Biking & Walking in the US: How Do You Rank?

The Alliance for Biking & Walking just released their 2012 Benchmarking Report, which describes the data that they have collected and analyzed across all 50 states and 51 of the largest cities in the country on safety, infrastructure, habits, policies, education...

Grete Waitz Died From Cancer at Age 57

Grete Waitz died early this morning at a hospital in Oslo, Norway after a 6 year fight with cancer. Grete was an amazing runner who still holds the 1500 and 3k national records in Norway. She really drew the notice of the American running scene when Fred Lebow invited...

Jack LaLanne Passed Away This Weekend at 96

Jack LaLanne is the “GodFather of Fitness” and spent most of his life encouraging a healthy lifestyle among Americans. His television show promoting fitness, good nutrition, and his own ideas about how to lead a better life aired for over 40 years from...

Chris Douglas was killed this weekend

(Photo Credit: Trail Monster)Local runner and adventurer Chris Douglas was on his way to the start of a 2500 mile walk from Colorado to Maine this weekend when his car was struck in a head-on collision, killing him at the scene. His girlfriend’s car was hit when...