By Elizabeth Towe Objective: We are moving back into a standing posture with the forward and back lunge this month. The lunge is a powerful stabilizer of the hip that has many variations. In this lunge we use the standing leg for strength and stabilization while we take
(Selma, NC) -- Primal Mud Run, an intense challenge event which was held in Selma in April, raised money for the Johnston County Partnership for Children, a local non-profit to help build a Miracle Field for the county. "We like to give back to the community
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It’s 3:30 a.m. in another North Carolina motel, and another 20-hour workday begins for elite ultra runner Diane Van Deren. Van Deren is on Day 12 of her, hopefully, 21-day effort to run the 1,000-mile(ish) Mountains-to-Sea Trail, and will spend the next 45 minutes or so getting her
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By, Vickie Leff, MSW, LCSW aka RunnerMom.com You’ve been thinking about it, you want to run. I know it’s hard to get motivated and take those first steps. Well, now is the time to start! These five tips will ensure your success, I promise. Why am
Oct. 19-20 - Garner to Atlantic Beach, N.C. The inaugural Tuna Run 200 is an amazing overnight relay adventure that brings you and your friends together to run across eastern North Carolina before finishing at the beach, where a fabulous party is waiting for you. This 200-mile
Section 12 of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, the 24-mile stretch between Linville Gorge and Beacon Heights at the base of Grandfather Mountain, is described as “Waterfall Backpack through the Pisgah National Forest.” It lived up to its description yesterday for Diane Van Deren on Day 7 of her quest to
Word from the high (and wet) country is that Diane Van Deren made it through Linville Gorge last night and is working her way today through the Wilson Creek area on her quest to trek the close-to-1,000-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail in a record 21 days. “We climbed through Linville