ao_dark_room Upper Body Day!

Date: 2025-10-23
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Banks
PAX: Manhole, Jolly, Banks, Brainfog, Flower Boy, Lakers, LeMond, Framed, Noodles, Toto FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: the usual
– 7x motivators
– 10x windmills IC
– 10x Mountain man poopers IC
– 10x Merlin’s IC
– Stretch oyo

The Thang:

There and back again: one PAX farmer carry coupons the the light pole and the other did burpees and ran to meet them and then flip flop. We went up to 3 light poles and back down

LOOTIES circuit: we broke into 3 groups and did a descending circuit of 10 pull-ups, 20 derkins, and 30 dips. We did 10 rounds ending with 1,2,3 respectively.

Moleskine: Progress over perfection

COT: iykyk

Tags: ao_dark_room, Manhole, Jolly, Banks, Brainfog, Flower Boy, Lakers, LeMond, Framed, Noodles, Toto

ao_ground_zero Runless run club

Date: 2025-10-22
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Beaker
PAX: Tortuga, Mr. Bean, Brainfog, Ankles, Audible, Beaker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: Goofballs, Tappy taps, Abe Vigodas

The Thang:
Walk/ruck north and through the Marsh

Moleskine:
Tomorrow is mole day. In chemistry a mole is a quantity. It is simply 6.02×10^23 of something. In layman’s terms, it is roughly a trillion trillion. Moles are useful for very small things.
Atoms are small. 22 pre-1982 pennies contain a mole of copper atoms. Molecules are small. A tablespoon of water is a mole of water molecules.
Cells are not small. A mole of cells is about every human cell on this planet right now. Sand is not small. There are about a mole of grains of sand on earth. Stars are not small. There are a mole of stars in the universe.

There are 10 trillion (!!!) times fewer than a moles of humans to have ever walked on earth. We are both small and large, small in number and yet the most significant thing in of all creation. It is important for us to keep perspective of our power and our powerlessness.

In Genesis, God told Abraham that he would give him a mole of descendants (Genesis 22:17, BSV). In this promise we see both our smallness and largeness.

COT: Chippy’s 2.0, the fall 50, Tortuga’s brother and family.

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Tortuga, Mr. Bean, Brainfog, Ankles, Audible, Beaker

ao_ground_zero Run/Ruck/Stroll/Saunter/Sashay/Sidle/Shimmy Shake

Date: 2025-10-20
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Samsonite
PAX: Crack, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Noodles, Sparrow, Stock boy, Brainfog, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), @pacecar FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR: SSH, Stretching OYO

The Thang: Run/Ruck/Walk/Stroll/Saunter/Shimmy Shimmy Cocoa Puff

Moleskine: People don’t need you to be all that. Just be yourself. People need us to show up as ourselves, with authenticity and vulnerability and reality. Do that.

COT: Jobs, Health, 2.0s, Peace

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Crack, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Noodles, Sparrow, Stock boy, Brainfog, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), @pacecar

ao_mastodon Just A Walk In The Park

Date: 2025-10-18
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Too Big To Fail (TBTF)
PAX: Mr Roboto, Falsetto, Brainfog, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Treebeard FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR: SSH, Tin Soldiers, Tappy Taps, Abe Vegodas, Arm Circles

The Thang: We walked our coupon around the AO (Archive mile) stopping at various places for various forms of pain

Moleskine: Choose optimism

COT: jobs, Treebeard’s challenges shared with us

Tags: ao_mastodon, Mr Roboto, Falsetto, Brainfog, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Treebeard

ao_mastodon Around the World

Date: 2025-10-21
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Dumpster
PAX: LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Captain Crunch, Dumpster FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
One Day – Matisyahu
– Sun stretch, Toe touch, Leg Stretch, Michael Phelps, Arm Raise Claps, Runners Stretch The Thang:

La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
– 20 Derkins, then sidestep w/ coupon around the curb, repeat

– Move to Grass Area

Suerte – Shakira
– 10 right arm rows, 10 left arm rows, then run down and back, repeat

– Go to bathroom

Ja Se Na Morar – Tribalistas
– 20 OHP, 20 Goblet Squats, murder bunny to fence and back, repeat.

– Go to Hoffa

Grotti – Skald
– 30 BBSUs, walk backwards uphill, run forwards down, repeat

– Go to baseball field

American Wake – Riverdance
– 40 salt shakers then run bases, repeat

– Go to Zipline & line up coupons

Gipsy Kings
-Exercise, zipline, bear crawl backs- taking turns
(Exercises – LBC’s, SSHs, Lunges)

-Go to Cooties

Flash – Perfume
-10 Coupon Swings, 10 Coupon Curls, then run to slide and slide down, repeat

-Go back to start

Moleskine:
Try to unlearn racism- both overt/ blatant racism and also covert/ subtle racism. Listen and learn from other cultures… and show respect.

COT: Prayer read aloud:

A World of Beauty and Love Is Coming

Spirit of Life, love which holds us,
We gather in reverence and thanks for You.
We are grateful for the gift of another breath,
and for each moment of connection, beauty, and truth.
Cry with us in our pain for our world.
Remind us that we are loved, just as we are.
Remind us that we are connected with all that is.
Remind us that we do not journey alone.
Give us what we need for today.
Call us back to our promises, commitments, and values.
Help us love ourselves and each other,
And to show that love in our actions.
Make us instruments of justice, equity, and compassion.
Free us from all that is evil.
We declare that life and love are stronger than tyranny and fear, That a world of beauty and love is coming,
And we must shape it together.
May it be so. Amen.

By Elizabeth Bukey Saunter

Tags: ao_mastodon, LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Captain Crunch, Dumpster

ao_dark_room In No Particular Order

Date: 2025-10-21
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Framed
PAX: Manhole, Body Double, Brainfog, Panhandle, Sparrow, Toto, DQ, Framed FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: Side Straddle Hops, Abe Vigodas, Tappy-Taps, Mountain Climbers

The Thang:
– Scout Run
– Colt 45s
– Dora – 100 Merkins, 200 LBCS, 300 Squats – One PAX performs the exercise, the other runs to Looties and does 5 pull ups or 5 burpees – Colt 45s
– Circuit @ Looties – Each PAX picks an exercise, 30 dips as the control, rotate exercises – Bolt 45s
– Mary

Moleskine: Suffocate Negativity & Amplify Positivity… also known as “boogers” – IYKYK

COT: 1 minute of silence – prayers/set intentions for the day

Tags: ao_dark_room, Manhole, Body Double, Brainfog, Panhandle, Sparrow, Toto, DQ, Framed

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-10-21
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Banks
PAX: Tortuga, Jolly, Banks, Bloomer, Bucky, Candyland, Cheese, Chippy, Fiona, Gummi Bear, Hypotenuse, Jack, Panda Express, Shiplap, Wagyu FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR:the usual

The Thang:ultimate

Moleskine:focus on listening

COT:iykyk

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, Jolly, Banks, Bloomer, Bucky, Candyland, Cheese, Chippy, Fiona, Gummi Bear, Hypotenuse, Jack, Panda Express, Shiplap, Wagyu

ao_tar_pit EMOM Spa Day

Date: 2025-10-20
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Portage, Big Mac, Da Vinci, DQ, Krampus, Jolly, Oompa
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: SSHs, Abe Vigodas, Tappy-Taps, arm stretches

The Thang:

At the top of the Spa, working on a 2-minute EMOM. PAX do 25 reps of each exercise and run down to bottom of ramp and back up. Each time PAX make it back within 2 minutes, they add reps to the next cycle. 5 rounds of EMOM per exercise.

Exercises:
– Curl Press
– block jump squats
– leg lifts
– lunges (2-is-1)
– block merkins

Moleskine:
One of the parts of living well is recognizing both that you don’t really matter as just one person among 7+B and that you are the bearer of the image of the Most High.

COT: DQ’s son sick, T-bone, Jolly’s brother’s cancer treatment

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Portage, Big Mac, Da Vinci, DQ, Krampus, Jolly, Oompa

ao_tar_pit Dirty Mac Deuce and Yoga

Date: 2025-10-19
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Beaker
PAX: T-bone, Panhandle, Da Vinci, DQ, LeMond, Portage, Homie, Beaker FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR:
SSHs
Mountain Climbers
Windmills
Batwings
Moroccan night clubs
Michael Phelps

The Thang:
Dirty MacDuece
Twelve reps (ic) of exercises A, run a lap in the parking garage, Repeat with exercise B. Do so for A and B one more time.

A: Curls, goblet squats, flutters with arms extended
B: Derkins, grave diggers, Freddie Mercuries

Yoga

One more Dirty Mac Deuce
A: Skull crushers, lunges, Shoulder taps
B: Overhead press, Imperial walkers, leg lifts

Yoga
Moleskine:
Thankful for 5 years of F3
COT: Yes.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, T-bone, Panhandle, Da Vinci, DQ, LeMond, Portage, Homie, Beaker

ao_flat_earth Rainy ultimate

Date: 2025-10-18
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Banks, Bloomer, Bucky, Cheese, Has Been, Jolly, Oompa, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Tortuga, White Noise, BigBlue, Da Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WOR: SSH, don and back

The Thang: rainy ultimate

Moleskine: can’t he better if you aren’t uncomfortable

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Banks, Bloomer, Bucky, Cheese, Has Been, Jolly, Oompa, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Tortuga, White Noise, BigBlue, Da Count