[swarm] Chastain got an IPhone!!!!

AO: swarm Q: Deadwood PAX: Deadwood, Posse, Bottlecap, Damascus, Recalc- Keith Balaniz, Mad Dog, 2xT, Chastain, Dasher – Jeff Green, Wolverine, Das Boot, Drive By – Rob Rosenthal, Dunkin, Gerber, Launch pad, Agassi FNGs: None COUNT: 16 Opening mosey with a one sandbag. Hairburners with burpees, merkins, drydock Sandbag carry up and down bleachers with […]

[dromedary] ¡Viva Nickelback, eh!

AO: dromedary Q: Deep Dish PAX: Noonan, Goodfella (Jim Badolato), Das Boot, Deep Dish FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Four in the gloom for a menagerie of exercises but the highlight, beyond the chatter, was the Deep Dish playlist. He claims his son had a hand in the Nickelback song about being an animal with his […]

[_playhouse] Moose Knuckle

AO: _playhouse Q: Dasher – Jeff Green PAX: Bottlecap, Sugar Daddy- Joe Gummersbach, Dasher – Jeff Green, Das Boot, Schnitzel, Chastain FNGs: None COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Waiting for more Impromptu guys to join us and only myself and Chastain were ELITE enough. We jogged around the MS lot so we could make it in the […]

[body_shop] Dudes on the court, working out, talking smack

AO: body_shop Q: Das Boot PAX: Ice9, Noonan, One Star, Mike Howard, Das Boot FNGs: None COUNT: 5 Surprises abounded (is that a word?) at The Body Shop on the Thursday before Christmas weekend as 5 answered the call of holiday hours. We started with the surprise appearance of Tickler who was easily entreated by […]

[_playhouse] Converge!!!

AO: _playhouse Q: Dasher – Jeff Green , Gerber PAX: Chastain, Rubbermaid, Damascus, Drive By – Rob Rosenthal, Kid Rock, Flip Phone, O69, Draper, Smithers, Singlet – Justin Nelson, Schnitzel, Transporter, Bratwurst, Tron, Dunkin, Goodfella (Jim Badolato), C3P0, Carb Load, Sony, Hollywood, Fuse Box, Posse, Deep Dish, Hammer Time, Catfish, Schneider/Tom Evans, Dana, Deadwood, Recalc- […]

[the_appetizer] End of An Era at The Appetizer

AO: the_appetizer Q: Xerox – William Holman PAX: C3P0, Zinfandel, Pyro, Das Boot, T1000, Johnny5 FNGs: None COUNT: 7 WARMUP: 10x SSH, IW, HB, Jimmy Dougan, stretch left and right, etc THE THANG:. mosey into the spooky woods to the hidden benches for 3 round circuit OYO of 20x : Step-Up, Derkin, Dips. Mosey to […]

[body_shop] Fab abs and no small boys

AO: body_shop Q: Hatchet PAX: One Star, Noonan, Mayhem, Sledge-O-Matic, Sun Drop, Lambeau, Hatchet, Das Boot, Chipotle, Big Tuna FNGs: None COUNT: 10 After last week’s questionable calling of “small boy crunches” by Hi-Hat, Chipotle needed to bring back form to the ab work, so he took the Q. No small boys this week, but […]

[_playhouse] On the 2nd day of 12 days of…nevermind

AO: _playhouse Q: Posse PAX: Tanyatine-Tim Braun, One Star, Noonan, Das Boot, Deep Dish, Posse, Big Tuna, Chipotle FNGs: None COUNT: 8 Fuse only wants one of these holiday workouts per season. His 12 Day quota means as much to me as Dana’s (et al) stance on nopostnopost (which is not a thing). I had […]

[_2nd-f-fellowship] If you coerce a chance in location, should you then attend the event?

AO: _2nd-f-fellowship Q: Das Boot PAX: Posse, Fuse Box, Das Boot, The Worm FNGs: None COUNT: 4 WARMUP: Standing in line, selecting a table (good job, Posse), and some chatter. THE THANG: Various sandwiches, beverages, chips. MOLESKINE: Great conversation about rugby, teaching, youth sports, kids in college and tequila. Originally, Taziki’s was the food of […]

[dromedary] Trying not to get expelled (again)

AO: dromedary Q: Posse PAX: Pyro, Das Boot, Dana, Deep Dish, Centerfold, Twinkle toes, Hi-Hat, Noonan, Posse FNGs: None COUNT: 9 PREMOLESKINE “This is dumb,” I thought, several weeks ago. I don’t remember ever doing a pre-run of ANY distance, let alone a 5k. And to do it before a Q? Don’t I have to […]