(PRWEB) November 21, 2011

Newtown Square, PA: A new service is available for pet owners who need extra help during the work week or while on vacation. Bob Zwaan, owner of Wagmore Quality Pet Care offers trustworthy, certified pet sitters to Newtown Square Pennsylvania and surrounding Philadelphia areas. Wagmore ensures a consistent routine for their clients? pets during the work week, a long term vacation, or any other commitment that might take the owner away from their pets, for affordable prices.

Zwaan, an experienced pet owner himself, launched Wagmore in September 2011 as a way to do what he loves: provide care to pets by giving them love, and the opportunity to run and play on a regular basis. ?Like humans, our pets need a varying degree of activity level based on breed, health and age,? he says. ?Whether it’s taking your pet for a nice easy stroll or a good brisk run, or maybe just a romp in the back yard, we’ll make sure your pet gets what he needs and most importantly, what he desires.?

The benefits of Wagmore?s unique services extend from the pet, to the owner, to Zwaan himself, who counts himself lucky to call this business his job. He says ?I have a great appreciation of the importance of physical and mental health in the quality of life, not just for humans but our pets, too. I am an avid runner and I’ve completed 5 marathons in the past 2 1/2 years and I’m currently training for my first ultra marathon in January 2012. I want my clients to know that my philosophy on health is built into the Wagmore mission statement.?

Because of his dedication to the wellbeing of the dogs and pets he cares for, Zwaan is a member of Pet Sitters International (PSI) which offers members access to bonding and liability insurance and educational resources such as PSI?s Accreditation Program and annual Quest convention. Says PSI President Patti Moran, the demand for quality pet care for the ?fur children? of a family is on the rise and when hiring a PSI member that family can rest assured in knowing that their pet sitter is dedicated to the pet care industry and a trustworthy professional.

Wagmore Quality Petcare also offers several other services that add additional security for the home such as altering lights, picking up mail, staying overnight, and they even offer to wait for the cable man so that an extra trip home is not needed for the homeowner. These are some of the additional benefits to the pet owner, in addition to ensuring their pet is comfortable, safe, and happy.

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Plano, Texas (PRWEB) November 07, 2011

WrightIMC executive will nowadays or centrist 8 different sitting at PubCon 2011 in Las Vegas this hebdomad. At this autumn payment of the symposium, WrightIMC has also partnered with Outspoken Media to provide live-blogging amount of the subject speaker and course session.

Seven WrightIMC employee, LED by CEO Tony Wright, will attend PubCon in various capacity. Wright is a 7-yr PubCon serviceman as both a verbalizer and inhibitor. PubCon attendant this twelvemonth will hear from Wright on quintuplet theme, including emerging medium, creating online selling plan, repute direction and area agnomen legality. Robert Riggs and Dan Sturdivant, both veteran of the PubCon bridge, will also nowadays for WrightIMC.

Lisa Barone, Co-Owner of Outspoken Media, is delivery her squad of symposium expert to PubCon Las Vegas, as excavation. Lisa dedicates several hebdomad each year to live-blogging event, which creates a chance to connect and stock with mortal unable to attend. In improver to PubCon, Outspoken Media has been represented at the Search Engine Strategies and Search Marketing Expo conference. Outspoken Media CEO, Rhea Drysdale, is also a verbalizer at PubCon and will concealment subject including online marque activity and the eigenvalue of the parish in sociable medium.

This copartnership will concealment nearly 30 session maiden a trey tomorrow play, and the sum will be posted on the WrightIMC and Outspoken Media blog. You tin also mark up for the WrightIMC newssheet for a digest of PubCon Las Vegas.

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(PRWEB) October 17, 2011

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(PRWEB UK) 17 October 2011

Until now, there has been no public accessible eyecare provision for the one in four people in Zambia who desperately require it. Three million Zambians have visual difficulties, with 100,000 of those suffering from serious visual impairment.*

But now, thanks to more than ?300,000 raised by Specsavers staff and customers, a school for optometry has been built in the capital, Lusaka, and students have already begun training to become qualified optometrists.

Working with eyecare charity, Vision Aid Overseas, Specsavers raised enough money to fund not only the teaching facility, but two vision centres in the country?s Central and Luapula provinces. Until now, there have been just a handful of trained optometrists serving the country?s 12m population, meaning that those requiring vital eyecare have had to rely on volunteers and overseas aid.

The race is now on for Specsavers stores to raise a further ?300,000 to fund six more vision centres ? one in each province of Zambia ? by 2015, bringing the company closer to its mission to set up a sustainable eyecare service for the entire country.

The optometry teaching facility, officially opened by Specsavers founder Dame Mary Perkins, was named in her honour in recognition of Specsavers? support of the project.

She says: ?This is a critical facility which will help transform the lives of people living in Zambia who have vision difficulties. During my time there I visited some of the outreach clinics to see for myself what an incredible difference an eye examination and a simple pair of glasses can make in someone?s life ? something we in the western world take very much for granted.

?For children, if you can?t see glimpse to read and write or see the blackboard, then your education is extremely hamper and if you can?t see to work then you cannot support your family. This can mean the difference between life and death in rural communities. It genuinely is as simple as that ? properly prescribed spectacles hold the key to whether someone can see or not.

?This new school of optometry will ensure that local students are taught to refract and dispense glasses, providing a long-term sustainable solution to the country?s eyecare problem. Specsavers will work hard to raise a further ?300,000 and I personally guarantee that the whole of Zambia will have access to eyecare by 2015.?????????????????????

Specsavers? Vision Aid Overseas ambassador, broadcaster and journalist Fiona Phillips, accompanied Dame Mary to Zambia to celebrate the opening of the optometry training centre: ?The first time I visited Zambia this centre was an empty a plot of scrubland, so it is amazing to return just two years later to see our dream become reality.

?The students are so passionate about the right to sight in their country. The difference this facility and the provincial vision centres will make to the lives of the Zambian people is immeasurable.?

The first 24 students have already been recruited to the optometry teaching centre with 11 beginning their training immediately. Specsavers this week launches a Miles For Sight campaign in stores throughout the UK to increased enough money to fund the additional vision centres needed to do eyecare accessible for all in Zambia.

To donate to VAO via text message, text: EYES99, follow by the figure of how much you want to donate, to 70070.
For example to donate ?1 text ? EYES991, for ?2 text ? EYES992.

Donations can also be made via http://www.justgiving.com/company/specsavers/

More information can be found on Specsavers? site: http://www.specsavers.co.uk/news-and-information/vision-aid-overseas/

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Brookline, MA (PRWEB) October 18, 2011

Diet.com, single of the web’s lead resource for fare, fittingness, and alimentation aggregation and tool, has announced that the long-clip hostess of IT YouTube transmission (diethealth), Sarah Dussault, will contend in the Chicago, New York City and San Francisco Men’s Health Urbanathalon race this autumn.

The Men’s Health Urbanathalon hotfooted, fueled by G Series FIT, are described by Men’s Health as “an one-of-a-form competition that combines traditional route contest elements with rigorous obstacles and sets them against a backdrop of iconic metropolis landmarks.” This year, the races will be held in Chicago (October 15), New York City (October 29) and San Francisco (November13).

According to Diet.com, Dussault, a full-of-the-moon-time wellness/fittingness vlogger and someone, has been featured in Glamour Magazine, Shape Magazine and the Washington Post and has been known for tackling challenge in the yore. In her videos, she’s taken on controversial subject sort the Photoshopping of ikon (in the Diet.com viral picture esthesis The Photoshop Effect), as well as battled her own barbell fluctuations before a YouTube audience of millions.

In addition to the physically taxing training regime she?s follow to prepare for the races, Dussault has also been blogging about her seeing in preparing for the Men’s Health Urbanathalon Stations on crushingthecourse.com, the official Urbanathalon Training Blog, hosted by G Series FIT.

She explains her interest in competing in the Urbanathalon races: “Afraid of what my knees might do if I ask them to train for a half marathon, I began looking into relay and escapade races. I?ve always been athletic and wanted to find a way to bettor utilize my strength in tandem with athletics. And that?s why I was literally jumping up and down when I was asked to be involved with the Urbanathalon this year.”

Dussault, who has been viewed solon than 80 1000000 clip on the diethealth YouTube channel alone, is one of the most-viewed fitness females on YouTube. She has helped propel Diet.com?s YouTube channel to a go-to place with a room of over 500 formula, healthy living, and fittingness video. Her own fitness transmission, SarahsFabChannel, features a prowler extremum into her Urbanathalon training with the Urban Jungle Workout ? Urbanathalon Video.

To view statesman fitness videos feature Sarah, visitation the Diet.com Videos page or the diethealth YouTube channel.

About Diet.com:????
Diet.com is a multifaceted wellness and health organisation that provides appearance info and slip border tool and service to consumer and business alike. Since IT creation, Diet.com has been a swag online assets for dieter and those quest info on life a healthy life-style. As I of the object’s lead resource for fare, nutrition, and fittingness collection and tool, Diet.com has created a block where consumer are able to teeth and path diet and fittingness end, browsing maiden 1,000 healthy recipe, learn new exercise, and interact with others in the thriving Diet.com online community. The diethealth YouTube transmission (HTTP://www.youtube.com/diethealth) has a library of maiden d video, maiden 111,000 ratifier, and has received upwards of 90 meg position. For any enquiry please brush Lauren Alford, Director of Business Development, at LaurenA(at)fare(point)com or 919-616-7532.

About Sarah Dussault:
Sarah Dussault is a fittingness and wellness personality best known for her picture on YouTube. She is the host and producer for the famed DietHealth channel, having been viewed over 80 million times on YouTube alone. As unity of the most viewed fitness female on YouTube, she now operating her own channel, SarahsFabChannel, in addition to writing for both her SarahFit.com and City Sports blogs. She is also a Community Leader for The Laughing Cow and a Certified Personal Trainer through the ACSM, pedagogy size group exercise classes around Boston?s bar scene for Social Boston Sports. Active in the Boston parish, Sarah is a newsperson for the weekly nightlife television show, Dirty Water TV, and an Areopagite of the Junior League. Before becoming a fitness personality, Sarah graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in Communication.

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San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 20, 2011

mySpoonful announced nowadays Mister Loveless is the victor of the mySpoonful “Band of the Month” canvass. Three time a hebdomad, mySpoonful handpicks a bingle new illustrator that subdivision fan should knowing about, and includes a people MP3 for hearing or download in their serial e-newssheet. Every date, the mySpoonful gallery tin present balloting on their favourite lot that date, and the set with the most balloting is announced the victor. Mister Loveless payoff former spot in September ’11, and a new canvass is present underway for October ’11. The canvass begin the former of every date and tally through the 15th of the followers date. The victor is announced the one-third hebdomad of the followers date.

Mister Loveless is a 4-part stone circle hailing from Oakland, CA. Founded in 2003 by degree academy friend, Rob Miller and Charlie Koliha, the set grew from an angular, station-strong-armer enactment to a sonic district, as they enlisted long clip mortal, Sean Gaffney and devoted blower, Nick Clark. Mister Loveless are teeth to product their sophomore atelier medium, entitled Grow Up, in 2012. Duane M. Ramos produced, engineered and mixed the medium including the Pb bingle “Nineties Children”. Mister Loveless will exclusively unveiling the section picture for “Nineties Children” exclusively to the mySpoonful web present, Thursday, October 20, 2011. Go to http://www.mySpoonful.com to perspective it.

SF Weekly hail, ?[Mister Loveless] puts a hatful into their sigh-actor, Smiths-indebted post-grunge ? years of hunting plumage the correct lot members, obsessive vocal writing, coordinated outfitted ? and the finished product that is promising (if restrained), crisp (if predictable), and hard not to like (unless you hate circle that sound wish they know what they are doing).?

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As victor of the “mySpoonful Band of the Month” canvass, Mister Loveless receives an additional Featured Artist e-mail announcing them as the victor, promotional tools including a 1-twelvemonth Pro ShareSquare account and a 6-date Supersonic payment to Sonicbids, and an online dapple highlight them as the peoples’s selection for that particular date.

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Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) October 21, 2011

WHAT: The Tyler Cup Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), founded in 1972 promotes health and fitness in the workplace, starting at the top. Inspired by Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, founder and chairman of Cooper Aerobics, who pioneered the concept of preventative medicine, The Tyler Cup Invitational recognizes the role fitness can compete in increasing employee productivity, lowering health care costs and imparting to a salubrious bottom line. ?To get the troops regarded, you ask to get the generals involved,? says Dr. Cooper. His personal legacy and commitment to fitness has inspired more people to exercise than any other person live today. Cooper challenges all business leaders to placed an outstanding example for others to dawdle.

Thousands of senior level executives from companies including Thompson & Knight; Raytheon; J.C. Penney; Roach, Howard, Smith & Hunter; Ebby Halliday; Overhead Door; Gardere, Wynne & Sewell; Richards Group; and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital have fielded teams for the two-mile time trials that make the Tyler Cup Invitational a fun and competitive experience that is too good to miss. The run starts at 8 a.m. and concludes by 11 a.m.

After the run, elite marathoner Bill Rodgers will share his life experiences at the Tyler Cup luncheon at Cooper Guest Lodge at 11:30 a.m. Track & Field News ranked Rodgers number one in the world in the late 1970?s after he completed 59 marathons; 28 were run under 2:15. Known as ?Boston Billy? to sportswriters, Bill won 22 marathons in his career, including Boston and New York four times each.

The Cooper Institute? is proud to organize, host and support the Tyler Cup Invitational at the Cooper Aerobics Center and Cooper Fitness Center each year.

WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 21, 2011
8 a.m.?11 a.m. is the track competition near Cooper Fitness Center
11:30 a.m. ?1:30 p.m. is the luncheon at Cooper Guest Lodge

WHERE: Cooper Fitness Center at Cooper Aerobics Center
12100 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75230

WHO: The 2011 award will be given posthumously to Mr. Ray Robbins, retired CEO of Lennox Industries. Mr. Robbins participated in Tyler Cup near every year since its inception. He also served on the President?s Council of Physical Fitness, appointed by President Ronald Reagan.

Last year, the Kenneth H. Cooper Award was given to President George Bush in recognition of his outstanding contribution to preventive medicine through physical fitness, personally and professionally. Past recipients include Tom Landry, Norman Brinker, Dan Cathy, Roger Staubach and Susan Dell.

This Year:
Scottish Rite Hospital: Dr. David Sucato, Dr. John Birch, Bob Walker
Roach, Howard, Smith & Barton: Tom Hughston, John Losurdo, Leroy Howard
Gardere, Wynne, & Sewell: Neil O?Brien
Adelsteine?s: Ruth & Irving Adelstein
Price, Waterhouse, Coopers: Arnold Segal
Lone Wolf Petroleum: Bill Williams
Crescent Management Enterprises: Susan & Robert Guyette
Overhead Door Co: Bob Haugh
Tyler Corporation: Ben Murphy
John Baer Real Estate: John Baer

About Tyler Cup Invitational
The Tyler Cup Invitational is for corporate executives and is intended to emphasize the benefits of aerobic programs in the promotion of health and wellness for colleagues, employees, and their families. Participants must be at least 35 years or older. This year?s class is proud to say that over 50% of participants are over 65 years old and lulled running. John Baer, Chairman of the Tyler Cup Foundation, says ?this ?friendly? competition has kept many of us exercising long after others have given up.? Many described that they are fit today because of the great motivation and rivalries they have enjoyed at the annual Tyler Cup events. There is no cost to participants because this event is a gift to the business community from the Tyler Cup Foundation.

About The Cooper Institute
The Cooper Institute, established in 1970 by Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit globally dedicated to preventive medicine research and education. Dr. Cooper is the ?Father of Aerobics? and is credited with sparking today?s fitness movement. The Cooper Institute?s unique longitudinal data has led the world in research involving adult fitness and continues to work with researchers such as Jarrett Berry, MD a cardiologist at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center who recently reported ?if you are fit in mid-life, you double your chance of surviving to 85.? Now, The Cooper Institute is quantifying health as a leader in the fight against childhood obesity and diabetes through its fitness and nutrition assessment programs called FitnessGram? and NutriGram?. In addition, thousands of men and women worldwide take courses from The Cooper Institute on-line and in person to become health and fitness leaders. The Cooper Institute?s Personal Trainer Certification exam is nationally accredited by NCCA.

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(PRWEB) October 24, 2011

Ability Center, a pioneer in the realm of mobility equipment and solutions, has today announced they will field a team to participate in the HeadNorth Challenge Silverstrand Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday, November 13. All proceeds from race entries and sponsorships go directly to benefitting individuals and families who have been affected by a spinal cord injury.

The HeadNorth Challenge Silverstrand Half Marathon and 5K will run from Coronado to Imperial Beach. Participants are welcome to run or walk, skate or handcycle/wheelchair throughout the duration of the race. Each participant will also receive an official HeadNorth Challenge t-shirt, refreshments in the HeadNorth booth after the race and will be entered to win a range of prizes.

All finalists racing with handcycles/wheelchairs will be officially recognized after the race and will receive financial awards, as well. However, the real ?prize? here is the ability of participants and sponsors to make an immediate, recognizable impact in the life of someone who has suffered from a spinal cord injury.

Money generated through the Challenge will go directly to rehabilitation needs, as well as programs designed to help those with spinal cord injuries reintegrate with society and life. There are few such opportunities to make this kind of incredible impact in the life of someone who has suffered such a debilitating injury.

Ability Center is gathering a team to participate in the race, but the mobility dealership is also seeking the support of sponsors. Those who wish to participate as part of the team can sign up through the HeadNorth website at http://www.HeadNorth.org/challenge. Simply click on Ability Center in the Team Rank listing to the right of the page, click ?Join Our Team? and then sign up for the preferred package. Participants can sign up for the half marathon, the 5K HN Challenge or the 5K Youth Challenge (15 years of age and under).

Ability Center invites everyone interested to join the team or sponsor their efforts and help make a difference in someone?s life today. ?We are pleased to be partnering with ToyotaMobility to support the good work of HeadNorth,? Claudia Obertreis, President of Ability Center.

About Ability Center: Ability Center was founded in 1994, with just a few technicians. Since that time, the company has grown to more than 70 professionals in more than six locations across the US. Today, Ability Center provides benefits for more than 10,000 people with mobility challenges per year, offering compassion, knowledge and understanding.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) October 25, 2011

Band: The Turnback (check). Location: Webster Hall (check). Bollywood Dancers (check). Apple’s newest iPhone 4S…

On October 14, 2011, Todd Giglio received two of the highly anticipated iPhone 4S. He and his band mates in The Turnback knew what they wanted to do: make the very first music video with the phones’ impressive cameras. They had already chosen a song from their album, “Cellophane Sky”, and outlined the shooting. Then they swooped into Webster Hall with a phalanx of Bollywood and nightclub dancers, and lead actress/dancer Natalya Rose of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. After a necessarily efficient shoot and a marathon editing session, the video was uploaded on YouTube a few days after receiving the phones. They made it; “Cellophane Sky” was first. Apple evangelists and techogeeks were some of the first to catch on because of the iPhone cachet, but the magic exponents of viral video have started to take effect, and they are getting thousands of new views per hour.

This is a good break for the band because it fits in so well with what they’ve done. Many musicians talk about what happens when a band tries to get noticed over the years (growing up and growing older), but Todd Giglio (with college friend and brother-in-law Christopher Springer) wrote those concerns into a feature film, Drawing with Chalk, for which the album, Drawn in Chalk, is the soundtrack and the source of the single “Cellophane Sky.” The film garnered a number of festival honors, and the CD stands on its own as a well-received power-pop/rock album that has had an opening round of solid reviews. With the success of the (first) iPhone 4S video, will more attention come to The Turnback? They have an upcoming performance on November 4 as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. A European tour may be taking shape for spring 2012. The Turnback seems to have some more “firsts” coming up.

The album: Drawn in Chalk http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/drawn-in-chalk/id430404529

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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 25, 2011

Top U.S. Mountain Runner, Simon Gutierrez, has an exceptional mountain running career that includes winning both the Mount Washington Road Race and the Pikes Peak Ascent three times each. His inspiring career came to a screeching halt in February 2010, however, when a common knee surgery went terribly wrong. He nearly lost his leg and was told he would never run again. But Gutierrez defied the odds and several months later returned to training with a heavy reliance on cross-training, primarily on the ElliptiGO. When he returned to racing in 2011, Gutierrez surprised himself and his supporters by besting his 2009 Pikes Peak Ascent time by more than 3 minutes. Even though he was not able to train at his usual running intensities or volume for nearly 2 years, his recovery and rehabilitation strategy using ElliptiGO had improved his running and made him a stronger athlete.

Jenny Hadfield, endurance athlete, coach and co-author of Marathoning For Mortals, sat down with Gutierrez to talk about his 2011 comeback. ?I had a medial meniscus tear in my knee from slipping in a cross-country race,? said Gutierrez. ?I decided to have it taken care of with surgery, and unfortunately an everyday procedure went very wrong.? After seeking several medical opinions, it was determined he had necrosis and the bone in his thigh was slowly dying. ?I was mad at first, especially when I was told I?d never run again, but I?m an optimist so I started to put the pieces together and focus on healing,? explained Gutierrez.

Simon?s first concern was saving his leg. He traveled to Vail and surrounded himself with a team of orthopedic specialists who got him off his knee for an entire month. Several months later, and after five MRI?s, they determined that Simon?s leg was healthy enough to begin exercising again. ?That?s when I started using the elliptical machine because it allowed me to perform weight-bearing activity without any impact on my knee,? said Gutierrez. ?Six weeks later I learned about the ElliptiGO and went for a ride. I couldn?t believe it ? I could push myself but had no pain at all. I thought to myself, I love this so much I won?t even miss running if I can ride this. It was a truly magical moment because I felt like I was running, something I never imagined I?d do again.?

Simon began weaving ElliptiGO rides into his recovery program and eventually was able to move from walking to running. ?I started running again and rather than going crazy and running a lot, I did just a little and ran when the knee felt strong enough,? said Gutierrez. ?I?d ride the ElliptiGO almost daily to develop cardiovascular and muscular strength, and sprinkle in a little running. Eventually I started thinking, if I can run an 8-minute mile, which is still much slower than my race times, I?d be happy.?

Only a few weeks later, he began to push the intensity on the ElliptiGO but kept the running at a very easy effort. ?I wasn?t doing any hard running, just jogging,? recalls Gutierrez. ?I?d push on the ElliptiGO, jog in between, and I noticed that my fitness just kept coming back.? Amazingly, when he tested his speed, he could run a sub-6 minute pace without much effort.

?It was a miracle,? declared Gutierrez. ?I thought to myself, I?ve found a secret formula back to running again. If I could do this, maybe I could race again.? And that is exactly what the U.S. Mountain Running champion did. This summer, only 18 months after his catastrophic surgery, he returned to the racing circuit and astounded everyone with a fifth-place finish at the Mount Washington Road Race followed by a third-place finish at the Pikes Peak Ascent.

The 45-year old Gutierrez?s comeback performances are made even more impressive by the fact that he was at least a decade older than any other top-five finisher in either race. Equally surprising is that his recovery and rehabilitation strategy with ElliptiGO actually improved his running times, even though he hadn?t competed for nearly two years. His time at the 2011 Mount Washington Road Race was almost identical to his time in 2009 and at the Pikes Peak Ascent this year he bested his previous time by more than 3 minutes.

?The amazing thing is I haven?t trained at my typically hard running intensities,? said Gutierrez. ?Is it muscle memory, ElliptiGO training or the fact that I?m so darn happy to be running again?? No one can answer that. What we will find out, however, is whether this ageless runner with his new training philosophy can get fit enough to win another title at a major mountain race.

For more information about ElliptiGO Inc. and ElliptiGO Athletes, visit http://www.elliptigo.com, or follow them on Twitter @elliptigo and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/elliptigo. ElliptiGO? elliptical bikes are available for purchase in the U.S. online and from more than 200 retailers across the country. To find a dealer near you visit http://www.elliptigo.com/dealer-locator.

About ElliptiGO

Based in Solana Beach, California, ElliptiGO Inc. launched the world?s first elliptical bicycle in 2010. By modifying the elliptical trainer motion and combining it with the functionality of a bicycle, the ElliptiGO? line of bikes delivers a high-performance workout experience that closely mimics running outdoors while eliminating the impact. It provides the most comfortable, fun and efficient way to get out and stay active. The full line of ElliptiGO? bikes is available for purchase at select retailers nationwide and through the company?s website: http://www.elliptigo.com.

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