The Finish Strong Half Iron Triathlon took place at Jordan Lake in Pittsboro, NC on Sept. 23, 2012. This event consisted of a 1.2 mile open water swim that was a triangular clockwise swim in Jordan Lake. A 56 mile bike course that rolled through Chatham and Lee County featuring fast and flat areas with […]
Originally published in Club Business International, October 2012 A new study suggests that diet may play a more significant role than exercise in weight control. That conclusion, reported recently in the PLoS One Journal, was reached by a team of six researchers representing a number of universities in the U.S., U.K., and Tanzania. The study, […]
The Lake Logan International Triathlon took place at the Lake Logan Episcopal Center in Canton, NC on Aug. 4, 2012. This event was a 1500 meter Swim, 24 mile Bike and a 10K Run. The international distance race has quickly become one of the premier races in the Southeast, attracting athletes from across the country. […]
Four on the Fourth is the first race of the 8th Annual Le Tour de Carrboro which is a 4 mile race on July 4th. This was the first time all four Zimmerman men have ever raced together. Tyler Zimmerman took home first place of the Zimmerman clan with a time of 26:07. Michael Zimmerman, […]
Originally published in Club Business International, October 2012 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first new prescription weight-loss drug in 13 years. The medication, lorcaserin, developed by Arena Pharmaceuticals, based in San Fransisco, will be sold under the name Belviq. The drug works by activating the brain receptors for the neurotransmitter […]
Together, ActivEdge and Reality Ministries put on their third Reality Race on July 21st. At 8:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, participants came out to support Reality Ministries in their mission to reach the people of Durham; all of the race’s proceeds went to Reality Ministries. Participants could enter into the 5K race or the Pump […]
Picture taken from Endurance Magazine By: Brian Diaz Published in Endurance Magazine, July 2012 Issue. Revamped and repackaged much differently than the old step routines popular in the 90’s and early 2000’s, group training classes are back. While you still might see an occasional leotard or leg warmer out there, there is a great variety […]
By: Brian Diaz Published in Endurance Magazine in April 2012 Issue. It’s that time of year again, when your friends ask you to join them in trudging through mud up to your neck, jumping through a ring of fire, and managing obstacles that look like they came straight out of basic Army officer training or […]
ActivEdge’s, Lora Charles, participated in the 116th Boston Marathon on April 16, 2012. Temperatures on this spring day reached record highs in the 80’s causing over 4,000 of those registered to sit the race out. Some one hundred participants were sent to the hospital in ambulances due to the heat. Lora endured the brutal temperatures and finished […]
In March 2012, ActivEdge had many of its members participate in the Tobacco Road Marathon. Brian Diaz, Jacob Allen, Morven Ross, Roger Jeffs, Darryl Brian, Charlie Densmore, Rachel Bordogna, Lauren Hubbard, Camille Morgan, and Maddy McEwen all competed in the Bay Six Half Marathon while Lora Charles participated in the Duke Medicine Tobacco Road Marathon. Lora […]