By Sage Rountree Last month, we looked at a low-lunge position designed to bring balance to the hips through the range of motion needed for an efficient running stride and pedal stroke. This month, we’ll add on. From a split-stance lunge, front shin parallel, let your
Be Active North Carolina Although winters in the South tend to be pretty mild compared to the rest of the country, black ice and strong winds can limit your training time outdoors. But Southern athletes survive -- even thrive by being forced to adjust their training. Be
By Joshua Stevens As if emerging from a tunnel onto the playing field before a game, real life came back to me again. I was sitting in the passenger seat of my car, my good friend, Jack, climbing into the driver’s seat to take me to the hospital.
By Angelina Stevens It takes roughly 120 days to change a habit, whether it is creating a healthy running habit or quitting smoking. Deeper-ingrained habits and addictions can take much longer based on the hard-wiring of the habit, genetics, and the amount of stress in the person’s life.
By Sage Rountree Many of us first identify ourselves as endurance athletes when we begin serious training toward a goal: a sprint triathlon, a half marathon, a century ride. Having a goal provides a lens to focus our training and a motivator to keep us on task when
By Michelle Joshua and Brian Beatty “As a lifelong runner and now triathlete, it seems I’m always training for something.” Does this quote sound familiar? At some point in training for a target event or season of events, the training workout can become just another item on the to-do
Jill Coghlan-Uttridge, 38, is a clinical social worker in private practice at Cary Counseling Center, where she treats individuals and couples who are struggling with depression, anxiety, marital conflicts, or general life stress. She lives in North Raleigh with husband, Mark, of 11 years and their two boys, Ryan, 7,
Book Review—Fit Soul, Fit Body By Brant Secunda and Mark Allen Back in 1989, Mark Allen, who had failed on his previous six attempts at winning the Ironman World Championship in Kona, was neck and neck with the legendary Dave Scott at the halfway point of the marathon
By Dr. Angelina V. Stevens When I began triathlon racing in the year 2000, you could pretty much show up the morning of the race and still get in. Now, triathlon participants are growing by the thousands every season and there will be 500,000 marathon finishers in the US this
By Dr. Angelina Stevens When I began my journey to holistic health, I often wondered how I could uncover exactly what my body wanted and how I could “know” exactly what each of my patients needed to help restore them to health and balance. I figured a certain amount of