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The Knoll

Date: 2026-05-26 AO: The Knoll Q: Sooie , PAX: Roadkill, Juicy J, Papa Bear, Sooie, Chains (Ryan Johnson), morning stār, Bumblebee (2.0) FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: The heaven’s showered tears of mirth upon our gathering and the temperature was just warm enough to keep us from becoming hypothermic.
WARMUP: – Head rotations OYO – Shoulder rotations OYO – BAC 16x – BBAC 16x – Don Quixote 6x – Motivators from 5 – Slow squats (so Chains (Ryan Johnson) could join us before we proceeded to the main event)
THE THANG: BUILD-A-BURPEE 5 Cones, spaced 10 yards apart. Home cone = Burpee Assembly Station Cone 1: Squat Cone 2: Groiner Cone 3: Merkin Cone 4: Jump Squat
PAX lined up in a queue (line) and took their turn in the burpee building event. Run to cone, perform exercise at cone, run back, add it to the burpee assembly. We descended a ladder of reps from 5 amidst much rain and much mumblechatter.
MOLESKINE: Reflected on personal meditations from Pslam 107.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Summer Bash TBD
COT: Prayers lifted. PLAYLIST: pitter, patter of rain on Roadkill’s hood.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-05-26 AO: Tire Station Q: Locksmith , Cross-stitch PAX: Horizon, Butterfingers, Cross-stitch, Locksmith, Steely, Fabuloso, OneWheel- F3 Muletown FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS:70
WARMUP: 20 SSH 10 Arm Circles Both ways 20 Chinook Squats
THE THANG: 1 Mile Run
Teams of 3 merry-go-round of below: 3 X 15 Dips 3 X 15 Shoulder Taps 3 X 15 Merk’s
Tire Flip Half The Yard 60 Second Plank Tire Flip Remaining Yard
Mosey back to street and back to trail
Grandma’s Speed Walk (high swinging arms)
15 – Merk’s 15 – Shoulder Taps (each shoulder) 15 – American Hammers
Mosey to COT
Stretch (Misc.) 5 – Burps
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Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-05-26 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Chunks, Decaf, Red Skull, Barney, Toe Jam, Gristle, Clueless, Peach Fuzz, Train Wreck, Mrs. Winners, Top Chef, Tenderfoot, Grasshopper, Swiper, Kiddy Pool, Boogie Man, Puffg FNGs: None COUNT: 17 CONDITIONS: Wet, humid and very soggy
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm up – SSH, IWs, Squats, Windmills and stretches.
THE THANG: RUN!! We took off for our 3 mile run around the campus and finished in the party parking lot for some burpees, squats and WWIs.
MOLESKINE: The 4:13 Strong men had 4 PRs today….not bad for a rainy day and the second run of the week. A special thanks to Chunks for joining us today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 006 is right around the corner. Don’t miss out on a special D-Day edition of this amazing event.
COT: Kiddie Pool took control of the COT and closed us in prayer.
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Middle Tooth

Date: 2026-05-26 AO: Middle Tooth Q: Oatmeal , bluemule PAX: Oatmeal, DrRupp, Pep, bluemule FNGs: COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Moist
WARMUP: run to parking deck + trivia
THE THANG: five elements of the US army fitness test
MARY: more trivia
MOLESKINE: no idea what this is
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: we completed this
PLAYLIST: just the joy of labored breath
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-05-25 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Butterfingers, Horizon, Cross-stitch, Locksmith, Dilbert, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: muggy and foggy
WARMUP: none get moving
THE THANG: Murph
Some modified, some didn’t but we all pushed for over an hour
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: God mumble chatter and met Ben, maybe a new FNG. He was doing the Murph alongside us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT:
PLAYLIST: 90’s rock
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The Eddy

Date: 2026-05-25 AO: The Eddy Q: Stubs , PAX: Juicy J, FLO, Stubs, Shakira FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Swampy WARMUP:
THE THANG: steady Eddy
MARY:
MOLESKINE: “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: silent prayer
PLAYLIST: the sound of birds
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[Pain Train] Pain Train

Date: 2026-05-22 AO: Pain Train Q: Chili Dip , PAX: Pitmaster, Siri, Sooie, El Capitan, Wolfpack, Derby, Chili Dip FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Wet
WARMUP: we picked some cherries and put them in a basket and squashed some bugs.
THE THANG: team workout around the park. Total per team Member listed below. Another team member can take on more reps for the team to cover. 10 seal burpees Carry the boat(sandbag) above your head 20 pull up Carry the boat 30 Iron mikes Carry the boat 40 Merks Carry the boat 50 squats Carry the boat 60 flutter kicks Carry the boat Repeat 2 more loops cutting reps in half on each lap.
MARY: roll yourself up into a grassy sugar cookie…..bear crawl back
MOLESKINE: Make your bed. Complete the first task of the day.
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2:1

Date: 2026-05-22 AO: Cruel Hall Q: tampalibra , PAX: EZ-Go, Esposa, tampalibra, Young and Restless, Pepsi, Sherpa, Trash Panda FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Moist
WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Squats, LBAC, Air Press
THE THANG: All movements are 1:2 repeat up to 10:20. Run a lap after.
Merkins/block press 4 count flutters/block sit-up Curl/We’re not worthy
Not started: Squat/Thruster

MARY: 100 block curls
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Calls for Struggle 006 on deaf ears Prayers for Sherpa’s MIL on her cancer journey

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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-05-23 AO: The Castle Q: Cross-stitch , PAX: Butterfingers, Horizon, Pep, hambone, Cross-stitch, Mr. Pancake, Brown Slip, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Chunks, Steely, Charles FNGs: 1 Charles COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: WET – all hero WODs
WARMUP:
In memory of Efren Medina
4 Rounds for Time 17 Jumping Jacks 21 Sumo Squats 21 Sit-Ups
THE THANG:
In memory of Christopher “Otis” Raible
Complete as many reps as possible in 15 minutes of: 1 back squat, 1 shoulder press, 1 deadlift 2 back squats, 2 shoulder presses, 2 deadlifts 3 back squats, 3 shoulder presses, 3 deadlifts Etc.
In memory of Zachary D. Tellier
10 burpees 10 burpees, 15 merkins 10 burpees, 15 merkins, 20 squats 10 burpees, 15 merkins, 20 squats, 30 LBC 30 LBC, 20 squats, 15 merkins, 10 burpees 20 squats, 15 merkins, 10 burpees 15 merkins, 10 burpees 10 burpees
Hold plank till time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack
COT: pray for PAX family
PLAYLIST:
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[The Castle] The Castle Run

Date: 2026-05-23 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Horizon, Butterfingers, hambone, Cross-stitch, Brown Slip, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Hambone said let’s go!!
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