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[The Castle] Elevens to Dodgeball

Date: 2026-10-17 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Steely, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Shocker (Mark Holmes), Hipster, hambone, Dilbert, Fabuloso, Dr. Brown Slip, Makita FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Brisk
WARMUP: IC: 20 SSH 10 Toy Soldier 10 Imperial Walkers 10 Slow Squats 10 Merkins
THE THANG: ELEVENS Mosied to the Hill Round One: Broad Jumps at the bottom & Merkins at the top Round Two: Burpees at the bottom & Big Boys at the top
Finished with 15 minutes of dodgeball Catch a ball the thrower does 10 big boys Get hit by the ball complete 10 big boys before getting to rejoin the game
MARY: None
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 413 strong fundraiser October 21st
COT: Prayers for cross-stitch wife and the coming baby
PLAYLIST:
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[The Castle] Pre-Party Fun Run

Date: 2026-10-17 AO: The Castle Q: Dr. Brown Slip , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Dr. Brown Slip FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: Cool & Crisp
WARMUP: Nope
THE THANG: Run!
MARY: Saved it for main party
MOLESKINE: Careful – People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones… if you’re going to dish it out about the clock, you better make sure your own watch is running fast! :grimacing: Yours truly might have been guilty – but only Waymo (formerly Space Baby) would know :shushing_face:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None
COT: None
PLAYLIST: None
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[The Castle] Pre-party Fun Run

Date: 2026-10-10 AO: The Castle Q: Dr. Brown Slip , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Happy Trees, Dr. Brown Slip, Flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Good enough for running
WARMUP: On your own
THE THANG: Run 2ish miles
MARY: Not this time
MOLESKINE: Nothing but a good time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Covered in
COT: –
PLAYLIST: Footsteps in the dark
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-10-10 AO: The Castle Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Barney, Hipster, Butterfingers, Flipper, Cross-stitch, Pep, Happy Trees, Mr. Pancake, Makita, Jelly Stone (Indianapolis South), Dr. Brown Slip, Locksmith FNGs: None COUNT: 17 CONDITIONS: Dark, temperate
WARMUP: running + 60 burpees
THE THANG: jogging + tennis court merkins
MARY: run to the tennis courts, 101 sit ups, more running, flutter kicks, etc.
MOLESKINE: prayers for continued growth
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check out the ML Rose thing for 413 on 10/21
PLAYLIST: Silence is golden
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[The Castle] Capture the Sandbag: Storm Warning

Date: 2026-10-03 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Chunks, Happy Trees, hambone, Locksmith, Butterfingers, Pep, Steely, Horizon, Dilbert, Hipster, Strutter, Fabuloso FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: 25 SSH IC GOOD MORNINGS OYO 10 IC ARM CIRCLES F/R OVERHEAD CLAPS FORWARD CLAPS
THE THANG: WARM UP MOSEY AROUND THE FIELD SANDBAG CAPTURE: Two teams: Had to complete each round of exercises before going to capture the sandbag flag Round One: 100 Merkins Round Two: 150 Squats Round Three: 100 Big Boys Round Four: 50 Burpees Completed two cycles of above Randomly yelled out “Storm Watch”: “Tornado Warning”: 15 yard bear crawl “ Ended with Ultimate Frisbee
MARY: None
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Prayers for PAX
PLAYLIST: Zack FM
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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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[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Happy Trees, hambone, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Strutter, Dr. Brown Slip, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Still hot WARMUP:
THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Makita , PAX: Makita, Mr. Pancake, Happy Trees, Barney, SalPal, hambone, Locksmith, Butterfingers, Steely, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Creatine, Dr. Brown Slip, Dilbert, Pep, Strutter, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 17 CONDITIONS: Moist :sweat_drops:
WARMUP: 15 SSH, Forward Fold, Willy Mays Hayes, Good Mornings on your own, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Hillbillies
THE THANG: Mosey to Parking Lot right by the Police car. “Nothing illegal going on here Officer :male-police-officer:” 25 Squats, Side Shuffle to the Police Car ish. 25 Merkins, Bear Crawl back to start 25 Lunges (Each leg is half), caricoa to Police car 25 Mountain Climbers, Sprint back to start Repeat from bottom to top.
Very quick 5 count.
25 Squats, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Merkins, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Walking Lunges towards Memorial Wall, run remainder of the way and back 25 LBC’s run up the hill and back 10 Burpees and run up the hill and back
MARY: She was present. Steely thought we were done. :face_palm2:
MOLESKINE: My speaker is not a giveaway Dr. Brown Slip :mullet:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 21, Spartan Race, Tennessee Tussle, Struggle 007…Check Slack…
COT: Prayers for Pep and his recovery, Squatter and his family, everyone’s travels, and any other prayers mentioned and not mentioned.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Zt1uqy3L9Zt6yVmk2fl3J?si=94693a3824184ad1&pt=4927639ad547895268af2d3dbfbc1e72

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[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
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[The Castle] The Castle – Row Row Row your boat

Date: 2026-09-05 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Pep, Makita, Dilbert, Happy Trees, Horizon, Dr. Brown Slip, Flipper, Strutter, Steely, Butterfingers, hambone, Creatine, Hipster, One Inch, My pleasure FNGs: None COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: warm
WARMUP: mosey to the stations
THE THANG: 16 stations – 2 min each — 20 sec rest (changeover
See the photo for the stations
MARY:shoulder mobility stretches and 90 sec of flutter kicks
MOLESKINE: lots of mumblechatter and initial talks of being proud I knew when to start
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT: prayers
PLAYLIST: see photos