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BACKBLAST: Run/Ruck from the 80s into the 90s, to the Year 2000 and into the TWILIGHT ZONE
Date: 2/21/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive@Crack @TBTF @Jailbreak (Welcome Back!) @Noodles  @Tortuga @Sparrow @Panhandle @Jolly @Panda Express @Da Vinci @Shiplap
FNGs: 0
Q: @Archive
Total: 12
Conditions: Balmy.:palm_tree:

WOR- “What is Love” various aerobic exercises.

Thang- Run/Ruck to Boat House. 3 Minute timer. 5 merkins, 1 lap for rucker, 2 for runners. If you make the timer add 5 merkins. If you miss the timer subtract 5. Repeat for time.

NOR COT
Moleskine- St. Augustine believed that human misery was a function of loving lesser goods more than greater goods, giving our hearts to the finite over the infinite. (@Da Vinci I think it’s in Confessions IV). What you truly love is revealed in how you spend your time, allocate your attention, and make decisions.

It’s easy to pay lip service to having our loves prioritized in the right order. But it isn’t our words which reveal where our hearts lie, but our actions.

If you say you love your child more than your phone, but look at your screen instead of her face when she talks to you, you really love your phone more than your child.

The Valentine’s Day Cardio Love Fest
Date: Monday, 02/14/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @SAGA @TBTF @Sparrow @Spokes @Jolly @Archive @Tortuga @Da Vinci
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA @Sparrow
Total: 8

Conditions: A brisk morning made all the warmer due to the love we shared.
Warm-Up: @Archive led us through the gloom with a choreographed WOR to “Physical” by Olivia Newton John.

The Thang: As a metaphor for love we entered the mundane and routine as the runners ran and ruckers rucked. Staying in the AO and together, the runners ran to the pool hall and did suicides until the ruckers arrived to release them wherein the runners ran to the parking lot by the tennis courts and did suicides there until the ruckers arrived again – rinse and repeat for four rounds. A reminder to keep on keeping on through the long road of love.

Count-O-Rama: PAX to the right was the valentine for each PAX. We paused to write a note on a My Little Pony valentine (a term of endearment for a PAX to another PAX). Valentines were exchanged along with a selection of candy!

Moleskin: Love is a long road of doing the same thing over and over again: consistency is a way into integrity. Keep coming back to love those in your midst.

Backblast: Run Club
Date: Friday, 2/11/2022AO: #ao_ground_zeroPAX:  @Tortuga@Toto@Bo-Peep@SAGA@Hancock @mulligan (FNG)  @pillow mint@Panhandle@T-bone
FNGs: 1
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 9

WOR: Stretch on your own

Conditions: ~37 degrees,

Thang: Ran east on Illinois St.  Had several release points where speedier PAX surged ahead and then looped back for the six.  @Toto was a few minutes late and ran the Child’s Street loop on his own hoping to run into us.  We didn’t meet up until COT.

Moleskin: “A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.” Proverbs 18:6

COT: Prayers for @T-bone’s company and its workers as they look to lay off 100-350 employees.  @Hancock has a second interview this Wednesday.

Backblast: Winter OlymPax Games
Date: 2/9/2022
AO: #ao_tar_pit
@Banks @Panhandle @Tortuga @T-bone @SAGA @8-Track @Katniss @Bloomer FNG: 0
Q: @wet burrito
Total:9
Conditions: wintery

Warm-a-Rama
 Motivators
 Abe Vigoda
 Apolo Ono
 Arm Circles
 Toe Squats

The Games -with Partners
Event 1- Uphill Slalom with 6 Apolo Ono & Burpee’s per set -to the top (3 attempts)

Event 2- Synchronized Figure Squatting
(Tuck & Star Jump combos with rotation)

Event 3 -Murder Bunny & Rifle Carry Relays

Medal Round
Event 4-(Uphill &) Downhill Bobsledding

COR/NOR/COT
Olympic Opening Ceremonies is heavenly -every tribe represented

Ranger Rick 9:25 AM
Backblast: The Strenuous Life
Date: Monday, 2/7/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
Pax: @Archive@Panhandle@8-Track@Panda Express@Da Vinci@Jolly@Banks@Shiplap@Crack@Bo-Peep@Tortuga@SAGA@Ranger Rick
FNGS: 0
Q: @Ranger Rick
Total: 13Warm-up:
SSH IC – 20
Merkin Lunges – 10
SquatsThang: Run/Ruck in WheatonMoleskin:
Teddy Roosevelt embodied leadership and public service. He advocated for the strenuous life, a life of toil and effort over laziness. He did not shrink from danger nor hardship. He believed that men should act beyond their own self-interest and indulgence, and instead, strive to be leaders and good citizens.He believed men should continually try to better themselves, even if it meant failing at times, because failure provides an opportunity to learn.Citizenship in a Republic: The Man in the Arena
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.COT: Prayers for @Crack‘s family as they mourn the loss of his M’s uncle. (edited)

Date: 2/8/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Shiplap @Tortuga @Cookies @Hancock @wet burrito @Da Vinci @Sparrow @Panhandle @T-bone @Banks @SAGA @Beaker @Jolly @Pink Drink @8-Track
FNGs: 0
Q: @8-Track
Total: 15
Conditions: Clear, Frozen. 18*F at post time
Warm-o-rama:
SSH – IC 25
Burpees – 10
Leg Stretch – on your own
Arm Circles – forward/backwards
Merkins – Regeluar-15 , Wide-10, Dimaond-5
Thang 1: Spin the Wheel Rock Paper Scissors- PAX divided into 3 groups named Team Rock, Team Paper, Team Scissors. Each group was either the winner, tie, or loser and had exercises according to spin outcome
Beat down exercises: Long Run, Short Run, Blockees, Thrusters, Over head arm press, squaks, Durkins, curls, merkins, lunges, air-squat
Thang 2: PAX were not in teams anymore and chose there symbol to play against the spinning board
Thang 3: A single spinner represented all the PAX for the beatdown
Merry: Flutter-kicks IC x 40
COT: Prayers for @Beaker M’s father who is battling dementia and @Saga continual surgery recovery with prayers for current burdens in life.
Psalm 139:14 – I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Date: 2/5/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Crash@Captain Crunch (AJ)@Bloomer@Hancock@TBTF@Crack
FNGs: 0
Q: @Crack
Total: 6
Conditions: Clear, Frozen. 0*F at post time

Warm-o-rama:
SSH – IC 50
Tappy Taps – IC 10
Merkins – IC 10
Abe Vigodas – IC 10
Mountain Man Poopers – IC 10

Thang 1: Bataan Death March – PAX moseyed around the lake clockwise, last PAX dropped for 5 burpees then sprinted to front. All PAX got in two rounds of burpees by the time we reached Hoffa

Thang 2: The Four Corners of Hoffa – 4 pain stations, 3 at the bottom of the hill, 1 at the top. PAX moved from Curls for the Girls (25) to Derkins (25) to Thrusters (25), then ran up Hoffa for Burpees (10) before sledding or running back down. Five rounds were completed before time was called.

COT: Prayers for hiring process for new typesetter at Crossway, @Crack‘s M’s family after the loss of her uncle to a heart attack this week.

Moleskin: We have 0 guaranteed days on this earth, live each day with purpose.

Backblast: Old School
Date: 1/29/22
AO: #ao_tar_pit
@PAX: @Shiplap @Archive @pillow mint @Tortuga @Da Vinci @8-Track
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 6
Conditions: ColdWarm-O-Rama:

• Motivators x 7
• Arm Circles
• Abe Vigoda x 10

Thang 1: 4 corners
Using the ramps on by the school we designated 4 corners. Two on top and two on bottom. At each corners we performed the exercises and reps below. We did each exercise at each corner before advancing to the next.
7 – Burpees
14 – Merkins – as a group
21 – Squats
28 – BBSU
21 – Lunges
14 – Imperial Walkers
7 – ThrustersThang 2: Dora
We started at the spa. Partner 1 ran to the bottom and back up. We rotated throwing a sandbag down the hill and running it back up.
100 – Merkins
200 – BBSU
300 – DipsCOR/NOR/COT:
Concentrate on the simple things to make a big impact (edited)

Backblast: Nolan Richardson w/ a twist
Date: 2/2/22
AO: #ao_tar_pit
@PAX: @Shiplap @Katniss @T-bone @Tortuga @8-Track @Jolly @Da Vinci @wet burrito @Panhandle
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 9
Conditions: ColdWarm-O-Rama:

• Motivators IC
• Abe Vigoda x 10
• Arm Circles

Thang 1:
Nolan Richardson w a Twist. Partnered up. PAX 1 ran down the hill then Bernie’d up (brutal). Flip
150 Burpees
300 Squats
150 Merkins
300 Arm Circles
150 BBSU
300 Imperial Walkers
ended right on timeCOR/NOR/COT:
A 24-48 hour challenge. Replace "have to" with "get to"

Backblast: What Do You Want to Know?
Date: Thursday, 2/3/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
Pax: @TBTF@Panda Express@SAGA@Jolly@Archive@Captain Crunch (AJ)@8-Track@Panhandle@Sparrow@Hancock@pillow mint@Tortuga
FNGS: 0
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 12

Conditions: Overcast and cold.  Strong breeze knocked down one of the flags.  Twice.

WOR: Random numbers of SSH, Seal Claps, Copperhead squats with raised hands (cult-like), mountain climbers, all IC.  Arm circles OYO.  Short mosey around the obelisk.

Thang: one HIM makes a statement about another HIM.  If you think it is true, you do overhead claps.  If you think it is false, you do scissor claps.  The HIM that the statement is about holds a squat until all have made their true or false choice.  He then reveals the truth or falsehood of the statement by overhead clapping or scissor clapping.  Those who guessed incorrectly run a lap of the parking lot while the rest do the assigned exercise.  Groups switch so everyone runs and exercises.  Repeato.

Exercises: standing side leg raises, merkins, side-to-side lunges, shoulder-thigh-toe taps in plank position, jump squats, raised leg merkins, squat hops, calf raises, plank crunches.

Some things we learned:
@Sparrow has never punched a man in the face.
@SAGA has been punched in the face.
@Panhandle did have top secret security clearance.
@pillow mint does have exactly two kids.
@Jolly has never intentionally killed a man.
@Panda Express has indeed dunked on a regulation rim.
@Captain Crunch (AJ) was not voted “Most Popular” in his high school yearbook.
@Sparrow would have gladly stayed another hour.  He was just getting warmed up with his fact finding.
More than half of the PAX present have spent time in a jail cell.

Moleskin: It was a repeated call for men to be in accountability. King David was a man after God’s own heart.  Yet he had an affair and had the husband killed so he could take the woman for himself.  We can’t do this on our own.  We all stumble and fall into sin.  Accountability is no guarantee you won’t stumble and do things you regret, but it does help you to keep on the path you want for your life.  Having a man who will ask you tough questions on a regular basis helps to keep small things from growing into big things.
If you aren’t in an accountability group, seek one out.  If you have an accountability partner already, reach out and invite someone to join the two of you.

COT: @Archive is under a lot of stress at work and has had a stomach ache for a month, @Hancock has a phone interview today (how’d it go?), Baby Tobias (?) was super premie – 1.5 lbs. and not expected to make it.  He is miraculously getting better!