Shoeless Army

It was a cold winter’s night, which I was looking forward to retiring with a movie and a friend after a long Saturday’s work. My friend and I had stopped by a grocery store to pick up food for dinner leaving only with a large bag of discounted brown bananas. We pull into the parking lot to the gym, which I had just locked up twenty minutes earlier. A quick bathroom stop would be our last one before heading home to make dinner (of banana bread and shakes apparently).

We walk up the familiar staircase passing the bowling lanes as I’ve done probably thousands of times over the past year. As I unlock and walk through MORFIT’s red door, something is amiss… The floor by the entrance is not barren as it should be, as I had left it twenty minutes ago. Instead, the carpet has completely disappeared under an army of empty shoes and boots. Before I could figure out who had broken into the gym and respectfully obeyed the “No outdoor shoes past this point” sign; I turn my head to see the shoeless army standing in the dark of the gym, waiting for me. At that moment, in perfect unison and a beautifully harmonic key of C,  they all exclaim…”Happy one year anniversary MORFIT!”

We officially passed 365 days on December 10th, 2012! MORFIT has been a wild roller coaster ride since the start. Deciding to open a fitness facility from scratch with no business experience was very ambitious.  But I had a vision in mind. If you would like to see what that vision is; stop by 255 Tache Avenue someday. You’ll see the beautiful gym that we built from four brick walls and you’ll meet some of our amazing members, many of whom were out that cold winter’s night to celebrate the first of many years together.

~ Stuart