08/28/2020 - The Colosseum - 08/28/2020 – Colosseum – Iron Pax Challenge Week Zero
AO: The Colosseum
When: 08/28/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 16
Pax Names: Blowout, Den Mother, Gopher, Happy Camper, John Denver, Onesie, Tourniquet, Unlucky, Vern,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 1
FNG Names: Unibrow, Better Call Saul, Bob Villa, Bonsai, Cross Check, Disco Ball , Squirts
QIC: Gopher
Introduction
Showed up around 4:55 to get set up. Needed a cone on the opposite side of the parking lot for the iron pax run and had to get the tunes ready. Most PAX where there early with good mumble chatter going on. Lots of talk about the convergence happening at the Ridge on Saturday. Met our FNG Brent brought by Happy Camper.
Warm-O-Rama
We started with a run around the parking lot. Main goal was to show all PAX the route we would be running for the Iron Pax. Started with a mosey and then transitioned to the following during the run:
High knees, butt kicks, side shuffle both sides, and karoke both sides
Circled up:
10 count of tappy taps
10 count of arm circles each direction
The Thang
Thang 1: Iron Pax Challenge 2020 Week Zero
50 Squats
40 Big Bois
30 Merkins
20 Bonnie Blairs
10 Burpees
400m run
4x
Mary was planks and merkins set to Thunderstruck by ACDC. Hold plank and perform a merkin every time they said “thunder.” Learned this one at a Pi beatdown.
Circle of Trust
My wife grew up musically inclined playing the piano, violin, and guitar. She only played the guitar for a couple of years in high school and then got busy with other things. After we got married my in laws gave us the baby grand piano they had bought for her when she was young and it travelled with us to Houston, TX, Champaign, IL and then to Plainfield. She would play it once in a while but not routinely. 4-5 years ago she felt like something was missing and made the decision to start playing the guitar again. This is not something typical for a woman who was 37 years old at the time. She proceeded to take guitar lessons for about 3 years. My wife has a journalism degree and along with music has a great gift and passion for writing. The natural extension was for her to begin writing her own songs which she started doing about 1.5 years ago. Within 6 months she had written several songs, collaborated with several other artists to sing and play on them, learned how to use the Garage Band software on her computer to mix them, and released her first single. At the start of Covid, she was limited in collaborating with others and took the leap to start recording her own vocals which took a lot of courage on her part because she never saw herself as a singer. At the present time she has written almost 20 songs, continues to hone her craft in Garage Band, continues to make more connections collaborating with others, and this week released her first music video which she recorded herself.
Naked Man Moleskin
Overall it was a very challenging workout. Temp was around 75 F and humidity was high. Everyone was completely soaked in sweat when we were done.
All PAX finished in under 33 minutes which was awesome to see. As PAX finished they continued to workout alongside the PAX still working hard to get across the finish line. Love to see these types of workouts where we all push but support each other. Definitely no man left behind or where we found them.
As we all assumed would happen Disco Ball, Vern, and Unlucky went beast mode lapping most of us. Maybe some day….
FNG Brent shared an embarrassing story about how he burned off one of his eyebrows while trying to light a cigarette in college. He will forever now be known as Unibrow. Welcome brother!!
Blowout had some technical difficulties with his tripod for the picture but like a pro transitioned quickly to selfie mode. Thanks for having my 6 bud!