Free Fitness Movement. All you need to do is show up!
Doctors, lawyers, pilots, teachers, students, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, doesn’t matter who you are, what you believe in, what your ‘status’ is, you are or can be a part of the Kelowna November Project Tribe…and what a tribe it is…such a community based “person loving” group that our mayor declared a special day, November Project Community Day, on November 28, 2018…how far we have come!!!
Two Truths & A Lie (I’ll let you decide which one is a lie at the end..)
1. I’ve yet to regret a single November project workout and leave the morning feeling amazing and energized for my day
2. You have to be a morning person or a certain level of “fit” to participate in November Project
So started my journey with NP…with a simple question that was born out of a “chance meeting” (insert eye roll here because if you know me at all, you will know that I don’t actually believe in “chance meetings!”). It was Sunday of the Labour Day Long Weekend in 2017 and I boarded a school bus at the Delta Grand Hotel in Kelowna which was taking people the start line of the Wine Country Half Marathon at Vibrant Vine Winery. There was one seat left on the bus and so I took it. I introduced myself to my seat mate — his name was Steve. Over the course of the 20 minute bus ride I learned that we were both pace bunnies for the race and so we had at least that one thing in common (we found out we have other things in common too — height and hair are not among them). We arrived at the start line and decided we should get a pace bunny pic. I took the photo and later posted it on my instagram account. Steve gave me his number and he asked me to send him the pic.
Everything was good, then not so good, then November Project changed that.
Hi, my name is Jared Waldroff and November Project has shown me more about myself than I thought just a morning workout would. It started out as a fun workout I started going to with way more people than I could count. Then after many coffee hangouts, laughs and lake dives it became something I was always looking forward to.
MICHELLE! MY NAME IS MICHELLE ANDI HAVE BEEN GOING TO NP FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE A TIME WITHOUT IT! LIKE WHAT EVEN WAS LIFE?? I lOVE NP IT’S CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE SO MUCH MY HEART COULD BURST! I LOVE THE CHALLENGE, THE FUN, THE COMMUNITY AND I LOVE THAT YOU CAN JUST SHOW UP AND BE YOURSELF!
Hey guys! I’m Olivia. (“Hi Olivia!” *clap clap*)
So. November Project. It can mean so little. It definitely meant nothing to me when I was first told about it. But it can also mean SO MUCH. It means more than almost anything to me now.
My first NP was on February 7th this year. That’s crazy to me because it feels like it’s been forever since I started going. Anyway. When I asked my friend, Leah, the night before if she wanted to go to the gym that next Wednesday morning she said that she had something she was doing in Kelowna at that time and that actually I should definitely come with her. We live in Vernon so I remember first thinking “What on earth do you have to do at 5:30 in the morning on a Wednesday in KELOWNA.” Closely followed by “Sure, why not, I’ll come.” I had learned to trust Leah’s crazy plans.
Holy shit guys this is really happening. We are starting up the blog.
What is the blog you ask?
It’s a place for us to talk about… well anything really. It’s a place for us to talk about the deep questions like, “who is louder, Michelle or Steve? “
Or maybe to fawn over the pictures of the dogs in our group.
Adopt a Clinic February Blood Drive Challenge
November Project Kelowna will be hosting a cheer station with Lululemon Kelowna and SpinCo at the Okanagan BMO Marathon on Sunday October 8th!! Come join our cheer station LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF ETHEL ST AND WEDDEL PL!! This NP, Lulu, SpinCo community cheering collab is sure to be the most fun you’ll have this Fall!
Time: Be at the Cheer Station @ 6:50am as things are going to get wild & crazy – there will be coffee/snacks! This will 100% be worth your morning and time.
Let’s GIVE THANKS on Thanksgiving by supporting our amazing community!!!!
Everyone is invited to join us and all November Project members are strongly to wear your November Project tagged shirt! – Don’t have one? Bring a bring blank, bright coloured shirt to next week’s NP workout and get a fresh, grassroots tagged shirt or bring one with you to the cheer station.
Anyone that joins our cheer station will get….
ONE FREE SPINCO CLASS (courtesy of our amazing friends @ SpinCo)
& ONE FREE NOVEMBER PROJECT KEYCHAIN
Our Cheer Station (the greatest cheer station ever) will have:
SPECIAL 6K TAG
You MUST BE THERE in order to get the Limited Edition NP Kelowna 6K tag on your shirt… We had this wicked design made just to tag your #grassrootsgear to commemorate your completion of the Sunrise 6K! Tagging will occur post run before we grab our morning coffee. Bring your plain bright coloured shirt that you want to get tagged with the LE 6K Tag!!
WHO
ANYONE & EVERYONE… As always, this November Project activity is for everyone and anyone. It doesn’t matter how often you work out, who you are, if you have ever been to November Project or not…
YOur PACE DOESN’T MATTER, YOUR PRESENCE DOES!!!!
WE WANT YOU TO COME!
WHERE/WHEN
Meet @ the Sails at 5:40 to 5:45! We will be departing on the run at 5:50. (reminder: Monday, August 28th)
THE ROUTE…
We will release the route in the days leading up to the run so that you can know where you go if you get lost or stop to tie your shoe. Plus who doesn’t love a surprise!
COST?
FREE as always with November Project workouts!!!
REMINDER: Don’t forget to check out the Nine Rising/Okanagan Lifestyle living room event from 11:00-4:00 tomorrow (August 19th) at the Okanagan Pride Festival at the Gazebo at Waterfront Park!
