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What to Wear: Layers for Cold Weather Workouts
You step outside and feel as though you are about to freeze, then five minutes into your walk or run you are burning up. Choosing what to wear for cold weather exercise can be rather tricky.
As the weather turns colder layering is the key to keep you safe and comfortable during your outdoor workouts. Unlike [...]
Developing Your Walk Training Plan, Part 4
Now that your know why you should eat healthy food, here are some tips for incorporating good food into your training:
1. Make sure your dairy servings are low-fat. If you drink whole milk, switch to two-percent, and if that’s what you drink now, step down to skim. After a while you won’t miss the fat [...]
World Run Day 2008
My travels and my experience living abroad have taught me a lot about fitness from an international perspective. One of those things is that running is part of almost every culture in the world. Visit a park or community area in nearly any city and you will find people of all ages running for fitness [...]
What Do You Do When You Reach Your Fundraising Goal?
When I checked my email yesterday, I was ecstatic to see this seven-word subject line for one of my messages: “Congratulations! You have reached your fundraising goal.”
For several months, I’ve been raising money for the Southern Utah Alzheimer’s Association’s Memory Walk. The event is Saturday, November 8, and as of a few days ago, I [...]
Goal Setting for Your Event
Setting effective goals is an important part of training for an event and this practice extends to the planning of an event as well. Goals allow you to measure the success of your charity fundraiser.
Even if you are a small organization goals are important. In college I helped organize a Halloween race. We chose [...]
Developing Your Walk Training Plan, Part 3
One of the key pieces in any training regimen is nutrition. While you should always eat a healthy diet, it’s even more important when you’re pushing your body, burning extra calories, and laying down new muscle.
(Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist, but I do know what happens when I don’t plan my meals around my [...]
60 Miles And We Did It
On Friday, October 24th, 3,400 warriors gathered together in the dark, in the cold, and in the rain with two common goals. The first, to walk 60 miles, from Alpharetta to the heart of Atlanta over the course of 72 hours. The second, to find a cure for breast cancer. They achieved the first goal. [...]
