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All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running. The Olympic athletics programme has played a significant role in shaping the most common events in the sport.
Fitness trail station, North Bay Park, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan Balance beam at Stanwick Lakes in Stanwick, England A fitness trail, trim trail or parcourse consists of a path or course with outdoor exercise equipment or obstacles installed along its length for exercising the human body to promote good health.
James Fuller Fixx (April 23, 1932 – July 20, 1984) was an American who wrote the 1977 best-selling book The Complete Book of Running. He is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution by popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. He died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years ...
Female jogger with good tan jogging - Scenes from Morro Bay, CA beach next to Morro Rock on the first day of summer 21 June 2008 where temperatures ranged up to 85 degrees F - the sun was very intense burning many abut it was easily dismissed due to the cool winds. This set features people of all shapes and sizes, many with interesting tattoos.
AroundMe uses the built-in smartphone navigation capabilities to perform location-aware searches. A "Favorites" section allows the user save specific entries while the category "nearby" is used to identify nearby cities, parks, geographical locations, airports and attractions which are linked to appropriate Wikipedia entries.
The first American to open a public gym in the United States using Jahn's model was John Neal of Portland, Maine in 1827. [10] The first indoor gymnasium in Germany was probably the one built in Hesse in 1852 by Adolph Spiess. [11] Through worldwide colonization, Great Britain expanded its national interest in sports and games to many countries.
Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking , or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods of time.
Barefoot running, also called "natural running", is the act of running without footwear. With the advent of modern footwear, running barefoot has become less common in most parts of the world but is still practiced in parts of Africa and Latin America. In some Western countries, barefoot running has grown in popularity due to perceived health ...