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Accumulator

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WARMUP:
SSH and Windmills while Beaker geared-up and joined us.
Ran to the new parking lot at the top of main for more warm-up:
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
SealJacks
Plank Punches
Travoltas

THE THANG:
Ran to Blackwell’s Tax service parking lot, which became our starting point for each accumulator round.

For each round, an exercise was called and pax ran to first telephone pole to do one rep (4 count), then ran to second pole for 2, 3rd pole for 3, and so on, until the 9th pole was reached and 9 reps were done. Once leading pax completed, he ran back and “swept” everyone else, wherever they were, such that we all ran back together.

We got half way through my weinke of 10 exercises:
1. Mountain Climbers
2. Heels to heaven
3. Seal jacks
4. Box Cutters
5. Speed Skaters

Back to COT for a few exercises of Mary.

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Apple fritter

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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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Trip to the ER

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WARMUP: Done in the car
THE THANG: Munn to 21, loop the hospital, back up 21, loop Sunbelt, then up the hill, over the woods avoiding the big bad wolf and back to COT, 4-5 miles depending upon your loops in the woods
MARY: She fart sacked
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Damn Bar packet pickup, stay warm and don’t play in traffic
COT: Moms and kids

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Trails Are The Better Option

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WARMUP:
THE THANG: Some ran trails others ran boring roads to Wally World
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Newsletter
COT: Yes

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Backblast!

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WARMUP: Side straddle hops, merkins, imperial walkers, windmills
THE THANG: Mosey to church hill, partner up, one partner runs to top of hill and does 10 merkins, runs back down hill while partner does plank shoulder taps. Alternate splits for 10 min. Mosey to FBCFM parking lot, partner up, one partner does bear crawls or frog jumps for half the parking lot, sprints remaining distance and returns to partner who is alternating 25 LBCs and 25 russian twists. Alternate exercises for 10 min. Mosey to playground at PrintShop. Perform 10min AMRAP, no partners, 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats. Mosey to COT.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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I can see for miles and miles

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WARMUP: 2 miles for some, some miles for 2
THE THANG: 6+ miles for some 14+ for some
MARY: could not keep up
ANNOUNCEMENTS: sign up for Break the Dam
COT: <@U5Y5JA02G> wrapped it up for us

Followed by drinks at Replay, and breakfast sandwiches for some, 13 for coffeeteria

Wegs marathon miles are cranking up, look out for 6@6 pre-runs coming to an AO near you

looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Prison Squats

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WARMUP: Run to hill @Gold Hill Elementary and did 15 SSH
THE THANG: 10 prisoner squats 10 big boys 10 merkins at every light pole up hit every light pole down w each 3 set exercise.
MARY: running back to COT
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam Bar, boat show per Mark Nestle
COT: what happens stays

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Audible at O-Dark-Thirty

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Vuvuzela sent a text around 1:30am saying he was still up and wouldn’t be able to Q. Since I was already covering site Q duties anyway, I did what any site Q should do when you have a no show Q—step up and Q yourself but I was able to use Vuvuzela route he provided.

The Thang (Run):
Route took us:

– Down Munn Rd
– To Harris St
– Right into Sutton Mills
– Crossed Sutton Rd
– Down Suttonview Rd
– Into Masons Bend
– And back to home base

Clocked roughly 4–5 miles at a solid, conversational pace.

PSA: Running AOs require constant awareness. Too many distracted drivers out there. We can’t control them, but we can control spacing, visibility, and keeping our heads on a swivel. Shady and Tiller can attest.

COT: Talked briefly about stepping up when plans change. Leadership doesn’t wait for perfect conditions—it responds when needed. That’s how trust is built and how groups stay strong.

Grateful for men who show up, adapt, and get the work in—no excuses.

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Closing out 2025

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Eight men showed up for the final workout at Alcatraz this year. We began with some stretching and a slow jog to the fire station. We traveled up and down the three streets across from the park, at the bottom and top of the streets, 10 merkins and 10 squats. After we took a moment to catch our breath, we made our way back to the parking lot and on to the field.
For the remaining time, we performed the Accumulator. List of exercises, sprint across the field and back, add an exercise.

Exercises:
– CCDs
– Jump Squats
– Flutters
– Shoulder Taps
– Side Lunges
– Box Cutters
– Hand Release Merkins
– SSHs
– Burpees

I ended with an analogy. I asked if anyone heard of Stanley Drukenmiller (nope) , or David Tepper (yes). Both of these men have consistently outperformed the stock market over the past 30 years. Doubling their money in less than 3 year compared to 7.2 if invested in an index fund. Relating it back to fitness, you can continue to be average or you can seek out those men who excel and find out what they do differently.
Start now…It doesn’t get any easier when you get older.

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