The hills were alive at Dawn Patrol

WARMUP: short mosey SSH and a burpee X 3
THE THANG: 4 corners at the park next to the town offices. Hand Release Merkins were a crowd favorite.

Some curb work at the lot near 160. Diamond Derkin Burpees were attempted.

Some partner work and laps around the Ampitheater.

3 kinds of jacks (plank, bomb, and seal) and the a hill climb with burpees on top.

Bear Crawl the grassy hill. Because we GET TO!

MARY: She never made it up the hill.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Adopt a Highway / Bethel Shelter / Cannoli Run / The overnight ruck!
COT: Lord give us strength for the challenges we all endure.

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Homestead Route

WARMUP: Not at this AO. But YHC did jump a lot from 5:10-5:14 (Q-drenaline)

THE THANG: Run to WillowBrook and back via Orchard Park Elementary. Proof: https://www.strava.com/activities/17574144266

MARY: Might have passed her on the route, not sure.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for Bethel Men’s Shelter THIS THURSDAY! The need is great, the workers are few.

NMM: I articulated the route as starting out towards the QT, but then immediately ran the wrong direction. Nobody said anything. 😥 (Retread and I corrected the route, but come on men!)

When the leader doesn’t do what they said they’d do, other leaders should speak up. Our community needs your voice. Hold each other accountable.

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Cougars and Gold Diggers

Stole from Spike: https://f3thefort.com/2026/02/18/hill-sprints/

WARMUP: yea
THE THANG: see Spike’s stuff. I dropped many (NOT ALL) of the burpees by poplar demand
MARY: flutters
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots in the newsletter
COT: was held….think about problems and conditions

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Hill Sprints

WARMUP:
Mosey up the hill towards the lot by White Street, stopping along the way for:
Side Straddle Hops, Squats, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Up Dog, Down Dog, Walk the Dogs

THE THANG: Board of Pain at top of hill by the White Street
Do 10 reps of first exercise, run down hill for 2 burpees, run back up hill.
Repeat the pattern until last exercise has 20 burpees at the bottom of the hill.

1. Donkey Kicks / 2 burpees
2. Big Boys / 4 burpees
3. Bomb Jacks / 6 burpees
4. Merkins / 8 burpees
5. LBCs / 10 burpees
6. Jump Squats / 12 burpees
7. Shoulder Taps / 14 burpees
8. Apolo Ohno / 16 burpees
9. Calf Raises / 18 burpees
10. Overhead claps / 20 burpees
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam, Break the Dam
COT: Prayers for healing, wellness of kids, family, community

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The road least traveled

WARMUP: the nice warm air gave us all the warm up we needed
THE THANG: the recommended route was L on munn, R on Harris, R on Sam smith, R into Sutton place neighborhood, take the first left 3 times to arrive at Sutton, R on Sutton, turn around once you hit 6th Baxter and do the whole thing in reverse. 4.35 miles. Not many did this route, but those who did were treated to some solid hill work <#C09QRA67ST0>

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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My taste was acquired

The chill came back and 8 showed up for a run around the Sunbelt parking lot.

From the amphitheater at Kingsley we moseyed up to Sunbelt. At one end of the lot, we completed various upper and lower exercises that were written on my weinke. Running across the lot to the far end, we spent more time doing various upper and lower body exercises that were written on my weinke.

I gave Spike my weinke so I am going to fail to list the details of exactly what we performed.

There was a decent amount of mumblechatter that kept things just interesting enough that Super-G was able to hang. He did not stay for my motivational speech at the end and missed out on a good one. Ask me sometime about my two words for the last few years.

Old Bay was missed as his solar panels failed him this morning.

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A Celebration Trip to the Islands

WARMUP: Tried and true — SSH, Windmill, Mtn climber, down dog, up dog, etc. mosey to Lowes
THE THANG: Pax mustered near island at far entrance of Lowes. Completed a routine of doing some form of upper body exercise x15 at front Island, moved in j varying forms to next island away from store for some core exercise x15z then returned to original island and planked. Then we moved to the next set of islands.

During each plank session one pax shared a personal note of celebration for the day, ranging from a VQ to a wife’s return home from 2 weeks of travel to a 2.0’s successful landing of a new job.

After doing all sets of islands, we moseyed to the end of the retail strip and pax formed two teams for a relay race of bear crawls and crawl bears.

Mosey home.
MARY: included throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes as always

I love the spirit and energy at Slow Burn and the pax didn’t disappoint. Lots of mumblechatter and laughs for 45 mins. Not only is this season dark, cold and heavy but the general tone in the world seems the same. Grateful to see the pax take timeout to celebrate and identify an area of light in their life.

We’re called to be the light amid the darkness. Go light the way men!

Thanks Peach Stand and congrats on 3 yrs in the Gloom!

#KeepPosting

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Cold buckets

WARMUP: We did a few things
THE THANG: One bucket at the bottom of the hill, one at the top.

The PAX enjoyed selecting pre printed slips of various exercises to execute and perform to perfection. The slips did not include anything too miserable for a 18 degree morning so we believe all survived. A nice coffee was provided postgame by <@U06RH8NQ44A>
MARY: SSH’s while Pusher retrieved the distant uphill bucket.

<@U035XDY7ABC> provided encouraging anecdotes from his recent trip to train awesome friends in Cuba :pray: <@U04GQT8NQ4C>
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A few
COT: Praise for those in Cuba, for grandchildren, and for the Lord giving us the privilege of being alive in His creation in the pre dawn 18 degree air.

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Apple fritter

WARMUP: None
Announcements: None
Mary: None

Route was down Munn Rd to Harris St to Corner Donuts (have you tried?) and back.

No one brought me anything back from Corner Donuts.

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