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The Knoll

Date: 2026-04-14 AO: The Knoll Q: Shakira , PAX: AAA, Roadkill, Shakira, Sparrow, Half Lyfe, Timber, Pebbles, Juicy J FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Ideal
WARMUP: Arm circles, side straddle hops, slow merkins
THE THANG: Murph Dora.
Groups of 4: 400 pullups, 800 pushups, 1200 squats, 4 mile run.
Interspersed with some bonus moseying. Capped off with lunge lines, plank lines, and Mary.
MOLESKINE: Often, our brain is the first thing to give way. When we are tempted to give up, it’s helpful to remember that there’s always a little more to give than we think. Today, find an area of your life to endure and persevere a little longer than you think you can.
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COT: Prayers for a security guard with cancer and for all those in need of healing of any kind.
PLAYLIST: Originally a Moroccan Mashup but when things got tough we switched to an All-American medley to comfort Roadkill.
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The Eddy

Date: 2026-04-13 AO: The Eddy Q: Stubs , PAX: Roadkill, Stubs, Motorola, FLO, Juicy J, Legos FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: slightly damp but perfect temps
WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: Steady Eddy at a faster than normal pace
MOLESKINE: “Anxiety is an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of ourselves “ Sissy Goff
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Dads, Juicy Half Marathon , spring fling…check slack COT: prayers and Coffee
PLAYLIST: lots of mumble chatter
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-04-13 AO: Iron Giant Q: Horizon , PAX: hambone, Horizon, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: upper 60s with a slight breeze and throw in a few rain drops
WARMUP: Willie Mayes, Apollo Ohno into runners stretch, Cossack squats, Good mornings, SSH
THE THANG: Each PAX carrying a sand bag, brisk walk with intervals of step ups, squats, burpees, merkins, curls, overhead press, upright rows over a one plus mile loop. Ended with WW2 Sit-ups, Flutter kicks, American hammers, Willie Mayes and Good mornings.
MOLESKINE: Why did I grab the 80lb sandbag?
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COT: Horizon – Safe travels
PLAYLIST: mumblechatter

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[Tora! Tora! Tora!] Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-04-13 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Goose FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: little spit. Nice breeze
WARMUP: runway and back, standards
THE THANG: Murph prep with 10 sets of Sally (5-10-15) pull-ups, merkins and squats with a coupon. Run in between and at end. Them over to the hill for some inclined shuffles, backpedal and jog
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fridays at River. Ultratecht ran a long way this past weekend and his hammys are feeling it
COT: mindfulness.
PLAYLIST: best of Chili Peppers
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Detention

Date: 2026-04-13 AO: Detention Q: Focker , PAX: Swig, Movin On Up, Average Size, EZ-Go, Michael Freiburg, Pedialyte, Tinkertoy, Esposa, Focker, Topanga (Scott) FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS:
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Sunday 5 mile ruck

Date: 2026-04-12 AO: The Eddy Q: Juicy J , PAX: Wolfpack, Juicy J, Roadkill, Stubs FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: perfecto
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THE THANG: almost 5 miles! Juicy no ruck.
MOLESKINE: Roadkill’s major announcement…. that he doesn’t “sport” but we will get him into golf eventually
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[The Castle] Pre-party run.

Date: 2026-04-11 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Brown Slip, Squatter, Chunks, Cross-stitch, Strutter, hambone FNGs: COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Perfect WARMUP: Run THE THANG: 2 mile OAB run. MOLESKINE:
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-04-11 AO: The Castle Q: Squatter , PAX: Brown Slip, Pep, Squatter, Butterfingers, Chunks, Locksmith, Cross-stitch, Horizon, Juicy J, Strutter, hambone, Flipper (Matthew), Weezer FNGs: 1 Weezer COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Perfect!
WARMUP: Mosey w/ disclaimers SSH IW Shoulder warmups
THE THANG: Mountain Climber Merkins 10 Side Squats 10 Plank Jacks 20 Carolina Dry Docks 15 Side straddle hops burpees 10 2X
11s V-ups Superman’s
Teams of 3 Transportation: Weighted sled / KB farmer carry / sandbag. Each PAX chooses Rest of PAX performed exercise called by moving team
Merkin Mix IC Standard / Wide / Close / Diamond
MOLESKINE: Congrats to Pep for highest post count of 2025 and completing at most 50% of each workout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March to May CSAUP 50
COT: We prayed
PLAYLIST: Shuffling feet
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[Pain Train] Ghost Malone

Date: 2026-04-10 AO: Pain Train Q: Chunks , PAX: Shakira, Chunks, FLO, Roadkill, Juicy J FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:
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Bomber

Date: 2026-04-10 AO: Bomber Q: Natural Ice , PAX: Crawlspace, Grape, Papa Bear, DintyMoore, Pep, Natural Ice, Sherlock, Hedwig, Right Said, Tim the Toolman FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Fanflippin Tastic
WARMUP: Nah, just started off running – then did some SSH and some of the usual ones out by the nipple.
THE THANG: 3 stations – with 3 exercises – running between each.
The Nipple – 20 hand release merkins, 20 dips, 10 WWI Golf course Parking lot – 20 diamond merkins, 20 Jane Fondas, 10 WWI Startdex – 20 incline Merkins, 20 Dips, 20 WWI
Simple Repetitive – 1.7 miles were ran and 520 calories burned : )
MOLESKINE: Kids these days don’t understand – People had horn players in bands, Dave Matthews had a Saxophone player whole orchestras used to travel with Brian Setzer. Now all the kids just hit play on their laptop band and vape while they stare at their phones
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4/13 impossible mile and holy smokers that night, 5/9 – run a half marathon with YHC and Juicy J, 5/16 – F3 Dads -! 8/29 join Pep for the 50 mile relay
COT: lifted up families of Pax going through health stuggles
PLAYLIST: hey, you remember that one time in the 90s when Jim Carrey’s movie the mask started a swing dancing revival and all those band nerds started swing bands. Yeah basically that was the playlist.