Alive to Strive Kidney Fitness Project

More wonderful supporters who went out on Race day to show their support to the Alive to Strive Project and kidney disease awareness! Noel participated in our 3Kg Challenge a few years ago to raise awareness of one of the challenges dialysis patients are faced on a daily basis - water retention. He was planning on wearing that 3Kg vest again at this year's race to share his experience of the difference water weight must have on a person during their day to day activitie...s. Thank you Noel for being such an awesome ambassador!

Mom and son duo, along with the rest of their little family, went out for a 5K run on Sunday April 26th, in support of the Alive to Strive Project. Their local gym CrossFit NCR also joined them virtually! This is what Alive to Strive is all about - supporting each other as a community. ... They have been participating in the Alive to Strive Race for the last 7 years!! This year, as a family, they have also decided to support Kidney Research Centre Events The Ottawa Hospital - L'Hôpital d'Ottawa through the race. Well done! We can't wait to have you with us next year! ..... Duo mère et fils après leur 5km en famille, dimanche dernier. Ça fait maintenant 7 ans qu'ils participent à la course Vivre ses défis! Comme dans les années passés (mais de façon virtuelle cette année), les members de leur gym Crossfit NRC les ont joint! C'est tellement formidable de voir le support communautaire pour une cause qui leur est très chère! On a tous hâte de se revoir l'année prochaine!

We have many groups of wonderful volunteers that help out every year, but this group is special - they are quite something. This group volunteers the whole weekend ; they help cut the veggies for the stew, organize the signs, set up the event, volunteers on race day, takes care of tear down AND help with returning the barricades on the Monday morning. They have been doing this since our very first race in 2011! Did I mention they travel over 6hrs to join us, and another 6... hrs to go back home?!? Yep, they are amazing and they are ready to join us again next year! THANK YOU!!! ---- Nous avons plusieurs groupes de bénévoles formidables qui nous aident à chaque année. Mais ce groupe est tout à fait spécial! Ils nous aident chaque année depuis notre toute première course en 2011. Ils nous aident à couper les légumes pour le stew, avec les affiches, la mise en place de l'évènement, les préparatifs pré-course, le jour de la course, le lendemain de la course - bref ils sont partout, tout le temps : la course n'aurait pas lieu sans eux et ils seront présent à la Course Vivre ses défis de 2021! MERCI!!!

We have THE best supporters! This past Sunday would have been our 10th Alive to Strive Race. We have received numerous emails and messages from participants showing their support towards the Alive to Strive Project and kidney health awareness! ... In the next few days, we will share some of those incredible stories with you! They are too awesome not to share! (we received their permissions) ----- Nous sommes vraiment, mais vraiment choyé de vous avoir comme partisants! Dimanche aurait été la 10e course Vivre ses défis. Nous avons reçu plusieurs courriels et messages d'appui pour le programme de Vie Active Alive to Strive de plusieurs d'entre vous. Vous nous avez montré un support incroyable!! Dans les prochains jours, nous allons partager avec vous quelques unes de ces photos - c'est tellement beau de voir le support pour cette cause!

IMPORTANT RACE UPDATE (Please note that if you are registered for this year’s race, you should have received this update in your email inbox yesterday. If you didn’t, please check your spam folder.) We wanted to take a moment to update our amazing supporters, community partners, and registered participants on the status of Alive to Strive Race 2020 | Course Vivres Ses Défis. ... Please take a look at our Board of Directors statement below ----------------------------------- MISE À JOUR IMPORTANTE DE LA COURSE (Veuillez noter que si vous êtes inscrit à la course de cette année, vous devriez avoir reçu cette mise à jour hier dans votre boîte de réception. Si ce n'est pas le cas, veuillez vérifier votre dossier de spam.) Nous voulions prendre un moment pour mettre à jour nos incroyables partisans, partenaires communautaires et participants inscrits sur le statut de la course 2020 Alive to Strive. Veuillez consulter notre déclaration du conseil d'administration ci-dessous

Hey Strivers! In case you haven’t heard, all of our group classes, including Let’s Get Moving Classes (held Tuesdays/Thursdays at McNabb Recreation Centre) and the 5K Training Group have been cancelled since March 13th. These programs are on hold until it’s safe for participants to gather again. In the meantime, let’s practice social distancing and follow Ottawa Public Health’s guidelines to help contain the spread of COVID-19: https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca//public-he...alth-topics/no Let’s all work together to keep everyone safe, including our chronic kidney disease community!