The White Lake Half Ironman is a great event that a number of ActivEdge’s elite triathletes competed in this May. Although the triathletes could not complete the swim portion, due to fog causing a safety hazard, they were still able to blaze through the bike and the run. The course is as described below Course Description: Swim: The […]
Reality Race 5K and Pump n’ Run
ActivEdge was excited to take part in yet another Reality Race as the team geared up for the second inaugural Reality Race 5k and Pump n’ Run on May 21, 2011. After a huge success in 2009, Reality Ministries and ActivEdge were hoping to have a similar turn out in 2011. All proceeds go to […]
Congratulations to Rachel Kroll, Michael Zimmerman, and Morven Ross!
Congratulations to these three ActivEdge athletes as they all competed and did extremely well in the first annual Immaculata Catholic School 5k Run for the Future. Rachel Kroll finished with an outstanding time of 0:20:18, coming in first for the females and second overall! Michael Zimmerman finished fifth overall with a time of 0:22:39. Morven […]
Pushing Limits of New Knees
Article published by The Wall Street Journal on April 19, 2011. Written by Melinda Beck John Jeffries, a 49-year-old money manager in Dover, Mass., had hip-resurfacing surgery in 2008 and is now coaching his son’s basketball team and long-distance cycling. Alex Douglas, a Wall Street software architect, had both knees replaced last year at 39 […]
What’s the Single Best Exercise?
Published in The New York Times by Gretchen Reynolds on April 15, 2011. Let’s consider the butterfly. One of the most taxing movements in sports, the butterfly requires greater energy than bicycling at 14 miles per hour, running a 10-minute mile, playing competitive basketball or carrying furniture upstairs. It burns more calories, demands larger doses of […]
ActivEdge Sponsors 18th Annual Angels Among Us 5K
ActivEdge is proud to continue their partnership with the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke as they sponsor Angels Among Us on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Duke University. Angels Among Us is a celebration of life, strength, courage and commitment. It has become a national event, with thousands coming from across the country […]
Testimony of a “Tri Dad”
I always seem to have a little anxiety the night before racing, so it wasn’t a big surprise the night before my first triathlon that I was lying awake at midnight looking at the ceiling. But, when I found myself laying on the floor at 2am with my restless and screaming two-year-old son, Braden, while […]
Tobacco Road Marathon
The Tobacco Road Marathon will be the first of its kind in NC to embrace the town of Cary and country roads of Western Wake County. The marathon will also feature over 20 miles of the American Tobacco Trail. The course will feature a couple of small rolling hills in the first 3 miles. The rest […]
Training the Inside AND Outside
As the year is coming to a close, I am proud to say that I have witnessed and trained several athletes who made the jump to endurance events and completed their first 5K, half marathon, or triathlon this year. What a wonderful accomplishment that has left many of you wanting more of this in the […]
Tyler Zimmerman Carries on the Tradition!
Tyler Zimmerman, the brother of Michael Zimmerman Jr. had a lot of pressure on him heading into Saturday’s State Championship Game. Tyler, an ActivEdge athlete and junior at Cardinal Gibbons, is following the footsteps of his brother, but also blazing his own path. Michael, a Sophomore at Christoper Newport University, won two state titles during […]