By Allyce Morino “What keeps me focused? The next rest stop!” laughed Sharon Roggenbuck, veteran rider of the Bike MS: Historic New Bern ride. This year will mark Roggenbuck’s 28th year riding in the event, and at 77-years-old, she is showing no sign of quitting. On September 10 and
By Holly Boss Exercise of moderate to high intensity has been shown to have many benefits for cancer survivors, as well as for those undergoing treatment. These benefits include battling physical and mental fatigue, depression, and anxiety and improving cardiovascular fitness, body composition, motivation, and quality of life. Evidence
By Amanda Kerr Picture this: a state-of-the-art sports science facility stocked with the latest equipment to maximize an athlete’s performance. A separate sports medicine wing that offers its own gym designed to improve functional exercise and rehabilitation with features such as cold and hot water immersion tanks and
By Michael Wilkes I always knew Melissa was an amazing woman. She is a hard worker, fierce competitor, and lots of fun—the kind of person you always want on your team. That’s why I married her. She has helped me continue to grow as a man. She is a
By Tanner Hedrick My mother, Beverly, was a remarkable woman. Unfortunately, like so many other things, I didn’t truly recognize just how special she was until she was gone. I grew up knowing my mother as a runner; it was part of who she was. She ran numerous marathons
June 26th, 2015. I will never forget that day. It was supposed to be one of the happiest days of our lives. We were closing on our first home together that we had designed and built from the ground up, our forever home. Big enough to grow into and
My father had a difficult childhood. He never knew his father or had a father-figure in his life until he was a teenager. His brother told me once how kids used to pick on them because they didn’t have a father. It wasn’t uncommon for them to be
My story begins at one of the strongest and most exciting points in my entire life: spring of 2015. In March I had just completed my first two ultras as part of Bull City Running's “Tough as Trails” series, the Uwharrie Mountain Run 40-miler and Mountains-to-Sea Trail 50K. My
By Diana Palka January 2013. I woke up and began my morning routine. I was 23, working full-time, living at home – it looked a lot like this: get out of bed, brush teeth, walk downstairs, have coffee with mom, go upstairs, moisturize (because I am a compulsive moisturizer),
By Thomas Henson Jr. Cyclists know that every ride holds the risk of a bike-car collision. We understand that danger on an intellectual level, but we don’t dwell on it. We push aside thoughts of an unpredictable outcome too horrible to contemplate. If we didn’t, bikes would collect cobwebs
