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We woke, we rose, we hugged, we howled, we racedayed, we PRed, we cheered, we went home, we showered (hopefully)…then it was 7am. A full morning with a full moon and full hearts.
The crisp temperatures of our final day in January gave us great #raceday conditions and even better vibe. We even got a newbie at the 5:28am group!! Which…this time of year are few and far between.
We’re four. That’s awesome!!! We never hesitate to let people know that midwestern, landlocked Indianapolis came on as one of the first ten NP tribes. (Woohoo!) We came onboard before NY, before NY Part Deux, before Chicago (hey neighbor!), before LA…. We’re proud, but channeling our midwestern roots, we’re humble and caring, so when something disruptive, something impactful happens to our NP family, we care. Like any older sibling, that’s especially true when it affects a younger (albeit only a couple months younger) sibling. Our friends in the City of Angels lost a strong part of their tribe recently when a wonderful tribesmate named Sean died. Sean fought brain cancer and its pervasive strains for 17 long months. This morning, we honored Sean by celebrating his life and the principles he stood for; equality, community, empowerment, support. NP worldwide stands for these same principles, so from Indy to LA we send our best; all for one cause, all for one movement, and at times like these, all for one person and the lives he’s touched.
Another single digit workout tag earned today as my cell phone showed me 2°F (-17°C) before it froze and stopped working. So we’ll just use that as the official temp for today’s workout. But, #weatherproof doesn’t mean just working out in any weather, it means using the weather to your advantage!! A couple weeks ago, it was “Snowangle Leg Raises” (patent pending) and this week it was “Snowball Target Practice to choose your workout fate” (patent…secured). We set up a target and each person threw a snowball at it and whichever you hit…you owed 20 reps of that exercise and 10 reps of the other two exercises. Exercises were:
The singles club that is….It was the second Wednesday in a row that if you #justshowedup you earned your Single Digit Tag™. With temperatures starting at 5°F and topping out at a balmy 8°F when it was all said and done (which incidentally is 5° and 8° warmer than last week, respectively), we put those resolutions to the test. But, the good thing is that we heated up pretty quickly as we employed the “Mustache Flight Pattern” on the north side which always involves a fair amount of running.
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PR Day (aka Race Day), a real mother. PR Day during the holidays, a totally wretched thing. PR Day during the holidays in zero degree weather, ugh.
Screw it; Let’s do it!!! Props to those that just showed in these temps–lack thereof–this morning. You guys absolutely rock, even if the only record broken this morning was Indy’s lowest Race Day temp. And props to those that showed up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this morning for their first workout! What a way to kick it all off.
It’s no secret around the global November Project community that NP Indy has been ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING 2017. Between the growth in numbers, “buy-in”, stadium workouts, local media coverage (and national with Andrew’s accomplishments), and ultimately being named the Indy’s Best Outdoor Workout of 2017, the Indy tribe has had one epic year. The reason for this is because we have some absolutely amazing and creative humans in this city that love Indy and love this community.
In what has become an unofficial goal for NP Indy, we take songs that you normally like…and we ruin them for you. We’ve done it with burnouts, we’ve done it with bounces, and now we’ve done it with Christmas music. We celebrated the season (and the first day of Hanukkah) with our “12 Days of Christmas” workout.
Our first major Michigan Street freeze out didn’t slow our roll, it got us eager to go! People were absolutely flying through this Dilly workout, and for good reason; slackers and spiced honey mead wine almsgivers (there were few) were thrown into the Pit of Misery. Here in Indy, the Pit of Misery is less like the Moon Door and more like a triple Race Day.
Love was in the air this morning: Tom’s love for the paint crew and his young age, Howard’s love for Tom, Tom’s love for Howard; that pretty much wraps it up.
| When it comes to race days, sometimes the love of NP is a little tougher to come by–I mean, that’s a lot of burpees and stairs–so we highlight love wherever we can find it. In all seriousness, that love of showing support for each other was highly apparent this morning with all the hugs, smiles, high-fives, course guides, PR pride, and positive attitudes. You guys make NP what it is by following our lead in trying to bring your best every morning. Today, it definitely showed! Howard and Tom rekindled their bromance while the rest of us rekindled our love for the smack-down we lay on race days when the mood is bright and the weather is right!
So, Casey was on blog duty this week but apparently his office internet is down so we will have a joint effort as he texted me his intro. Which, you can probably tell is by Casey as he, much like Snoop Dogg and Dr. Seuss, has a very specific rhyme scheme.
Casey: “Absolute smash and thrash of the stache dash this mornash (Dutch for morning, ask anybody at NP_AMS)!! Andy is getting triple teamed on the college football burpee bets, so good luck to him this weekend.”
