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Chuck Chicken and the Positivity Award [MTL]

WISCONSIN NOTES:

  • NP Summit 5.0 last weekend was EPIC! Witnessed amazing things and got our asses kicked by Wachusett Mountain. Happy to see NPMTL tribe members at the party. RESPECT.
  • Chuck Chicken made an appearance at our workout this morning in Montréal. He is now learning French.
  • NPMTL hands out our second positivity award to our tribe member Sulay. CONGRATS!

So tell us MONTRÉAL, how did you like that workout today? It was tough but your PRESENCE made it all that more easy. Maybe some of you might say that partner sit-ups in an incline is not fun, we had a laugh looking at you guys struggling not to slip 🙂

Seriously though, you guys crushed it today. We had all the right ingredients to start the day with a BOOM: the sun, the “not too hot” weather, smiles, hugs, dogs, laughter, sarcasm, Chuck Chicken, burpees, and ice for our friend Jeremy. More importantly, I feel that when we chose to wake up early, lace our sneakers and #justshowup at a November Project workout, we collectively choose to forget all our worries, stresses, deadlines and focus on the 40-minute workout on hand. In this connected world we live in, taking the time to live in the present has become more and more of a challenge…but I don’t feel that during our workouts. read more

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Toilet paper rolls: a tribe divided [MTL]

WISCONSIN NOTES:

  • SUNSHINE. GUYS. I SWEAR.
  • NP Summit 5.0 happening this weekend! Run.Party.Repeat. Details here.
  • Call of Valhalla obstacle race/escape room team + volunteering (i.e. if you volunteer then your entry fee is covered). We’re putting in a team. Hit us up if you want in.

This morning the tribe really brought it. Everyone worked hard, everyone tabata-ed the shit out of those 3-foot cement stairs, everyone lay in the wet grass with pride. And yet no one brought it more than mother nature herself who recruited the sunshine this AM and gave us that warm, reassuring, glow – to announce to us that summer is here. #recruiteverything read more

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What it means to be a part·ner [MTL]

part·ner

noun : a person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or company with shared risks and profits.

synonyms: np tribe mate, colleague, associate, coworker, fellow worker, collaborator, comrade, teammate;

It all started 28 weeks ago this week but it feels like it was just yesterday. Two souls with so much love and appreciation for November Project and what it represents & what it brings to thousands of people around the globe chose to meet in a coffee shop downtown Montréal. We agreed to a partnership and a goal to deliver this awesomeness to this wonderful North American city. read more

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Say FROMAGE [MTL]

WISCONSIN NOTES:

  • This morning we shot Nerds vs. Jocks themed #yearbookphotos. To be released worldwide on June 6th. #feelhype
  • This morning we learned fun facts. #feelsomuchhype
  • This morning we got further excited about NP5UMMIT coming up June 9th – 11th in Boston. #feeltheabsolutemosthype

What a swell day to be alive and to bounce around the Old Port wearing suspenders and baseball caps.

Our first Yearbook Photos session was a raging success thanks to Savannah, who always has our backs (and makes our fronts look hella good). The pictures will be officially dropped on June 6th along with the yearbook photos of all 40+ other November Project tribes in this wonderful world of ours. But let me tell ya, from a first pass looking at these pictures, we look damn good. I mean, full-on geeks and weirdos for having outdoor adult costumed photo shoots, but damn good. read more

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HBD city of Montréal [MTL]

WISCONSIN NOTES/NOTES DU WISCONSIN:

  • This gorgeous city that we call home turned 375 today, despite not looking a day over 374.
  • Justin Trudeau was 100 metres from us and didn’t even come do a single push-up. How rude.
  • Pop-up workout (featuring donuts/coffee and prizes) at Maison de la Course Griffintown this Saturday at 9:29am
  • NP Summit June 9th-11th. Let us know if you need help finding a ride or accommodations. Details here.
  • Heather is POSITIVE.
  • Next week is yearbook photos – Nerds vs. Jocks edition so dress accordingly.

HAPPY FECKIN’ BIRTHDAY VILLE DE MONTREAL, YOU BEAUTIFUL MAGNIFICENT CREATURE.

Today we celebrated you, in all your glory, by doing 375 reps of approximately everything. Although our arms are now too jello to raise our glasses to you, please imagine figurative raising. We’ll try again tomorrow when sensation has returned. On a related note, whose idea was it to run a 375 metres sprint…twice? And yet, somehow all of these beautiful people still had smiles on their faces. Now that’s the good stuff. read more

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Hugs, smiles… and donuts [MTL]

Wisconsin Notes / Notes du Wisconsin

  • Wicked workout yesterday morning and our first official tagging session – with new city tag followed by an awesome NP evening at The North Face Montréal who had NP MTL over for some drinks, food – including donuts:) – and a shop night.
  • Preparations have started for NP Summit June 9th – 11th in Boston. 2017: tagging, setting yearbook picture date and generating ideas for the Let’s Rise theme at the NP5UMMIT Party. Bring it on!!
  • This week’s blog post is only in French 🙂 So take out your French textbooks from grade school and dive back into the langue of Molière.

L’entraînement de cette semaine fut électrifiant! Nous avons pu faire voir aux nouveaux membres comment nous aimons travailler fort, se donner des câlins et suer ensemble toujours avec une touche de folie! Le tout a commencé avec un « bounce » hors de l’ordinaire – spécialement conçu pour les nouveaux venus – qui a mis le sourire sur le visage de tous. Nous sommes tellement chanceux d’avoir une tribu aussi géniale comme la nôtre. Nos idées sont souvent farfelues mais quand même tout le monde embarque! read more

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Farewell, friend [MTL]

Wisconsin Notes:

  • Ben O’Meara. Forever remembered for his belly laugh and tight hugs. This isn’t a blog post to just glance at the Wisconsin notes and gloss over. Read this one.
  • The NorthFace/NP shop and hangout night. RSVP via Facebook
  • NP Summit June 9th – 11th in Boston. More details here

This weekend the tribe (no, not Montréal specifically, but rather, the global NP tribe) lost an amazing soul. This is Ben.

Ben was a core NP member who, before NP WOO was born, used to drive the hour and a half that it took to get to the Boston workouts at what we formally call “ass o’clock”. Not only was he an enormous supporter of the movement, but he also went out of his way to lift up every single human he met. read more

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When cities collide – Guest blog by Work it YOW [MTL]

WISCONSIN NOTES:

  • The first edition of the Mtl vs Ott Fit Off was a banging success. Duh.
  • Guest blog by the lovely folk of Work it YOW.
  • Be there Wednesday.

Below are the beautiful sentiments of Work it YOW (Ottawa’s killer pledge tribe) on the afternoon of sweaty loving and good times that was shared.

“There has been so much excitement building up to this weekend’s fit off. What an awesome way to spend a Sunday meeting friends cross-provinces. We finally got those people out who aren’t tough enough for 6:29am start time. Luckily for them, they got to experience what it’s like to be #weatherproof– after three days of sunny and hot weather, the November Project Gods had to put us in our place and remember what we’re all about. So thank you for that. Those newbies got to experience what it’s like to be kinda badass. And was this group ever badass. I think there was more time spent on the ground with wet bums. on hands racing fearlessly for the retrieval of tennis balls during hungry hippos. Partner baseball diamond sprints rounding the bases got us sweating. Huckle buckle created tight relationships and hips-in opportunities or connecting less than comfortable body parts together with strangers. read more

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April showers [MTL]

Wisconsin notes:

  • It’s still raining. And yet, lots of new faces, lots of stranger hugs.
  • City tag announced + tagging to start as soon as said ^ rain stops. Bring a shirt.
  • April 30th – #fitoff against Ottawa
  • Recruitment challenge was a success. Prizes were won. Bring friends and you will be showered in lulu gear, running shoes, and chocolate.
  • The North Face shop night – details below

First off, to explain what Wisconsin notes are:

Dan Graham (DG), the big bro of NP co-founder Brogan Graham and the only leader to have ever started 2 tribes (Madison and later Milwaukee), hated the long, rambly posts that his brother would write. He demanded quickie recaps at the top. Thus was born the Wisconsin note. read more

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Bienvenue November Project Montréal [MTL]

November Project Montréal - April 12 2017

Bonjour Montréal
Ça va bien? CRISSE OUI!

On this 12th day of April 2017, the 34th November Project Tribe was born on a rainy morning in Montréal, Québec CANADA.

Our friends, classmates, workmates, neighbours, running crew brothers/sisters, and a bunch of strangers gathered for November Project Montréal’s first official workout in beautiful Old Montréal. The setting was perfect. Spring was blooming and so were we! read more