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[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Happy Trees, hambone, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Strutter, Dr. Brown Slip, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Still hot WARMUP:
THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB MARY:
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Makita , PAX: Makita, Mr. Pancake, Happy Trees, Barney, SalPal, hambone, Locksmith, Butterfingers, Steely, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Creatine, Dr. Brown Slip, Dilbert, Pep, Strutter, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 17 CONDITIONS: Moist :sweat_drops:
WARMUP: 15 SSH, Forward Fold, Willy Mays Hayes, Good Mornings on your own, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Hillbillies
THE THANG: Mosey to Parking Lot right by the Police car. “Nothing illegal going on here Officer :male-police-officer:” 25 Squats, Side Shuffle to the Police Car ish. 25 Merkins, Bear Crawl back to start 25 Lunges (Each leg is half), caricoa to Police car 25 Mountain Climbers, Sprint back to start Repeat from bottom to top.
Very quick 5 count.
25 Squats, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Merkins, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Walking Lunges towards Memorial Wall, run remainder of the way and back 25 LBC’s run up the hill and back 10 Burpees and run up the hill and back
MARY: She was present. Steely thought we were done. :face_palm2:
MOLESKINE: My speaker is not a giveaway Dr. Brown Slip :mullet:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 21, Spartan Race, Tennessee Tussle, Struggle 007…Check Slack…
COT: Prayers for Pep and his recovery, Squatter and his family, everyone’s travels, and any other prayers mentioned and not mentioned.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Zt1uqy3L9Zt6yVmk2fl3J?si=94693a3824184ad1&pt=4927639ad547895268af2d3dbfbc1e72

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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-09-18 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hipster , PAX: Hipster, Waymo (formerly Space Baby) FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: Swampass level 5000
WARMUP: Just stepping out of the car
THE THANG: Birthday beatdown
9 – Merkins 18- Squats 79 – Burpees, done 2 at a time EMOM while moseying and doing other sweaty stuff along the way.
MARY: Included
MOLESKINE: Leash your pets at the dog park, dipshit
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle in 2 weeks – WHO’S GONNA JOIN ME?!
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[Pain Train] Rest Day

Date: 2026-09-18 AO: Pain Train Q: Pebbles , PAX: Bulldog, Argggg, Officer Dangle, Derby, Cheeks, The Banker, Pebbles, Roadkill, Inch Worm FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Warm, not hot
WARMUP: Side straddle hops then mosey to collect coupons
THE THANG: Start at the 9 square 10x pull ups 10x Mike Tysons 10x J Lo’s Run 400m around soccer field Repeat for 15min
Mosey back to where the flag should have been
Partner Dora (with coupon) – run to stage and back 100 Deadlift 100 Curls 100 Floor to ceilings
MARY: Prom Dates Pickle Pounders Fire Hydrants
MOLESKINE: Huge thanks to everyone coming out after a long week. We missed our injured friends and those we haven’t seen in a while.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack
COT: Sometimes the hardest thing is the battle in your head when things don’t go your way.
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Convergence: Rescue Juicy J

Date: 2026-09-17 AO: The Knoll Q: Shakira , Juicy J PAX: Bulldog, Cherry Maguire, porcelain, DintyMoore, Shakira, sooner, Juicy J, Subway FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: A bit dark for hurling a piece of plastic at each other’s faces.
WARMUP: Arm circles, karoake, jaw warmups while trashtalking atlantis
THE THANG: A WORLD RECORD SETTING GAME — most drops in 30 minutes of play. After an opening flurry of points, the game remained deadlocked at 2-2. Team Knoll suffered a brutal, yet potentially predictable blow when Juicy J ripped his hamstring halfway through the match leaving a depleted defense. At this point, the abandoned Knollians in attendance were ready to change Juicy’s F3 name to “Benedict Arnold.”
Determined to fight on, Bulldog and I (with some friendly help from DintyMoore) began to rush the frisbee up the field. With time running out, we hurled a deep desperation pass that looked to be falling to the ground when out of nowhere we saw —a bird—a plane—no! it was a one-legged Juicy rising into the sky like a majestic crane. If only The Banker had been there to record the moment in his birdwatching app.
Jumping on just one leg, he managed to gracefully snare the frisbee and keep our hopes alive! Inspired by our friend turned enemy turned friend, we rallied and scored two goals in quick succession to give the Knoll a 4-2 victory! Here’s to you Juicy and Bulldog:saluting_face:
Big thanks to the guys from Atlantis for hosting us!
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The Stronghold

Date: 2026-09-17 AO: The Stronghold Q: Right Said , PAX: Dan and Dave, Young and Restless, Hipster, Tinkertoy, Red Skull, Right Said, Barney, Tax Man, Hootie, Dolce Mile, et al. FNGs: None COUNT: 24 CONDITIONS: Beautiful
WARMUP: SSHs, Merkins Partner up, mosey, learn 3 facts about your partner grab a block and head to basketball court
THE THANG: One partner does stationary exercise, other partner travels. Partners switch 50 block curls, bear crawls 50 rows, crab walk 50 overhead presses, shuttle run 50 partner around-the-worlds
MARY: Sit-ups, LBCs, flutter kicks
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-09-16 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Waymo (formerly Space Baby) FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: still gross
WARMUP: stretch, moans, airing of grievances, ailments we all have
THE THANG: slow, slow run
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Wise man told me don’t argue with fools

Date: 2026-09-16 AO: Insane Train Q: Puzzlah , PAX: Hooters, Puzzlah, Bulldog, Juicy J, El Capitan, Derby, Roadkill, Sooie, Argggg FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: moist
WARMUP: 1) Mosey lap 2) Good Mornings 3) last man up one lap 4) Squats IC 5) last man up with sandbag one lap 6) up downs, push ups
THE THANG:
5 min burpee test 45 on, 15 off Try to hold that first number all 5 rounds
Sandbag complex: 10 DLs 10 hang cleans 10 push press 10 alternating V-ups Run length of parking lot X3
Sandbag Beep test Standard beep tests are 20 meters Start at 10 m to get warmed up, after 3 rounds, 12.5 m, next round, 15, then did full 20. Once beep was missed, pax was instructed to drop sandbags and keep running to failure
MARY: Stretch
MOLESKINE: Listened to Jay-Z’s The Blueprint, which was released on 9/11/2001, just over 25 years ago. Celebrated YHC’s 17th anniversary of moving to Nashville Closed out with Wilco’s Jesus, etc. from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which was scheduled to be released also on 9/11 but was pushed back last second, but people complained that it foretold the events of 9/11 and/or mocked it, when in reality just an odd set of eerie connections.
Asked Pax to reflect on their paths.
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No Burpees, No V-Ups, No Hollow Body Holds

Date: 2026-09-16 AO: Titan Q: Firefox , PAX: Pep, Firefox, Spinal Tap, PositiveVector, Sherlock, Hipster, Tim the Toolman, Baby Bird, Papa Bear II, Cropduster, Rhombus, Assange FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: Positive
WARMUP: Mosey to Parthenon entrance. Where there’s light. – SSH – LBAC – RLBAC – Moroccan night clubs – Air presses – Stretch – Merkins
THE THANG: Mosey about halfway around the promenade. PAX lined up and held a plank (head to toes, rather than shoulder to shoulder). Last PAX bear crawled to the front. All others held high plank until their turn. One full rotation. Encouragement shared to those holding plank and to the PAX bear crawling.
20 Iron Mikes 20 Squat jumps 20 Monkey humpers
Indigenous peoples run about halfway around the promenade.
Repeat the above sequence of plank/bear crawl, then leg exercises.
Mosey to playground and partner up. Partner Derkins. One partner held the feet of the other in a wheelbarrow position. Standing partner does 10 rows then other partner does 10 derkins. 3 full rotations.
At playground, 1 partner does 10 pull-ups and 10 hanging leg raises. The other partner does shoulder tap plank jacks, then swap. 2nd rotation we swapped flutterkicks for the plank jacks.
MARY: Mosey to Startex. 3-4 min of broga.
MOLESKINE: – After Name-o-Rama, YHC realized that he went to high school with downranger Assange. – PositiveVector stayed strong and did not reverse polarity.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Tussle, ML Rose fundraiser, and other things in Slack
COT: – Passing of PositiveVector’s colleague – Grateful for continued recovery and discharge of YHC’s mother-in-law but acceptance of change and challenge in family living arrangement
PLAYLIST: Random tunes
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Smokeboots

Date: 2026-09-16 AO: Smokeboots Q: moneyshot , PAX: Tinkertoy, EZ-Go, Down Under, Donkey Hammer, Harry Caray, moneyshot, ATM, Snow Bunny, My Pleasure, Fortran FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS:
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