Author: Deniz

From Emily: Almost one whole year ago, my life changed in a way I don’t think I’ll ever be able to describe.  Along with my friends Evan Dana, and Deniz K (I still don’t know how to spell his last name without copying and pasting from Facebook), I became one of the three November Project Boston co-leaders.  None of us could have known at that point all the incredible ways that being co-leaders would change us, empower us, challenge us, and inspire us.  We were asked to take on this incredible honor/responsibility because of how much we each love NP, how much we care about the tribe and every single member, how much we believe in the power of the community and the importance of the workouts.  And ultimately, we were asked to give of ourselves something special to the tribe and NP as a whole.  Over the last year, I have come to know and respect Evan and Deniz far more deeply than I could have expected.  They have given their time, talent, skill, passion, heart, heart, heart, more time, humility, blood, sweat, and certainly tears to this tribe, and I know I speak for the entire tribe when I say thank you.  Thank you both for giving of yourselves, for being so genuinely you, and for making this tribe (and the whole freaking worldwide community of NP) better.  You each bring unique and valuable gifts to the tribe, and they have been appreciated every single day of this journey.  My gratitude for you is immeasurable, because I certainly cannot imagine having been on this journey without each of you.  I love you DE, and thanks for making #DEE so special.  Thank you for continuing to be the amazing, awesome leaders in this tribe that you have always been, both before and during co-leadership, and now beyond.  read more

On Monday, we are meeting at Lincoln Park near Cory Clarke Donuts in Somerville. This will be a very special workout by Evan. Find out the exact location here and verbal.

Today, the weather was perfect for a great hill breakfast. We ran up and down on the front side of Summit Avenue all the way to Beacon Street and back up, spiced it up with ninja stairs all the way to Beacon Street and back up again, and topped it off with 10 push-ups before we went for a repeat. Remember to record your reps in the same link where you found out the Monday location. read more

Today was the worst! Tuck jumps trying avoid the shorts sliding down from your wet butt.  Planking while people jump over you, not being sure if that was a rain drop or a sweat drop. Lying on the ground and raising your legs, while holding somebody’s wet ankles and watching rain drops land on your face. And pushing yourself up from the wet ground. Ugh! read more

What’s a family? Dictionary says it’s a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household. It’s our siblings, parents, children. It’s our dog or cat. It’s people who adopted us/were adopted by us. It’s the kids of our step-parent. It’s our in-laws. Actually it’s more than that.  It’s the people we live with. It’s the people we see almost everyday, share memories with and miss when they are gone. After 3+ years of seeing each other 3+ times a week, we have become one huge family. We keep growing, but sometimes some family members have to go away. Good thing is that Tommy, Katy and Nathaniel are not by themselves. They are with our cousins in San-Francisco. And, they sometimes come visit us.

Tommy and I had a duel to win a spot in the family picture. I was not gonna be nice just because he is a little shorter than me. I hit, he fell. He hit, I fell. Eventually, the judges decided that he won, and he got his spot in the family picture. But Katy and Nathaniel felt bad for me, and they were nice enough to have a picture taken with me too. read more

Happiness is Wednesday morning at the stadium.

Happiness is sunlight at the START of the 5:30 group.

Happiness is push-up fire drills while running as many sections as possible in 45 min.

Happiness is celebrating the successes of so many marathon runners.

Happiness is celebrating everyone’s successes for all sections completed. read more

Today’s workout was:

snow snow snow burpee snow burpee burpee sprint deep-snow virgin-snow fresh-snow packed-snow somersault ice ice baby snow-powder snow bunny-hop snow sunrise burpee snow race snow piggyback wheelbarrow snow snow snow snow burpee burpee run snow burpee team-of-3 burpee snow burpee run-snow-run snow-run-snow read more

We know you are fed up with shoveling. We also know that you awesome human beings are already going out of your ways to help others during these snowy days. You might also be coming to shovel the stadium tonight 6:30-8pm.

We challenge you to take another world-changing action today. Find a not-shoveled or partly-shoveled hydrant, and shovel it today. Take a picture and post on your social media handle with hash-tag: #TheTribeShovelsHydrants, and inspire others. We know you won’t do this just for a prize, but there will be a prize for one tribe member who completes the homework today and posts by 10pm. read more

ISTANBUL NOTES: