Free Fitness Movement. All you need to do is show up!
How big? So many events we needed a blog to talk about them.
Number one goal: Break 100! We did it for Global Running Day, let’s do it again!
In addition to our regular Wednesday and Friday workouts (always 6:27am) see below for special workouts and events!
Find all our workouts here on Facebook or here on Google calendar.
Did you know that the ancient Babylonians based their mathematical system on the number 60, as opposed to the decimal system we use today? And that bees build their honeycombs using hexagons (aka six-sided figures)? Or that carbon, the basis for life as we know it, has an atomic number of 6?
If we so desired, we could use a heximal system, based on the number six. Further, making this system modular (or circular, like time shown on a clock) would effectively create a world where sixes become tens and tens become meaningless. In this case, 4+2=0, just like 12=0 on a clock. This is a fitting representation of the madness that is running in circles.
The stairs, they are always softer
When you are not running up
You dream about sleeping in yeah
While the sun is coming up
But this group it will infect you
Out among the red-rock buttes
Such wonderful things around you
Where else would you rather scoot?
Out at NP
Out at NP
Darling It’s Better
In Cooler Weather
I write to you today from deep within the bowels of the Chandler Public Library. To my left, at a distance of twenty paces, is a man that looks quite remarkably like Angelo from NPSD, albeit with more facial hair and less murder eyes. To my right is another whose polo shirt blends impeccably with the crimson wall behind him, a color perfectly suited to conceal any drops of salsa that dare escape the clutches of his Filiburto burrito. The wall features several rooms, the closest of which houses a blonde woman in an eggplant-colored blouse interrogating boy of about six. Her steely expression and his slumped shoulders suggest that he is failing. She closes the beige-framed door, perhaps due to the fact that I’ve been glancing up at them every few minutes.
PR – take Two.
2nd August marked the 2nd PR for November Project Malaysia. Due to some confusion in counting during our first PR (suicide uphill between the lamp posts), we have decided to simplify the loops by doing the full hill, which are “A side” of the hill down and up about 1km and “B side” side of the hill down and up about 800 m. The PR was set to complete 3 loops (A+B side) within 30 mins. This make life easy as we eliminated the counting post part.
Today was PR Day. In a pair of well-fought battles, Jade and Scottie emerged victorious over Bailey and Andrew, respectively, to reclaim the bolos. The heat is proving to be quite the adversary, as they were both a few flights off the course records.
Look, I’m really happy for you, and I’ma let you finish, but let’s talk about the love we have for our community. We put together the inaugural #NPlovesAZ to highlight a few outstanding local restaurants, and you delivered in spades. A sincere thank-you to everyone who participated. It must be noted that Sugar Bowl was nearly as popular as the other three spots COMBINED. People apparently like Old Town Scottsdale (or ice cream).
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THE VIBE The vibe that attracts our tribe. The November Project vibe originates from a couple of dudes who wanted to hold each other accountable, make their community healthy, and spread free fitness to cities far and wide. The Boston tribe was first. Then two more tribes popped up. Then two more. You get the idea. 43 cities later, here we are. And the NP momentum continues—glorious grass roots fitness, free for everyone!
Every once in a while you need to shake things up to keep people roused. We did just that this perfectly radiant morning, with a PR workout that knocked your socks (or knee brace*) off. Below is a pencil render of the amphitheater to illustrate our new PR workout, the changes of which can be described thusly:
2016 was a pretty absurd year. For many of us, it was an unending Sisyphean challenge, which felt like there were several steps backward for every step forward. This tribe is here to remind you that, together, we are building great things, doing even better ones, and making our community a more positive and inviting place. You may not realize it, but others have noticed. So let that warm your heart and bring a smile to your face.
I’ve been accused in the past of having a lot of “passion,” and an “energy [that] is infectious.” Today, I’d like to come clean about something: I fucking HATE early mornings. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I enjoy early mornings when I can get up, do something, and then take a 10am nap. The sleep is real.