On June 12 Spirit of the Marathon II will be screened in cities across the country for one night only. You can see this film at Carmike Cinemas at the Promenade Saucon Valley. This second film expands on the first film looking further into this legendary event, its significance in people’s lives and ultimate impact on society.

Featuring the personal journeys of a new cast of seven athletes as they run the iconic streets of Rome, Italy, the film also includes interviews with marathon greats such as Stefano Baldini, Paula Radcliffe, Frank Shorter and many others.

WHERE: Carmike Cinemas, Promenade Saucon Valley
WHEN: Wednesday, July 12
TIME: 7:00 pm
TICKETS: Available here

The first film to be screened is The Long Green Line, a documentary about legendary cross country coach Joe Newton and his quest for his 25th Illinois state title in fifty years. The film will begin at approximately 8:30 pm and the film is 88 minutes long.

Depending on the running community’s response to this event the club has more nights reserved throughout the summer. All films will be running-themed and free of charge.

WHEN: Sunday, June 23
WHERE: LVRR Clubhouse, Lehigh Parkway, Allentown
TIME: 8:30 pm
FILM: We will be screening The Long Green Line

Running legend Budd Coates will be at Aardvark Sports Shop THIS WEDNESDAY!!!! Budd will talk about and sign his brand new book titled Runner’s World Running on Air: The Revolutionary Way to Run Better by Breathing Smarter.

To add to the excitement … Brooks will be on site with Pure Flow 2’s and Ravenna 4’s to allow runners to choose what experience they would like during their run … Float or Feel???

Who: Budd Coates AND Brooks
Where: Aardvark Sports Shoppe
When: 5:00 pm singing and talk
6:00pm Group Run, light refreshments to follow
What: Run Happy and Smart!

The blankets are sewn in the USA. You can learn more about the company’s production partners here, all are based out of Massachusetts.

Turn-around is usually four to six weeks. You either send the shirts as is, or cut them into one-foot square sections with notes on how you want the blanket assembled. Best part, shipping is free.

They have an awesome chat feature on their site and you can speak to a REAL PERSON. I was chatting with a kind woman named Lauren and she was most helpful. Thanks Lauren and Nathan!

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As a runner, you are unlikely obese, but you may have concerns about your weight or have relatives who struggle with their weight. To address the complexities of how to deal with undesired body fat, the Weight Management Group of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics held a conference (Indianapolis, April 2013). Here are some highlights.

Dieting and weight
•  An estimated 35% of all US adults are not only overfat but also pre-diabetic, including 50% of adults over 65 years. Relatives who have watched a loved one needlessly die from diabetes see first-hand the need to prevent themselves from going down the same road. There are clear benefits from eating wisely and exercising regularly! Losing just 5% of body weight can reduce health risks attributed to diabetes.

•  Most runners who diet want to lose weight quickly. The problem is that plan tends to backfire. You can lose weight fast or lose weight forever—but not lose weight fast and forever.

• Most dieters regain about two-thirds of their weight loss within a year and all of it within 3 to 5 years. Tips to maintain weight loss include: exercise regularly, eat fewer fatty foods, watch less TV, have strong social support, and sleep more than 5 hours a day.

• Chewing gum can help lean people consume fewer calories, but that is not the case for obese gum-chewers. (Perhaps the act of chewing increases their desire to eat?)

•  To stay on track, successful dieters should plan ahead by predicting everything that could possibly go wrong with their eating plan and develop strategies to deal with the unexpected. For example, if the waiter serves the salad soaked with dressing (not on the side, as requested), the dieter knows he can send it back, not eat it, or eat less of it.

• If you “blow your diet,” please don’t hate yourself. Just regret you over-ate and learn from the experience. You learned to overeat for a reason. (For example, overindulging in birthday cake may have been your “last chance” to eat cake before your diet started again the next meal.) The better plan can be to enjoy a reasonable slice of cake for several days. You’ll feel less need to overindulge when you know you can have more cake the next day (just fit it into your calorie budget).

• Other success-promoting dietary habits include using portion-controlled foods and keeping food and weight records. High-tech diet aids include: tracking steps by wearing a pedometer (goal: 10,000 steps a day), and wearing an armband or other body-activity monitor that detects changes in activity over time. Some popular high-tech tools include New Lifestyles-1000 pedometer, FitBit Zip, and Nike Fuel Band.  (Note: Accuracy of the high-tech tool is less important than day-to-day reproducibility.)

• Websites or apps like FatSecret.com, CalorieKing.com, LoseIt.com, and MealLogger.com can also be helpful. In the near future, you’ll be able to take a photo of your meal and an app will then calculate the calories. This info will be very helpful when eating in restaurant with super-sized meals!

Food and weight
•  An estimated 80% of weight loss happens by eating fewer calories; 20% relates to exercise. You need to change your diet to lose weight and change your exercise to keep weight off.

• Overweight people tend to eat by time cues. Noon is lunchtime, regardless if the clock is significantly wrong!

• Adults may eat more of a food if it is deemed healthy. That is, subjects ate more oatmeal cookies when they were described as high fiber, high protein as compared to high sugar, high butter. And yes, even healthy high fiber and high protein calories count!

• In contrast, adolescents (who are heavily influenced by their peers) tend to eat less of a food labeled healthy.  For teens, eating carrots is just not as acceptable as eating chips.

• People who eat a high protein diet (25% of calories) tend to eat fewer calories per day. A protein-rich breakfast with 25 to 35 g protein helps manage appetite for the rest of the day.

• The decline in hearty breakfasts mirrors the rise in obesity. Try eating an 800-calorie protein-rich breakfast and see what that does to your appetite for the rest of the day!  You’ll undoubtedly notice you feel less need to “reward” yourself with evening treats.

• A 100-calorie portion of natural whole almonds actually has only 80 available calories due to digestibility. The same likely holds true for other high fiber, high fat “hard” foods, such as other kinds of nuts. People who frequently eat nuts are actually leaner than folks who avoid nuts; hence, you need not fear them as being “fattening” (in moderation, as with all foods).

Exercise and weight
• Weight loss is about quality of life; exercise is about health. However, exercise strongly predicts who will be able to maintain their lost weight. While the reason for this is unknown, some researchers wonder if purposeful exercise allows the reduced obese person to eat more calories? (You know—the more you exercise, the more you can eat.) Or perhaps exercise is a marker of discipline and dedication to maintain a healthier eating style and lifestyle?

• Lifting weights is a good entry point for unfit people who want to start exercising. First they get strong, and then they can add on the walking, jogging, and aerobic activities.

• Lifting weights reduces the loss of muscle that occurs with diet-only reducing plans and creates the same health benefits of slimming the waist-line and improving blood glucose levels (hence reducing the risk of diabetes).

• Because weight loss without exercise contributes to loss of muscles and bone-density, some health professionals advise against weight loss for older people. Instead they recommend that people over 60 years focus on adding on exercise rather than subtracting food. You are never too old to lift weights!

• An effective exercise program includes 110 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity and two times a week of lifting weights for about 20 minutes.

• Men who maintain a stable weight tend to be active about 70 minutes a day. In comparison, obese men are less active and likely to be frail. Do obese people become frail—or do frail people become obese?

The bottom line: Keep active, enjoy whole foods that are minimally procesed, live lean, and be well!

Nancy Clark MS RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics) counsels both fitness exercisers and competitive athletes in her private practice in the Boston-area (617-795-1875). Her Sports Nutrition Guidebook, Food Guide for Marathoners and Cyclist’s Food Guide all offer additional weight management information. The books are available via www.nancyclarkrd.com. See also www.sportsnutritionworkshop.com.

Individuals can choose their own goal of how many laps they wish to complete and start anytime between 8:00 to 11:00 am. Participants can also participate as an eight-member team as an alternative, taking turns running laps around the track from 10:oo am to noon.

Each runner is asked to collect at least $25 in donations, all proceeds will be donated to the Spread the Love Fun, a fund established by Kenny Chesney in conjunction with Boston Medical Center to aid bombing victims who were injured.

Each runner who raises a minimum of $25 will receive a Boston Strong t-shirt, Boston Strong bracelet, and a free pancake breakfast at Applebee’s on Saturday, May 18. Prizes will be awarded to individuals who raise the most money, and the 8-person team running the most miles in two hours.

The public is invited to participate in Giving Back Around the Track. More info can be found at www.facebook.com/EhsGivingBackAtTheTrack.

Registration for the event can be done on the Eventbrite website.

On Twitter, twitter.com/BostonStrongEHS

Join Brian Crownover and LVRR for a trail run at Jacobsburg State Park in Wind Gap, PA. At 8:00 am Brian will lead a short, three mile run and return to the parking lot for a water break and to pick up more runners. He will then lead the group on a longer, six mile run beginning at 9:00 am.

The pace will be comfortable. We will make sure to have people familiar with the trails at Jacobsburg throughout the group, so that we don’t lose anyone.

This is a good introduction to trail running because the terrain isn’t too hilly or technical. It does still have some hills, but nothing like you would see at most of the other trails around the area. There are roots and rocks, as would be expected on a trail, but they are minimal. For those new to trail running, you can run in your regular road shoes.

It is a free event and you DO NOT need to be an LVRR club member. Come on out and join us. Please RSVP to the event over on Facebook or email Brian at durunner@hotmail.com if you plan on attending. He would like a rough estimate of how many people will be there.
DATE: June 1, 2013
TIME: 8:00 & 9:00 AM
WHERE: Jacobsburg State Park

DIRECTIONS: For those coming from Route 33, take the Belfast exit and make a right off of the exit. Then make the first left onto Belfast Road. Stay on that road for 1.4 miles and the main parking lot will be on your left. DO NOT use the directions to the park office. That is at a different location.

A joint venture between Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. and Nehst, the DigiNext In-Venue Film Festival provides opportunities for talented, under-the-radar and emerging filmmakers to reach an appreciative audience of targeted movie aficionados for a week-long period. With theatres across Arizona, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the DigiNext In-Venue Film Festival now has 18 cinemas with 179 total screens and a rapidly expanding footprint across the U.S. in leading media markets.

“Ultra-runners are a great inspiration as they test the limits of physical and mental endurance. Their strength and determination allow them to meet hardships in an extraordinary way,” said Digiplex Destinations Chairman and CEO Bud Mayo. “In solidarity with Charlie and Marshall as well as runners everywhere, Digiplex will contribute 30% of ticket sales from Running America to One Fund Boston in support of their efforts to assist individuals and families who suffered losses as the result of the violence at the Boston Marathon.”

“Running America is not about being heroic or strong but rather it’s about perseverance and determination. It’s a film that reveals America’s resilience in the face of great hardship,” said Elite adventurer, Charlie Engle. “I am truly excited that people all over the United States will have the chance to see Running America in the theater. The beauty and the music will appeal to any movie lover and the physical struggle will inspire anyone who has ever faced a seemingly impossible challenge.”

Running America follows Engle and Ulrich on their journey as they test the limits of their physical and mental endurance. The expedition delivered breathtaking footage set across distinctive portraits of the U.S. landscape as Engle and Ulrich aimed to cover close to 70 miles each day. Running America captures the incredible challenge faced by the two men in one of the most defining and difficult years in American history while documenting the perspectives of the everyday people they met along the way.

A breakthrough for filmmakers and consumers alike, the DigiNext In-Venue Film Festival will recreate the excitement of the film festival experience in eighteen local Digiplex theaters (full list follows below) showcasing selectively chosen American independent movies and award-winning foreign language films featured at the top 20 international and domestic film festivals. To further the enhanced movie-going experience, the series will include Q&A sessions with filmmakers, both in-person and via Skype.

About The One Fund Boston
The One Fund Boston was created by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino to raise money to help those families most affected by the tragic events that unfolded during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. To date, philanthropies, corporations and individuals have contributed more than $23 million to the Fund. Contributions are accepted online at www.onefundboston.org.

About Nehst
Nehst Media Enterprises is a content financing, development, production and distribution company innovating in many facets of the entertainment world. Nehst is founded on the premise that today’s media landscape requires content development and distribution focused on niche marketing, community and branding. Nehst applies unique strategies to information technology to discover, produce and distribute content people care about. More information about Nehst is available at www.nehst.com. You can also connect with Nehst via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

About Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (www.digiplexdest.com)

Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (Nasdaq:DCIN) is Digiplex Destinations, dedicated to transforming its movie theaters into interactive entertainment centers. The Company provides consumers with uniquely satisfying experiences, combining state-of-the-art digital technology with engaging, dynamic content that far transcends traditional cinematic fare. The Company’s customers enjoy live opera, ballet, Broadway shows, sports events, concerts and, on an ongoing basis, the very best major motion pictures. Digiplex operates 18 cinemas and 178 screens in Arizona, CA, CT, Ohio, PA, and NJ. You can connect with Digiplex via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Blogger. Digiplex is also a partner in DigiNext, a unique, specialty content joint venture (with Nehst) featuring curated content from festivals around the world. DigiNext releases typically include innovative live Q&A sessions between the audience and cast members.

Running America is Playing Exclusively at Digiplex Partner Theatres in:

Selinsgrove
Williamsport
Camp Hill
Reading

The runs take place today, Monday, April 22, 2013 at 6:00PM.

Aardvark Sports Shop is hosting a run this evening at 6:30 PM. They are asking for RSVPs so that they know how many people to expect.  Email varkbeth@ptd.net or call 610-866-8300.

Grab a friend or friends and head out today for a run in honor of last week’s victims. Post your plans via twitter using the hashtag #BostonStrongLehighValley or on Facebook. Feel free to post a photo on the LV Running Scene Facebook page.

Also happening today:

The city of Boston will observe a moment of silence this afternoon at 2:50 pm in honor of the victims of the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon one week ago.

“The selflessness and compassion demonstrated by the City of Boston, the first responders, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) and all marathon volunteers in providing assistance to the injured have stuck with us and inspired us,” said Patrik Nilsson, President adidas America. “We commend Boston – and of those associated with the City and the Marathon – for their reaction to this very challenging situation.  We applaud them for standing together as one on Monday and in the days which have followed.”

The limited edition “Boston stands as one” t-shirt is available now at baa.org and adidas.com/bostontribute for $26.20.