Strive Trips - Service l Adventure l Athletics

07/01/2024

Strive Trip to is complete! The last few days of camp an amazing group of budding athletes and coaches climbed and capped off their 30-60 miles of running for the week around Flagstaff.

06/28/2024

What goes down must come up…we took a deep dive down into the Grandest of Canyons only to realize our van is 4000ft above us. Sigh…

06/27/2024

The Lake Mary tempo run…

06/26/2024

06/25/2024

Amazing group of young athletes working the hills at iconic Buffalo Park. Great first day for Strive-Flagstaff XC running camp, partnered with Nike / US Sports Camps.

07/27/2023

Would you rather… sit at home, comfy and confident, waiting for the next school year to start, OR go to Africa for a month, where much is unpredictable, and you shine a light on many of your own vulnerabilities? There is no wrong answer, but these kids chose the latter. Cheers to 🇰🇪
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.rose.fox .capuano .gemme .g.haber

07/26/2023

So much awesome. I’ll let the pictures try to do the day justice. We went to the Masai Mara National Park Reserve and this is a peak at what we experienced. 🇰🇪 .capuano .gemme .g.haber

07/25/2023

It was a bumpy road, but we are officially in “the bush.” Maasai Mara is a large national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile Basin. Their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara" means "spotted" in the local Maasai language, due to the many short bushy trees which dot the landscape.

We go on a full day safari tomorrow! 🦒 🇰🇪

07/24/2023

Agriculture 🧑‍🌾 day for Kenya 2023. We started with tiptoeing (running) through the tea fields, then a trip to the Tea Research Institute to learn about the different types of Kenyan teas and how they’re processed, topped off with a tea tasting. Then, after lunch, we went to our Kericho host, Nephat’s farm, where he talked to us about permaculture and organic farming. Tomorrow we’re off to Maasai Mara for safari! 🐆 🇰🇪

07/23/2023

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” -Virginia Woolf

07/23/2023

The in Iten was a great home for us, but today it was time to move on. We are now in the beautiful tea fields of Kericho. After lunch some of us took the opportunity to run through the lush tea fields, others opted for the hotel pool table, some did both. We will explore the tea fields more tomorrow, and discuss permaculture and agriculture on the farm of our friends and guide, Nephat. 🇰🇪

07/22/2023

Our day off. But, you should know better, we don’t take a day off. There’s too much to experience. Today the 7.5 mile round trip trek to the beautiful Torok Falls. 🇰🇪 .capuano .g.haber .gemme

07/21/2023

She’s done it again! And we were on the track with her on Tuesday. 🤯

Faith Kipyegon broke the women's mile world record at a Diamond League meet in Monaco.

07/21/2023

Technical Difficulties made us miss a few days. Here they are!

MONDAY, July 17:
Back to work at Kiptabus Primary School this morning. The work is nearly complete! But, we’re never too busy for some post-work playtime.

07/21/2023

Thank you, Mindililwo Primary for a great game. No red cards. 🇰🇪 .gemme .capuano .g.haber

07/21/2023

It’s amazing how fresh you can look BEFORE a long run. 😅 🇰🇪

07/21/2023

Long Run Day. Moiben Road. The one flat(ish) route near Iten. 😅 🇰🇪 .capuano .gemme .g.haber

07/20/2023

The 3rd and final Fartlek of the trip. Is there a word for something that is awesome and excruciating all rolled up into one? ❤️🥵