Brian McNitt's Blog » Health http://mcnitt.com Web strategy, social networking, standards-based development, accessibility, triathlon, web memes, and other bits of fun. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:25:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Registered for the 2009 Chicago Marathon http://mcnitt.com/registered-for-the-2009-chicago-marathon/ http://mcnitt.com/registered-for-the-2009-chicago-marathon/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:01:59 +0000 Brian McNitt http://mcnitt.com/?p=586 It’s official — I registered for the 2009 Chicago Marathon on October 11, 2009. It will be my second marathon. w00t! My plan is to train with the San Francisco Road Runners Club and suggest friends in the Chicago area look into training with the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA). Registration for the Chicago Marathon is expected to sell-out soon, so if interested sign-up now!

If you are new to running and are looking for inspiration, check out the Spirit of the Marathon movie (available on Netflix) which follows five individuals training for the event.

Also, good luck to everyone running in the Boston Marathon on April 19 — only ten days away!

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An interesting perspective on the USDA 2007 Farm Bill by Scott Kahan of The Baltimore Sun. Read the complete article, “Why Americans Keep Getting Fatter”, at AlterNet

]]> http://mcnitt.com/why-americans-keep-getting-fatter/feed/ 0 Turn OFF Your TV & Turn On a Healthy Lifestyle! http://mcnitt.com/sf-muni-turn-off-your-tv-get-active/ http://mcnitt.com/sf-muni-turn-off-your-tv-get-active/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:08:03 +0000 Brian McNitt http://brianmcnitt.com/wp/2007/04/05/turn-off-your-tv-get-out-get-active/ San Francisco MUNI

A great sign I saw on the bus today. “Turn OFF Your TV & Turn On a Healthy Lifestyle!” The San Francisco MUNI Community Health bus poster features three drawings, one by a Presidio Middle School 7th Grader, one by a Chinese Education Center 5th Grader, and one by an Ida B. Wells High School 11th Grader.

Yes, that’s the spirit!

Will see if I can get a better picture of it.

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