Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2025-10-27
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Big Mac, Da Vinci, Jolly
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: SSHs, abe vigodas, tappy-taps, arm circles

The Thang:
Five-alive with the following exercises: goblet squats, uneven block merkins, blockees, nutcrackers, and coupon swings.

Twist (to slow Big Mac down) is that at the 5s, you do 15 reps of all the exercises to that point. Sorta worked.

Moleskine: Don’t be the pharisee in Luke 8, telling God how amazing you are and how you’re not like the tax collector. But also don’t be the fellow telling God how good it is you’re not the pharisee. We all need mercy.

COT: Big Mac adjusting to M’s full-time job

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Big Mac, Da Vinci, Jolly

Date: 2025-10-24
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr. Bean
PAX: Mr Roboto, Sparrow, Stock boy, LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Toto, Ankles, Flower Boy, Dumpster, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Brainfog FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: 13 side straddle hops 8 pagodas flower picking stretch on your own

The Thang: Run / Ruck East

Moleskine: Identity is not found by being better than someone or even worse than someone. Human nature is to find meaning in being better than, smarter than, richer than, holier than, timelier than someone else based on our norm etc. Our ego is built on feeling better than. Until we can learn to judge no one ever, which is likely not in this lifetime. Grace alone sets us free, we are all dead to sin. Christ saves.
//Segue – grateful to find another LDP – I enjoyed boy scouts as a child but have not found another since.

COT: not sure what this means

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Mr Roboto, Sparrow, Stock boy, LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Toto, Ankles, Flower Boy, Dumpster, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Brainfog

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: DQ, Panhandle, The wet burrito, Homie, Portage, LeMond, Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Warmorama to Rocky Horror.

The Thang:

Perfectly paired exercises to songs with occasional springs (and PAX can gong a song and skip it once)

Derkens and Freddy Mercuries
Dips and Flutters
Thumb Curls & LBCs
Overhead Press & Outlaws
Skullcrushers & Scissor Kick
Through Curls and Leg Lifts
Tight Merkens and Obliques
One arm Rows (exhaust both arms) & American Hammers
Wide Merkens & Bonnie Blairs
Side Curls & Bicycles
Dips and Flutters
Overhead Press & Outlaws

Moleskin:

All Saints is coming… Brother Lawrence (1614-1691), a former soldier and monastery cook, on the easiest of all forms of prayer, the “methodless method.”

“Ultimately we can offer God no greater evidence of our faithfulness that by frequently detaching and turning from all tings created so we can enjoy their Creator for a single moment. I don’t mean to give the impression though that you should stop working and abandon your duties. That would be impossible. Wisdom, the mother of all our spiritual strengths, will be your guide. I am saying, however, that it is a common oversight among spiritually minded people not to turn from outside engagements from time to time and worship God within ourselves and enjoy in peace some small moments of… divine presence.” (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Practice_of_the_Presence/EQ03EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover)

Prayers for Portage’s mom, injured during travel, praise she’s okay. Silent sunrise.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, DQ, Panhandle, The wet burrito, Homie, Portage, LeMond, Da Vinci

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Jailbreak, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Brainfog FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
Abe Vigodas x10
Batwings x10
Michael Phelps OYO
Imperial Walkers x10

The Thang:
Mosey to base of Hoffa
PAX complete five 4-minute AMRAP sets of:
– Squats x30
– BBSUs x20
– Merkins x10
– Needle Threads x5, each side
After each 4-minute set, bear crawl to the next wooden plank and back.

After 5 sets, switch to a new set of exercises:
– Calf raises x30
– Shoulder taps x20 (1 is 1)
– Side crunches x10, each side
– Leg lifts x5
Repeat bear crawl pattern in between.

Mosey back to flag for 5 MoM.

Moleskine:
Sometimes things don’t go the way you plan. Flush it and learn from your mistakes for the next time.

COT:
50-milers, Audible ‘s Uncle, Falsetto’s students, jobs

Tags: ao_mastodon, Jailbreak, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Brainfog

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Cheese
PAX: Jolly, Banks, Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panda Express, Sparty, Hypotenuse, Samsonite, Wagyu, Bucky FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: SSH and Down & Back

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: Reminders for our AO: Be on time & HC

COT: For our 50 mile runners & Sparty’s diving competition

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Jolly, Banks, Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panda Express, Sparty, Hypotenuse, Samsonite, Wagyu, Bucky

Date: 2025-10-24
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: DQ
PAX: Dewey, Banks, Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Cheese, Hershey, White Noise, Oompa, T.B., Wagyu, Gummi Bear, Has Been, Bucky, Fiona, Panda Express, Manhole, tree beer, malware FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WOR:
– SSH
– Down and back

The Thang:
Two games of frisbee

Moleskine:
My family celebrated my grandpa’s 100th birthday a couple weeks ago. It was a really special time, and we heard stories of my grandpa’s impact from my dad, aunt, uncles, members of my grandma and grandpas old church, and members of their current assisted living community.

No accolades or accomplishments were mentioned. Instead, everyone talked about my grandpa’s love for others and his consistency.

– He’s been married for 70 years
– Helped raise 4 kids
– Served faithfully at the same church for 60 years
– Is beloved by his current community he’s been with for the past 4 years

We’re going to be remembered most by our love and steadfastness. Commit to loving and serving others in your life over the long haul. Be a steady and consistent rock for them.

COT:
– Hershey’s brother-in-law’s surgery
– All the PAX running in the 50 miler this weekend

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Dewey, Banks, Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Cheese, Hershey, White Noise, Oompa, T.B., Wagyu, Gummi Bear, Has Been, Bucky, Fiona, Panda Express, Manhole, tree beer, malware

Date: 2025-10-22
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Da Vinci, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: goofballs, abe vigodas, tappy-taps, arm stretches

The Thang:
Spittoon-style reps with a lap around the track in between:

burpees, 120 reps
overhead presses, 300 reps
BBSs, 300 reps
goblet squats, 300 reps
merkins, 300 reps
Bent over rows, 400 reps
LBCs, 400 reps

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy

Date: 2025-10-23
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Too Big To Fail (TBTF)
PAX: Stock boy, DQ, Samsonite, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF) FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: SSH, Goofballs, Abe Vegodas, Tappy Taps, Arm Circles

The Thang: Hoffa’s 4 Corners routine
We stopped at all 4 corners of Hoffa to do various movements and either Bernie’d or Bear Crawled between corners. We did a round of 10 reps per corner, then 9 reps, and reduced 1 rep per round completed. In between rounds we did a lap around Hoffa.

Corner 1 – Tuck Jumps
Corner 2 – Blockees
Corner 3 – Thee times Merkins
Corner 4 – Frog Jumps

Modes of travel – Bernie (up and down Hoffa), and Bear Crawl (across base and top of hill)

Moleskine: Be comfortable getting uncomfortable and encourage those you have influence over (2.0s, work staff, etc) to also embrace these opportunities

COT: Jobs, Health

Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, DQ, Samsonite, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF)

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

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