Fit Maine

KICKBOXING! Joined a kickboxing class at KUMA FIT in S**o last night. We jabbed and roundhoused and knocked the daylights out of some freestanding heavy bags.

KUMA Fit is a dedicated women's kickboxing gym, and owner Stacy Kim has created a welcoming space where women can engage their bodies, find community, and embrace their badassery.

Full story in next week's !

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BE A MERMAID!

CALLING ALL MERMAIDS!

Mermaid Swim Level 1 – Beginner

Explore your Inner Mermaid! The Maine Mermaid LLC is pleased to bring a mermaid swim program to the John P. Davan Indoor Pool at the Westbrook Community Center beginning in January. This full-body exercise will work your core, strengthen your muscles, and have you gliding through the water in a mermaid tail and fin in no time.

A feel-good class for women of all ages (15+) and includes a musical warm-up, aquatic exercises, shallow and deep-end water skills, breathing skills, underwater swimming, and routines. The classes are progressive in skill building. A certified and enthusiastic instructor (mermaid) will swim right beside you.

In-class mermaid tail and fin provided. Class is limited to 12 participants. Register early to ensure a fin/tail arrives for your use before the first class.

Pre-requisites: Must be able to swim and feel comfortable in the water. Wear swimming attire, bring a towel, and goggles, if needed. Mermaids with shoulder length hair or longer must wear a swim cap.

CLASSES BEGIN ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, AND WILL MEET FROM 10-11AM FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

Fee: $149

To Register or Questions: Please contact Linda Holmes at [email protected] or call/text 207.956.1094

Linda Holmes, Owner of The Maine Mermaid LLC, is a Certified Red Cross Swimming Instructor, a Certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, a Fin Fun Mermaid U Affiliate, and CPR-AED Certified.

SATURDAY: A bicycle-based scavenger hunt/food drive!
Read more about Cranksgiving Portland Maine - plus a few other Thanksgiving-related events - in this week's Portland Phoenix.

Cycle for Thanksgiving stuffing in Portland | The Portland Phoenix Cycle for Thanksgiving stuffing in Portland Ride your bike and gather food donations during the annual Cranksgiving event By Shannon Bryan - November 10, 2021 464 Organizer Norman Patry, who owns Summer Feet Cycling, collects Cranksgiving 2017 food donations at Portland Gear Hub on Washington Avenue...

LADIES MOUNTAIN BIKE CLINIC. Worked on body position, braking, and looking through turns during tonight's beginner mountain biking clinic - a collaboration between Woods + Waters Gear Exchange and Youth Cycle Project. We took to the trails at Bradbury Mountain, too, but I was too busy yelling "weeeeeee!" and "oh s**t!" to take any photos. 🚵‍♀️ 😃

Other learnings: talk to horses, say a prayer for the squirrels, and when you're riding uphill, lean yer b***s to the bars.

An awesome crew of instructors - Lenora, Jill, Nola, Tim, and the Young Shredder whose name I can't recall but she is Young Shredder to me forever now.

More clinics to come this summer and fall. $10 helps support the Youth Cycle Project. Check the Youth Cycle Project and Woods and Waters Gear social accounts to find out about those in future!

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SUNSET CANOE. During a sunset or full moon canoe tour at the Scarborough Marsh Maine Audubon Center, you’ll paddle your canoe on the winding Dunstan River, watching egrets and glossy ibises stand watch over the tall grasses of the Scarborough Marsh as the sun goes down and the moon comes up.

The Scarborough Marsh is filled with all sorts of marsh wildlife, and your tour will be led by a knowledgeable guide who can help you spot and name the birds and fish as well as the stars and planets in the night sky once it gets dark enough to see them.

The Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center hosts sunset and full moon paddles throughout the summer. No previous canoe experience is necessary; you’ll be in good hands on mellow waters.

Read all about it in this week's Portland Phoenix.

Join the canoe crew | The Portland Phoenix Join the canoe crew Summer is the time for Maine Audubon's guided sunset and full-moon tours in the Scarborough Marsh By Shannon Bryan - June 16, 2021 182 A sunset canoe tour, with a full moon rising over the Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center. (Portland Phoenix/Shannon Bryan) advertisement It’s sim...

HOW WE ROLL. Got acquainted with roller skis today with a workshop led by Portland Nordic on the closed-off street of Baxter Boulevard in Portland. Portland Nordic is known for their winter work: namely xc ski programs and helping the city make Riverside on standout place for xc skiing for everyone.

This summer they acquired a fleet of roller skis for their skiers to use, but also to we grownups can give the skate a try, work on our form, and be better skiers this winter.

and I rolled with glee. I tipped over twice, but it was very graceful. 😬 A fine Sunday challenge. The workshops continue all summer, one Sunday morning a month. Check Portland Nordic's page for future workshops. Gear is provided, class size limited.

Thank you Portland Nordic for the great lesson and tips and welcoming chance to try something new!

WATERFALL HUNT SUCCESS! While it rained on the coast, Rangeley was drenched in sunshine, so we seized the opportunity to hunt some waterfalls. The key to a successful hunt is to quietly creep up on the falling water and to be mindful not to scare it off. We scented ourselves with smells familiar to waterfalls by showering with water before our hunt.

Not to worry: we are catch-and-release waterfall hunters, so the falls remain in their locations for your enjoyment.

Water spotted includes: Coos Canyon, Angel Falls, Cascade Stream Gorge, and Smalls Falls. All are in the Rangeley/Sandy River Plantation area and can be combined in a day trip.

SLOW AS S* RUN GROUP! Met up with the welcoming crew of the S.A.S Running group, which meets at 7:30 am every Sunday for a go-at-your-own-pace run on the scenic (and flat!) Eastern Trail in Scarborough. (Meet at the lot off Pine Point Road.)

The group was started by a few running friends from Scarborough in 2018, but the runs took an understandable hiatus last year. They're back at it, and open to runners, joggers, jog-walkers of all levels.

Look for a full story soon in the Portland Phoenix.

And thanks to the The Eastern Trail for their efforts to create and maintain this stunning location - a gem for bikers, walkers, and birders!

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The Orono Bog Boardwalk is open!

Bogs are champions of long-term storage. Formed over hundreds or thousands of years, bogs are masters at trapping carbon, hoarding dead plants, and hanging on to the occasional 3,000-year-old body.

There probably aren't any bodies at the Orono Bog, but they do have carnivorous plants, a cool-as-heck boardwalk, and valuable ecosystem!

More in this week's Portland Phoenix:

On the boardwalk: Explore the extraordinary ecosystem of the Orono Bog | The Portland Phoenix On the boardwalk: Explore the extraordinary ecosystem of the Orono Bog By Shannon Bryan - May 19, 2021 152 The Orono Bog Boardwalk is made of 509 sections that are 8 feet long and 4 feet wide, as well as connector bridging at turns. (Portland Phoenix/Shannon Bryan) advertisement Bogs are champions o...