Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-09-15 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Wham-O, Decaf, Red Skull, Barney, Right Said, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Stir Fry, Toe Jam, Sunshine, Cheese Wiz, Bedazzle, Floyd, FNG1, FNG 2, FNG 3, FNG 4, FNG 5, FNG 6, FNG 7, FNG 8, FNG 9, FNG 10 FNGs: 10 FNG1, FNG 2, FNG 3, FNG 4, FNG 5, FNG 6, FNG 7, FNG 8, FNG 9, FNG 10 COUNT: 22 CONDITIONS: HUMID!
WARMUP: Standard Pre-Run Warm-Up and Stretching
THE THANG: RUN!!
MARY: Thank you to Wham-O for making sure our post-run time together was fruitful!
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Struggle 007 is Friday, Oct 2. Sign Up at www.jointhestruggle.com

Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-15 AO: Tire Station Q: Happy Trees , Horizon PAX: One Inch, Horizon, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: cool low 70s
WARMUP:
THE THANG: combo of Merkins Superman’s pull ups hangs leg extensions, lunges, ab work, running speed sessions at 50% 60% 70% and 80% second half handoff shout out to horizon for finishing up. Combo Merkins squats. Big boy sit-ups.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 21 mile October 24 gallatin to Madison. Go check out 1 inch’s coffee shop Goodlettsville.
COT: prayer for Keith’s father. Horizon will be traveling.
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-14 AO: Iron Giant Q: Horizon , PAX: hambone, Happy Trees, Horizon, Creatine FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: low 70s
WARMUP: Good mornings, Willie Mays, SSH, Mosey
THE THANG: Carried sand bag of your choice, 40lbs – 60lbs. Trek down highway 76 to Byram Drive working our way to Stadium Drive. Along the way we had multiple stops doing the following: Curls Overhead press Man makers Bent over rows Squats Merkins
Along the trek, some lunge walking
MARY: plank
MOLESKINE: “I like to hear bags down” “I’m glad I didn’t carry the 80lb bag”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: friend Rob and his wife
PLAYLIST: sounds of early dawn

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-14 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: The Bobs, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: muggy with a breeze
F3 Tora 2026-09-14
Warm-Up 1. SSH – 20 IC 2. Mosey to runway 3. Willie Mays Hays 4. Good mornings 5. Cherry pickers – 10 IC 6. Imperial Walkers – 10 IC 7. Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward 8. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch
The Thang – 14s on the hill with squats at bottom and merkins at top – suicides by the playground rotation with curls, Freddie mercury’s, rows, bird dogs, pullups, dips
Cool Down / Stretch 1. Shoulder Stretch 2. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch 3. Downward Dog 4. Cobra Stretch
PLAYLIST: anniversary of Songs of Surrender (U2)

[Pain Train] Riverwalk A0 Round 3

Date: 2026-09-12 AO: Pain Train Q: Half Lyfe , PAX: Hair Band, Sparrow, Half Lyfe, Siete, Barb, Sheriff Shire FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Dewy
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, WMH, Runners Stretch.
THE THANG: Round 1 Run Aheads (Indian Runs) once person gets to front 16 Iron Mikes. 1=1. Round 2 Circle Up. Merkin Pull through a with kettle bell. PAX did merkin together then would do pull through with kettle ball. Did both left direction 2x then right direction 2x. Squat with kettle bell or plate weight pass. Did both directions. Left and Right. Did a few rounds each. Round 3: split into 2 groups. 1 group did 100 mountain climbers. Other group did weighted step ups with squat. Round 4: To the wall. Sprint up Crawl Bear down x5. Round 5 To the playground. Split into 2 groups. 1 group did 30 swing rows or pull ups. Other group did 4 count heal taps with WW2. Swap.
MARY: House of Pain Jump with Jump Squats. Leg burner.
MOLESKINE: Continue to grow this AO and get on Slack!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tussle coming up. 5k run and father daughters work out.
COT: Count Off, Name-o-rama, prayers, coffee.
PLAYLIST: Random.

[The Castle] The Roll of the Dice

Date: 2026-09-12 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: The Merchant, Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Dr. Brown Slip, Creatine, hambone, Louis DeMarco, Steely, Locksmith FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP: 20 IC SSH Michael Phelps OYO 10 IC Arm-Circles F/R
THE THANG: Team A/B Rope Pulling One PAX Role Exercise Dice to choose exercise, then they roll two additional dice and multiply to get the number of reps. Once all team members complete a rope pull round, Team runs a lap around the field. We completed three rounds Finished the last 10 minutes playing ultimate football. In-between possessions the control team does 5 Merkins, receiving team does 5 squats.
MARY: None
MOLESKINE: Not much, some confusion in my directions
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack
COT: Mr. Pancake dog tore its ACL, yes animals have ACLs. Prayers for its surgery and prayers for affordability
PLAYLIST: Zack FM

[Pain Train] Made up on the fly

Date: 2026-09-11 AO: Pain Train Q: Pebbles , PAX: Bulldog, Pebbles, Argggg FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Warm and Humid
WARMUP: Side straddle hops Bacs Bac Bacs Windmills Slow Squats Slow merkins Stretch OYO
THE THANG: 1-mile mosey with a few burpees thrown in Partner Dora: 100 Hand Release Merkins 200 Big Boy Situps 300 Squats
MARY: No time
MOLESKINE: Woke up and was asked to Q. Showed up and made it up on the spot.
Great conversation with Bulldog and Argggg about showing up consistently. Can’t wait to see these men progress.
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New Mexico 6 mi hike

Date: 2026-08-22 AO: The Eddy Q: Juicy J , PAX: Dragon Spark, Juicy J, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP:
THE THANG: New Mexico hike 12k feet elevation
MARY:
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New Mexico 5 mi hike

Date: 2026-08-21 AO: The Eddy Q: Juicy J , PAX: Dragon Spark, Juicy J, Spinal Tap, Natural Ice FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP:
THE THANG: epic Hike in New Mexico
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Sunday Ruck

Date: 2026-05-24 AO: Sunday Eddy Ruck Q: Juicy J , PAX: Stubs, Juicy J, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS:
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