This Meetup group is to meet other local Parkour enthusiasts (or "traceurs"), gather for training, to plan practice sessions, and to learn more about this art-form or philosophy or fitness methodology...whatever you want to call it! And also, from time to time, just to hang out and have fun with each other. Full disclosure: This is the group formerly known as "Rock Creek Parkour." It actually predates my own experience with Parkour--I founded it in a quest to help me find someone to train with s …

If your like me, you not only find marathons and running boring but frankly their impractical - unless your running from the long-arm of the law.... Obstacle course races like Spartan, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash or military, survival and scavenger hunt style challenges such as Go Ruck, SERE Performance and others require more than a trip to your local gym for cross-fit. You need to train your mind as well as your body. So I challenge you to alter your approach, change the way you think and train …