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Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Red Skull, Barney, Decaf, Young and Restless, Right Said, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Wham-O, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: 54 degrees and dark! Perfect running weather
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm up: SSH, IWs, Squats, Stretches.
THE THANG: Split into two groups: Group 1) Those who choose to bring their best effort and a positive attitude; Group 2) Those who choose to treat this opportunity like a punishment and deliver a pathetic effort with a bad attitude.
After everyone chose to be part of Group 1, we did what we all came to do….RUN!!!
MARY: Worked our way down from 10 reps to 5 reps of Burpees, Squats and WWIs.
MOLESKINE: Every day we get to choose how we will show. Our effort and our attitude are both 100% within our control. Choosing joy and a spirit of gratitude can change everything.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 007 is this Friday. Registration will close today. Its not too late to be part of this epic experience.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tire Station Q: Horizon , PAX: Happy Trees, Tigger, One Inch, Locksmith, Horizon, Splitter FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Refreshing low 50s, calm
WARMUP: Willie Mays, SSH, Toy Soldier, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Small arm Circles
THE THANG: Elevens with kettle bell swings and overhead press as a starter 4 stations setup in a rectangle with one station in the middle: Station 1 – Curls Station 2 – Flutter kicks Station 3 – Squats Station 4 – Merkins Middle station – Burpees
Start at 20 reps with stations 1-4 5 burpees at the middle station
Each round thereafter, decrease by one except the burpees.
MARY: Big boy sit-ups, high plank
MOLESKINE: Staying out of the grass – it’s wet. Where’s Steely? How many reps am I at?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: TN Tussle, CSAUP 21 miler from Gallatin to Madison, check slack for details
COT: One inch’s dad – health and family dynamics
PLAYLIST: The sound of men pushing themselves outside their comfort zone.
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: Mosey to runway and back, SSH, hillbillies, imperial walkers, hip flexor stretch and arm circles
THE THANG: Drop Rest Core: 4 core exercises 30 seconds each. Rest between reps starts at 20 seconds first time through. Drops to 10 seconds rest between reps second time through. No rest between reps on last time through.
– frog leg crunch – American hammers – 1-2-3 Mercury’s – flutter kicks
Circuit: 30 seconds workout 1 30 seconds workout 2 20 second rest Repeat 3x 60 seconds of cardio workout
Circuit 1 Thruster Reverse lunge 1-2-3 Heisman
Circuit 2 Bear crawl Merkins Up downs
Circuit 3 Deadlift Prom dates Duck squat walk jump squat
Circuit 4 Rows Coupon Swings Burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: maybe one more(?) Fridays by the river
COT: Anticipation of tough weeks.
PLAYLIST: Third Eye Blind – Third Eye Blind
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[Pain Train] Riverwalk AO Naming Beatdown!!!

Date: 2026-09-26 AO: Pain Train Q: Half Lyfe , PAX: Sparrow, Piglet, Half Lyfe, INCHWORM, Barb, Siete, Twin Turbo FNGs: 1 Twin Turbo COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Nice cool morning. Will take it!
WARMUP: SSH, WMH, Windmills, misc.
THE THANG: All potential names written on cardboard. Can’t RiverWalk Hill by the Mill Gruesome Newsom The Wall Mill Works Deep End New(som) Train Pool Party The Grinder. Group collectively eliminated prior to start for reasons only PAX will know.
Each person grabs one and we hold plank together to determine bracket seeding. Last person standing=1 seed, 2nd to last=2 seed, etc.
Had 4 rounds of exercises. After each name match up we would switch rounds.
Round 1 20 Merkins 40 Mountain Climbers 30 Iron Mikes
Round 2 20 Carolina Dry Docks 40 Flutter Kicks 20 Lt Dans
Round 3 20 Decline Merkins 30 Dips 40 Squats
Round 4 10 Burpees 8 Absolutions 10 8-Count Body Builders
Once each PAX completed exercises they could move 1 (of 2) 25# AO name plate either forward or backward. AO name Plate that made it to the end of the parking lot first was the winner of that match up.
And the Champion is………
Gruesome Newsom!!
MARY: N/A
MOLESKINE: F3 discussion for PAX to help grow this AO.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: various getting to know F3
COT: count off, name-o-rama, named FNG Twin Turbo! prayers and coffee.
PLAYLIST: Various.
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[The Castle] The Castle – New duration – The Castle is now 1 hour

Date: 2026-09-26 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Creatine, hambone, Steely, Dr. Brown Slip, Happy Trees, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Barney, Makita, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: friggin perfect
WARMUP: SSH, typewriters, arm circles
THE THANG: the 1 hr thang TABATA Round 1 – 1 min 40 sec on and 20 rest Stretchy band back pull Heavy bat shoulder rotation Curls Gas pump Abyss merkins Front raised shoulder hold 10 sec at a time 80 lb Sandbag squat thrust 30 lb Kettlebell swing toss as far as you can 55 lb Side lunges 100 lb Tombstone carry
Mosey to Makita car to fetch the frisbee
Round 2 – 30 sec on and 10 sec rest
5 v 5 Ultimate frisbee
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: lots of mubblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots happening in October
COT:
PLAYLIST: various high energy songs
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[Pain Train] The new King has arrived!

Date: 2026-09-25 AO: Pain Train Q: Wolfpack , Siri PAX: Shakira, Chili Dip, Sooie, Siri, Juicy J, Officer Dangle, Wolfpack, Derby, Bulldog, Argggg, Booch, Paper Trail FNGs: 2 Booch, Paper Trail COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: lovely
WARMUP: SSH while FNGs roll in
THE THANG: 9SQUARE TOURNY!
A tournament for the ages! Juicy J and Shakira battled back and forth with Juicy looking like the winner as the final minutes ticked away. But Officer Dangle had other plans as he stepped into the Kings square with 3 points and 2 minutes left knocking out the burpees and securing the 8 points needed with the final point scored at the buzzer to take the crown.
Ladies and gentlemen… your new… heavyweight 9 square champion of the wooooooooooooorrrrllllddddddd
Officer Dangle !!!!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Juicy J 5k and birthday brunch tomorrow for anyone that can make it. DM him for the deets.
COT: mission credo pillars
PLAYLIST: grunting and the occasional OOOOOOOOOOOO!

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The Eddy

Date: 2026-09-21 AO: The Eddy Q: Stubs , PAX: Juicy J, Stubs, Motorola, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: warm
WARMUP:
THE THANG:steady
MARY:
MOLESKINE: “Give every day the chance to be the most beautiful day of your life” ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:cold brew and prayers
PLAYLIST: birds
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Tortoise and Hair – Run #2

Date: 2026-09-22 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Hipster, Wham-O, Decaf, Barney, Red Skull, hambone, Right Said, Young and Restless, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Dolce Mille, Unc, Heart Song, Sausage Man, Bedazzel, Floyd, Spaghetti-O, DeVito, Hootie, Good Luck Charlie, Cheese Wiz, Strike Out FNGs: None COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: The Last Day of Summer!!
WARMUP: Regular Pre-Run Warm-Up
THE THANG: RUN!!!
MARY: Post-Run Beat Down delivered by Wham-O
MOLESKINE: It is not a good look when your second run is slower than your first run. It is a good indicator of bad attitude and/or effort. We have four weeks left to get these men where they need to be.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 007 is Friday 10/2. Sign up at jointhestruggle.com