It’s been a great few months of seeing your faces in person so first, we want to THANK this community: for being safe and patient as we navigated timing for starting up workouts again; for continuing to be safe and patient as we opened up Wednesday workouts in a socially distanced/masked/small group capacity; for showing up for each other time and time again throughout the last year of unknowns. THANK YOU.
YOU are November Project.
We have been overwhelmed by how well coming back on Wednesdays has gone; we’re excited to announce the return of PR Fridays aka FLY BY FRIYAYS.
Here’s the scoop:
-Last Friday of the month from now until the foreseeable future
-Drop in style from 6a-7a
-Same PR workout every month, track your time and work towards a new PR each time!
-PR workout is 0.99 miles long with 4 movement stops along the way (see map for more details).
-Can’t make it? You’ve got everything you need to do a DIY PR workout.
Here’s the ice cream:
We’re also tagging. Bring your clothes and we’ll turn them into #GrassRootsGear while you complete your PR workout.
HERE’S ALL THE NEED TO KNOW:
1. Thursday night: lay out your favorite outfit and get ready to rock your workout. Get your sleep in!
2. Friday morning: show up at Boom Island Park between 6a-7a.
3. Park in the BIG parking lot on the NW side of the park (if you want to be the closest to the start/finish lines. If that’s not a concern, park wherever you’d like!).
4. Drop off your tagging items at the tagging station by the BIG parking lot.
5. Make your way to the starting line (green arrow).
6. Start your watch and ready, set, GO! Don’t have a watch or timing device? We will have a couple that can be used.
7. At station one (“1” on map), do 5 burpees*. Once completed, run to station two.
8. At station two (“2” on map), do 10 burpees*. Once completed, run to station three.
9. At station three (“3” on map), do 15 burpees*. Once completed, run to station four.
10. At station four (“4” on map), do 20 burpees*. Once completed, run to the finish line.
11. Cross finish line (red dot on map), stop watch. Record your time and know it. There will be a quiz. You gotta know your time so you know when you are getting faster.
12. Celebrate! BYOBeverage and sip it in the parking lot with other folks, at a safe distance. Laugh! Be merry! Please limit any physical contact to members of your household/pod/etc.
13. Grab your grassroots gear and continue on your FriYAY.
Questions, Answered.
–Do I have to sign up? Nope! #JustShowUp *waiver still required
–Do I have to wear a mask? YES, before & after your PR lap. You can take your mask off while completing your lap and drinking your drinks in the parking lot.
–Can I do extra laps? Yes! Do however many you’d like!
–Can I start early? Of course, co-leaders will be there between 6a-7a for tagging and general merriment but you can complete your PR route whenever it works for your schedule. If we miss you, we’ll miss you and hopefully catch you next time.
–*SO. MANY. BURPEES. Yup, sure is. The great thing about burpees is there is a myriad of ways to do them – including breaking them down into pieces (1 burpee = 1 push-up + 1 air squat + jumping jack). That being said, this is YOUR PR. Have you been working on perfecting your crunches? Been doing glute bridges as part of your PT program? Do those! If burpees aren’t your breakfast cereal, feel free to pick a movement that feels good for you. No matter what you choose, we’re gonna celebrate you so hard!
–How many pieces of grassroots gear can I get tagged? We get that it’s been more than a whole year since we’ve tagged but we are but a few humans so please be mindful of that. More than one is ok but like, less than an ikea bag. Tagging will happen each month!
–Is this EVERY Friday? No, for now just the last Friday of each month (May 28, June 25, July 30, August 27, September 24). Our intent is to see how this format works and potentially do similar fly by/drop in workouts on more Fridays but that is TBD for now. Stay tuned!
-Y’all good? Fuck yeah.
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This sounds awesome! I have one question? What is tagging?
Tagging is when we use our November Project stencils and spray paint to “tag” a piece of what we call grassroots gear. Essentially we just spray paint on the NP logo, which can be seen in several pictures on our social media. Let us know if you have more questions!