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Category: Group Exercise
Launch Week, Fall 2012
There is a lot we can tell you about Launch Week. We can tell you that the next Launch Week will begin on Monday, October 22nd. We can tell you much of what you already know. Group Ex Instructors are going to be bringing you new tracks with renewed energy. The Instructors you love are…
Fitness and Freedom
Listen to what people talk about when they talk about fitness. When you begin, you may only hear the familiar vernacular: losing some weight, gettin’ back at it, back in shape, back to looking good and feeling a little better. But listen a little closer, ask a few more questions, dig a little deeper and…
Get Ready, Be Ready III
Band of Horses, a great Seattle band, once sang “the world is such a wonderful place.” I think they were thinking of the Great Pacific Northwest when they wrote that line and I think they think of it every time they sing it in three-part, country harmony. I and five of my friends started the…
Imagine, Train, Do: Andrea Downard
On Monday, August 13th, Andrea Downard (Club Dance Instructor) and Scott Bushey (General Manager at Keizer), along with others, drove north from Keizer to the base of Mt. St. Helen’s. “We left at 10PM and hiked through the night,” Andrea told me. “We wanted to be on the top as the sun was rising. Earlier…
C2V: Five
So, I hear you want to do something awesome. How interesting. Because I have something awesome for you to do. You may have heard of it. It is called the C2V. C2V stands for Courthouse to Venti’s. Each event begins at a Courthouse Fitness location and concludes at either the Venti’s Cafe downtown or the…
Out There: Running Buddies
By Laurie Miller Not long ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a great program started by teachers Julie Cleave and Jessica Hoffmeister at Hallman Elementary School. It was called Running Buddies. Running Buddies paired women in the community with 4th and 5th grade girls at the school. We had talks on healthy habits…
Rugged Togetherism II
At mile 45 of the Mt. Hood 50 Ultramarathon, the single-track trail descends back to the road where my brother Drew and I began the race that morning. Shade kept us cool from the afternoon sun and the water from the aid station behind us kept us hydrated and fresh. Drew looked at me and…
Launch Week: The Event in Review
At Wallace Marine Park in West Salem, over 100 people gather to do something. Some show up to walk with their families and friends. Other arrive to ride their bikes through the clear and light air of a mid-summer’s evening. Others decide they want to define intensity and try Spartan in the Park. Still, others…
The Event
Imagine, train, do. Those are the words you have been seeing around the Courthouse for the last year or so. As we have shared this vision for our members, our staff, our community of fitness-seekers, we have found how fitting these words are. There is a rhythm to our fitness, our goals, our ambitions, our…