{"id":882,"date":"2023-06-07T17:14:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smiley.bigboldservices.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2023-06-07T17:14:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T16:14:49","slug":"conquer-the-peaks-with-smiley-monroe-jim-simmons-shares-his-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/news\/2023\/06\/conquer-the-peaks-with-smiley-monroe-jim-simmons-shares-his-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquista las cumbres con Smiley Monroe: \u00a1Jim Simmons comparte su trayectoria!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jim\u2019s 7 Peaks Challenge&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conquer the Peaks with Smiley Monroe: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jim-simmons-b33a1510a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Simmons<\/a><\/strong><strong> Shares His Journey!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our adventurous Smiley Monroe team gears up to take on the epic 7 Peaks Challenge in the stunning Mourne Mountains this month in partnership with Cancer Focus NI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sat down with Jim, our head of Quality, to get the inside scoop on his motivation and preparations for this year&#8217;s climb compared to last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> \ud83d\udce2 Pregunta: \u00bfQu\u00e9 te motiv\u00f3 a asumir este desaf\u00edo por segunda vez?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcac Jim&#8217;s Answer: \u201cThe banter during last year&#8217;s event from training through to completion on the day. Also, I have lost some close family members to cancer so the charity is very close to my heart\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <strong>\ud83d\udce2<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Question: As you prepare for the climb, what changes or improvements have you made in your training compared to last year?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcac Jim&#8217;s Answer: \u201cLess training this year but hey we\u2019re athletes \u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <strong>\ud83d\udce2<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 tan dif\u00edcil fue el a\u00f1o pasado?&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcac Jim&#8217;s Answer: \u201cMentally last year was very challenging. I was ready to \u2018bug out\u2019 at the halfway point after 5 peaks as I had just made my way through the \u2018bog\u2019 to Ben Crom dam. Let\u2019s say some motivational talk from the guys and a clean dry pair of socks soon changed that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> <strong>\ud83d\udce2<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Question: Climbing the 7 peaks of the Mourne Mountains is an incredible feat. Reflecting on last year&#8217;s achievement, what are you most looking forward to this year?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcac Jim&#8217;s Answer: \u201cLooking forward to seeing the guys completing the 7 peaks for the first time this year Oh beer and burgers are always good at finish lol\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, are you ready to rally behind Jim and the Smiley Monroe team &amp; support Cancer Focus NI, you to can lend a helping hand by donating to our JustGiving page? Together, we can make a difference in the fight against cancer! &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JustGiving Link &#8211; <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/campaign\/smileymonroecancerfocusni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smiley Monroe partner up with Cancer Focus NI &#8211; JustGiving<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Believe you can, and you&#8217;re halfway there.&#8221; &#8211; Theodore Roosevelt&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smiley-new.on-forge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/aab4503d862341d2fc29c277d3a26771-1024x582.webp\" alt=\"Mournes Challenge banner\" class=\"wp-image-1595\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our adventurous Smiley Monroe team gears up to take on the epic 7 Peaks Challenge in the stunning Mourne Mountains this month in partnership with Cancer Focus NI<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us.smileymonroe.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}