Author: Jeanie

It has officially been been announced  the North Face Endurance challenge is coming to the Scenic hills of Bear Mountain.  This event will take place on May 13 & 14  and similar to the years in the past we’d love to make it awesome.  This will be a day long filled up fun. On Saturday May 13th we will be participating in the marathon relay. So now is the time to get together your team and and sign up at  https://www.thenorthface.com/get-outdoors/endurance-challenge/new-york.html. We have a special discount code that you can use at check out it is NPNY15 for 15% off. If you want to channel your inner Myles Fennon the Gore-tex 50 miler, 50k  and marathon will also take place on this day.  Luckily there will also bring a kids fun run for the Vader’s out there. On Sunday there will be the half marathon, 10k and 5k. In years past the Marathon relay is by far the most popular race and the New York tribe brings the energy and costumes BIG TIME! You just do not want to miss out on this!!   when we get a little closer to the date we will be offering a bus like previous years that will drop off and pick up in Manhattan.  If you want to just come up on the bus and hang out with awesome people and cheer this is totally an option as well.  There is also Air B&B’s near by where you can rent cottages #NP_Slumberparty #Traverbalsgalore so what are you waiting for ? Do not wait sign up right now !!!

• some of you may know last Sunday tragically my father fell and hit his head that caused a hemorage on his brain. He went under emergency surgery and when he awake was in an induced coma.  In a flurry of events my mom rode in the ambulance and when arriving to the hospital her cell phone was dead. She was instructed to go to the waiting room outside the ICU where she will be given further notice if his condition post surgery. That is where she was welcomed open arms by the Lopez family. They extended cell phones, weather updates offered food and water. It was shocking to me that this family was so willing to help us.  Over the next 48 hours my dad remained in ICU for observation and was in an induced coma till that evening. This was terrifying seeing someone you love more than anything powerless. Throughout the night we saw the Lopez family come in shifts their was about 30 of them that we could see. All taking turns to spend time with Mr.Lopez who was also in a coma. He had been in a coma for about a month. Mr.Lopez had cancer and it has spread all throughout his body.

By by that evening my father started squeezing our hands and finally opened his eyes. He was awake ; surgery went as plan and my dad was on his way to recovery. Last Friday my mom, sister and myself all went to the hospital as my dad was finally coming home! This was such an exciting moment for my family we were so excited to scoop him up. On our way in we saw about ten members from the Lopez family.  My sister smiled largely at the family and inquired on Mr. Lopez there response was, he’s about the same.  My mother instinctly wrapped her arms around Maria who is Mr.Lopez’s daughter and Maria smiled ear to ear and said I love hugs.  My mom held on to Maria for what felt like fifteen minutes.  Tears were welling up in my eyes 6 days ago we were all complete strangers. We then as a group hugged every single member of the Lopez family and engaged in a lot of promising of prayers and sending healing vibes to Mr.Lopez.  The power of a hug is often under estimated.  It can change someone’s entire day.  In that moment I thought to myself how did we all know this is what we all needed. read more

Today we kicked off the morning in a little bit of a different fashion. We went what we like to called at 5:28 Am in the morning #BUCKWILD. What does that even mean you ask?

Definition of Buck Wild according to the urban dictionary

For somebody or something to go crazy in some way. Can be used to describe a person going crazy or can be used in a sexual sense as well.
person Description: “John went buck wild after I told him I wrecked his car.” read more