65°F2:40 AM Girls on the Run Louisville is sponsoring its quarterly 5K Fun-Run in Seneca Park this spring and welcomes enthusiastic volunteers [Family & Parenting]
Take a drive down any street in Louisville during daylight hours and it's clear that this is a running town. Locals from all backgrounds and with all experience levels are taking to the streets these days, thanks to the growing nation-wide running craze and Mayor Greg Fischer's own "Healthy Hometown" initiative. Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" campaign, designed to end childhood obesity, has also prompted closer focus on the health of our youngest generation.
Home of Innocents 5 & 10K’s go to Bernheim Forest October 29th [Sports]
The Home of the Innocents is hosting their own 5 and 10K’s respectively at historic Bernheim Forest Saturday, October 29th, the races are an attempt to raise both money and awareness for this important charity that benefits children all over the Kentuckiana area.
Runners/Walkers are invited to attend as part of a team, which they can join or start; or enter individually while raising donations for the charity.
Komen race for the cure commences Saturday [Sports]
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month nationally, and Saturday the Derby City will be showing solidarity with the cause during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure run.
Starting at Waterfront Park the race hopes to raise money and awareness for issues surrounding breast cancer.
Runners or walkers are invited to attend this event, and last minute entrants must show up the morning of the race before 6:45 a.m., for everybody else on the track the race is set to start up at 9:00 a.m. Fifteen minutes later the one mile family walk will commence.
Highlands Cup 5K Run/Walk - Saturday Oct 1, 2011 [Health/Fitness]
Kick off the month of October with the Highland Cup 5K Run/Walk, a 3.1 mile loop from Douglas Boulevard Christian Church to Big Rock and back. The event is Saturday, October 1 at 8:00 a.m., to be followed by a pancake breakfast at the church from 8:30-9:30.
The course is a challenging hilly course winding through one of Louisville’s most scenic neighborhoods past beautiful historic homes and into Cherokee Park. The Highland Cup is a great opportunity to test your endurance on the hills or enjoy a stroll and savor a lovely fall morning with your family.
Work off the turkey with area post-Thanksgiving races [Fitness and Health]
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times:
People love to complain about how much they eat on Thanksgiving Day.
You know you live in a country that REALLY has something to be thankful for when it is the cultural norm to belly-ache about your belly ache from having too much good food.
But it is true that Thanksgiving dinner is often one meal where it is a little too easy to overeat. So if you are worried about all of the excess this week, there are multiple purges of physical exercise in which you can still sign up to take part.
The Healthy Heart Beat -- Giving yourself the "run around"
Even if you haven't yet spent more than ten minutes outside in all of 2010, it's not too late to start training for the Triple Crown of Running! This annual three-race event, leading up to and in celebration of the Kentucky Derby, begins with the Anthem 5K Fitness Classic, which is set for Saturday, March 6th. 5K's, (3.1 miles), are a great way to start or reestablish a serious running addiction and are a lot less expensive than drugs ($20 registration if you enter before February 22nd).
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