A great Boot Camp experience! 6:00 a.m. In the sometimes wet and windy early morning darkness of Victoria Park, PE. These people were all grit and earned their glory!

1. The Fall EditionSeptember - October 2010

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

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

6. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.Aristotle

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

8. Each time we did was a personal victory

9. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. - Walter Elliott

10. Some days it rained

11. But we dazzled with boot camp fashion sense

12. We watched sunrises and foxes playing

13. And became fascinated with red vans

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

15. And we shared the field with a big intimidating skunk

16. And we shared the field with a big intimidating skunk

17. We squatted with depth and meaning

18. …and abused picnic tables

19. We stretched

20. We rocked our cores…

21. …while the sun rose

22. We prayed to make it through…

23. …and stretched some more.

24. We lunged with loved ones…

25. …and were relieved to finish it off

26. 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

27. …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

28. Side lying triceps push ups could not daunt us.

29. We squeezed our freakin’ bellies

30. We completed cone drills

31. We never tired of the work.

32. Not even when we squeezed some more!

33. We climbed mountains in the dark

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

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

36. 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.

37. 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