How often do we plan to get up to go for a morning run, sign up for a race, go for a hike or a bike ride, but then we change our mind because the app says rain, the sky looks questionable, the kids have to go to the… We can always make a no show happen when we are on our own, but are we being fair? Sorry ladies and gents, the answer is NO! It’s never too cold, there is always enough time, we can always walk the park while the kids are at practice. We have to stay on our game. This goes for all areas of self care. We have to eat properly to feel great. We must exercise to feel and look our best. We have to care for our natural hair in a loving manor. We have to take our selves a bit more seriously. We deserve to feel great after that mid day run, walk, bike ride, healthy meal, or what gets a lot of us, that health snack. We deserve the best, lets be kinder to ourselves and love ourselves healthy.
I dare you to go for a walk during your lunch break. I dare you to take a healthy snack bag to work/school with you. Let’s up the game, I dare you to invite a friend!
WOW. 5 snow days and we are all out of sorts. Many of us had a great time last week until Thursday night when the 5th snow day was called. Most of my friends and I had bruises and sore stiff bodies from all of the days of playing outside like children. By then, for those of us living in Atlanta, were all played out and the dangerous conditions of ice skating around town was no longer fun.
So let’s try this again. Don’t forget Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon we have a 30 minute lunch run. Starting tomorrow, Wednesday January 19th, 12pm sharp we will have our first weekday lunch time run. This group meets at Woodruff Park (on the fountain side of the park). These runs will be a quick 30 minute run so everyone can make it back to work in a timely manor. This is so exciting. For those who work in downtown Atlanta, join us.
For those of you who missed our Dali Till Dawn 3 a.m. run to the High Museum, you missed a great time. The High was full of late night art worshipers. There were people who waited for 4 hours in the cold night air. 19 degrees, with 19 runners was a great turn out considering the conditions for the evening. Check out this short video that captured the spirit of the night. URC Runs to Dali Till Dawn
Here we are, fresh start, fresh new year, fresh list of goals, ready to change everything about all that we did or didn’t do last year. Well before you go beating yourself up for all the things you did not do last year, make a list of the great things you did. (Pause, write, come [...]
If you have followed us from the start, you know we were inspired by our dear buds out of London UK Run Dem Crew. This week we had a check in with their founder Charlie Dark. Charile and I compared notes on the joys of running with our groups. The experiences of RDC being sponsored [...]
This video shot and edited by TRIX is the best view of the Urban Run Club. During this run the group visited the new Atlanta Bicycle Coalition office. The Urban Run Club is not just about running. URC is about living an active life style through all forms of movement. What are you waiting for? [...]
There are lots of questions around running and styles of running. There is research that supports all types of health benefits from just a small amount of daily fitness. For example: If you don’t have high blood pressure, you may be able to avoid it by six 30- second sprints three times a week (high [...]
Conversations about BP’s latest happenings have already begun to fade. People seem to feel like one person could never make a difference. Most do not know where to start when it comes to making changes in life. This great read is about one man, John Francis, who decided to make changes. His journey began just [...]
2010 ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon took place in Atlanta, GA this morning. The race results are already up. 2010 Marathon Winners: Male Division: Jynocel Basweti – 2:20:49, Pace TIme: 5:23 Female Division: Tatiana Mironova – 2:54:54, Pace Time: 6:41 2010 Half Marathon Winners: Male Division: Geoffrey Kiprotich – 1:07:43, Pace TIme: 5:11 Female [...]
2010 ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon took place in Atlanta, GA this morning. For the first time indimama was on the sideline cheering her lungs out at the Old Forth Ward Cheering zone. The wheel chair participants, runners and walkers were amazing. All fitness levels were well represented. Everyone was looking great and there [...]
