The Buffalo

Date: 2026-08-21 AO: The Buffalo Q: The Bobs , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, The Bobs, Makita, Inglewould; Duggar from JC FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: mosey
THE THANG: dirty dozen
MARY: dealers choice
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: MMJ

Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-08-19 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: shirts stayed on
WARMUP: n/a
THE THANG: skate park and back
MARY: Goose sighting
MOLESKINE: time zones/DST and be done with it
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-08-12 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: ultratect shirt-ometer was about a 7.2
WARMUP: n/a
THE THANG: almost 5
MARY: n/a
MOLESKINE: Redford/Newman, damn dirty apes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check out the -f3-nashville-general channel for a cool F3 fundraiser
COT: there’s snakes out there this big?!?
PLAYLIST:

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-10 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: ok, considering mid August
WARMUP: up the hill and back down
THE THANG: to the secret garden for 10-1 (or 55) reps of merkins, sumo squats, crunchy frogs and dips. Then mosey runway to the big gym for sale format of pull-ups, table crunches, rows and curtsy lunges
MARY:
MOLESKINE: we went fishing for the sunrise and pulled him out of the water
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff on channels, event(s) at Cornelia this weekend and/or next
COT: school lunches
PLAYLIST: dream sequence EOB’s Blue Morpho music.apple.com/us/album/blue-morpho/1874551790

Le Tour de Etang Sevier (part deux)

Date: 2026-08-07 AO: The Buffalo Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), @Beans(Omaha) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP: SSH Slow and low squats Slow and low lunges
THE THANG: Mosey down to pavilion for first set of work. All workouts follow same format (see below). Mosey to different parts of the park by pond and work way back up.
Repeat below 3x: 30 seconds of 1 30 seconds of 2 20 second rest
Pavilion Decline merkins Alt side mountain climbers
Bird Statue/Bollards Step ups Jump squats
Fence/guardrail things Bulgarian split squats Broad jumps
Pavilion (part deux) Incline merkins Dips
Stairway to heaving :nauseated_face: (Hipster :tm:) – run giving max effort up the long hill adjacent to the trails over the cave to tennis court parking lot
Basketball courts Bent over row (with coupon) Curls (with coupon)
Put coupons back on way to startex.
MARY: 4-5 minutes of stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: In local news, tomato fest Friday and Saturday. Take heed.
Check the general page for corporate news.
COT: Return to school season and getting used to the new grind.
PLAYLIST: 90s NY hip hop

Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-08-05 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , Ultratecht PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: Solid temperature for a run, but humid.
WARMUP: One loop around the track to see the sunrise but we were too fast for it.
THE THANG: remembered we wanted to explore the area beyond the concert parking and bee hive, only to find a wooded area that leads to the pond upon entering Forrest Green Trailhead.
Ran back to startex and did two hill repeats up high view and back. Caught the sunset on the way down the hill.
Ran 4.5
PLAYLIST: Deer

Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-07-29 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Hipster, Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Chris took off his shirt on the little paved strip between the track and greenway
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Ultratecht and I ran over the pedestrian bridge and back for 5 while Hipster did some recovery laps.
MARY:
MOLESKINE: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

The Buffalo – Makita VQ.2

Date: 2026-07-24 AO: The Buffalo Q: Makita , PAX: The Bobs, Makita, Ultratecht, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Perfect, Crisp High 60’s, Light Humidity :ok_hand:
WARMUP: – SSH – Imperial Walkers – Willy Mayes Hayes – probably not spelled right :upside_down_face: – Good Mornings – Little Baby Arm Circles – Merkins
THE THANG: Warmup – Above ^ Mosey to Basketball Court Court Crushers x 3 – Start at one side of basketball court – Sprint to FT line – 5 Burpees – Backpedal to start – Sprint to Half Court – 10 Merkins – Backpedal to start – Sprint to far FT line – 15 Jump Squats – Backpedal to start – Sprint Full Court – 20 LBC’s Mosey to Pavilion Pavilion Pump x 3 – 20 Bench Dips – 15 Decline Merkins – Steps Ups, 10 x Each Leg – Bulgarian Split Squats, 5 x Each Leg Mosey to Basketball Court American Hammers Flutter Kicks Freddy Mercuries Plank
MARY: Impromptu Co-Q with remaining time The Bobs led us in a full court lunge with a twist, literally, then wall stretches that my tight back could not do. Ultratecht led us in Inchworms down to half court, and bear crawled the other half of the court.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Convergence in Nolensville TOMORROW 6AM, See Slack for details – you’re already here.
COT/PRAYERS: – Thankful for the men we surround ourselves with in the gloom. Prayers for those spoken and unspoken, present and not present.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1KfN6prMv66Ah3NxJv0tqD?si=a1uO0PRCSyukZ7fnG4Mvaw

Our Little Group Has Always Been, And Always Will, Until the End

Date: 2026-07-20 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Vanilla Ice , PAX: Ultratecht, Vanilla Ice, Pixar FNGs: 1 Pixar COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Thicc
WARMUP: 100 Blockees
THE PRE-THANG 101 Side Straddle Hops Walkabout to shake out legs 101 SSHs (again)
THE THANG Pax 1 — Mosey with @JacobMarley (42# Chain)
Pax 2 & 3 AMRAP — 10 Merkins / 10 Squats / 10 Big Boy Sit-ups
Rotate, Rinse, Repeat for time.
MARY: Al Gore Hold 90 Seconds
FNG Naming Johnathan Beebee (sp?) (805-471-3752) works in creative tech. Inspired in his youth by Pixar. There’s your name. Came thisclose to being named “Netanyahu”.
Slack invite sent.
COT: :white_check_mark:
Love you, men. Enjoy your new books from F3 Nation. :punch:
:ice_cube:

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-07-17 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: Hot Route, Third Coast, Ultratecht, The Bobs, Hipster, greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: heavy drip. Multiple shirts were off
WARMUP: short mose and some calisthenics
THE THANG: tour of Sevier lake – under the pavilion: switch kicks + 20 decline merkins; switch kicks + 15 declines; SKs + 10 DMs; SKs + 5 DMs – on the mooring bollards: step ups + hammers (same format as above) – at the lakeview shelter: wide squats + incline planky parkers – Up the hill with DIDs at each inlet x 4
MARY: 1min plank hold
MOLESKINE: humidity so thick you can’t hear
ANNOUNCEMENTS: friends by the river. Roy’s Christmas get-together. Hipster 4:13 mentee. Third Coast travels
COT: “The Balls are back in town!” And lots of recaps of recent shows/movies seen by all
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/future-islands/pl.u-8aAVoGqTJRM3g