouraging things to your kids for every 1 criticism. Not a rule, just a guideline to consider.
Tags: Ground Zero, LeMond, Comp, Endo, Beaker, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, The wet burrito, Cheap Shot, Runs, Toto, Mr. Bean, Topham, Tenderfoot, Stock boy
Date: 2026-09-24
AO: Mastodon
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: LeMond, Dumpster, Beaker, Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Audible, The wet burrito, Tenderfoot, Stock boy, DQ FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Conditions:
Cool, fairly dry, perfect for a beatdown.
WOR:
Side straddle hops, copperhead squats.
The Thang:
IronPAX Week 3 Challenge
Playlist:
Metallica — Hero of the Day
System of a Down — Forest
Pearl Jam — Glorified G
Red Hot Chili Peppers — Breaking the Girl
The Rolling Stones — Sympathy for the Devil
Chris Cornell — Pillow of Your Bones
TV on the Radio — Lazerray
Joshua Homme — Centipede
Led Zeppelin — In My Time of Dying
Moleskine:
Train yourself to do hard things when there are no stakes so you can do hard things when there are high stakes.
Tags: Mastodon, LeMond, Dumpster, Beaker, Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Audible, The wet burrito, Tenderfoot, Stock boy, DQ
Date: 2026-09-24
AO: Dark Room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Toto, Lakers, Crack, Sparrow, Brainfog, perculator, Framed FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
Conditions: a glorious 54 degrees. Wind out of the ENE at 2mph, pressure steady at 30in, humidity a pleasant 68%
WOR:
Mosey around the lot
Grady corns
Leg stretch
Scout Run to Hacksaw
The Thang:
Go to base of Hacksaw (short side).
Race to the top.
Group does an exercise at the top.
Winner of the race starts 5 yards behind everyone else.
Have another race, do another exercise.
Continue until everyone has won a race.
Exercises were: BBSU, Merkins, lunges (both forward AND backwards Tortuga), squats, Superman’s, Pickle Pointers which Manhole talked too much about.
Run to cricket pitch.
Two teams, one at each end of the pitch.
Team one passes a rugby ball forward then backward, then kicks it. Team two does as many reps of an exercise as they can. (Same exercises as above) When team two kicks the ball, both teams switch places.
Team one runs and finds the ball to pass, team two runs to the opposite side of the pitch and starts exercises. (Sparrow and Endo have night-vision and made this unfair)
Finished with a Mary circuit.
45 minutes of “fun and games”
Moleskine: Check in on a pax this week. Called an old F3 buddy out of the blue yesterday and it turned out to be the call we both needed.
Tags: Dark Room, Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Toto, Lakers, Crack, Sparrow, Brainfog, perculator, Framed
Date: 2026-09-23
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Audible ,
PAX: Mall Cop, Audible, Cheap Shot, Mr. Bean, Topham, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions:
Cool and dark
WOR:
SSH
Abe Vigoda’s
The Thang:
Some ran and some rucked.
Moleskine:
When you’re going through heck, just keep going. Don’t quit, don’t stop, just keep putting one foot in front of the other. You’ll get through it.
COT
Prayers for those who are still needing employment and those and their family’s who are dealing with health challenges.
Tags: Ground Zero, Mall Cop, Audible, Cheap Shot, Mr. Bean, Topham, Stock boy
