INstride - August 2014

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Taking to the Water

Monroe County women hit the lake for good mornings and good health

Hometown Blogging

Locals share their wellness tips and tricks online

Riding Through Thailand

Bloomington business owner experiences Southeast Asia on wheels

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DEPARTMENTS

03 Editor’s Letter

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Fresh Picks

COVER STORY

Cantaloupe

Taking to the Water

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Monroe County women hit the lake for good mornings and good health

Health Chat Back Pain

11 ACHIEVE Community Spotlight MCCSC Health Council Recognizes Local Wellness Advocates

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Riding Through Thailand Bloomington business owner experiences Southeast Asia on wheels

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Hometown Blogging

Locals share their fitness tips and tricks online

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Racewalker

Bedford man finds camaraderie in walking

15 Calendar

20 Spotted Photos of fitness in action

stride Editorial director: Bob Zaltsberg Production & copy editor: Kathryn S. Gardiner Photo director: David Snodgress Senior writers: Seth Tackett, Carol Johnson Contributing staff: Hannah Alani, Mike Lewis, Brian Culp, Garet Cobb, Rich Janzaruk, Jeremy Hogan and Chris Howell Graphic designers: Stewart Moon, Jordan Barker Publisher: E. Mayer Maloney Jr. CONTENT: 812-331-4289 kgardiner@hoosiertimes.com Advertising sales manager: Laurie Ragle Marketing manager: Shaylan Owen ADVERTISING/DISTRIBUTION: 812-331-4310 INstride is a monthly fitness, wellness and nutrition magazine serving south-central Indiana with offices in Bedford, Mooresville, Martinsville and Bloomington. It is distributed to more than 90,000 readers and can be found at various locations throughout south-central Indiana. The free publication is also inserted in the Bedford Times-Mail, Martinsville Reporter-Times and Bloomington Herald-Times the second Monday of every month; and the Mooresville/Decatur Times, the second Thursday of every month. ©2014 Schurz Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Coming up in September n Seven cyclists from Bloomington, Team Sycamore,

have been working toward competing in the firstever Climate Ride Midwest, and raising funds on behalf of Sycamore Land Trust to bring awareness of global climate change. We’ll introduce you to the seven self-described “middle-agers” in our next edition. n Lindsey Hein is a Hoosier woman with a dramatic story who is scheduled to be on the cover of Women’s Running magazine in September. We’ll also catch up with her for INstride. n Check out our usual features, including Spotted, Fresh Pick and Go Gadgets.

ON THE COVER Jill Replogle during her morning ski session on Lake Monroe.

Photograph by Chris Howell for INstride

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Editor’s Letter

An Issue of Firsts We’ve covered a lot of exercising territory in the years we’ve been publishing INstride magazine. Running, biking, hiking, cross-country skiing, dancing (in many forms), tennis, golf, swimming, gymnastics, body building and more have been featured on these pages through the people who like to do those events. This month, we have stories on a couple other types of activities.

One of this month’s stories features three friends who love to water ski. For about 30 years, Jill Replogle, Janet French and Michele Brentano have made it a ritual to ski on Lake Monroe early on weekday mornings when the weather allows from April to November.

Another story features a race walker, which may well be another first for INstride. Fiftyseven-year-old Dan Leach from Bedford has participated in 53 race/walk events.

This month’s magazine also shows readers a side of a Monroe County businessman they probably didn’t know. Jeff Mease’s businesses include Lennie’s restaurant, Bloomington Brewing Company, Pizza X and One World Catering, but this story is about exercise, not food (or beer). It’s about his cycling trips through Southeast Asia.

If you want to suggest a story for INstride, we’re always interested in hearing from you.

Bob Zaltsberg, editor

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Then, the stars.

Bangkok “I watched evening fall in Cambodia, in this rural area,” Mease said. “A wrong turn became the most Andaman Islands CAMBODIA memorable experience.”

Mease eventually reached the ancient temple city Phnom Penh and safely found shelter on his second bike touring Ho Chi Minh City Chumphon trip through Southeast Asia.

Andaman Sea Can Tho The Lennie’s, Pizza Express, One World Catering Gulf of and Loesch Farm owner was not an avid cyclist before Thailand his 2010 and 2012 bike touring trips through ThaiNicobar Islands land and Cambodia.

Songkhla Bike path of Mease Today, cycling is more than a hobby. It is a lifestyle.

“I’m starting to plan another trip this year,” Mease said. “For me, bike touring could become a reason for JORDAN BARKER | INSTRIDE living.”

MALAYSIA Medan In 2009, Mease sought adventure. He had never Kuala Lumpur been out of the country for an extended period of time, with the essentials: flashlights, a compass, first aid kit, since he had co-owned and operated his business since bike tools, a notebook and pens. the age of 19. He contacted friend and avid traveler Days began with breakfast.

Dwight Worker about taking a two-month long bike For someone whose career has been shaped by food, touring trip through Southeast Asia. the Thai diet was nothing short of filling.

The duo bought their plane tickets in November “Food had never been so pleasurable,” Mease said, and left for Bangkok in mid-December. adding that he was able to try something new every Mease’s only worry leaving the country was the day. “We would stop every few hours for food.” thought of not being physically fit enough for the Mease quickly fell into a daily routine of awakening, two-month long trek. eating, riding, eating, napping at bus stops, riding.

“I’ve never been a physical fitness buff, always a And at night? He experienced. creature of pleasure,” said Mease.

Thai nightlife is festival-like, Mease said, with hot Once in Bangkok, the men bought Meridas from food at every street corner and 3 a.m. $6 massages. The an Australian bike shop owner, who offered to pay welcoming and hospitable nature of the Thai people them back half if the bikes returned in one piece. was incredible, Mease said.

The first 800-kilometer trip took the pair north of “Every culture has strong feelings about hospitality,” the capital to Chiang Mai. Mease had packed lightly Mease said. “I’m in the hospitality business. To find for this trip. In his bike pack he carried two shirts, two that in others? It touches me in a way that few other pairs of pants and a set of clothes for the evening, along things do.”

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Being on a bike helped, Mease said.

“People tend to just want to help you,” Mease said.

“Everybody’s on wheels, but when you pull up on a bike, it’s a whole different thing.”

After spending a week in Chaing Mai and taking a train ride back to Bangkok, Mease began his second 2010 trip down the Thai coastal region along the Indian ocean. Destination: Phuket.

“We took off riding towards the gulf,” Mease said.

“It becomes pretty easy not to lose your way, hugging the gulf.”

It was in the southern region where Mease saw the country’s economy at play. Dirty back roads led to smelly fish sauce factories and large, conical, white sea salt mounds.

After continuing a bit farther south, the riding partners decided to split up. Worker stayed on the mainland to write while Mease took a ferry out to a small island where the only form of transportation were mopeds and bikes.

“It was a great little island,” Mease said. “It was very rustic.”

It was on this solo trip where Mease’s self-confidence grew.

“If I could do it, anybody could do it,” Mease said.

“Bike touring is very approachable.”

Mease returned to the states in February of 2010 with a heightened sense of appreciation for life in foreign countries. He calls this “culture shock.”

“It took me weeks before I was back in my own body,” Mease said, knowing that further exploration was in his future. While Worker wanted to explore other parts of the world, Mease wanted to return to Thailand.

“I like to go deep,” Mease said. “I enjoy riding and having more to explore. I require more existential comfort sometimes.”

While in the states, Mease’s cycling increased. He began biking to and from work every day and, in an

A Foodie on Thai Cuisine The diffused nature of the Thai food system was foreign, impressive and inspiring to local food entrepreneur Jeff Mease, owner of Lennie’s, Pizza Express, One World Catering and Loesch Farm.

“The system is so remarkable,” Mease said. “There’s a depth and tradition in the food. So much of it is either foraged or grown by small landowners.”

These observations could serve as a model to the American food system, according to Mease.

“Everything is branded here, but in Thailand, your brand is your face,” he said. “It is very efficient and employs a lot of people.”

“We think of Southeast Asia as being so third world,” Mease said.

“Few people were getting rich, but many people lived well. There wasn’t the poverty that you see in the Caribbean.”

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Jeff Mease, who often rides his bike to and from work, crosses the IU campus.

effort to incentivize biking for his employees, offered free food to those who cycled to work.

Awareness is key, Mease says, in creating a healthier, happier bike-friendly world.

“It’s not a pipe dream,” Mease said. “We really could shift a lot of our transportation to the bicycle.”

Mease returned to Asia the next year, this time, alone. Worker had instilled in him a strong sense of confidence.

“His confidence in being able to do this made it so easy for me to go back on my own,” Mease said. “I picked that up from him.”

Cambodia, a center of fascinating history, was completely different from Thailand, Mease said.

“The politics and things that happened in Cambodia are horrendous,” Mease said. “They’re still coming back from that craziness.”

Mease biked along the national road that was, at the time, only two years old. Cambodian children would wave from their farms and homes as he rode past, and every time, Mease would smile and wave back.

“I must have yelled hello 1,000 times to these kids,” Mease said. “It was a marvelous experience.”

Before Mease left for his first bike touring trip, he had not ridden more than 30 miles in a day. On that beautiful, life-changing night in Cambodia, riding along the Makong river, Mease reached 135 kilometers.

“Once you get in the zone of riding every day, you don’t want to stop,” Mease said. “Once you ride that distance, you have this heightened energy level. For me, the pleasure animal, it’s quite the experience.” n

Fresh Picks

By Bob Zaltsberg

The Dope on Cantaloupe August is prime season for eating fresh cantaloupe, and Indiana is a prime place for growing the fruit, also called muskmelons.

According to the website nutrition-and-you.com, it’s best to buy organically grown cantaloupes because they are richer in nutrients as well as taste. The site suggests you look for one that feels heavy for its size and has a clean rind that doesn’t have any cuts or bruises on the surface. They can be kept in a cool, well-ventilated place until they are cut, but the cut sections must be refrigerated.

Minor cuts and cracks on the surface can harbor salmonella bacteria, so it’s important to wash the whole fruit in cold water before consuming.

Cantaloupe has many health benefits, the website notes. The fruit is low in calories and fats, but is rich in health-promoting vitamins and minerals. It’s a good source of vitamin A, a powerful antioxidant that is essential for healthy vision. It is also rich in antioxidant flavonoids that have the ability to help protect cells and other structures in the body, thus helping fight offer several cancers.

The melon often is eaten by itself or in fruit salads, but there are many other ways to consume it. n

Prosciutto and Melon Salad 1 cup (1/2 inch) cubed cantaloupe 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 1 teaspoon sugar 4 teaspoons canola oil 1/8 teaspoon salt 12 cups arugula leaves 1 medium honeydew melon, peeled, seeded, and cut into 24 slices 8 very thin slices prosciutto (about 4 ounces) 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Combine first 5 ingredients in a food processor; process until smooth. Place 11/2 cups arugula on each of 8 salad plates. Top each serving with 3 honeydew slices, 3 cantaloupe slices, and 1 prosciutto slice. Drizzle each serving with about 1 tablespoon dressing; sprinkle evenly with pepper.

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Q&A:

Back Pain In our July online live chat, Ty Childers, physical therapist with IU Health Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Center, answered your questions about back pain.

Go to myINstride.com for more questions and answers about health and fitness.

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Could you start by telling us about the McKenzie method in which you are trained? I understand it centers on treating and preventing back pain.

CHILDERS: The McKenzie Method is a comprehensive approach to the spine based on sound principles and fundamentals that were developed by Robin McKenzie over 40 years ago. This method is based upon sound assessment, treatment, and most importantly, prevention. Unique to the McKenzie Method is a well-defined algorithm that leads to the simple classification of spinal-related disorders. It is based on a consistent “cause and effect” relationship between historical pain behavior as well as the pain response to repeated test movements, positions and activities during the assessment process. The certification process is very extensive and currently IU Health Bloomington Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine has three credentialed physical therapists on staff to utilize this treatment method.

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What types of activities should I avoid and what should I do if my back is really hurting me? Mark, Bloomington CHILDERS: To really be able to answer this question fully, being assessed and evaluated by a physical therapist is your best route to gain insight into what individual needs and activities may be increasing your back pain and how best to treat and prevent those recurrences from coming back. In most cases outside of a traumatic injury, back pain is a result of our daily lives and activities that have increased stress on structures that are now causing pain. It is hard to 8 INstride • August 2014

throw a blanket statement out without a full evaluation, but one thing I stress to all patients regardless of the cause of back pain would be posture and position in standing and sitting. Take a look at your posture in sitting and standing and see if addressing that can be beneficial for your concerns.

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What do you recommend for temporary relief?

My husband’s back hurts now a day or two after moving heavy stuff. SM, Bloomington CHILDERS: Like your husband, most if not all people feel these instances of increased back pain at some point in their lives. Giving specific recommendations for back relief is hard because it truly does take a specialist, such as a physical therapist, trained to assess the musculoskeletal system to take a look at your husband to see what specific and individualistic needs he may have. If these are common occurrences or bothersome for him, treatment and prevention from further back pain or worsening on his symptoms would be ideal. This would allow him to gain confidence that he knows what to do and how to manage these symptoms when they do come.

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Do you find that how people think affects their progress and recovery? Sharon, Bloomington

CHILDERS: Psycho-social factors and in general, how people “think,” can be and is an important factor in progress and recovery. My biggest quest on most initial visits is to find that buy-in value that people can tangibly see or understand. This helps show that patients do hold some responsibility in their improvement or recovery. Taking ownership of what they can control and work on to help their progress allows for further self-management and takes away reliance upon me as the therapist to “fix” them.

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Is there any type of therapy that be used to help the pain from severe neuropathy pain in the hands and feet? Karen, Bloomington, IN CHILDERS: I would suggest you speak with your current physician and/or specialist regarding your current and individualistic concerns. If you both feel that there may be some benefit from physical therapy, a general evaluation may give you the information you would need to understand more how therapy could be beneficial for your needs.

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Ty, thanks for spending time with us and answering health questions. Any final suggestions or advice for healthful living?

CHILDERS: Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to answer questions. My final suggestion would be to find something that motivates you to exercise, whether that be doing it with a friend or joining a class or group somewhere, and stay positive! n

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achieve community spotlight

By Becky Rose and Alex Purcell

MCCSC Health Council Recognizes Local Wellness Advocates Coordinated school health is a powerful tool toward student success and academic achievement. Healthy school communities are settings in which students, staff, parents, and community members work collaboratively to ensure that each student is emotionally and physically healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

The MCCSC Health Council includes all aspects of school health and wellness. The council’s vision is to provide a safe and quality learning environment that includes physical, emotional, intellectual and social well-being of staff, students, and families.

During its final quarterly meeting of the school year the MCCSC Health Council recognizes the efforts of staff, community members, or programs that have been instrumental in improving the health environment. Winners for the 2013-2014 school year include:

Becky Rose with the Grandview Elementary Minds in Motion Team.

teaches a comprehensive approach to health for high school girls. Assistant principal at Bloomington High School North, Dr. Mobley, helps to lead the initiative.

“VOICE currently has over 50 females from Bloomington High School North and Hoosier Hills Career Center in grades 9-12 who were recommended by their teachers as students who would benefit from additional on-going female support and guidance. The girls are provided with opportunities to develop leadership skills around positive, healthy activities.” n Minds in Motion—Grandview Elementary School: Minds in Motion focuses on the brain-body connection and stimulates the brain through movement. The Minds in Motion website states that, “As the sensory and motor functions of the brain and body integrate to a higher level, then the academic, athletic, and social behaviors of children increase to a much higher level.” Grandview Elementary teachers and staff station themselves throughout the hallway to coordinate various movements as students snake their way through the school in a single-file line as they arrive.

Music plays through the hallway as students and teachers enjoy being active together and jumpstart their day. n MiddleWay House—Building Healthy Relationships and Violence Prevention Education. BHR is an interactive curriculum designed to prevent sexual, domestic, and interpersonal dating violence. BHR sessions address gender roles and stereotypes, healthy

versus unhealthy relationships, sexual harassment and sexual assault, consent, and bystander intervention. n Susan Dick—Clear Creek Elementary. Susan serves as the assistant principal and wellness champion at Clear Creek Elementary school. She is a great role model for students and staff. Susan was instrumental in bringing many initiatives to Clear Creek students that promote movement and healthy eating among all grades. Susan’s leadership has helped develop a healthy environment at Clear Creek. n Alex Purcell—IU Health. Alex Purcell is the Obesity Prevention Program manager at IU Heath’s Bloomington Hospital. Alex co-coordinates the MCCSC Health Council committee with Becky Rose and together they have led the surge in wellness initiatives throughout the district. Alex also leads the School Garden program, the Healthy School Challenge mini-grant program, and GOAL. Recently, Alex has expanded GOAL (Get Onboard Active Living) to MCCSC elementary schools in the form of an after-school program that teaches students the importance of nutrition and physical activity.

Also awarded were the Commitment to Employee Health and Wellness presented to Jenny Noble-Kuchera for her work in promoting employee wellness, and the Student Health and Wellness Leadership Award presented to Caitlynn Sears for her work in creating the new committee logo pictured below. Her design represents a comprehensive approach to health and embodies the mission of the MCCSC Health Council. n

n Vocal Output and Input in a Controlled Environment—VOICE is a support group that

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Michele Brentano starts to cut back toward the boat during a morning ski session on Lake Monroe.

Taking to the water Monroe County women hit the lake for good mornings and good health

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By Seth Tackett

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very weekday morning from April to November, Jill Replogle looks out her window at Lake Monroe.

“Is it windy?” she asks herself. “Any white caps?

“Are the trees swaying?”

Nope. Nope. Nope.

Replogle is then joined by close friends Janet French and Michele Brentano for an early morning ritual that has lasted for nearly 30 years.

Water skiing.

It’s quite a sight to see these three women dance on the water across the lake in the wee hours of the morning, a vision that is normally reserved only for a few fishermen and the occasional deer that swims past.

It’s not just a simple adrenaline rush that makes this trio in their late 50s and early 60s get out of bed at

dawn and want to venture out to the lake.

It’s friendship, a hobby and an exercise.

“It’s preferable to have fun when you are exercising,” Brentano said. “Especially something that is as beautiful as this. It surprises us, at least me, every time I go out and do it, how sort of aerobic and intense it is.

When we are done with a short run, we all are breathing heavy. In the beginning of the season you can feel it.

“I have incorporated what I do in my workout routines to help with the skiing.”

According to www.HealthFitnessRevolution.org, the sport of water skiing is a workout in every way, shape and form.

Some of the benefits include toned leg muscles, increased balance, it’s easy on the joints and you can burn up to 400 calories an hour.

“We probably have the strongest cores of any

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Jill Replogle, center, climbs out of the water after skiing as Janet French, left, and Michelle Brentano prepare to go next.

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60-year-old women you know,” “It is the best way to start the Replogle said with a confident laugh. “It’s worth the drive, morning,” French quickly added.

“Probably. Definitely.”

The reward of the workout and the it’s worth everything Getting up and staying up is key to experience far outweigh the early about it. It puts you a strong core. But it has to be done morning ringing of an alarm clock. right.

“You just don’t have that mindset,” in a good mood, even “(Jill) told me, chest up and don’t French said. “Your mindset is, you get if you do ski badly.” get your hair wet,” French said. up and you go. You don’t think that “Those are the key words. Don’t get you are too tired, because you know Michelle Brentano your hair wet. The faster you stand up once you are there it is heavenly. the more stable you are. Because if you have your bum “Even if the water is crummy, and we only ski once, sticking out, it’s all over. Leaning over, bum out. That it is worth it. If the lake is flat, we will do it three or is the worst position. four times each.”

“You want to stand up as soon as possible.”

With the kind of workout these women are getting, If the skier manages to get up and stay up, then people at Lake Monroe can expect to see them out on according to the website, the meditative aspects can the water for a long time. have a calming effect on one’s mind.

“We did make a pact, though,” Brentano said “It is a gorgeous way to start the day,” Brentano said. looking at Replogle and French. “Did we not? That we “It is a mindfulness. It’s worth the drive, it’s worth were going to being doing this when we are in our 80s?” everything about it. It puts you in a good mood, even “Eighty? I thought she said 90?” French replied. n if you do ski badly.”

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CALENDAR

Aug.

WHEN: 9 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: The 2014 Bloom-

field Apple Festival 5K features a 5K run, 5K competitive walk, and a non-competitive fun walk. All race activities begin and end at the library. For a $3 fee, shower facilities will be available at the high school following the awards presentation.

MORE INFO: Questions may be directed to Kris Jarman 812325-1998 or email kris_jarman@ baxter.com

for the Hills’ 23 ‘Head Patoka Lake Triathlon WHERE: Patoka Lake, 3084 N. Dillard Rd., Birdseye, Ind. WHEN: 8:30 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: Swim 500 yards in open water at the beach.

Bike 12.8 miles along ‘hillacious’ paved roads within the property.

Run a 5K along groomed gravel roads and a paved bike trail.

MORE INFO: http://triathlons.dnr. in.gov

Grind II 5K and 10K 18 The WHERE: Beck’s Mill,

Sept.

Bloomingfoods 5K Breakaway WHERE: Bloomingfoods (Near West Side), 316 W. 6th St., Bloomington, Ind. WHEN: 8:30 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: This event is raising funds for Community Kitchen & Middle Way House.

MORE INFO: mag7raceseries.com

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Lincoln Lee Memorial 5K Walk/Run WHERE: Monrovia Elementary School, 395 S. Chestnut St., Monrovia, Ind. WHEN: Run begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 8:35 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: The 5K walk/run will be held during this year’s Monrovia Festival.

MORE INFO: Contact Linda Louie, 317-996-2812.

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Escapade 14-19 September Touring Ride in Rural Indiana WHERE: Starts and ends at Camp Camby, in Camby, Ind. DESCRIPTION: September Escapade will guide you to the scenic and historic sites of central Indiana, with overnights at three state parks: Turkey Run (two nights), McCormick’s Creek (two nights), and Brown County (one night). Routes use rural,

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2013 Head for the Hills Triathalon.

hardsurfaced roads, with stops in small towns for services. Terrain ranges from rolling to hilly with some challenging hills. Ridership is limited to 250 participants.

MORE INFO: www.triri.org Outrun Cancer 20 Hoosiers WHERE: IU Memorial Stadium, 1001 E. 17th St., Bloomington, Ind. WHEN: 10 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: The 15th Annual Hoosiers Outrun Cancer is the primary funding source for the Olcott Center for Cancer Education.

MORE INFO: www.hoosiers outruncancer.org Trail Mini 27 Knobstone WHERE: Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Main Forest Road, Martinsville, Ind. WHEN: 9 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: Run/walk offers 5K, 10K, 10-mile, and 13-mile courses that wind through the mature, hilly, and shaded woods

of Morgan-Monroe State Forest.

MORE INFO: HoosierHikersCoun-

cil.org/knobstone-trail-mini MCHA Run for the Animals 2014 WHERE: B-Line Trailhead at Country Club Road, 2444 South Walnut St., Bloomington, Ind. WHEN: 10 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: As the largest community fundraiser for the Monroe County Humane Association, this event consists of a 5K Run/Walk and a 1-mile Family/ Dog Fun Walk.

MORE INFO: www.mcharunfor theanimals.org

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Oct. Bloomfield Apple Festival 5K WHERE: Bloomfield Public Library, 125 S. Franklin St., Bloomfield, Ind.

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4433 South Beck’s Mill Road, Salem, Ind. WHEN: 5K at 9 a.m. and the 10K at 9:45 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: Both courses offer a hill challenge out of the start, becoming slightly rolling, then flat and fast with a downhill finish with the description being stronger for the 10K course. Races will be computer timed.

MORE INFO: Contact race director Kathy Qualkenbush at kathy qualkenbush@yahoo.com or by phone at 812-865-0711 to the Creek 25 Run WHERE: McCormick’s Creek State Park, Spencer, Ind. WHEN: 9:30 a.m.

DESCRIPTION: 10th annual 5K

benefiting McCormick’s Creek State Park.

MORE INFO: Contact race director Del Backs at dbacks@ racetrackers.com or by phone at 812-325-6747 Breast 25 Bloomington’s Cancer Awareness Walk WHERE: Shower’s Plaza, 401 N. Morton St., Bloomington, Ind. DESCRIPTION: Annual event promotes awareness of the importance of prevention and early detection of breast cancer. Registration at 8:30 a.m., survivor recognition ceremony at 9 a.m. and the approximately 1-mile walk immediately following. The walk is free, but donations are gladly accepted.

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Hometown Blogging Locals share their wellness tips and tricks online

Sue Aquila

“I think it is a great outlet to say things that are really important.”

By Seth Tackett

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rea athletes looking for an edge need to look no further than the local blogosphere and posts from Bloomington residents that help with advice on triathlons, general fitness, and even what’s for dinner.

Triathletes looking for some guidance would be wise to check out Sue Aquila’s fewomen.com. Aquila owns and operates the Bloomington Bagel Company and is a decorated triathlete who shares tips on training, stories from her races, and advice.

“A lot of my posts revolve around athletes,” Aquila said. “Often, they will send me questions or talk to me when they see me in the community, and they need suggestions on how to do something.

“Because I train a lot, I have a lot of time to think. So I may be on my bike for six hours, and I go, ‘Oh, this person is worried about a group ride. What strategies would I suggest?’ So a lot of it is to answer people’s questions about training or their own fitness.”

She contributes her knowledge and expertise to being exposed to a lot of professionals in the sport and her inquisitive nature.

“I have been really fortunate,” Aquila said. “I had great mentors along the way and people that have

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really invested in educating me. I am a very curious person.

“I got my masters from IU in sports management.

So I have always had an interest in that. I like to read research, and I really like to learn more. So, I think all of those interests combined created an opportunity for me to be very well educated in our sport.”

Aquila’s experiences are also documented at endurancecorner.com, where she is a columnist.

“I think my best stuff ends up on Endurance Corner,” Aquila said. “Because that has a huge audience, and it’s a lot of people that I really respect. I think it is a great outlet to say things that are really important. My FeWoman blog is a little more personal, a little more day to day.”

While some blogs run out of steam and posts become less and less frequent, Aquila takes her blogs just as seriously as she does her own training.

“One of the things I want to work on in my life is my writing or learning to

write better,” Aquila said. “It is definitely something that I approach as work, and I have really been trying to work on my communication and my writing skills.

It’s not something where I go, ‘Yippee, I get to write in my blog.’ It’s more like, ‘I need to update my blog. I need to write.’”

Visitors to wemeltyou.com can find fitness tips from Next Generation Personal Training and Fitness owner and founder Adam Schaeuble, as well recipe ideas from Lauren Headley.

After being asked to start a weekly recipe blog because of her habit of sharing recipes, Headley started Friendly Feasting after joining NGPT in 2011 as a nutrition accountability coach.

“I had no blogging experience but was excited to share what I had with our clients,” Headley said. “The purpose of Friendly Feasting is to provide creative ideas and food variety. Since I started with NGPT, clients and coaches have suggested new foods be given the OK and asked if particular recipes would be approved to eat on our nutrition plan. The gathering and tweaking of recipes really began out of necessity for myself, then developed into something I could share as a service to our clients and everyone via the blog.”

While Headley does not come up with all of the recipes, each recipe is accompanied with a link to its website. Some of the recipes are adjusted to fit with the stipulations of exercise plans, which could include some creative substitutions.

“Some recipes turn out fabulously,” Headley said.

“And some are mediocre due to the changes, but again,

the end goal is providing variety and options.

Additionally, I always indicate how a given recipe counts on our plan and what the portion size is to assist clients.”

Just like a cookbook, Headley’s posts can help take the guesswork out of a meal.

“For the longest time I wondered if anyone read my blog,” Headley said. “I hadn’t gotten any feedback, then all of a sudden I find out mine is our most popular blog, and periodically clients tell me between workout classes that they love my blog or can’t wait to try the newest recipe.”

The other half of the blog belongs to Schaeuble, whose posts are more about the fitness aspect of NGPT. “I post so that I can add some tools to our clients’ transformation tool belt,” Schaeuble said. “I look at what our clients want more info on and write based on that. It is all about helping them get better results.”

Some of Schaeuble’s posts demonstrate tips for a stronger dead lift, tips on weight loss, and exercises to improve your core.

“The clients always appreciate it when I can include some videos on the blog,” Schaeuble said. “Especially when we are talking about exercises. Sometimes I go off in another direction and post something funny or we cut loose and make a funny video just to make our clients laugh. It’s good for them.” n Next Generation Personal Training and Fitness

“The purpose of Friendly Feasting is to provide creative ideas and food variety.”

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Race Dan Leach displays his racewalking stride on the Milwaukee Trail near the U Street trail head in Bedford.

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Bedford man finds camaraderie in walking

By Carol Johnson

D

an Leach spent most of his adult life avoiding physical exertion. In the past two years, it has become a primary focus. “Some people bowl, some go to church, I racewalk,” said Leach, 57, of Bedford.

And he does it with gusto. In 2013, Leach competed in 53 run/walk events.

“Thirty-six of them were 5Ks, four were mini-marathons, and the rest were 10Ks or trail runs,” he said.

Last month, he won the men’s walking division of the Limestone 5K in Bedford with a time of 30:46.

Also in July, he raced the Catfish 5K in Shoals twice.

He raced with the walkers (32:02) and then joined the runners (33:00) in the second wave.

“One of the reasons why the Catfish was such a triumph: there is a murderous damn hill in the middle of it,” he said. “If it was a flat course, I could have done it in sub 31 [minutes].”

Leach is currently training for the Heartland Half in Jasper, the Bedford Half Marathon coming in October, the Monumental in Indianapolis and, if he can fit it in, the Mill Race in Columbus.

Leach, who works at Bender Lumber in Paoli, took up walking to lose weight, but he’s embraced it for the camaraderie.

“The runners in Bedford are an extremely supportive group and there are some competitive walkers here, too,” he said. “When you’re a walker or runner, your opponent is yourself. The challenge is to find your personal best. Runners don’t have that overbearing streak that team sports have...they are just supportive.”

Leach said sports never appealed to him, but a visit to his doctor was the wake-up call that got him motivated to start moving. Walking seemed the logical choice.

“I was way overweight. The only thing really wrong with me was I didn’t get any physical exercise,” he said.

“I was averse to it.”

Leach also modified his diet and he dropped 100 pounds from his 6-foot tall frame. He was training about 120 miles a month, but dropped back to 80 miles after developing some injuries.

“In this day and age, when you lose weight, you start noticing how heavy everyone else is. Obesity is a plague in the U.S. ... The best medicine is exercise and a good diet. Believe me, I know how hard it is to eat

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“If you want to increase your circle of friends, rub elbows with runners and walkers. You meet a lot of neat people.

You see someone climb a hill real well and you want to say to them, ‘That was a good job.’ It’s a shared experience.”

Dan Leach, Racewalker

clean, but it can be done.”

His goal is always to walk a sub-10-minute-permile pace, which he said is very doable on a flat course.

At that pace, he walks alongside runners in races.

As much as he loves racewalking, the social part of competing is a close second.

“If you want to increase your circle of friends, rub elbows with runners and walkers. You meet a lot of neat people. You see someone climb a hill real well and you want to say to them, ‘That was a good job.’ It’s a shared experience.”

He said his friends who’ve known him for years are amazed at the change in him.

“I tell people, find what you like to do and go after it with everything you’ve got,” he said. “I hope I never find my limits.” n

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Kevin Mack serves during a pickle ball match at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center.

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Paul Tedesco (left) and Claire Murphy (right) have a chat during their morning walk at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center.

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Mary Moor of Nashville (left) and Carmen Felicetti (right) work together during a pickle ball match at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center.

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