Million Steps Arctic

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"S'adapter" de Clara Dupont-Monod : le handicap vécu par la fratrie (Prix Fémina 2021 et Prix Landerneau 2021)

Ayant pour décor les montagnes cévenoles, "S'adapter" raconte l'histoire d'un enfant inadapté, toujours allongé, aux grands yeux noirs errants ; c'est le récit d'une naissance qui bouleversa les vies et contruisit les personnalités de l'aîné et de la cadette de l'enfant, puis du petit dernier.

La lecture de ce texte puissant et lumineux nous a profondément rappelé les enjeux de notre beau projet. 🧡

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🤔 How to find strength to prepare mentally to a big challenge?

We are in October 2021… where do we stand with our project? There are already key learnings to share actually. This is the first one: how to deal with solitude and fatigue while preparing for big projects. This is indeed the first challenge. How to wake up every day, work, and keep in a corner of one’s mind that, one day will be the day to do what we kept on thinking over the years… ? How is it possible not to give up when projects need several years of preparation with team members living in different countries, and exchanging only during unregular zoom web-conferences? My answer is: clutching at rare magical moments of pure happiness… What am I talking about? These are those very rare moments, when you are on the edge of giving up, tired, feeling like crying because of psychological exhaustion. At this point, we are almost ready to collapse, but accepting to make a step further and letting go will open a new world where we discover suddenly the pleasure of accomplishment, and the environment looks again shinier and friendlier. Sometimes overcoming means “stop to fight” and “let it go”, accepting the defeat relieves from a lot of pressure. And this little breath is enough… Enough to enjoy again a new well-being. If I illustrate this through a recent experience, I would refer to my swimming. I was always a very poor swimmer and I recently decided to face this difficulty to get out my comfort zone and prepare thus mentally to MYAU. So, one rainy morning, I had to be at the pool at 7am, I was super tired, but I went and let it go. The reward was like magic: a new take off for the day because I let it go…

My advice: create some opportunities to experience these kind of happy moment as often as possible! Do not forget that plenty of people, fighting against rare diseases will never have as many opportunities as you if you have the chance to have healthy body and mind. Enjoy your day! 😁

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🏆 Le Tor des Géants - 330 km, 24000 D+ 🏆
Extraordinaiiiire !!! Aurélia est finisher du Tor des Géants !!!
Après 144 heures 45 minutes de course, elle a passé la ligne d'arrivée aujourd'hui à 12h45 !!! BRAVO et bonne récup' 👏

🏆 Le Tor des Géants - 330 km, 24000 D+ 🏆
Wonderfuuuul !!! After 144 hours 45 minutes of running, Aurélia crossed the finish line today at 12.45 pm !!! CONGRATS and now take care of your feet! 😉

🔥 Le Tor des Géants 🔥
Le Docteur de l'équipe Million Steps Arctic a pris le départ du Tor dimanche dernier ; elle court depuis 6 jours maintenant !
Son arrivée est prévue dans 1 heure environ ! ALLEZ AURELIA !!! 👏🔥🏆
Our Doctor crossed the starting line last Sunday; she has been running for 6 days!
Her arrival is scheduled in about 1 hour! GO, GO, GO Aurélia!!! 👏🔥🏆

🔥 Go, go, go Aurélia 🔥

🇬🇧 Le Tor des Géants: distance 350 km / cumulated elevation : 27000 D+!
Aurélia, our Doctor, will cross the starting line in less than 15 minutes.
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🇫🇷 Le Tor des Géants : distance 350 km / dénivelé cumulé : 27000 D+ !
Aurélia, notre Docteur, passera la ligne de départ dans moins de 15 minutes.
Suivez-la en live ici (dossard 736) : https://www.tordesgeants.it/fr
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❄ MYAU Training ❄
Very soon... / Très bientôt...
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No time to rest too long, our next challenge is only few weeks away... Can anyone guess from the picture?
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Pas le temps de se reposer trop longtemps, notre prochain challenge a lieu dans quelques semaines seulement... Devinez où !
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Jean-Paul suit le conseil du Professeur : "Ne jamais sous-estimer l'importance de la récupération !" 🍺 😉

Jean-Paul is following the Professor’s advice: “Do not under estimate the importance of recovery!” 🍺 😉

MYAU entraînement : prochaine étape ▶️ LE MONT BLANC !
Quelques jours se sont écoulés depuis la fin de ce voyage épique à Lviv, en Ukraine. Même si les 123 km n'ont pas été atteints, nous avons tout de même vécu une expérience enrichissante de 100 km.
Maintenant il est temps de récupérer et de planifier le prochain défi : Le Mont Blanc à la fin du mois.
Merci encore à tous pour votre soutien et vos encouragements jusqu'au bout.

MYAU training: NEXT STEP ▶️ MONT BLANC!
Has been a few days since the end of this epic journey in Ukraine. Even though the 123km weren’t completed, we still achieved an enriching experience of 100km.
Now it’s time to recover and plan the next challenge: Mont Blanc at the end of the month.
Thank you again to everyone for the support and encouragements till the very end!