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Archive for the ‘Fit for Good’ Category

Traveling With a Purpose

Team Athleta • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: Fit for Good

by Karen Osborn, Founder of Kids Play International
Last year, my friend Tracy and I wanted to take a trip to Africa. At first we simply wanted to explore another country, go on a safari, and enjoy a vacation as most people try to do with their average two weeks per year. What we didn’t realize is that the trip would turn into one of the most amazing experiences that would change the way we travel forever…



The Sweet Road to Kona

Team Athleta • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Fit for Good, Share Your Chi

by Katie Bolling
I thought it was a challenge in itself when I qualified for the Ironman World Championship as an amateur age-grouper and mother of a nine month old in the fall of 2006. However, the road to get me to the starting line of the Ironman World Championship had many more obstacles in store for me…



Fit for Good

Kristina Pinto • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Fit for Good, Run

by Kristina Pinto
Like many women, I started running for the most basic of reasons: to stay fit. In a relatively short time, I realized that being physically fit is one thing, but as a whole person, I can be much more fit if I translate my running into community service, and running races to benefit various charities has become important to my fitness routine…



Blisters Don’t Need Chemo

Team Athleta • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Fit for Good, Inside Athleta, Team Athleta

Well… I did it. I walked 39 miles in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I am still nursing blisters and sore muscles and what feels like some kind of nerve damage in my foot, but what an amazing, wonderful experience…



Lisa’s 810

Team Athleta • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Featured Athlete News, Fit for Good

Two years after completing the 300-mile Badwater Double and raising $294,000 for AIDS Orphans Rising, featured athlete Lisa Smith-Batchen is at it again. Starting July 9th, she will run and bike more than 800 miles…



The Relay

Team Athleta • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Fit for Good, Inside Athleta, Team Athleta

What has 36 legs, 48 feet, and runs all night under a full moon? Our very own Team Athleta…