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1. Use all grips. Close, neutral, overhand, underhand, towel, etc.

2. Make sure you are getting your miles in so that your turkey trot comes off enjoyably, without injury, etc.

As for your own mini circuits:

mon/thur: push-ups (or some variation) are a much natural pair on a deadlifting circuit and generally a better choice than situps or pullups, imo (I know the crossfit guru has paired pullups with d/l)

fri: I'd do the dumbell work before the run, myself

3. At this point you want to get some miles in at race pace and also do longer runs. I suspect that diet is the key to losing weight, and that fine tuning against your expenditures is folly. Figure how how much and what you eat. Reduce/eliminate the bad stuff, and replace it with good stuff. Go from there. There's several key elements it seems to me that are missing to make things more like crossfit, but maybe look into that after your run. More important than the programming over the next couple weeks is the general enthusiasm and energy you are dedicating to yourself carrying over.

That's all I have time for, now...