Backblast! April Fools IronPAX Mythbusters

AO: Bandwidth
Q: Spit Valve (Geoff)
PAX: Squiggy (Francis Ignacio), Rio (Andrew DiGiovanni), Jiffy pop (Prabhu), Squeaks (Neal), Dumbledore (Dave Monaco), Jay Z – Shawn Carter, Rosco P (Rich O’Donnell), Menthol (Joel Cade), Globetrotter (Sean Smith), Thingamabob (Ariel), Deductible(Jordan) , Tube Top (Matt Boretti), Deep Dish (Jeff Beryt)
FNGs: None
Count: 14

Fourteen HIMs mythbusted week 1 and 3 of the 2025 IronPAX.
WARMUP: OYO stretching as we all prepared to go max effort in short bursts.
THE THANG:
We broke into an all-star team of 4 and two additional groups of 5 to see if we could beat the times posted last September by doing the event relay-style.

Week 1 – World’s Worst Elevens
This was a normal set of elevens, with coupon thrusters on one side and hand-release merkins on the other, separated by 30 yards. However, the mode of travel between each side changed each time, including bear crawl, lunge walk, murder bunnies, and redrum bunnies.

In September, the average time was 24:39, with Spooky from Churham coming in at 12:57, and Epic from Geneva winning at 11:47.

Two of our teams beat that time and one just missed.
9:35 – Spit Valve’s team of 5
9:45 – Deductible’s team of 4
11:55 – Rio’s team of 5

Week 3 – Brenton Sandwich
This also used the 30 yard cones, with an initial “bread” of bear crawl out and burpee broad jump back a total of three times.

The “filling” involved as series of 21 reps each of things like burpee block jump overs, coupon thrusters, and hand-release merkins, followed by a 400 meter run.

After returning, we did 15 reps of the same exercises, ran again, and then followed up with 9 reps and another run.

We finished with another 3 out-and-backs for the “bread” to complete the sandwich.

In September, the average time was 41:33, with Spooky from Churham finishing in 18:26, and Pioneer from St. Louis leading the way at 15:55.

Again, two of our three teams managed to better that time, with another coming close.

13:25 – Deductible’s team of 4
14:18 – Spit Valve’s team of 5
16:55 – Rio’s team of 5

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Floppy’s F3versary at Pullen Park on 4/12
• Brew Ruck on 4/19
• Forest Fest on 4/26
• VQ Week the week after Mother’s Day
• Respect Week the week after Father’s Day

COT:

• Rosco P’s uncle (n-stage prostate cancer)
• Squeaks’ mom’s skin cancer surgery
• Jiffy Pop’s colleague
• Spit Valve’s ex-wife

Hopefully everyone’s hamstrings and shoulders function tomorrow!