Tag: Montréal

In the past, I was suspicious of runners. Prior to my (now well documented) foray into running, I used to roll my eyes at people who told me they got an endorphin high from a run. The only thing I got was a cramp. I would watch runners stride out confidently, backs straight… chatting, thinking “how do they do it?” Thanks to supplementary activities, I was fit enough to do some running at my November Project workouts. I crowned myself the 5K Queen, because I had never felt the need to go further than that. However, when I became a leader, I knew I had to challenge myself to improve not only my physical capacity, but my community involvement.  read more

This week, we welcomed Dora Hsiao as our new co-leader here in Montréal, and we could be more excited! Dora has been such an incredible member since she started “just showing up” to our workouts and one of these quiet yet incredibly powerful leaders! Dora and I sat down to share what our favourite November Project things were so you can get a taste for what is to come!
– Laurent read more

So many announcements, we had to write a blog post about it!

It’s (finally) summer here in Montréal and if this isn’t your first, you probably know that it means the city comes out of hibernation and “all the things” start happening at the same time! Let’s go over everything happening at November Project! read more

Let’s recap the last few weeks and our quest for legs of steel!

Easter egg-ercises!

Across many cultures and traditions, that egg-citing “apr-hill long weekend” is celebrated differently:

• Choco-fest
• Bunny party
• New year celebrations
• Special dinners
• Sitting around buildings with pointy roofs and bells
• Many other things still…

… But we at NP have a different tradition yet: egg-exerises!!!

To continue in the spirit of Apr-hill, we met up at McGill University and after a quick warm-up, were on our wait to McTavish street and its famous hill! Hop stuff I tell you! And what a surprise, a scavenger egg hunt was waiting our yolks! In everyone of them, some fun egg-ercises were waiting: read more

What an exciting week again! While we were busy running those hills and pushing those push-ups, our friends back at the NP HQ were cooking us a soup of awesome news! There are also 2 big races coming up over the next 2 weeks! Let’s recap everything!

A big brand-new sponsor: Brooks!
November Project is super excited to announce that it partnered with Brooks Running as its new global apparel and shoe wear sponsor! Brooks is deeply committed to what makes November Project such a unique place to be and to be a part of: welcoming all to running and activities for the joy it brings, the community it builds and how it betters the world! We couldn’t be more excited about this and have such a great company with a long history backing us as November Project keeps on growing!
Brooks’ influence will be multifaceted, including financial support, access to new footwear and apparel, resources for our leadership training and the annual November Project Summit, entries into Brooks-sponsored running events, and activations on a global and local level. You can be sure we’ll let you guys know how this will impact us here in Montréal!
Want to read more? Here is Brooks official announcement: https://talk.brooksrunning.com/blog/2019/04/17/brooks-november-project-join-fitness-forces/ read more

On Monday it rained. On Tuesday it snowed. And on Wednesday… we worked out. 

The weather in Montreal has been temperamental to say the least, but our crew showed up to put in the work at the second hill workout of Apr-Hill this month. What’s Apr-Hill? It’s a clever pun that Laurent “borrowed” (re: stole) from NP LAX when he was down there for The Speed Project at the end of March. read more

Hi, I’m LC, and sometimes I have a hard time getting motivated. Relatable?

I don’t wake up early every Wednesday because I’m motivated. I get up and struggle into my leggings to go workout because I am determined. I am determined to offer inclusive, fun, and challenging workouts for the rad people who show up to November Project each week. This might seem like semantics, but for me, determination beats motivation, and #science is on my side.  read more