The Fall EditionSeptember - October 2010

In the wee hours of the morning, a stalwart group of fitness seekers met under a full moon….

We were suicidal completed suicide runs and shuttle runs. In fact, they did all kinds of running.

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We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

Aristotle

There were days we did not want to get out of bed

Each time we did was a personal victory

Perseverance is not a long race;

it is many short races one after another.

- Walter Elliott

Some days it rained

But we dazzled with boot camp fashion sense

We watched sunrises and foxes playing

And became fascinated with red vans

We played a bit of catch the fox with the pylon….

And we shared the field with a big intimidating skunk

And we shared the field with a big intimidating skunk

We squatted with depth and meaning

…and abused picnic tables

We stretched

We rocked our cores…

…while the sun rose

We prayed to make it through…

…and stretched some more.

We lunged with loved ones…

…and were relieved to finish it off

We learned plenty of great life lessons…

Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. - Earl Nightingale

…and, with the help of fire on the roof:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -- Helen Keller

Side lying triceps push ups could not daunt us.

We squeezed our freakin’ bellies

We completed cone drills

We never tired of the work.

Not even when we squeezed some more!

We climbed mountains in the dark

We learned to love our general pains instructors (oh yes we did!) …

… and took much pleasure in whipping them into shape too!

• We were always, in the end, happy that we dragged ourselves from comfy beds smelling of sleep.

• We accomplished things we never dreamed possible on that first day in September.

• We grew healthier and stronger.• We grew friendships.• We grew fond of our gumption.• We grew belief in ourselves.

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. - Buddhist Saying

• Trevor Livingstone• Mary Nicholson• Val Downe• Margot Elgharib• Jen MacKinnon• Kari Garcia

• Caitlin Rochon• Beth Johnstone• Gail Hodder• Pam Toombs• Jackie MacKinnon• Tara Walsh Roach

WE ROCKED MOVE IT! BOOT CAMP