The Endurance Magazine USATF-NC Long Distance Championship Series will take the heat to the next level at Beat the Heat 5K, the 5K Championship. The race starts at 7:00pm on July 25. With $5000 in prize money and chances of hot weather the race will be smoking hot. Beat
By Brittany Youngman As runners, we are all challenged with the question: Why do you run? As if each runner is to come up with a different answer. I came across a number of reasons – health, camaraderie, strength (physical and mental), medals, the challenge, and the list goes
By Grandison Burnside and Cyndi Dambacher “I’m so slow.” “I’m terrible at this.” “I can’t keep up.” “I can’t do this.” If these phrases creep into your mind during training, you are not alone. Internal words might seem like innocuous rambling in our heads to which we have become
This year marks the 27th running of the Sourwood 5K, a running event that is part of the Sourwood festival. Also returning this year is the Cheshire Pump & Run where participants can earn deductions off their 5K time for doing bench presses pre-race. The Sourwood 5K starts and
New Balance Vazee Pace Get ready to reach all new speeds in Vazee Pace. Engineered for the relentless pursuit of “faster”, this lightweight running shoe delivers the snappy, responsive ride required for all the miles you have planned for it. Replacing the 890 in the New Balance lineup, the
2015 Champions to Stop Diabetes <Photo Credit>Louis Shackleton Thank You Tour de Cure Champions They came, they rode, they inspired and they experienced… the NC Tour de Cure presented by Quintiles fundraising cycling event! A special and heartfelt thank you goes out from the American Diabetes Association to over 700
By Joe Nuss Running Boston Race day for the Boston Marathon starts early. You go to bed the night before not really knowing how you will feel in the morning. Then morning comes. It’s usually dark and you hope you have the right energy. You hope to stay focused
By Brian Beatty Maintaining one’s health requires the cultivation of healthy behaviors. When it comes to cancer, we recognize the value of larger behavior patterns and preventive actions. The large actions of exercise; good food choices and managing stress are complimented by small daily actions such as self-directed screening
By Thomas Henson Jr. For better or worse, kids are sponges. They soak in the lessons of the world, and then replay them in their own little lives. That’s why it’s important to impart lessons about safety as early as possible, to instill a lifetime of good habits. I know
This year marks the 6th Anniversary of our Cancer Awareness Issue. Through the years there has never been a shortage of inspirational stories about people who have fought cancer first-hand or hand-in-hand with a loved one stricken by the disease. Everyone knows someone who has fought it. The staff
