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The Checkup: Why You Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Skipping Breakfast

• If you rarely get around to eating before lunchtime, no worries: Turns out breakfast isn’t necessarily the most important meal of the day. That, […]

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Run with Your Dog at First-Ever Bark in the Park 5K Race this Weekend

Grab your four-legged running buddy and get ready to race, you guys: This Saturday, October 25th, the first-ever Bark in the Park 5K race —complete […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Flashback to 2004

Remember the year 2004? Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were still together, Britney Spears had yet to go insane and Destiny’s Child was still making […]

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Will Run for Food (and Alcohol): Philly’s Best Runs for Foodies

A toast to those whose motivation to run hinges on a calories-be-damned end reward. These six races are right up your alley. Mark ’em on […]

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Confessions of a Former Running Hater: 5 Things I’ve Learned Since I Started Running

I’ve got something big to confess, you guys: I hate running. Like, I really hate it. I hate running the way you might hate someone […]

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Hurry, Flyers Fans: Only One Week Left to Register for the Flyers Halloween 5K

Calling all Flyers fans! The Flyers Halloween 5K is quickly approaching—the big day is Saturday, October 25th—and if you haven’t registered yet, you’d better hop […]

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The Ultimate Philly Fitness Bucket List: 25 Things You Have to Do

If you live here and love to get sweaty, consider this checklist your official game plan: 25-only-in-Philly things you must do, see and experience at […]

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The Checkup: This 86-Calorie Dessert Will Make You Drool All Over Your Desk

• Move over Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, there’s a new chocolatey concoction in town: Vegan Almond Butter Cups, which you can whip up at home, […]

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Calling All Wine Lovers: Registration for Run the Vineyards 5 Miler Opens Today

If running and drinking wine are at the top of the list when it comes to your favorite pastimes, you are not going to want […]

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Meet Sadie, This Week’s Adoptable Running Dog

This week’s running dog is ready to play, y’all. Her name is Sadie, she’s currently at the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society, and she would absolutely […]

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Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Country Music You Can Sweat to (Really!)

Way back in the day, when I first created my Facebook profile, my music preferences read, and I quote, “Everything except for country music. Country […]

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Run4UrLife: New Haunted House-Like Halloween Race Coming to West Laurel Hill Cemetery

I think you’ll get a pretty good sense of what the new Run4UrLife 3K (yes, 3K) is all about by watching the video about. Go […]

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6 Fit Things to Do in Philly This Weekend: Unite Fitness Decathlon, Eastern State Breakout, Zumbathon and More

Just one more day until the weekend, friends! To help you get up and moving, we’re kicking off a new weekly post highlighting our picks […]

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Hey, Former Track Stars: Back On My Feet Wants to See If You’ve Still Got It

If your glory days of high-school track are long behind you (but, let’s be serious, you still replay the highlights in your head every single […]

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Do This: Belmont Plateau Trail Run This Weekend

Just a quick reminder, now that the weather and leaves are changing and trail runs are in order, that there’s a group trail run happening […]