Welcome to the end of week 4! On Thursday the interns went for an early run and then hopped in Hector’s van to go to Cusco. In Cusco we met [...]

After a big day in Cusco on Saturday, the interns got up early for our long run on Sunday ranging from 75-90 minutes. After that we had a lowkey day [...]

This Thursday was the interns third day volunteering at Tambo de Gozo school. Our interns are teacher assistants in classes of either 3, 4, or 5 year olds helping the [...]

Our “lazy” Sunday started with a long run ranging from 60-80 minutes towards Cuy Town (named because the town is filled with cuyerías that serve the famous Peruvian delicacy of [...]

The interns are almost one week into their stay at Pisac and are doing great! Since last we talked, we created a plan for communal dinners, had our first Spanish [...]

Weekly Summary - 97 miles in 13 runs. An extremely exhausting week. A planned “recovery” day trip to the mountains turned into the most trying 36 hours of my life [...]

Weekly Summary - 76 Miles in 10 runs. Another busy but fun week with the STRIVE high schoolers on the ground. Snuck in a light fartlek and then had the [...]

Saturday 7/21: We experienced a rude awakening. The last thing any of us expected was a big rain storm the day of our biggest service project—the STRIVE Pisac 5K. As [...]

The first week with the high schoolers has been an exciting one. Since the last blog, everyone has ran several times, gone to STRIVE Center, and embarked on service learning. [...]

This entry marks the final blog for STRIVE Kenya 2018. These past three weeks have been unforgettable for the group: we have had countless laughs, had so many unique adventures, [...]