Every year on July 4, nearly 60,000 people toe the starting line of the AJC Peachtree Road Race beside the Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Georgia. Battling hot weather, humidity and sometimes rain, race participants make a 6.2-mile journey through the streets of Atlanta along the famous Peachtree Street for the privilege of saying they competed in the largest 10K…
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An Interview with Rachel Seaman – Mizuno Olympian
Rachel Seaman born in Kapuskasing, Ontario is a Canadian race walker. She began race walking at age 14 but didn’t decided to focus on the event until the age of 18. A year later she won the 2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup Junior championship. Her first experience internationally at the senior level was the 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, which is where she met future husband,…
Read MoreUnderstanding Muscle Imbalances
By: Mark Crabtree The goal of any exercise program is to elicit a change. Usually, the underlying reason for diving into fitness is to move better, feel better or look better. Maybe your goal is to run your personal best race time, or progress from a 5K to a half marathon. Maybe you want to completely change the way you…
Read MoreHow to Keep at it When Training Gets Tough
By: Abby Land We have all been through those periods when you feel as though you are just barely struggling trough your training and everything feels tougher than it should. You are sore, you’re exhausted, you just can’t seem to nail your workouts, you lack motivation, or any combination of the above, and it not only messes with your training,…
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