Free Fitness Movement. All you need to do is show up!
Good Afternoon
I was up in Portland, Maine for most of last week and missed our Turkey Day workouts but wanted to pass along a boom and thanks to y’all.
Thank you to all the new people who continue to show up and keep this group growing and evolving.
Thank you to the early goers who thought we were the shit before the masses had heard of us.
Today we took the the National Gallery of Art for our 6:30 am free fitness overload. In theme with today’s guest blog post, take a second to think about that: tourists from all over the world come to these iconic locations that we have become burpee friendly with and we do it every week. We are turning our city into our playground and will continue to do so until the world doesn’t need more community and/or free fitness. Take it away, Katie Courtin.
Two nights ago, I received a message from Ron Buch. Ron detailed the impact November Project has had on his life, his fitness, and his outlook on community. After asking him if it’s okay to share with the world, here is a piece from our very Ron Buch. The Tribe is ageless, the Tribe is for everyone, the Tribe is strong.
A night after 800,000 went to the mall for a free concert, we took one billion people to the Lincoln Memorial for free fitness.
As always thank you to the Veterans that allow us to do what we do. One day of thanks doesn’t quite cut it.
Today we welcome first timers across both 5:30 & 6:30. The message is clear: keep showing up, make new friends, build this community, and accidentally get cut in the process.
Good Evening DC,
As most you all know by now, we went ahead and knocked our goal out of the ball park, out of the city, out of the mother fucking planet. That is a testament to each and every one of you. The repeated messages, calls, proposals to hangout with old friends…at 6:30 am, there are no wrong ways to recruit, and you guys proved to be great at it.
The final push. We had a birthday, Halloween, PRWeek, all hyping towards this Wednesday. We’ve hit 489, 450, 440. We are close to the mark, to the #TattooVerbal. We have created a challenge to bring out your inner fire and inner recruiter. Hype the fact that you are a part of a free fitness movement that is sweeping the District. Hype that people in the House, Senate, in the Oval office do not start off their morning with the same energy that you do.
The final day of #NP1YR blasted off at 6:30 am. Capitol east side with a massive game of tag. Those who came, congrats. Those who missed, it was epic.
Visitors from NYC, Mississippi. Chris Gray (#positivityaward holder) was throwing down.
ANNOUNCEMENTS (there are lots of them)
To confirm your reading of this blog post, could you please tweet, “Thank you @capitolpolice for hosting @nov_Project_dca this morning,” or something of that nature.
Cheers. Cheers to the year behind us. Cheers to a year of crazy memories, crazy friends. To #weatherproof, to #justshowup, to hugging. Cheers to #Positivityaward winners, to Park Police, to White House Police, to DC police. Cheers, to the a sexy bowler, a hoistie, an optional fuck yeah on hand contact, to booms, pops, pows, has, hos, whos, oles. To a little bit louder now, to the Beatles. Cheers. Cheers to the next year.
Let’s break it down, chronologically.
For those of you who do not know, this is what we looked like a year ago:
(steve came slightly after this photo for the record)
Then we started bouncing, hopping, jumping up in numbers, vibes, and fitness. We were able to grow at such a quick rate that come January 1, we added Friday’s to our lineup. First Friday seen here from Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.:
Sun isn’t rising until group photo. Jackets are on. Fall is here.
Welcome to the next 6 months+ of NP. As perfect as today was for running, we are #weatherproof. We will meet M/W/F 6:30 in any weather, any place in DC. Get in that mindset. I’m pumped.
We’re going bullets for the recap.