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Run for Your Life…all of it!
Remember as a child the joy in playing chase with your friends, or in trying to outpace the incoming waves at the beach? Guess what? You can still experience this same joy, no matter how old you are! The key to lifelong running is using correct technique. As Danny Dreyer, the creator of ChiRunning® states, “it’s not running that’s injures you, it’s how you run!”
Read more...Get Moving, Live Healthy: Easier Said Than Done?
There is certainly no shortage today of articles and advertisements urging us all to eat right, exercise, and basically take good care of ourselves, but sometimes it is not easy to get started, let alone sustain such good practices. Here are some common barriers, and dare I say excuses, that might be used to avoid “doing the right thing” – and some suggestions on how to overcome them.
Read more...10 Great Reasons to Walk!
Spring is here and this is a great time to dust off those walking shoes and make a significant impact on your health and overall wellbeing, plus enjoy the great outdoors.
Prepare a walking plan – it can be as simple as “walk four times a week”. Look at how to get places in your daily life now and ask yourself – could I walk instead of drive?
Record your walks. Capture the distance you walk, or the amount of time you walk, or the number of steps you take (with a pedometer), or all three. Set personal walking goals and reward yourself when you achieve them.
City Forest - How Lucky We Are
On one of my recent visits to run in Midland’s City Forest I reflected on how aptly named this wonderful resource is…here within our city, in an area of less than 1 square mile, we have an array of two track and single track trails for walking, running, biking, and horseback riding in the summer—and fun winter activities such as cross country skiing, sledding, tobogganing, and even an outdoor ice rink.