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Tortoise and Hair – Run #5

Date: 2026-08-11 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Right Said, Decaf, Dr. Brown Slip, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Red Skull, Zummies, Gumbo, Cat Woman, Micro Soft, Sweet Tooth, Stick Death, Cuties, Pinto, Blue Cheese, Dory, Krabby Patty FNGs: 11 Zummies, Gumbo, Cat Woman, Micro Soft, Sweet Tooth, Stick Death, Cuties, Pinto, Blue Cheese, Dory, Krabby Patty COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: 73 degree and HUMID!
WARMUP: Standard Pre-Run Warm-Up – SSH, Windmills, Squats, IWs, Stretches
THE THANG: RUN!! 3 miles around the campus
MARY: Dr. Brown Slip started us off as we did some PAX choice ab work in the circle.
MOLESKINE: 9 out of 12 are coming in below 30 mins. We have one more run and three men needing a push to get to 30 mins. The furthest away finished at 33:35 so it is a real possibility.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Signing Day is next Friday, 8/21 at 11:30am
COT: Prayers for endurance, guidance, family and court.
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The Knoll

Date: 2026-08-11 AO: The Knoll Q: morning stār , PAX: Malibu, AAA, Wolfpack, Timber, Half Lyfe, Lady Liberty, Pebbles, morning stār, Bumble Bee (2.0), Superstar (2.0), Lynk (2.0) FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: twas nice
WARMUP: arm circles, willie mays hayes
THE THANG: – 11’s with squats and SSH, bear crawl – several rounds of bear crawl tag and some toilet tag
MARY: American hammers, and other hip flexor stuffs
MOLESKINE: appreciate the presence and affirmation for Bumble Bee! Lots of acceleration happening!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: westside-wednesday tomorrow night! Check Slack.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-08-11 AO: Tire Station Q: Butterfingers , PAX: Horizon, Happy Trees, Butterfingers, Cross-stitch FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Jacuzzi
WARMUP: Side straddle hops x 20, arm circles forward and reverse x10, merkins with various hold points x5, cherry pickers OYO
THE THANG: -Mosey to the stadium, squats x10, mosey to lot with a hill, -Push ups while the timer runs down and back, push ups change direction for each runner. Same with next round but a politician back and squats. Indian run where front drops off for 5 merkins to the pull up bars. -5 pull ups as timer while rest do squats, then same thing but lunges. -Off to the tires where we did the lifesaver (one person throws a smaller tire (the kid) and larger tires (lifesavers) are flipped to where the kid lands.
MARY: Back to start with WWI x5, American hammers x15, WWI x5, Superman’s, American hammers x10.
MOLESKINE: We needed this. And jacuzzi weather is better than freezing (say some).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack
COT: Prayers for Squatter and for Country Parkour’s move.
PLAYLIST: It’s getting hot in here….
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Sunday Eddy Ruck Ruck

Date: 2026-08-09 AO: Sunday Eddy Ruck Q: Juicy J , PAX: Chains (Ryan Johnson), Roadkill, Juicy J, Dangle FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS:
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Westeros

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Westeros Q: DintyMoore , PAX: Pep, Thomas T, Makita, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock, SalPal, DintyMoore, bluemule, Vector, Grape FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Wet Grass, Humid Air
WARMUP: Big Lap with merkins, squats, Broga stretching
THE THANG: Small Group Work One PAX rotates through each movement Front Rack Carry Throw Rifle Carry Lunge Shoulder Carry Murder Bunny Farmers Carry Back Carry
Other PAX member rotates on exercises Plank Squats Incline Merkins Rows Freddy Mercury Decline Merkins Curls
Field for short partner sprints
MARY: Hollow Body Hold
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Slack post from SalPal
COT: Prayers for school and F3 Friends
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/track/67V2T2fOmI803Y6FS6OJzE?si=11RVYLVoQteKLAv4vvpNfw&utm_source=copy-link
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant – Free throws of life

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Country Parkour, hambone, Horizon, Under the Table, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Perfect upper 60’s
WARMUP:SSH, good mornings OYO, and arm circles
THE THANG: One PAX had to make free throws before the PAX as a group finish their exercise. Penalty for the loser each round is 5 BBSU
We got through 5 full rounds, so we did roughly 100-125 BBSU
– 6 man makers – 2 free throws – 20 curls – 2 free throws – 9 squats – 2 free throws – 12 shoulder press – 2 free throws – 14 merkins – 2 or 3 (depending on who was shooting) – 15 triceps extension – 2 free throws – 5 RDL (each leg) – 2 free throws
MARY: Flutter kicks until time
MOLESKINE: Lots of talk about how bad we actually are at shooting free throws. But Dilbert did swiss three in a row and Country Parkour talked a lot of smack about not losing, until he did.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots, check slack and get a wattle bottle order in.
COT: Prayers for patience during these changing times and having fun while working out
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Detention

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Detention Q: Matador , PAX: Tinkertoy, Focker, Matador, Andrew McDermott, Pedialyte, Esposa, Topanga (Scott), Fortran FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: warm but not terrible
WARMUP: GM, WMH, SSH, Broga -Indigenous Peoples Run: the Commemorative Accounts Receivable Loop
THE THANG: I. Welsh Dragon :flag-wales::dragon: -4 bear crawl steps -1 merkin -1 plank jack -1 shoulder tap (2 is 1) Then 4 bear crawls again, but now do 2 reps of everything, then 3 reps; see if you can get to 10 reps without failure
II. Pavilion sprints 10 burpees Sprint across pavilion and back 20 WWI – sprint 30 squats – sprint The PAX attempted to complete 5 rounds
III. Surprise, Welsh Dragon again! Yay! :flag-wales::dragon:
MARY: Jesus’ mom
MOLESKINE: love their journals and planners
ANNOUNCEMENTS: -The PAX and other community members rallied around Toothless and fam to support them while 2.0 Wally is in the hospital. Over $2,000 given! Thanks to Focker for leading the charge. -lots of other announcements, check slack
COT: -Prayers for Wally. Healing and protection. -prayers for Peabody’s brother who struggles. -prayers for many of our wives. New jobs, heavy responsibilities, overwhelm of admin chaos with the start of the school year. -May God give us an undercurrent of his peace amidst the busyness, and wisdom for when to say no.
PLAYLIST: classic 2001 album “Is This It” by The Strokes in its entirety. The PAX did not complain so I assume they loved it. They did complain about the second welsh dragon.
AOQ NOTE Honored to be your new AOQ :dancer: Looking forward to a grueling year of fitness and fellowship in the gloom
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: ok, considering mid August
WARMUP: up the hill and back down
THE THANG: to the secret garden for 10-1 (or 55) reps of merkins, sumo squats, crunchy frogs and dips. Then mosey runway to the big gym for sale format of pull-ups, table crunches, rows and curtsy lunges
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MOLESKINE: we went fishing for the sunrise and pulled him out of the water
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff on channels, event(s) at Cornelia this weekend and/or next
COT: school lunches
PLAYLIST: dream sequence EOB’s Blue Morpho music.apple.com/us/album/blue-morpho/1874551790
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Le Tour de Etang Sevier (part deux)

Date: 2026-08-07 AO: The Buffalo Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), @Beans(Omaha) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP: SSH Slow and low squats Slow and low lunges
THE THANG: Mosey down to pavilion for first set of work. All workouts follow same format (see below). Mosey to different parts of the park by pond and work way back up.
Repeat below 3x: 30 seconds of 1 30 seconds of 2 20 second rest
Pavilion Decline merkins Alt side mountain climbers
Bird Statue/Bollards Step ups Jump squats
Fence/guardrail things Bulgarian split squats Broad jumps
Pavilion (part deux) Incline merkins Dips
Stairway to heaving :nauseated_face: (Hipster :tm:) – run giving max effort up the long hill adjacent to the trails over the cave to tennis court parking lot
Basketball courts Bent over row (with coupon) Curls (with coupon)
Put coupons back on way to startex.
MARY: 4-5 minutes of stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: In local news, tomato fest Friday and Saturday. Take heed.
Check the general page for corporate news.
COT: Return to school season and getting used to the new grind.
PLAYLIST: 90s NY hip hop
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[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-08-08 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Flipper, Steely, Dr. Brown Slip, Strutter, hambone FNGs: COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Beautiful morning. WARMUP:
THE THANG: Run 2-ish miles. MARY:
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