Everyone is impacted directly, or indirectly by mental health struggles. In any year, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health problem or illness. You are not alone. Running is part of how we fight the battle within, but we're more than that...
The Road Warriors:
Fighting the Battle Within
Because we all struggle we are all worthy we can overcome you are not alone
The Team
Founding Board
Members
The Road Warriors is an organization dedicated to fighting the stigma of mental health, supporting people on the journey of living with mental illness and in crisis, as well as supporting healthy activity through road and trail racing. The founding board members are Shannon Lelievre, Amy Leon, Andrew Younger, and Jarvis Googoo.
A major component of The Road Warriors is the ambassador program which includes members in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our ambassadors have their own stories to share of living with mental illness directly and indirectly.
The Road Warriors are being established as a legally registered non-profit society in Nova Scotia, Canada. Our team of board members and ambassadors participate in events around the world and often speak at conferences, events, schools, and workshops about running and mental health issues.
Sharing our own stories isn't easy. Each one of us has lived with or is living with mental illness either directly or indirectly. We understand the stigma. The judgement. Each of us has our own ups and downs. Each of us has, at times, wished others would understand what we are experiencing or have experienced.
Our goal is to help others through the knowledge they are not alone.
The Team
Our Ambassadors
From the Blog
Warriors of Kindness
We’ve all heard of the concept. Random acts of kindness. It might be the best thing we can offer right now in a world gripped
Andrew Younger
April 2, 2020
21.1 Nonsensical Kilometres
Sometimes you have to do the thing that doesn’t make sense to anyone but you. I ran 21.1 nonsensical kilometres and while it wasn’t the
Shannon Lelievre
March 29, 2020
Isolation
I’ve been living in a near constant state of anxiety for the last two years, so I’m not feeling any real change with recent events.
Shannon Lelievre
March 24, 2020
The Race That Wasn’t, The Run That Was
It was a race I’d wanted to do for years. The United Airlines New York City Half Marathon. I’ve been to New York a couple
Andrew Younger
March 22, 2020
The Power Of Community
Have you ever met someone for the first time that you instantly connected with? Someone that you knew you were meant to connect with at
Dawn Bornheimer
March 8, 2020
Recognizing Myself
When the trails are covered in ice, I run along the main drag of my town, and I’m always surprised when someone honks and waves
Shannon Lelievre
March 6, 2020
This Is Your Life
Confession. I thought the last 6 months had been rough. They were. But the last 6 weeks were like nothing I ever expected, nor experienced.
Steve Currie
March 6, 2020
Why I Run
I am a wife, a mother of four great humans and grandmother to 3 beautiful grandchildren. I hold a BA in Exercise Science from Hope
Tara Schoemaker
March 4, 2020
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