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Category: Spartan
Fitness Is Fun
The people I work with genuinely have a good time doing what they do. I know it. I can tell. No one I work with at Courthouse Fitness is active or tries to stay healthy because it is good for them. They move and play and exercise because they love it. They do it because…
Get Some…Zults
What the heck are Zults? Many of you, while driving around Salem or after visiting a few local businesses, may have seen a billboard or a sticker for a product called Zults. And while looking at that billboard, you may have asked yourself that question: what the heck are Zults? The man on the billboard,…
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…
C2V 5: In Review
It was record-breaking. It was expectation-breaking. It was more awesome in more ways for more people. It was the C2V5 and it made awesome happen. It was fun. It was fitness. The C2V is taking off. According to Lesli Venti, it becoming a Salem institution. 141: that is how many wonderful Salemites signed up and…
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…
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…