Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-31 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Hot Route , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: gross again
WARMUP: runway and standards
THE THANG: 10 sets of Sally (5 pull-ups/10 merkins/15 squats w/coupon/20 LBCs w/coupon) and a shakeout mosey to runway and back
MARY: 50 curls, 50 calf raises, 50 hammers and lunge walk the coupons back home
MOLESKINE: it was dark until it wasn’t
ANNOUNCEMENTS: possible east side night moves upcoming. Keep a lookout for date
COT: sunrise, sunrise
PLAYLIST: my latest Shazams which begs to know when and where I shazam’d some of them

Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-08-26 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , Ultratecht, Hot Route PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Nice, shirt remained on.
THE THANG: 5ish miles a smidge under 10 min/mile pace
GRID: Alabama
PLAYLIST: Nature

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-08-24 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), greyalbum, Hot Route, The Bobs FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Very nice
WARMUP: Mosey, grab dumbbells from car and bring to gym, SSH, arm circles, grab coupons.
THE THANG: Hinge/Pull/Push/Squat
Partner up for stations. 10 reps of each exercise then rotate to next station. All PAX does 10 squats with coupons.
25, 20, 15 lb dumbbells and 35 lb kettlebell for use with below
Circuit 1. – Deadlift – Row – Y press – Gob squat
Circuit 2 – Good morning – Bicep curl – Merkin – Sumo squat
Circuit 3 – Dumbbell/kettlebell swing – Hammer curl – Laying chest fly – Suitcase squat
MARY: 5 burpees
GRIDIRON COFFEE TALK: Trees. We talked a whole lot about trees. Not the fun ones either, just trees we saw in yards. Oak is a fan favorite, every other tree apparently sucks bad.
PLAYLIST: Apple Music 90s Indie rock playlist. Some PAX knew some songs, I did not
:deciduous_tree:

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: