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Backblast: 4th of July Spectacular Run Club!!
Date: 7/1/22
AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX: @Jolly@Tortuga@Banks@Katniss@TBTF@Gummi Bear@Cheese@Toto@LeMond@Pat-Down@Panda Express
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 11
Warm-o-Rama: Stretch OYOThang: Ran South on the prairie path, turned left on Orchard and came in the back of Seven Gables. We ran through the flag display and then made our way back to Ground Zero.COR/NOR/COT: Prayers for Safe Travels, a safe holiday, Patdown’s parents, and for the war in Ukraine.

(thanks @Captain Crunch (AJ) for the title)
Date: 6/21/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
Pax: @Hancock @Jolly @Captain Crunch (AJ) @Da Vinci @Panhandle @TBTF @Beaker @T-bone @Big Mac @8-Track @Noodles @Sparrow @K-pop @Panda Express @Shiplap @Pink Drink @Tortuga @LeMond Gilligan (FNG) Big Blue (FNG)
FNGs: 2
Q: @Hancock
Total: 20

WoR: Picking Potatoes OYO (a.k.a. Picking Daisies)

The Whole Thang (mostly in order)
– Mosey with coupons to bottom of Hoffa
– Mosey for a bit
– “Get down, The Eye is watching!” plank for ~30 seconds, 2-3 times total throughout workout
– 20x Legolas merkins
– Mosey back
– 15x Gandalf fireworks star jump burpees
– “One does not simply lunge-walk into Mordor” across Hoffa field & back again
– 40x beer mug curls (“they come in pints?”)
– 20x “army of the dead” deadlift table presses
– 20x Galadriel’s light overhead presses
– Murder orc (murder bunny) up hill
– Samwise carry a partner across Hoffa field and back. Switch off OYO. “I can’t carry the ring for you, Frodo, but I can carry you!”
– “For Frodo!” manrise up Hoffa

Moleskin:
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” -Gandalf

CoT:
Ukraine, and other things that escape my mind. God heard them. Including the prayer from the random passerby that walked into the middle of our prayer circle and prayed with us.

Date: 6/25/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive@Captain Crunch (AJ)@Sparrow@Milli@Crack@Maniac@Double Dip @Patdown (FNG) @StudFinder (FNG) @Spit Valve(FNG) @Darn (FNG) @TBTF
FNGs: 4
Q: @TBTF
Total: 12Conditions: Perfect, started to rain at the end
Warm-o-Rama: SSH (IC) x25, T-Bone burpees (OYO) x10, Abe Vegoda (IC) x10, Tappy Taps (IC) x20, Michael Phelps (OYO)Thang1: Went around the western most loop from light post to light post with our coupons. At each post we rolled a di (to represent the infamous Death Di). Each number on the di represented an exercise (we did burpees, overhead press,merkins, BBSU, Squats, and curls), reps were determined by the age of who rolled the di. We rifle carried or lunged for the most part from post to postThang2: Welsh Dragons up Hoffa, I am still not sure why Jazz Handz like these so muchMary: on the top of Hoffa, ring of fire style where we go around the circle and each PAX calls a short routine with no break between PAXMoleskin: "Keep the main thing the main thing". We have a million distractions fighting for our attention so today think about your priorities and how you want to allocate your time to what matters most. I also offered a challenge for anyone that wanted to join me in my attempt to turn the phone off on Sundays when my 2.0s wake up until they go to bed as to focus on them and not get distracted.COT: prayers for Crack’s daughter in her new role, prayers for Sparrow’s newest 2.0 that feeding goes better (edited)

Backblast: "You Do You Monday"
Date: 6/27/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive@Milli @Patdown @Spit Valve@Tortuga@Doublemint@Cheese@8-Track@Panda Express@Jailbreak@TBTF@Banks@SAGA@Jolly
FNGs: 0
Q: @Archive
Total: 14Conditions: Perfect
Warm-o-Rama: Scatman WOR
Thang1: YDY, runners did both Wheaton parking garagesMoleskin: When we hear the phrase “love your enemy,” we tend to think of Jesus’ admonition to have charity even for those we might otherwise despise. But we can also use it in a very different sense. We can love the role an “enemy” — whether an outward competitor or an inward weakness — plays in our lives. We can recognize that without the gravity of strength-building resistance, we’d be unmoored, enervated, non-entities. We can feel gratitude for the refining role of opposition: Thank you for revealing my vulnerabilities; for keeping me humble; for showing me how not to be; for lighting a fire in my belly; for making me better than I was.
COT: Prayers for Saga’s friend who lost his son, @T-bone s foot.

Backblast: Getting Wild at Tar Pit
Date: 6/22/22
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Shiplap@SAGA@Tortuga@Walter@T-bone@Big Mac@Katniss@Panhandle@Da Vinci@Jolly
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 10Warm-o-Rama: SSH x 25, Mountain Man Poopers x 10, Abe Vigoda x 10, Picking Daiseys OYOThang 1: Indian run around Lake Ellyn x 2Thang 2: Partner up. Accumulated reps like a Dora. 100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 BBSUPAX 1 did exercise with a specific rep count (10 Burpees) . While the burpees were being done PAX 2 Bernie’ed around the Lake. Once PAX 1 finished the reps they rant to catch up. Once they caught up PAX 2 did the burpees starting at 11. and PAX 2 Bernie’ed – rinse and repeat until all burpees were complete. Merkins conssited of 15 at a time and BBSU was 20 reps each time. We made it to BBSU but didn’t finish.Moleskin: Don’t be so offended in this PC worldCOT: Praise for Mucho Leggo and Squirt to be home from oversees, prayers for @Katniss Grandma in law, praise for the pax (edited)

Backblast: Face off
Date: Thursday, 6/23/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Big Mac @Jolly (Respect) @SAGA @Da Vinci @Guilligan @Tortuga (respect) @Bigblue@LouGee @LeMond @Sparrow @Giggles @Noodles @Bo-Peep @T-bone (respect) @Katniss @Beaker @8-Track @Archive @maniac (FNG)
FNGs: 1
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 19

WOR: SSH, Abe Vigoda, arm circles, Micheal Phelps, T-bone burpees.

Thang one: race to the island. Team One went clockwise, Team Two went counter clockwise. Each team had to complete 90 pull ups and 90 squats before reaching the island by Dan Taylor Alley.

Thang two: KUBB
Each team had a king. The goal was to move your king to the other team’s bridge. You move it by standing broad jump. You earned a broad jump by traversing your own bridge on your hands with feet on the rail. You could also earn a jump by knocking down the opponent’s KUBB blocks with a toss of a baton. You earned a toss by completing 10 Apollo Onos or 20 American Hammers.

Thang Three: KUBB round two
Two bridge traverses + one jump. Ten hand release merkins or 20 squat jumps = one toss.

Mosey back to Hoffa.
Planks, high and low. Al Gore, Nolan Ryans.

COT: Archive’s M is pregnant and due in December. Continued prayers for the war in Ukraine.

Moleskin: Philippians 4:6+7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Date: Monday, 06/20/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive @Panda Express @TBTF @Jailbreak @Big Mac @Crash @Crack @Sparrow @Jolly @Tortuga @Panhandle @T-bone @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 13

Conditions: bright and beautiful
Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Mountain Climbers / Tappy Taps / Stretch legs OYO

The Thang:
Some ran / some rucked / some Murphed – all had a blast

Moleskin:
We live uneven lives – level things out with patience (“it’s all going to be leveled anyway.” @Sparrow)

Prayers @Tortuga & @Panhandle 2.0s + the newly acquired 2.0 for @Jailbreak, happy birthday @Crash

Date: 6/18/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Crack, @Double Beef ‘n Cheddar, @TBTF, @Sparrow, @LeMond, @Captain Crunch (AJ), @Noodles FNGs: 0
Q: @Noodles
Total: 7

Conditions: Bright & Sunny, Blue Skies
Warm-o-Rama: Side Straddle Hop x30 – straight count, Right Leg/Left Leg/Center stretch. Mosey around parking lot alternating between: Wrestling Stance, Level Changes, Side to Side, Al Gores. Bat Wings x15

Thang 1: Dan Taylor Alley w/ Burpees & Single Legs

Thang 2: The Hotroom – previously the volleyball courts. Pax performed the following:

Merkin Pyramid – Inchworm to Merkin position and doing 9 merkins. Inchworm back to start position and inchworm back down to Merkin position now performing 8 merkins. Rinse and repeat for a total of 45 merkins. Jump straight into 45 squats. Entire routine is ONE Merkin Pyramid.

Ring of Fire – Bear Crawl – PAX circled up. Q called each Pax to bear crawl across to the PAX in front of them or diagonally. Each PAX went 3 times.

Wheel-barrels – PAX paired up and formed a square. One PAX held their partner’s legs while the PAX on bottom walked on their hands across to another team. The next team then did the same routine. Rinse and repeat. Each PAX went 3 times on bottom.

Prisoner Bonnies x45 – hard count. With hands interlocked behind their heads, PAX performed Bonnie Blairs.

Thang 3: Hoffa
PAX moseyed ver to Hoffa where we finished with laps up and down Hoffa.

Mary: LBCs x60, Gas Pumps x25, Plank for time

COT: Prayers for all the PAX who are fathers on this Father’s Day.

Date: Thursday, 06/16/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Halfman @LouGee @Jolly @Panda Express @Aloha @Hancock @Big Mac @Captain Crunch (AJ) @8-Track @LeMond @TBTF Double Dip (welcome) @Crash @Beaker
FNGs: 1 – Double Dip
Q: @Beaker
Total: 14

@Beaker drew the joker. Frisbees were put away. @Jolly whined.

WOR:
Motivators (ic, x7)
Tappy taps (ic, x7)
Michael Phelps
5 T-Bone burpees

The Thang:
-Mosey to Hoffa
-3 manrises after the 3rd manrise, return to the middle of the hill.
-Make a circle and face uphill. Perform 10 ic merkins in facing uphill (West). Perform 10 more ic merkins in each of the remaining cardinal directions: N, W, and S.
-1 more manrise, stay on the top of Hoffa.
-20 batwings a the top of Hoffa
-20 Moroccan night clubs
-Mosey to Cooties and split into groups of "4". We set up 3 stations and exercises to perform at each station.
Cooties = pullups
Swings = atomic merkins
Picnic tables = picnic table presses
One team member starts at each station. The fourth member starts at cooties. The first three members start performing reps as the last runs to the swings to relieve the PAX that is working out. The relieved PAX runs to the picnic tables they switch again. This PAX returns to Cooties to complete the cycle. Each team is responsible for 200 reps at each station.
-1 more manrise.

COT: @Crash‘s trip, @Halfman‘s father-in-law’s health

Backblast: YDY Monday
Date: Monday, 06/13/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Big Mac @Cheese (Respect) @Jolly (Respect) @Panda Express @Jailbreak @TBTF @SAGA @Da Vinci @Shiplap @Panhandle (respect) @Tortuga (respect)
FNGs: 0
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 11

Conditions: perfect

Warm-Up: Michael Phelps, arm circles, legs

The Thang: Some ran, some Murphed, some rucked, one walked with a beverage and a built in ruck.

Moleskin: If a doctor’s prescription could bring you:

• Longer life
• Better health
• More energy and resilience
• Less burnout, depression and anxiety
• More happiness, fulfillment and well-being
• More personal and professional success (including higher income)
• And, no harmful side effects

Would you take it?

Wonder Drug: 7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself – new book showing the above.

From Matthew 20: “But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,”

Scan your orbit for the people around you in need of help, and go fill that need, as often as you can.

COT: @Jailbreak’s M is getting induced Tuesday! @Panhandle’s 2.0 is going to England for 7 weeks. @mucho leggo and @squirt are going to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday for a missions trip.