First Strides® is a 12-week beginner walking and running program for women which will help you comfortably progress from the couch to walking, jogging or running at a pace that’s right for you. Spring classes are forming now. Read this for information on Spring classes, how to register and a message from the Co-Leaders of First Strides.

Folks, here is a race which strikes close to the heart and it’s all because of a kid with a huge heart.

Just say the word Antarctica and what do you think of? Images of extreme cold, penguins and a desolate environment swim through my mind. Can you imagine running 26.2 miles over icebergs and and across endless snowy fields of desert? This is exactly what gets two local runners excited as they prepare for a two week journey to run the Antarctica Marathon. Read about Steve and Bill’s amazing goal of running this marathon and learn why they are doing it.

Kim Hellwig
Age: 30
Resides in: Allentown
Years running: 8 years running, and racing a little over 3 years.  I honestly wouldn’t have gotten into doing races if it wasn’t for a drunk Christmas Eve pact with a friend to do the Fools Run 5k together 3 years ago.  I had done one 5k before that and my friend and I decided to do this one together.  That led to more 5ks and then longer distance races up to half-marathon
Links: Kim maintains a running blog at I Hope I Don’t Get Lost and …

You guys have heard about this race, right? Tough Mudder seems to be all the buzz in the last couple of weeks. The inaugural event for this new race series will take place here in our very own backyard. On May 2nd at 11:00 am the first wave of racers will start half-way up the mountain with the Braveheart Charge where you run down the mountain, aptly named and reminiscent of the beginning of the battle scene from the movie Braveheart. Once you reach the bottom of the trail you …

As a runner, doesn’t it seem like we’re almost always suffering from one injury or another? It could be something minor or something more serious which could require surgery, at some point we all suffer something, even if it’s a blister. Read this for some tips to help stay injury free and stay off the sidelines.

Picture this, it’s 5:00 am in the middle of winter, the thermometer reads 15°, there is fresh snow on the ground with a wind blowing 15 mph from the northwest. Some of us get up, throw on our shoes and head out the door. Some of us stay in bed. In conditions like this, more often than not it is difficult to find motivation to run.

Free Runners’ Seminar in Bethlehem to cover injuries, stretching, gait analysis and orthotics.