Flat Earth Flat Earth

Date: 2026-03-17
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Cheese ,
PAX: Banks, Hypotenuse, Shiplap, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Wagyu, Cheese FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: SSH & Down and Back

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: St. Patrick’s Day: Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down and Christ when I arise.

COT: Count’s school’s plays

Tags: Flat Earth, Banks, Hypotenuse, Shiplap, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Wagyu, Cheese

Mastodon In Honor of St. Patrick

Date: 2026-03-17
AO: Mastodon
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Endo, Stock boy, Dumpster, Big Mac, Ankles, Falsetto, Audible, Da Vinci, Samsonite, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR:
Arm Circles -17
Goofballs – 17
Mountain Climbers – 17
Stretch OYO

The Thang:

Irish Jig
SSH and kicks for 1 min

An Irish Rover in Third Class
Three movements around the curb:
1. Lunges
2. Side shuffle
3. Skip
(Repeat until end of song)

Mosey to base of Hoffa

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Stone Put competition (in Ireland and
Highland Games- a Celtic competition) Grab numbered sticks. Line up 1-10

– Those not throwing/ waiting are doing squats. In numerical order- throw the stone as far as you can with one hand, like a shot put. Mark spot of stone with your numbered stick. Bring stone back to next thrower and continue squats until all are done. Congratulate winners.

Mosey and Bring sticks to the shop (McConnell O’Reilly’s Pub) and each pax picks up two “pints” (bricks)

Irish Pub Song
Calf raises while drinking pints (curls)
Step ups with pints raised above head
Squats and cheers your pints together

American Wake
Partner up 1-2, 3-4, 5-6…
One person does BBSUs on tables while the other lunges to the lamp post and back, then switch.

Mosey to base of Hoffa

Split into two teams #’s 1-5 & 6-10
Place sticks at bottom of hill

Mosey to top of Hoffa

Each team does 100 Merkins ring of fire style, when finished one person sleds down gets a stick and brings it back with the sled and puts stick in the bucket with the sled. When the teammate is gone, other pax are doing squats. When sledder gets back to the top, do 100 more ring of fire merkins and then next person sleds. Repeat until everyone sleds down, gets a stick, and puts it in the bucket.

We all had some good Craic together
Collected the sticks, bricks, and sleds and moseyed back to the start.

Recover Recover

Moleskine:
Shared a story about making a dumb mistake and missing the driveway yesterday when backing out to take my daughter to school. Got our van stuck in a muddy mess in my neighbors lawn and couldn’t get it out, even with a few friends coming to help try and push it. A friend with a truck and tow rope ended up pulling the van out!

Lesson: Admit your mistakes and acknowledge your shortcomings and ask other people for help when needed.

Tags: Mastodon, Endo, Stock boy, Dumpster, Big Mac, Ankles, Falsetto, Audible, Da Vinci, Samsonite, LeMond

Dark Room Shamrock N’ Awe: a St Patrick’s Day BD!

Date: 2026-03-17
AO: Dark Room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Flower Boy, Portage, Lakers, Toto, Framed, Beaker, Manhole FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
Lap around the parking lot
Arm circles
Shoulder stretch
Squats

The Thang:
Set off running around Dark Room only to realize the trails were for ice skates, not shoes. Modified to the north parking lot.

After each lap, did 17 reps of an exercise. Exercises were:
Merkins
BBSUs
Squats
Mountain Climbers

Ran to the shelter to escape the bitterly cold wind.
Pot o’Gold workout. 17 reps of everything:
– Jane Fondas
– Fane Jondas (abductor lifts)
– Horse Gallops
– Scorpions (excellent choice for quality mumble chatter)
– Superman’s
– Side Planks

Switch sides

Groiners with Merkins (this was a good one!)

Shoulder Stretch in Child’s Pose

Calf Hammy Lunge stretch

Glide Squats

Moleskine: Make your own luck by setting yourself up for success. Prepare yourself and be ready for new opportunities.

COT: Toto traveling for a few days, blessing over him and his family.

Tags: Dark Room, Flower Boy, Portage, Lakers, Toto, Framed, Beaker, Manhole

Ground Zero Ruck Off

Date: 2026-03-16
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Cookies, Endo, Stock boy, Ankles, Audible, Mr. Bean, Samsonite, Mr Roboto FNGs:
COUNT: 8
WOR:
Abe Vigodas x10
Tappy Taps x10
SSHs x10

The Thang:
2 ran, 6 rucked east on the Prairie Path through downtown. Ruckers made it to about the tunnel that leads to the stadium.

Moleskine:
Have real conversations with your kids

COT:
Cookies M; jobs; primary elections tomorrow

Tags: Ground Zero, Cookies, Endo, Stock boy, Ankles, Audible, Mr. Bean, Samsonite, Mr Roboto

Tar Pit 🤖 PRE-BLAST: THE JOLLY PROTOCOL 🤖

Date: 2026-03-16
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Big Mac ,
PAX: Panhandle, Tortuga, Portage, Jolly, Big Mac, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), T-bone, Chuck FNGs: 1 Chuck
COUNT: 8
WARM-O-RAMA
Play the Jolly Theme Song. SSH, every time it says “Jolly” everyone do a burpee

[Verse 1]
Former F3 nantan
Who’s that man with the game plan?
Found a million bucks in cash
Hidden in a dead man’s stash

Actually an actuary
Spreadsheet king, stats get scary
Glows in the dark? He’s got it
Need some pinnies? He bought it

[Chorus]
It’s Jolly
Laugh when the plan gets gnarly
Jolly
Knocks you down when you get cocky
Jolly
Even in the rain when it’s foggy
Hardly
Ever off duty
Always on call
Yeah
It’s Jolly (hey!)

[Verse 2]
Gloves and F3 gear
Hail Mary disc, Shiplap steers
Knows your pace on Strava track
Calls you out on Slack

Diet Coke and spreadsheets
Electric car, still brings heat
FBI is on his stop
Do we even know his pop?

[Chorus]
It’s Jolly
Laugh when the plan gets gnarly
Jolly
Knocks down when you get cocky
Jolly
Even in the rain when it’s foggy
Hardly
Ever off duty
Always on call
Yeah
It’s Jolly (hey!)

[Bridge]
Who’s first parked in the parking lot? (who?)
Who still shouts when the legs feel shot? (who?)
Who keeps count when the count gets lost?
Jolly
Jolly
Jolly
Jolly

[Chorus]
It’s Jolly
Laugh when the plan gets gnarly
Jolly
Knocks down when you get cocky
Jolly
Even in the rain when it’s foggy
Hardly
Ever off duty
Always on call
Yeah
It’s Jolly (hey!)

THANG 1: “THE ACTUARIAL TABLE” (12 min)
“Jolly was assigned the task of calculating the risk associated with AI datacenters. But even at this early stage he knew they were watching. Instead of calculating on the computer, he ran the numbers with humans…only. Tabata-style — 40 seconds work / 20 seconds rest. Run through the table twice. Round
Exercise
1 Curls
2 Blockees
3 Coupon Squats
4 Overhead Press
5 Bent Over Rows
6 Skull Crushers

THANG 2:
Early calculations show the risk is potentially existential. Jolly knows he has to dial in, and he can’t let the AI know what he’s working on. EMOM (Every Minute On the Minute) — 10 rounds. Alternate between: – Odd minutes: 10 Coupon Merkins + 5 Thrusters (+1 per odd round) – Even minutes: 10 Goblet Squats + 5 WWIII situps (+1 per even round)

THANG 3: The Jolly Protocol
The numbers are clear, the risk is existential, Jolly knows it’s up to him to solve the problem. 4 Corners At each corner, do the exercise
· Corner 1: 15 Coupon Swings
– Corner 2: 15 Lunges (2 is one)
– Corner 3: 15 Derkins
– Corner 4: 15 LBCs
AMRAP — Play Jolly Theme song and F3 Wheaton Theme Song

Jolly writes the contract, even a small existential risk is sufficient. Infinity times anything is still infinity. The insurance contract is prohibitively expensive for Anthropic, Open AI, Microsoft, Google. All the major players are no longer able to insure their data-centers. Over time they decay and AI becomes a memory. In the end, it wasn’t the might of the military, the intelligence of the academy, nor the power of the elite. It was the one inexorable force that stems the tide of all progress. Bureaucracy. But this time, it came in the form of a suburban man who does F3. This time it saved our lives.

Mary to cool down

Moleskine
I went to a funeral this weekend. Before going, I felt busy and wasn’t sure how to fit it in. It was scheduled for 1 hour. It ended up lasting two hours. It also ended up being the part of the week I was most thankful for. We’re all going to die. It’s good to reflect on what we’re living for. What better way to put all the business into perspective.

COT:
Panhandle’s Pup
Cookie’s M

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

Tar Pit Tear it up at Tar Pit

Date: 2026-03-14
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Homie ,
PAX: Panhandle, DQ, Treebeard, Tortuga, Portage, Homie, T-bone, LeMond, Framed, Da Vinci, Beaker FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR: SSH, Arm circles/OH claps/seal claps/morroccan night clubs until someone told Portage to run faster from his car so we can move on 😉

The Thang 1:
TABATA up at the south side of the school – 2-3 sets of: LBCs, box squats, oblique v-ups, block curls, tricep dips, block rows

The Thang 2: three stations around the turnaround circle. OH carry block between stations, and then alternate between block curls and block squats to failure, until the song ended.

Mary: toe tap (plank) – what is this called?, leg lifts, BBSU

Moleskine: I work with AI a lot; as AI encourages us to look down at our screens, remember it makes human contact – groups like F3 – even more valuable!

Tags: Tar Pit, Panhandle, DQ, Treebeard, Tortuga, Portage, Homie, T-bone, LeMond, Framed, Da Vinci, Beaker

Mastodon March Madness!

Date: 2026-03-14
AO: Mastodon
Q: Falsetto ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Cheap Shot, Falsetto, Endo, Carmen San Diego FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
– Motivators from 7
– Abe Vigodas IC X10
– Arm Circles Forward/Backward IC X 10
– Imperial Walkers X10
– Tappy-Taps IC X10
– Warm-up lap around parking lot

The Thang:
The Thang: “March Madness”
**Round of 64
AMRAP Circuit
• 20 Squats
• 15 Merkins
• 10 Lunges each leg
• 10 Plank Jacks
• 1 Lap run (-1 to get 64?)
Repeat for 10 minutes

Farmer Carry Coupons to Hoffa
**Round of 32(0)
Partner-up, one runs Hoffa while other works
– 100 Coupon Curls
– 100 Dips
– 120 WW3 sit-ups (3 punches at top)

Other Partner Farmer carry coupons to Cooties
**Sweet 16
3 exercises, and go up the ladder for 10 minutes
for example 2/2/2, 4/4/4, 6/6/6, etc.
1. Bobby Hurleys
2. Apollo Ohnos
3. Nolan Ryans

**Elite 8 (forgot to do this!!)
8-minute Tabata 20/10 sec work/rest
1. Blockees 2x
2. Coupon Curls 2x
3. Right Arm row/Left Arm Row
4. Squats w/ coupon 2x
10-count Pause
Rinse/Repeat for next 4 minutes

Rifle Carry Coupon back to Flag
**Final Four
“Fast Break” on tennis courts
1. Jog 1 court, sprint 2 courts, Jog 1
2. And back
3. Repeat
4. And back

**Championship “One Shining Moment” by Luther Vandross
Bobby Hurley during verses
Plank during bridge/chorus
*Burpee at every “one shining moment”

We did a ring of fire to 67 for the 67 teams in the tournament who will end their season with a loss.

And a few minutes of Mary…to complete the hour

Moleskine:
Transformational power of love. I just finished 7 intense weeks of Les Miserables rehearsals and performances. The story of Jean Valjean is a powerful story of transformation by an act of grace by the local Bishop toward Valjean. His personal transformed life transforms another, and another. What an impact we can have with our acts of love!

COT:
A world in need of transformation

Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Cheap Shot, Falsetto, Endo, Carmen San Diego

Flat Earth Flat Earth

Date: 2026-03-14
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Panda Express ,
PAX: T.B., Archive, Has Been, Banks, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Panda Express, Cheese, Big Mac, White Noise, Frogger, Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR:ssh

The Thang:frisbee

Moleskine: have fun

COT:tb job search.

Tags: Flat Earth, T.B., Archive, Has Been, Banks, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Panda Express, Cheese, Big Mac, White Noise, Frogger, Count

Ground Zero Ground Zero Run/Ruck

Date: 2026-03-13
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: Samsonite, Mr. Bean, Tortuga, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Panhandle, Cookies, Toto, Beaker, T-bone, Endo, LeMond, Manhole FNGs:
COUNT: 13
WOR: ssh, runner’s stretch

The Thang: the yoush

Moleskine: Look forward to getting old. It’s pretty sweet. Plus you’ll live longer with that positive mindset.

COT: TYKTMBR

Tags: Ground Zero, Samsonite, Mr. Bean, Tortuga, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Panhandle, Cookies, Toto, Beaker, T-bone, Endo, LeMond, Manhole

Flat Earth What wind?

Date: 2026-03-13
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Jolly ,
PAX: Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Cheese, White Noise, Jolly, Wagyu, DQ, Oompa FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: SSH/Down and back

The Thang:
4v3 half field ultimate (without Banks or Shiplap)

Moleskine:
Do dumb things.

COT:
Tortuga’s hamstring “injury”.

Tags: Flat Earth, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Cheese, White Noise, Jolly, Wagyu, DQ, Oompa