There's No Such Thing As Too Little Movement: Val Hopkins, 365 Mile Challenge

Guides Gone Wild

English - February 22, 2024 13:00 - 39 minutes - 20.5 MB
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Today I bring you another dose of practical, relatable, do-able inspiration with my special guest Val Hopkins from 365 Mile Challenge.

Val’s business is all about meeting people wherever they are, bringing them into a supportive community, and providing them with tools, resources and motivation to build a movement habit that works within the limitations of their life, time and physicality - whatever those look like.

That would be inspiring enough, but wait until you hear about how Val, the tech-challenged nurse forced to retire early because of an injury, decided that she and her biologist daughter-in-law were JUST the people who should swoop in and save an internet-based movement community on the brink of shutdown… literally weeks before COVID locked us all inside, by ourselves.

The same drive that gets Val and her community moving "a mile a day, their way", served the 365 Mile Challenge business well, and Val and Kayla recently started their fifth year as stewards of the company and its app, offshoot communities, ambassadorships, and virtual races.

I hope you’ll check out Val’s website, 365milechallenge.org, as well as #365MileChallenge and @365MileChallenge on Instagram - and maybe even get involved in the challenge, or a virtual race, or just take advantage of all the useful resources and tips she’s curated on her fabulous website!

When you’re stuck in a rut, or life is going sideways for whatever reason, sometimes it only takes a teeny little prod to get a teeny little dose of movement to get you redirected to a brighter place. So why wait for the rut?? You can start building a movement habit now, in community with Val, Kayla and 365MileChallenge.org!

Links to the good stuff:

365 Mile Challenge: https://365milechallenge.org/@365 Mile Challenge on Instagram, @Official365MileChallenge on Facebook Outspring: https://www.theoutspring.com/Swell: https://www.theoutspring.com/events/ - watch the 2023 highlights here Amy Hopkins, Saltwater Mountain Co. on Guides Gone Wild (Sept 2023)

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