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Albert Lost 99 Pounds: 'I Didn't Want To Be Just Another Statistic'

Posted 05.24.2013 | Healthy Living

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Got a success story of your own? Send it to us at success.stories@huffingtonpost.com and you could be featured on the site! Name: Albert Rivera Ag...

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WATCH: How One Woman Used Running In Her Fight Against Cancer

Posted 05.24.2013 | Healthy Living

In 2009, Meggan Janota was training for a half-marathon when her doctor suggested a mammogram, given her family's medical history. The "devastating...

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Why Foot Pain Is Putting Me Over The Edge

Felice Shapiro | Posted 05.23.2013 | Fifty

Read More: Plantar Fasciitis, Foot Problems, Better After 50, Felice Shapiro, Health, Orthotics, Running, Health Post50, Fifty News

I have tried acupuncture, over the counter orthotics to support my arch, and heel wedges from CVS to create lift in my sneaker. I have tried to increase blood flow to my heel to ease the constant ache -- massaging my foot shamelessly on airplanes and in restaurants.

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Are You Actually Too Old For Running?

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 05.21.2013 | Fifty

A few years ago -- around the time I was turning 50 and trying to come to grips with the changes my body, mind and life were going through -- I decided to start running, against my better judgment.

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Light, Bright Sneakers For Summer Workouts

Posted 05.19.2013 | Healthy Living

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By Rosalyn Frazier Fitness shoes this season are a whole lot lighter (and brighter!). What's the upside of featherweights? They can bolster your ...

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WATCH: Why These 5 High Schoolers Are Running

Posted 05.17.2013 | Healthy Living

The five high schoolers who make up the offensive line of the Westlake High School football team come to win. To elevate their game to the next level,...

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The 10 Biggest Running Mistakes

outsideonline.com | Posted 05.16.2013 | Healthy Living

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Runners are stubborn. It's what gets them out the door every day, logging miles, and chasing goals. It's also why they make the same mistakes over and...

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Police To Screen Bags At Bolder Boulder In Wake Of Boston Bombings

The Boulder Daily Camera | MITCHELL BYARS | Posted 05.15.2013 | Denver

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In light of the fatal bombings at the Boston Marathon in April, Bolder Boulder race organizers and local police today announced there will be extra se...

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WATCH: Why This Woman Calls Getting Laid Off The Best Thing That's Ever Happened

Posted 05.10.2013 | Healthy Living

Vonita Murray says that getting laid off from her architecture job was the best thing that's ever happened to her. It gave her a chance to re-evalu...

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Letting God Set The Pace

Guideposts | Posted 05.09.2013 | Religion

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Olympic Stadium, London, August 4, 2012. Minutes before the race of my life, the finals of the men's 10,000 meters. I wasn't running. I was a spectator. Below, taking their places, were two runners I'd spent years coaching. I couldn't help but marvel at the peace I felt inside.

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International Marathoner Wants Kids to Learn to Code

Maurya Couvares | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact

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Christine Gary had hopes of setting a world record as the youngest person to run a marathon on each continent. But when she found out that someone else beat her by just a few weeks, she settled on a new challenge.

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LOOK: The Astounding Surge In Interest In Running The 2014 Boston Marathon

Posted 05.07.2013 | Healthy Living

After the tragic events at this year's Boston Marathon, many runners, walkers, spectators and compassionate supporters around the country -- and the w...

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Becoming an Ultrarunner

Dylan Armajani | Posted 05.06.2013 | Healthy Living

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I wish that I could say that becoming an ultrarunner came with some poetic philosophical realization, and I'm sure there's a lesson to be found somewhere. But, I'm not going to dig for it. I'm just going to take a deep breath, and keep on putting one foot in front of the other.

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Inspiring Young Girls Through the Power of Running

Komera | Posted 05.03.2013 | Impact

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On my daily run I find peace and balance. In 2007 I found myself running through the remote villages of Rwanda. I often had young boys running with me but rarely young girls. I could see that they wanted to join but weren't sure how.

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WATCH: A Kidney Transplant Didn't Stop This Runner

Posted 05.03.2013 | Healthy Living

"I run so I don't waste the gift I was given," says Coby Jacobus, "which is a second chance." The running coach at Manchester Central High School i...

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WATCH: Why This Veteran Is Running 135 Miles

Posted 04.26.2013 | Healthy Living

After a few years of competing in ultramarathons, Marine veteran Tony Clark decided his racing had been completely selfish. "I needed to use the talen...

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Running Boston Strong

Ryan Cunningham | Posted 04.24.2013 | Sports

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I stood at mile 23 and watched runner after runner force themselves through the hardest part of a grueling race. And when I saw that every one of them was wearing a black ribbon in honor of the city of Boston, I found the release I had been longing for in a run.

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Japan, Buddhism and the Ultramarathon of a Lifetime

Amy Chavez | Posted 04.24.2013 | Books

The Buddhist pilgrimage appeals to the motives of the independent traveler in us. Meditation appeals to our inward search for meaning.

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Back to the Running for the Healing

Jill Weinberg | Posted 04.23.2013 | Sports

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Last Monday I ran and finished the marathon in 3:16:44, more than 30 minutes before the bombs detonated, feeling achy and with stiff legs. Days later, I returned to the finish line where a makeshift memorial showcased flowers, photos of victims, and shoes worn by runners during the race.

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WATCH: Why This Barrier-Breaker Continues To Run

Posted 04.23.2013 | Healthy Living

When Julia Chase-Brand was growing up, girls didn't run. "You weren't allowed to run, you weren't allowed to play soccer, if you did basketball, it ha...

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Hope for Boston, Hope for All of Us

Kerry Lyons | Posted 04.22.2013 | Parents

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The news of the week has been overwhelming. Devastating. And it's been tough for me personally not because I know anyone who was impacted directly by the attack in Boston, but because I had to process it alone.

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My Favorite Day of the Year

Joanna Theis | Posted 04.19.2013 | Crime

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Marathon Monday has become my favorite day of the year. One I look to all winter long, my unofficial start of spring. And, then it all changed in an instant. Two instants, actually. Twelve seconds apart.

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The Great Cloud Of Witnesses At The Finish Line

Rev. Michelle L. Torigian | Posted 04.19.2013 | Religion

Read More: Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, Kingdom of God, Cloud of Witnesses, Running, Christianity, Boston, Religion and Sports, Scripture Commentary, Scripture Study, Prayers for Boston, Religion News

It may take time, but I pray that many who suffered this week will see the presence of God in even through their distress. And from this time forward, I can't help but believe that we will all think of our sisters and brothers at the Boston Marathon finish line each time we find ourselves at one.

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Lessons: Boston and the Human Spirit

Binta Niambi Brown | Posted 04.19.2013 | Impact

I am a runner. I'm not likely to ever qualify for Boston, but as always, I will do what I can do... and when I run, will carry Boston in my heart.

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A Boston Marathon Memory

Charlie Carillo | Posted 04.19.2013 | New York

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That slow marathon of 1974 is the one I treasure. I think about it whenever things go wrong, whenever people let me down, whenever I let myself down. And now, 39 years later, this unspeakable thing happens at the Boston Marathon.

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