Family

When newcomers join Boot Camp, they are usually looking for fitness. We have all the fitness they need. Those that stick around find something different. They discover friendships.

As it turns out, people who run around town in their underwear following the direction of a lunatic have something in common. They are crazy. These birds of a feather find a kinship in the workout that may not even be available in their own families.

As Boot Camp becomes our extended family, we do stuff together outside of the workout. We go to weddings, funerals, parties, vacations, work functions, play dates, sporting events and much more. We may at sometimes be a dysfunctional family but, when one of us falls, the others are there to pick them up.

Jenny took a hit yesterday and visited the hospital. Love had a scary allergic reaction to the grass (chemicals) that sent her to the hospital. On both occasions, folks were there watching over them.

Cult

Thanks to all of the participants who have graced us with their hard work and dedication. We are all better together. Our discipline lives, thrives and survives in the pack. It takes all of us to make the pack. Each one of us brings energy and spirit that lifts the pack.

Special thanks to the devoted many who have stayed in the pack for years. We are the select few that keep the bar raised for the the rest. We are the standard that newcomers aspire towards. We are lucky enough to live in a physical realm that very few get to visit. The sight of us strike fear into the hearts of weaker boot camps. We will forever be:

Atlanta Elite Boot Camp

The Gift

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.
Steve Prefontaine 

You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement.
Steve Prefontaine 

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.
Steve Prefontaine 

Mary D.	24
Greg	22
Jenny	22
Lacie	22
Susie Mac	22
Lisa	21
Wendy Conrad	21
Amy Glan	20
Ernie	20
Harriott	19
Kathleen	19
John G.	18
Wendy	18
Reba	17
Roxanna	17
Caroline	16
Jill	16
Kwithee	16
Brian W.	15
Jimmy F	15
Mary Blythe	15
Wendy Thom	15
Barb	14
Dave B	14
JenJen	14
John S	14
Irene	13
Margaret	13
Cindy/Hannah	12
Johnathan	12
Chris W.	11
Cindy	11
Lisa Long	10
Paige	10
Charles	9
Kathleen 555	7
Mary B	7
Alan	6
Jen High	6
June	6
Katie	6
Sally	6
Laurie	4
Mary	4
Orna	4
Molly	3

Daily Fun Fitness

Nathan Pritikin (1915-1985) was one of the world's leading pioneers 
in the area of longevity. 

He believed the keys to a long, healthy life were to be found in 
nutrition and exercise. 

Here are some of Pritikin's beliefs about exercise . . . 

1. Exercise must have top priority, one that supersedes everything 
except your spouse, your children, and the food you eat. 

2. The excuse of not being able to find the time to exercise is a 
cop-out. We find the time to sleep because it is mandatory. So is 
exercise. 

3. If you don't owe exercise to yourself, you owe it to the people 
who love you - your family and friends. 

4. It is unfair to think of exercise as taking extra time. It 
simply doesn't. With the new energy you've got, you're probably 
sleeping an hour less per night. Your exercise does not eat into 
your working, playing, or leisure at all. 

5. Schedule your exercise the day before and then fit your work 
schedule around it. 

Mary D.	16
Greg	15
Lacie	15
Lisa	15
Wendy Thom	15
Susie Mac	14
Amy Glan	13
Jenny	13
Kathleen	13
Ernie	12
Harriott	12
John G.	12
John S	12
Reba	12
Barb	11
Dave B	11
Jill	11
Roxanna	11
Wendy	11
Brian W.	10
Kwithee	10
Caroline	9
Charles	9
JenJen	9
Jimmy F	9
Mary Blythe	9
Wendy C	9
Chris W.	8
Lisa Long	8
Paige	8
Cindy	7
Irene	7
Kathleen 555	7
Margaret	7
Mary B	7
Alan	6
Cindy/Hannah	6
Jen High	6
Johnathan	6
Katie	6
Laurie	4
Mary	4
Sally	4
Orna	3
June	2

Relay Weekend

We can do together far more than we can do alone. We are all in it together. We are the sum of all people we have ever worked out & run with; we change the pack and the pack changes us. We live in the pack and visit the would the the other 23 hours in the day. It is with the pack we become, live, thrive and survive. The pack gives us knowledge of our selves and allows us to stay connected to those surrounding us. 

The pack has produced some of the most exceptional physically fit women in Atlanta. A rag tag team of men will attempt to compete with these "cover girls" on Saturday morning in Castleberry Hill. 

Our Labor Day routine is to meet at Starbucks and work North to Piedmont where we Jazzercise with hand weights as we watch the finish of the Sizzler 10K.

Rhythm

The rhythm of the workouts have been melodic. The pack is like a lunch room conversation that moves quickly through the cafeteria. The running has pace. Folks are taking their turn at the front. Hills are being run with purpose, meaning and intent. Exercise is done with attention to detail.

Often we get to a place where the pack is training as an Elite Unit moving as if it has one heart beat. As the Summer is ending, this group is training like that.

Amy Glan	6
Dave B	6
Greg	6
Jenny	6
Jill	6
Kathleen	6
Mary D.	6
Brian W.	5
Caroline	5
Ernie	5
John S	5
Kwithee	5
Lacie	5
Lisa	5
Susie Mac	5
Wendy	5
Wendy Thom	5
Alan	4
Charles	4
Harriott	4
Jimmy F	4
John G.	4
Johnathan	4
Reba	4
Roxanna	4
Barb	3
Chris W.	3
JenJen	3
Kathleen 555	3
Katie	3
Lisa Long	3
Mary	3
Mary Blythe	3
Orna	3
Irene	2
Jen High	2
Paige	2
Sally	2
Elly	1
Maggie	1

Fast & Thin

This Summer has been very good to a few of our participants. Many of these beautiful ladies and a Few handsome gentlemen have been putting in the days. The accumulation of miles and exercise has transformed these disciplined types into fast and thin fitness fanatics. It is wonderful to watch the days and weeks pass in the workout. The folks who show up come to the front, take a leadership role in the workout, push the pace and snap off the repetitions of exercise like seasoned drill instructors.

There are no short cuts. No Pill, supplements, or tricks. Do the work and we get paid.

We start a new session on Monday. Make a commitment to yourself and the group to show up every day. Together we can accomplish far more than we can alone.

Jill	30
Caroline	25
Laurie	25
Rena	24
Elly	23
Susie Mac	23
Wendy	23
Mary Blythe	22
JenJen	20
Jimmy F	20
Lacie	20
Lisa	20
Johnathan	19
Margaret	19
Nate	19
JoEllyn	18
Brian W.	17
Chris W.	17
Harriott	17
Jenny	17
Alan	16
Barb	16
Reba	16
Greg	15
Irene	15
Lisa Long	15
Paige	15
Barbara	14
Mary D.	14
Charles	12
Kwithee	12
Molly	11
Kristen	10
Jen High	7
Kaffee	7
John G.	6
John S	6
Kelley	6
Love	6
Lindsay	3