Author: willhlaw

Date: 2026-08-17
AO: Monday Night Ruckers
Q: Rocketman ,
PAX: Rocketman, Encyclopedia, MakerBot, Thunderball, Tank, Goober, Mrs Rocketman FNGs:
COUNT: 7
THE THANG: 4.25 miles though the misty evening after the rain. COT: Thankful for the time outside.

Date: 2026-08-20
AO: Olympus
Q: Doodles ,
PAX: Doodles, Rollingstone, Nano, Bean Counter, OnlyFans, Peanuts, Blue Steel, Drano, Chiggins, Rambler FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
warm-up:
some yoga poses

The Main Event:
Part 1 – Hard mile
1 mile sprint the straight aways – 8 total sprints

Part 2 – Dice games
Orange dice decides the exercise, combined dice is the reps. 1 – burpees
2 – mike tysons
3 – merkins
4 – jump squats
5 – lunges
6 – apollo onos

Travel
1- bear crawl
2- crawl bear
3- karoke
4- side shuffle
5- super Mario
6- mosey

Mary:
Of course

Announcements:
Stair climb, AT hike, book club in September week 1

Welcome FNG Chiggins

COT:
Thought of the day…. Blaise Pascal mathematician, scientist and father of probability. He famously wrote that “the heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.” If one can believe in an infinite universe, can one believe in an infinite God.

Date: 2026-08-19
AO: Compound
Q: Hightower ,
PAX: Bean Counter, Skidoos, Hightower, Corkscrew (F3 The Capital), Monk, Poe, Butterfly, Popeyes FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
Stretching then fellowship jog to parking garage

THE THANG:
Climb up 6 stories, active recovery, then back down, for quick recovery. Then Rinse & Repeat. Group got 6 rounds done.

Fellowship jog back to field

MARY:
Box cutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/11 stair climb just over 3 weeks away

COT:
Remember where you were on 9/11/01. Remember that national pride that followed the following months, as this country came together, faced this common enemy. Hope and pray we can bring back that unity of national pride.

Date: 2026-08-19
AO: Ignite
Q: Ripcord ,
PAX: Ripcord, Legacy, Flat Tire
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: SSH, Michael Ps, Army Circles, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Ws, Hillbillies, Down Dog THE THANG:
Phase I
15min “Cindy” at the park – 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 15 air squats w/ 5 burpees as a group every 3min. Phase II
2x sets of 20 coupon curls, 20 skull crushers, 20 sec overhead coupon hold.

MARY:
“Bring Sally Up” with air squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
9/11 stair climb
ignite anniversary on 8/26 (Kodak)

COT:
Life balance is tough!

Family, work, time for yourself, etc. It can feel like a trade off.

Achieving balance through PRIORITY and FOCUS is a method. First, determine your priorities. Example: Self, family, work, in that order.
Take time to write something down on these topics, each evening, to set the table for the next day! Make it a habit!

Date: 2026-08-19
AO: Horizon
Q: Purple Rain ,
PAX: DrugBoat, 3 mile, vplaxico, Woody, Sunshine, sticks, Attache’, Purple Rain, Kodiak FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
1. Willie Mays Hays
2. Cherry pickers
3. Imperial walkers
4. Hill billy
5. Little bitty arm
6. Side straddle hop
7. Downward dog
8. Upward dog
9. World’s greatest stretch
10. Childs pose
11. Fellowship lap to coupons

THE THANG:
6 rounds of 2 ab workouts, 1 arm, then cardio

Round 1
1. Leg lifts to 90 degrees, on back, with coupon (ups, 20)
2. Derken (down, 20)
3. Heel touches/penguin crunch, bent knee (cadence, 20)
4. Jog to 50, sprint back
Round 2
1. Spiderman plank, high plank start (cadence, 20)
2. Coupon curl (ups, 25)
3. Toe touches, on back, legs up (ups, 20)
4. Skip to 50, sprint back
Round 3
1. Leg lift over coupon (cadence 20)
2. Dips (downs, 25)
3. American hammer (with coupon, cadence, 15)
4. Backward to 50, sprint

Jog to pullup bars
Hang for one minute , grip strength
1. plank
2. Reverse plank
3. Shoulder taps

Round 4
1. Plank jack, low plank (cadence, 25)
2. Shoulder press (ups, 25)
3. Shoulder taps (ups 25)
4. Farmer carry to 50; rifle carry back
Round 5
1. Punch plank (cadence, 25)
2. Bent over row (cadence, 20)
3. Mike tysons (downs 20)
4. Karaoke to 50; sprint back
Round 6
1. j los (cadence 20)
2. On back, Coupon at 45, legs at 90; (cadence 20)
3. Nolan Ryans (up 10 each side)

MARY:
1. Box cutter
2. Squat

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Q school at Patriot on aug 29
– Iron pax
– 9/11 stair

COT:
Take a second look: I saw Odyssey twice in the theater. The second time I appreciated it more, no cgi and the innovative soundtrack. Sometimes a second look can help us see things we didn’t see before.