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‘He took off like a shot’: Hamilton gym manager recalls day she sprinted after teenage vandal — and caught him
It is not easy running in black dress shoes.
Especially when it is January and the sidewalks are a slushy mess, and especially when you are 36-years-old and wearing dress pants in addition to dress shoes, and not merely out for a casual jog but sprinting, flat-out, like Florence Griffith Joyner, circa 1988, in hot pursuit of a teenager with the physique of a high school football player who had just kicked in a glass door at the fitness club where you work as the manager.
And being a responsible manager, as Lindsay Geddes at the Lime Ridge Mall GoodLife fitness club in Hamilton most definitely is, there simply wasn’t time to fret about footwear choices. There was only time to either stay put or take action on that January day in 2012. Ms. Geddes, a once-upon-a-time high school soccer star, with shoulder length blond hair and a Dad who was a cop, isn’t your sit tight and call 911 type.
“He was a bigger boy, a lot taller than I am,” Ms. Geddes tells me. “I came out of the gym and said, ‘Hey, you kicked our door in.’ And he started to walk away. Then he bolted.”
He took off like a shot.
“I thought, you know what, that’s just not right — you need to take responsibility for what you did — and so I followed him,” Ms. Geddes says. “I was on a mission. I could have run all day.” (Glenn Lowson for the National Post)
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Forget staying or going: Should you walk or run for exercise? Which yields the most benefits?While it isn’t a clear-cut question (variables such as distance and intensity do matter), a new study shows that the health benefits of walking can equal those of running, if you plan your regimen right.[Photo credit: John Kenney/Postmedia News files]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/82ad754ed89a58bbd02ce8ace45a1ab7/tumblr_mld8s9zO8w1s0oiwfo1_1280.jpg)
Forget staying or going: Should you walk or run for exercise? Which yields the most benefits?
While it isn’t a clear-cut question (variables such as distance and intensity do matter), a new study shows that the health benefits of walking can equal those of running, if you plan your regimen right.
[Photo credit: John Kenney/Postmedia News files]
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Think you’re getting a good workout between the sheets? Guess againA new report in the New England Journal of Medicine calls into question whether having sex burns serious calories, and explodes some other exercise myths along the way[Thinkstock/Getty Images]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/a31907d4e8a29977e295e671fea94ee5/tumblr_mhi62rVD2Q1s0oiwfo1_1280.jpg)
Think you’re getting a good workout between the sheets? Guess again
A new report in the New England Journal of Medicine calls into question whether having sex burns serious calories, and explodes some other exercise myths along the way
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Our Massive Map of marathons, half marathons, charity runs, 5Ks and other ways to get moving in 2013Ben Kaplan, the Post’s resident marathon man and running expert, has compiled a list of 56 races across Canada, conveniently already in fridge-map format for easy viewing. Enjoy![Graphic designed by Richard Johnson/National Post]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/80f28f03d39c33dd04223443f44fc1f2/tumblr_mgucwyNMhQ1s0oiwfo1_1280.jpg)
Our Massive Map of marathons, half marathons, charity runs, 5Ks and other ways to get moving in 2013
Ben Kaplan, the Post’s resident marathon man and running expert, has compiled a list of 56 races across Canada, conveniently already in fridge-map format for easy viewing. Enjoy!
[Graphic designed by Richard Johnson/National Post]
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The National Post’s resident strong man (and official Marathon Man, with new columns on running and fitness every Monday) has written his first ebook, a compilation of knowledge and wisdom gleaned from years in the sport, designed to help you get a headstart on your goals this winter. It’s available on all the popular platforms, from Kindle to Kobo to iTunes, so check it out before you slap on those tights for another brisk run!!
[Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/4444bc576d29fb8e05fee1403441cf2c/tumblr_mg2cwb2Egj1s0oiwfo1_500.jpg)
The National Post’s resident strong man (and official Marathon Man, with new columns on running and fitness every Monday) has written his first ebook, a compilation of knowledge and wisdom gleaned from years in the sport, designed to help you get a headstart on your goals this winter. It’s available on all the popular platforms, from Kindle to Kobo to iTunes, so check it out before you slap on those tights for another brisk run!!
[Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post]
Running Resolutions: How to get out there, stay injury-free and keep going in 2013
She’s an avid runner and trains consistently with goals in mind, but Jane Cullis’s main goal in 2013 is just to stay healthy and not push herself too hard.
Eighty-six-year-old Johanna Quaas, the oldest active gymnast in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records attends the annual review show ‘Menschen 2012’ (People of 2012) aired on the public television broadcasting station ZDF in Munich, on Dec. 2. Below, Quaas at a recent training session. (Photo:MARC MUELLER/AFP/Getty Images)
Don’t try this at home: A girl practices a Mallakhamb pose while suspended from a rope at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai.
Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words “malla”, which means athlete or strong man, and “khamba”, which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body, but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. (Photo: REUTERS/Vivek Prakash)
‘My daughter plays on my pole at home all the time.”: B.C. studio’s ‘Little Spinners’ class giving grade schoolers a taste of pole dancing
Most parents want to keep their daughters off the pole. But a dance and fitness studio in Duncan, B.C., is planning to train girls in aerobic pole-dancing basics before they hit puberty.
Twisted Grip Dance and Fitness Studio owner and instructor Kristy Craig says she is simply catering to her adult clients’ demands.
“My existing students were asking about it for their children. They were saying, ‘My daughter plays on my pole at home all the time, I’d love her to actually learn how to do things property and not hurt herself,’ ” said Ms. Craig, who is a certified fitness and aerobics instructor. (Courtesy of Twisted Grip)
99 reasons to start running, right now
The dog days of summer are upon us, but that’s no reason to give up on your exercise routine — quite the contrary, in fact, as Ben Kaplan details below (in 99 concise points).
