This past year has been a fairly grief-filled one for myself and my family. Heart attacks, cancer, loss, and a horrific incident that led to my 16-year-old cousin staying in the hospital for over five months and currently re-learning to walk and talk. Needless to say, I’ve needed comfort and that comfort has come in […]
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A runner’s tale
This dispatch comes from our editor-in-chief and fearless leader, Fletcher Bud Farrar: I’ve been a casual runner for years, but early this year when it dawned on me that I was going to turn 60 in the spring, I decided to step it up a notch. During the winter months I went on several long […]
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Never too late to get in shape
Here’s a post from Tia Schoen in our advertising department: I got lucky 30 years ago (I’m really dating myself here!) when a wonderful woman hired me to run her health clubs. I had no experience and had never exercised a day in my life. I took to it like a duck to water. Over […]
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It’s time to Get FIT!
Welcome to the Illinois Times Get FIT blog! Getting healthy is not only in vogue, it is vital to the well-being of our nation. If we don’t want to keep paying billions to remedy health problems we could prevent, then each of us must make a commitment to our personal and public health. Here we […]
