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You can find a fund-raising walk for almost any cause. For example, here are some walks that I found recently: AIDS: Annual AIDS Walk Delaware Alzheimer’s: Chautauqua Annual Memory Walk Breast Cancer: Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in Vermillion Diabetes: Endwell Walk to Cure Diabetes Down Syndrome: 13th Annual Knoxville “Buddy Walk” to …
Did you know that a marathon is LONGER than 26.2 miles? It’s true! What various sports authorities called a marathon distance varied quite a bit from 1896 to 1924. But the marathon distance has been officially recognized around the world as 26.21875 miles since 1924. That’s right: There is an extra nearly 2/100 of a …
The 1969 movie “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium”, starring Suzanne Pleshette, inspired this blog post’s title. Quoting the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), “A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days.” is a simple description of the movie’s plot. But the real inspiration for this post comes …
The presenter in a video on the Web says that Jeff Fiddler, M.D., walks in two-hour intervals on a treadmill while doing his work as a radiologist at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Fiddler has already lost weight and gotten more energy from walking while working at his desk, which appears to be specially designed to fit …
Do you enjoy walking tours? Are you going to Singapore soon? Then check out this extensive article about walking tours in Singapore. Where have you enjoyed a walking tour? Please leave a comment here. Thanks!
CanCare, one of the “Run for a Reason” charities benefiting from the 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon, reported today that it has about 50 spots that were available only to charities — and now they are available to the public! The Team CanCare website has all the details about registering for …
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I read a press release today that reminded me to treasure my ability to walk and run. The release covered a new device that helps Parkinson’s disease patients to walk and thereby improves their quality of life tremendously. Called a GaitAid, the device combines a pants-clip unit with special glasses and earphones that give the …
Houston Chronicle published an online article yesterday about USA Fit Galveston, also known as Galveston Fit. As a recurring Houston Fit member, I appreciate the USA Fit motto: “Change your life.” Participating in your local USA Fit program will change your life for the better. I like what Galveston Fit organizer Sarah Trombley said in …
When I blogged about Vibram FiveFingers shoes, I did not appreciate the depth of the movement toward barefoot walking, barefoot running, and “barefoot shoes” (as many people call them). Then I learned about and blogged about the Nike Free 5.0, and I realized that Vibram was not the only shoe manufacturer interested in combining the …
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Would you train in Nike Free 5.0 shoes? Notice that I did not ask whether you would run or walk all the time in these shoes. According to an excellent WIRED article, Nike developed the Nike Free collection of shoes by using wafer-thin pressure sensors and high-speed video cameras to perform the most comprehensive investigation …