WARMUP: no
THE THANG: the usual
MARY: who’s mom?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: sure
COT: yes
WARMUP: fallen fruit collections
THE THANG: walk around Kingsley and chat about Barbie
MARY: she wasn’t there today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff
COT: prayers
WARMUP:
THE THANG: out market towards the river district. Turn right on gardenia, first right on morris hunt. Go all the way to the end, turn around and head back. Next left on downing, follow until it ends at the bottoms of the Berkshire loop. Follow the loop back uphill to Richard’s crossing and head back to cot. 4.25 miles total.
We don’t go down morris hunt that often, I thought it would be a good change. Maybe next time we go up gardenia instead of down
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: Community Service
THE THANG: Adopt a Highway
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: 3rd Qtr 2025
Inro and disclaimer.
WARMUP: Walk to the circle and did all upper body warm ups rucks off. MNC, Non-discrpt produce pickers, windmills, Hillbilly Walkers, and Imperial Walkers. Rucks on and down the hill and back up. Back at the circle, rucks on still. Plank, merkins, and plank.
THE THANG: walk over to the far parking lot for some island work. Rucks over head and walk to each island and 5 curls. Stopped at the deck for a small discussion around pausing our life as men to enjoy the time with our kids/ family. Up dog and down dog. Ground work with LBCs, freddy mercury and ruck flutters. Walking again back up to the area by Carolina Ale house. Side straddle hops and seal jacks. Final walk around the back of Starbucks then up to the pond and back to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read letter, Ragnar, be on the look out for a special event, clean up and men’s shelter
COT: Prayers for family, travel mercies and jobs.
WARMUP: none
THE THANG: Run trails or Run Road
MARY: Nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep
COT: Amazingly proficient
WARMUP: Mosey to Grace Presbyterian Lot
FNG found pax there and joined
All exercises I/C
Windmills
Merkins
Cherry pickers
Low slow squats
Peoples chair with Moroccan night clubs and air presses
THE THANG: The Ladder
Complete each exercises followed by a mosey to the drop off circle and return. Add an exercise at each return. Go back down the ladder by dropping one exercise each round
5 burpees
10 diamond merkins
15 wide arm merkins
20 lunges (10 each leg)
25 squats
30 seal jacks
Moseyed toward COT with 5 burpees along the way
MARY: time for protractors, hello dollys and rosalitas. That took pax to 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: as always, 5th core principle
Thanks for the call, Half Shell :eye:
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Ruck for 3.25 miles
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Minute Man rolled in at 6:02 — just early enough to technically make the “6ish” window.
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?♂️ Road Warriors:
• Fogerty, Bass-o-Matic, and YHC tackled Sam Neely to Harvest Point and back — locked in a crisp 10K (6.2 miles) before most people even hit snooze.
• Peach Stand took the scenic route: Sutton, Baxter, Starbucks fly-by. 4.25 miles and the quote of the morning: “6 miles wasn’t in the forecast.”
• Tiller and Minute Man completely ignored the Harvest Point turn like it never existed.
• Tiller hit the Dam and flipped it at 8 miles.
• Minute Man nearly made it to his own driveway before realizing we weren’t behind him — turned back at Dam Rd for 9 miles, crushed That Hill™ like it was flat. Savage move.
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? Trail Gang:
• Vuvuzela and Roll Off delivered a trail-running masterclass:
• Vuvuzela lost a shoe mid-run, went full archaeologist to dig it out, and still gutted out 9.5 miles.
• Roll Off sprinted those same 9.5 miles like he was racing the time clock — controlled chaos at its finest.
• Sasquatch went full beast mode: prerun from home to Lake Haigler, ran the workout, then ran home. 10.66 miles — just showing off at this point.
• Everest and Cobra Kai casually dropped 9 miles like it was a warm-up jog.
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? Ruck Ops:
• Wegmans did his thing — 3.6 Kingsley loop miles with weight on his back and grit in his soul.
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? Shoes were lost. Hills were tamed. Coffee was earned.
?See you next week — no map needed (but maybe bring a phone just in case).
Pulled in with 5 minutes to spare, unloaded the whiteboard of pain, and got ready to honor someone who fought harder than we ever will in a 45-minute workout.
Today’s beatdown was in memory of Kathleen “Mrs. Burns,” the M of F3 Puget Sound’s Burns, who courageously battled pancreatic cancer for 571 days before passing on August 21, 2022. The workout was built as a tribute to her strength, endurance, and spirit.
THE WOD: “Mrs. Burns” Tribute
(Goal: 5 rounds – Completed: 3 rounds IC)
Buy-In: Run ~0.35 miles (approx. 500M)
Each Round (x3):
– 20 Overhead Coupon Presses
– 20 Burpees
– 20 Curls
– 20 V-Ups
– 20 Goblet Squats
– 13 Man-Makers
– Run ~0.35 miles again
Team Grinder – The Block Chain:
– Stack all Cindy’s at the front
– Line up the PAX
– First HIM passes a block down the line
– Last HIM restacks it, moves to the back
– Repeat until every man has cycled through
– (Yes, it was slow. Yes, it burned. Yes, we’ll probably do it again.)
COT:
– Announcements, praises, and prayer
– Challenge: Carry more than just weight today—carry each other
– Wrapped with Coffeeteria at Tega Cay Deli because fellowship matters
Strong men showed up. Stronger reasons kept us going.
#MrsBurns #PushThroughThePain #F3Strong