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13 PAX gathered at AO Mastodon on a warm and beautiful July morning for a leg themed beatdown. QIC Beaker.
WAR

Motivators (x7, ic)
Tappy taps (x8 ic)
Quad stretch (oyo)
Derricks (x5 each leg, ic)
Tie fighters (20, ic)

Thang 1
do-ah-diddy to Dan Taylor alley for ultimate frisbee. The front runner did two mucho leg-os while the PAX passed them.

Thang 2
Couldn’t find the frisbee, so we Dan Taylor-ed to the baseball diamond. Not sure how many Dan Taylor it was for everyone, but YHC finished an 8 count.

Thang 3
Still in search of the frisbee, we did a Dora. Partner 1 travelled via bear crawl from fence to fence on the grass just outside of the baseball diamond (to protect Jolly’s soft hands) while partner one performed an exercise. Then partners switched. Rinse, lather, repeat until all exercises were completed. Total reps: 100 Bonnie Blairs, 200 dips, 300 spiced rum squats.

Mosey back to the flags.

NOR: Babe, Babysitter, Banks, Beaker (QIC), Cheese, Crack, Heist, Jolly, Katniss, Panda Express, Sparrow, T-Bone, Tortuga

Moleskin: Being a gracious father is one way for use to be little Christs in this world. In the midst of all of the other roles of a father, remember to be gracious and love your kids with the freedom you have been granted through Christ’s love for you.

7 PAX (Banks, Shiplap, Cheese, Jolly, Beaker, TBone, Hotbox, Archive QIC) for a Run/Ruck club day. Runners took off for Seven Gables to see the flags. Ruckers (Hotbox, Archive) hit the parking garage and the college.

COT- Prayers for potential job transitions for Hotbox and safe returns from traveling PAX and runners.

15 Pax gathered to start the July Arms Race and then play some Ultimate Frisbee to recover from @Katniss’s Wednesday beatdown

WOR: Motivators (4), Goofballs (20), Tappy Taps (10), Quad Stretch

Thang 1: 4 rounds of 25 coupon curls

Thang 2: Split into teams and scout run to Dan Taylor alley – first team fully there receives to start the game.

Thang 3: Ultimate Frisbee – 6 on 7 (@hotbox and @saga did some non-running work). No injuries (except maybe to the pride of the larger team that lost 4-2). Mosey back to flags and coupon curl for the 6.

NOR: @achtung, @shiplap, @tbtf, @beaker, @crack, @cap’n crunch, @pandaexpress, @noodles, @saga, @jolly, @hotbox, @aloha, @katniss, @banks, @t-bone (Q)

Moleskin: Build little memories with your kids and spouse – it isn’t always about the big trips and big dollars – do little things together – they can still be meaningful – a little one on one time with a 2.0 or your M goes a long ways towards building great memories and having a healthy home life.

COT: Crack and T-bone have 2 newly minted 20yo 2.0’s, Travel blessings on Saga and Cap’n Crunch (and everyone else), Whittler job interview, House changes for Banks and a lot of job changes coming up for a number of pax.

Freewheelin’ frisbee field Wednesdays at Tar Pit came to a screeching halt with this morning’s beatdown, which found 7 PAX drenched in sweat by 6:15am.

NOR: Milk Duds (respect), T-bone (respect), Banks, Whittler, Noodles, TBTF, Katniss (Q)

WOR: 11x Abe Vigodas, 20x Slow Merkins, Michael Phelps, 5x Mucho Lego, Quad stretch

We moseyed with 2 sandbags (thanks Banks) and coupons over to the Southwest corner of the track where we settled in for our Thang

The Thang: Each PAX individually (OYO) completed “just 300 reps”.

• 100 Blockbees
• 100 Thrusters
• 100 Goblet squats

But a catch: three more rules applied:

• Completing 100 reps earned a lap around the track
• At least 1/4 of each 100-count set (aka 25) had to be completed with a sandbag
• Using WOD clock, 5 burpees every minute on the minute!!!

As the 6:15 deadline approached, Q modified rules to get 300 reps within reach. Eliminated burpees around 6:05am, eliminated laps around 6:08am, eliminated sandbags around 6:10am.

NOTE: This Q might have been realistic for a 1hr Saturday beatdown. With the modifications we had 1 PAX come within 10 reps of completing 300.

COT: Prayers for Whittler and T-bone’s new job prospects – give them strength and wisdom in interviews and decision-making. Prayers for Banks as he navigates sale and purchase of new home, inspection, etc. Praise for Noodles’ new hard-earned position in St. Charles and all the other blessings bestowed upon us all daily.

5:00am EC Run: Whittler, Shiplap & Gummibear: Got in about 3 miles.

Warmorama:

• 15 cross country skiers
• 15 squats
• 10 shoulder taps

Runners: Whittler & Cheese got in just under 5 miles.

Ruckers: Archive & TBTF.

Murphees: Banks, Panhandle, Jolly, Shiplap, Gummibear, hotbox, and Katniss. Katniss finishing first.

Heist sighting with 2.0.

NOR/COT: Prayers for banks home sale, Panhandle’s sons travel. Whittler’s interview, Gummibear’s sister.

WOR: Mt Man Poopers / Arm Circles / Abe Vigodas / Merkins / Mt Climbers

THANG 1: Dropped off coupons under the trees in the park and moseyed down the sidewalk and around the circle in front of the Lake Ellyn dock area…

THANG 2: misery

While listening to Disc 1 of Les Misérables we entered into the grand narrative of pain and redemption. We moved through the following exercises in reps of 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 while running our THANG 1 loop before starting the next round. Once done with 20 reps we started over at 5 to continue the story of our lives!

LBCs + Blockbees + Overhead Press + Coupon Curls + Coupon Rows + Block Merkins + Skull Crushers + Flutter Kicks + Mosey…

CoR/NoR/Cot: 8 PAX in attendance: @Big Mac @Hotbox @Jolly @Katniss @Noodles @Panhandle @SAGA (Q) @Sparrow

Prayers for @Sparrow and his week-long trip to Armenia today.

14 PAX showed up on a cloudy, breezy morning to play Ultimate frisbee. We started out with some warm-up stretching, jogged the field, and had one down-and-back with lunges, sprints, and bear crawls. Then we played ultimate, with the good guys winning 6-3.

Good to have @biscuit coming in from Indy and @cranberry joining us for the first time!