Open Discussion: What Defines A Personal Record?

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Is a personal record truly your best time to run a certain distance or your best time to run a certain distance in an organized race? Weigh in.

Why There’s No Reason To Fear Your First Race

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Just the thought of putting my toe on the starting line gave me a pit in my stomach. The more I thought about running my first race, the more I dreaded it. I was completely psyching myself out mentally before I ever even took one step. I was literally afraid to run my first 5K. [...]

5 Weight Loss Myths Uncovered

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5 weight loss myths uncovered. When it comes to weight loss everyone thinks they have the answer. Everyone will at least give you an opinion about weight loss. Read this article to find out the truth about these common misconceptions.

Run Faster: 3 Lessons on Increasing Speed From Usain Bolt

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If you want to run faster here are 3 quick lessons you can learn from Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man. Improve your performance in a hurry using this sound advice.

365 Days Without a Pepsi

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My story of going from soda lush to soda free and how you can too. The sun is blazing, the temperature is rising, and you’re stuck outside diggingpost holes for your new fence. An oasis of a Coca-Cola waterfall is all you can see rising up from the pavement three blocks away.

Lessons of Sacrifice from D-Wade, the King, and Chris Bosh

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Losing Weight and getting fit require sacrifice. Much has been talked about the “sacrifices” of D-Wade, Lebron, and Chris Bosh to play on the same team together, but what are they really giving up? Would the same level of sacrifice by a fat man find him on the road to better health?

Raise Taxes to Fight Obesity?

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With obesity as a growing epidemic in this country, would it make sense to tax foods like trans fats and high fructose corn syrup so that making food with them became outrageously expensive? Would increasing taxes on those types of foods actually help people to eat good healthy foods?

What Diet Are You On?

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There are so many diet plans out there. How do you decide which one is right for you? And then, how do you stick to it?

Why I Won’t Be Like the Vuvuzela

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Unless you’ve been banished to an island with no contact of any kind with human beings or social media outlets, you’ve heard of the vuvuzelas. In the unlikely case that you haven’t heard of them, just imagine Lloyd Christmas’ version of the most annoying sound in the world, multiply it by 50,000 people, and have it last for 90 minutes nonstop.

The repetitive mundane sound of the vuvuzela will be nothing like the voice I bring to askfitnesscoach.