Sep
6
“‘I’ve never seen so many minimalist running shoes in my life!’. That was my first thought as I arrived at Francois “Flint” Bourdeau’s Barefoot Running mob and saw this pile of colourful shoes which everyone was standing around. Turns out they were a part of the instructional segment of the mob, where Flint (who’s been running barefoot for over 2 years) gave us a solid run down of barefoot thinking and principles, along with advice on how to get started. In short? Start sloooowly and listen to your body: pain = stop. Then we literally ran barefoot around the track for a total of 1.6km. Even those who - like me - had arrived sporting their Vibram FiveFingers, took off our shoes, and put skin to track. Felt great. As we finished up, Flint took some action shots of our running posture to help us see where we could improve. All in all - a very well put together mob and I’m hoping to see more like these!”
Thanks for the post, Jonas
Aug
31
“Hill sprints. Hill intervals. Running zig-zag up hills. Detecting a common theme? Our running mob this morning started with a 3km warm-up, which finished at Murray Hill in Westmount. Then we did a variety of sprints and intervals running every which way up and down the hill! Props to everyone who came along - beginners to regulars!”
Thanks for the post, Jonas!
Aug
27
“We love it when Mobsters from other cities join us and today, we had Alison from Calgary, Alberta drop in to our weekly Saturday morning running mob! We took her along the scenic route by the Lachine Canal and enjoyed the perfect morning out that it was. Thanks for joining us, Ali!”
Thanks for the post, Jonas.
Aug
23
“We’re a puppy friendly run club and on this outing, we had a canine friend along for our run down to the Lachine Canal! The group split into two with the pace bunnies doing an extra 2k loop in the middle of the run. Then we all re-grouped at the Atwater market and cruised back home”.
Thanks for the post, Jonas!
Aug
23
“The parkour community in Vancouver ain’t playing around when they get together. Yesterday a group of approximately 40 “traceurs” gathered to literally jump off everything they could find. From the sounds of it, this is a regular Sunday get together. Music pumping, people doing flips and a great crowd doesn’t sound like a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.”
Thanks for the post, Dave!
Aug
22
What’s an awesome way to spend your Saturday? Why, getting your downward dog on with several hundred yogis, of course. Lululemon’s “The Big One” event happened on Saturday, inviting hundreds of yogis to roll out their mats on the lawns in front of the Parliament buildings to enjoy a special, hour-long practice led by instructors Mark and Yasmin. The Training Mobs crew drove out from Montreal to join in the fun, which happened to be rather well timed - the yoga finished and the rain started!
Aug
8
“We turned the bleachers at Park Lafontaine into an instrument of sweat and torture. Once we made sure that everyone was drenched in pure, salty joy, we headed to some benches that seemed to have been built especially for PK-X. Everyone picked up all the basic parkour vaults: Simple, Speed, Monkey, and some even nailed the Reverse Vault! We broke the Law that day: The Law of Gravity! Well done guys and hope to see you next weekend!”
Thanks for the post Pat!
Aug
8
“When you have a Texan in town you have to do something special for run club. When it happens to be that Texan’s birthday you have to do something extra special. That is why we went up to the stairs on Mount Royal and after a little bit of active stretching completed as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes of running up and back down the stairs and then performing 10 pushups and 20 situps. Sound easy? Give it a shot…
Big shout out to all those that did this workout. It was short, but crazy intense. Also, thanks to TK for joining us on her birthday!”
Thanks for the post, Dave!
