Author: Sam

Yup, I’m writing this late on Friday night. And I have a light on. So, by the time you read this, I’ll probably be out doing my final long run before STWM next weekend. Or I’ll have finished my run and will be having breakfast with Michelle whilst we plan workouts for the coming weeks. Or it’s possible that it is no longer Saturday morning and everyone is doing something different. All I can say for sure is that Michelle won’t be hungover tomorrow, which will presumably be reflected in the workouts that we plan. read more

There are obviously a lot of things that I love about November Project, but one the biggest is definitely its ability to bring people together. When we first started pledging, the majority of people who showed up were people I already knew, people predominantly who I ran with and hassled to come join me at crazy o’clock in the morning. Over time, that has changed drastically, and now the people who I knew before they came to their first November Project workout are consistently outnumbered by people I had no idea even existed before they just showed up for the first time. read more

A few words from Ben and Arden last week! I would have posted this sooner but I’ve been busy. Eating. Mainly ice cream.

“So the two of us decided to do a post together today ‘cause why the hell not?

Today mom and dad were away so Arden and I had the honour to take charge of this mornings’ workout with all you beautiful people! read more

Wisconsin Notes:

• Balls. Mosquito bites. Ice cream.
• Sweet sweaty workout with balls. Rich what?
• WORLD TAKEOVER DAY

So I’m sat here eating my ice cream trying to think of a witty ball-related title for this post, and all I can really think about is how many times I got bitten by mosquitoes this morning. Did anyone else bitten lots, or did the little fuckers just single me out as breakfast? read more

Olympics fever has arrived! With Michelle and I enthralled by the pinnacle of sporting achievement that is the 31st Olympiad currently being taking place in Rio, and the modern pentathlon scheduled to begin tomorrow morning, we decided to host our very own NP Pentathlon.

Proceedings began with an 800m loop of the castle, which everyone crushed in the early morning sunshine. Following swiftly on from that was the equestrian aspect of the event – the ever fun donkey kicks – with rowing (abs) and triple jump (LOADS of broad jumps) rounding out the ‘field’ events. The pentathlon culminated in the inevitable 62m stair sprint. read more

Wisco Notes:

• Summit happened.
• Monday Popup happened.
• Wednesday workout happened.
• No fun was had at all this week.
• Lots of photos of people having no fun.

Ok ladies and gentlemen, this one’s a long one. I’m writing it whilst preparing myself for tomorrow’s 5 Peaks trail race (i.e. I’m eating too much ice cream and How I Met Your Mother is on in the background). Michelle has also made some additions: this is no solo effort. read more

I’m going to start with a little shouting. BIGGEST TURNOUT YET. We hit 40 people plus a dog at today’s workout! Michelle and I are secretly (now not so secretly) aiming for at least 50 people at workouts by the time we have our one year anniversary on August 24th, so this is a big step in that direction. In the meantime, please carry on the strong recruiting work! You make this what it is, so the more people you share it with, the better it gets! #recruiteveryone read more

“So I have a theory that the people who do NP are maybe some of the friendliest people around.”

That is a direct quote from a real message that I received today post-workout, from someone who has only recently joined us. To quote Lauren, the newly-retired San Diego co-leader, “it’s you that make this thing work, it’s you that are changing the world.” I couldn’t agree with that more. For all that people thank Michelle and I after workouts, it should be the other way round: you guys make this what it is, and let’s face it: this shit is good. read more