[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

[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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[The Castle] Dad Bod Run Club

Date: 2026-04-10 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Cross-stitch, Strutter, Horizon FNGs: COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Cooler than expected. WARMUP:
THE THANG: 4.3 mile Dad Bod loop. MOLESKINE: Appreciate the run. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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[The Discipline] The Discipline – Speed Ruck

Date: 2026-04-08 AO: The Discipline Q: hambone , PAX: Country Parkour, Butterfingers, Steely, Horizon, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Early April conditions
THE THANG: Speed Ruck
MOLESKINE: further and faster than we thought
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COT: :palms_up_together:
PLAYLIST: lol no

Summit Wolf Mountain

Date: 2026-04-08 AO: Insane Train Q: Wolfpack , PAX: Choo Choo, Juicy J, Shakira, Derby, Wolfpack, The Merchant, FLO, Natural Ice FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: shorts? Pants? Hoodie? Tarps off? I don’t know what to wear anymore.
WARMUP: Run and get a couple coupons.
THE THANG: sandbag run to the bottom of Stirrup drive with a few Burpee pitstops.
Lunges up the steepest road in Bellevue, stopping every 10-15ish yards to complete 10 SB rows, 10 Merkins, 10 SB Presses.
SB Mosey back stopping for burpee pitstops along the way.
MOLESKINE: shots in buttholes… or something like that.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP in August – Check with Chunks. F3 Dads workout coming up at Red Caboose Park. Juicy half marathon. Check the slacks!!
COT: Go find a mountain to climb today.
PLAYLIST: mumbles and chatters.

Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-04-07 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Brown Slip, Crawlspace, Barney, Hipster, Right Said, Chunks, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Wham-O, Red Skull, hambone, Decaf, SalPal, Young and Restless, Squid (Boise), Angry Bird, Groot, T-Bone, Turkey, Hot Topic, Cheese Wiz, Holy Water, Mater FNGs: None COUNT: 22 CONDITIONS: Perfect PR weather, 46 with a hint of a sunrise
WARMUP: Led by Cheese Wiz who took us through the standard pre-run activities
THE THANG: RUN!!!
MOLESKINE: We had five out of eight 4:13 Strong guys set a PR today, and 7 out of 8 finished below 30 mins. This is by far the fastest class we have had. Next week, everyone finishes sub 30!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Standing Strong Dinner is this Thursday. If you are interested in joining us, let me know. We have a few available seats.
Signing Day for this class will be Friday, 4/17. Make plans to enjoy the celebration and stick around for some lunch and fellowship. We will begin the ceremony at 11:30am.
COT: Prayers for strength, healing and guidance

Behold the turtle!

Date: 2026-04-06 AO: The Eddy Q: Wolfpack , PAX: Choo Choo, Stubs, FLO, Juicy J, Wolfpack, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Chilly to start
WARMUP: Huh?
THE THANG: Meadow loop
MOLESKINE: Lots of great mumblechatter as a group then separated into pairs for a bit. Classic Eddy cadence.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP, F3Dads workout, check the slacks!
COT: “Behold the Turtle! Who only progresses when he sticks his neck out.” Encouragement to PAX to take a leap on actions you are holding back on or to push through environments that are holding you back. Put your neck out and progress!
PLAYLIST: Birds

[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-04-04 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Strutter, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Brown Slip, hambone FNGs: COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Beautiful morning.
WARMUP: No.
THE THANG: 2 mile OAB
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[The Castle] Dad Bod Run Club

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Cross-stitch, Steely, Strutter, Horizon FNGs: COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: 80 degrees
WARMUP: Get ready to run.
THE THANG: Run! 4.3 mile loop.
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[Pain Train] 2 year anniversary celebration

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: Pain Train Q: Timber , PAX: Cheeks, Étouffée, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Pebbles, Shakira, Siri, Derby, Timber, Pitmaster, FLO, Chili Dip FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: 68 degrees, just right
WARMUP: BAC/back BACs, merkins, LS squats, motivators from 5, mosey to cinderblocks and grab 1, mosey to pull-up bars
THE THANG: hit each exercise, rinse and repeat adding 1 extra rep each round; start at 5 reps (start at 10 to level up) Pull-ups Apolo Ohnos Imperial Blocksters Nolan Ryan’s The Lion Kings Run (~100 yrds) American Hammers Iron Mikes No cheat merkins
*finished with pull-up ring of fire. Dead hang, go in circle, everyone does 1 PU and then 2 for 2nd round.
MOLESKINE: Étouffée and Derby leveled up X2 with extra weight! Shakira has made impressive gains, enjoyed fellowship afterwards, thanks Cheeks for the hot brew, thanks Publix for the buy 1 get 1 free muffins and cold brew.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pitmaster hosting a cookout, F3 dads event upcoming in May, check slack for more announcements and details.
COT: motivation is not a good foundation for long term success. Some of the top companies in the world have been studied to find what separates them from everyone else. As it is with the most successful people, you can’t let motivation be your driving factor in working hard. Motivation comes and goes. Some companies crushed it early on, and when things got challenging, they folded, went bankrupt, etc. As Christ did on his walk to Calvary, when things are challenging and hard, which they will be at times, put 1 foot in front of the next and keep marching.
Thanks, Wolfpack and Siri for helping get pain-train going 2 years ago.
PLAYLIST: tunes were so-so (had to start with “Timber”)