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The hills were alive at Dawn Patrol

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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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Don’t Forget the Flowers!

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WARMUP: Cohiba’s attempt at the F3 Mission flopped so we started with 10 burpees flower by SSH and some other moves. Then we set off on a field trip.
THE THANG: Pax covered 2 ish miles today with stops at Town Hall, Courtyard fka as Pike Electric, Millstone Park, Veterans Park, WEP playground. At each stop, pax took turns naming an exercise of choice and passing a Valentine to another pax. That pax got to draw one of 5 cards which led to the # of reps:

All hearts today
10 = 10 reps
Jack = 15 reps
Queen = plank while chosen pax shares Valentine’s Day wisdom learned the hardway (through Failure)
King = 20 reps
Ace = 25 reps

We moseyed home after the playground
MARY: yes, a few mins at the end
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam, trash pickup
COT: prayers for health for several, job searches

A great morning of movement and fitness including many reps and many burpees. The pax were frisky and playful like a bunch of puppies, and the mumblechatter was strong throughout.

One of the many things I love about F3 is the multigenerational nature, and we had pax from 38-59 today. The span of age, geographic origins and backgrounds provided wide ranging experiences around the topic of romance and the Valentine’s Day holiday. Grateful for the enthusiasm, wisdom and humor everyone brought!

Parking lot Donuteeria was a success as well. Who’s gonna turn that into the norm?

Thanks for the invite JWOW and your solid leadership of our flagship AO!

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Cougars and Gold Diggers

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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

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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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Change is the Game

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WARMUP: Cold morning required a warm up session for the Q so the rest of the pax got the same
THE THANG: Mosey to basketball court on far side of school. Stopped on way at picnic tables for some step-ups and dips (3 rounds). The routine at the court involved 2 laps of yogging followed by a round of 3 core exercises followed by one set of suicides. We rinsed and repeated for a total of 3 full cycles of this routine. Then moseyed back to launch.
MARY: She joined throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam, trash pickup
COT: Some quick departures shrunk the COT crowd. We identified Honky Tonk and Sugar Bug as Ballroom regulars we hadn’t seen recently. One pax committed to reach out to each for a check in.

Throughout the Thang, pax traded experience regarding how change has impacted their life and whether they felt the rate of life changes was accelerating as they age or slowing. General agreement was that the volume and rate of change GROWS as we age. A comment was made about the rate of change vs EXPECTATIONS. Q Source says we prepare for what’s expected so that we’re in the best position possible to respond for the inevitable times when unexpected change will come our way.

My experience and study on life change indicates we go through many cycles and each one reflects three stages: an ending to the current reality, an uncomfortable in between period, then a new beginning. Moving past the “ending” that is really the start of change often requires a “letting go”….maybe even a grieving period. What do you need to let go of so you can move forward?

Grateful to Bass for the Q invite and the very timely reminder at Flight Plan Mon morning. Also grateful for the covey of Respectable HIM who posted to help sharpen me. May God continue to bless The Fort!

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My taste was acquired

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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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Super G loves Jack Webb

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36 degrees and balmy compared to how it has been.
WARMUP: ran to the corners of the path around WEP and performed SSH, Squats, mountain climbers and others.
THE THANG:
1. Jacob’s ladder on the hill. Merkins at bottom, donkey kicks at top.
2. Playground: partner up. Partner 1 runs around playground. Partner 2 does LBC. Flapjack. Repeat with derkins then swing crunches.
3. Jack Webb
MARY: round robin of Mary today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam, Cannoli run(May), BRR(September)
COT: family health, job search, praise for the PAX.

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More than 6@6

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WARMUP: OYO
THE THANG: >6 miles Kingsley to Munn to Harris to Fort Mill back to Jackson to Harris to Munn to Kingsley
MARY: Burpees & other stuff OYO
ANNOUNCEMENTS: One Word, Men’s Shelter
COT:

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