In case you haven’t yet heard, we’ve officially dubbed April “Mural Month”. Rob and I actually planned this back in April. We thought it would be a fun way to explore new places in our city.
Last week, we visited the 6-story colourful dog (or is it coyote? maybe a wolf?) mural in Old Strathcona. That one was painted in 2018 by Spanish street artist Okuda San Miguel. Word on the street is that workout was pretty hard.
Today, for the second workout of Mural Month, we visited a new 2023 mural called “The Hero” by a collective of artists: Rust Magic, Hardthirteen, and Curly and Annaliza Toledo. Fast facts about today’s mural: According to the artists’ Instagram post, the mural represents strength and resilience, and the artists describe the style of the mural as “Indigenous futurism”. Read more on it here. We also debuted a brand new card game workout which was apparently also pretty hard. Don’t worry, Rob and I definetely felt it too today every time you beat us in the game and we had to do 30 burpees.
What’s coming next? We’ve got another fun one planned for next week, just in time for the Oilers’ playoffs (is that a hint? maybe, maybe not). What I can say, is we’ll be going somewhere we’ve never been before.
Before I go, good luck to Ann, Steve and any others from our community, or any NP community running the Boston Marathon today!
Lift each other up,
Eric
- Buffs – If you haven’t got one yet, bring $5 to the next workout and get this year’s edition!
- Wednesday – Royal Glenora Stairs – we’re not moving yet… but soon maybe!
- Friday – Walterdale Hill
- Monday – We’ll be at another mural for the next Mural Month workout!
