A series of sponsored walks will allow people to raise money for a life-threatening disease this year.
The Great Strides Walk, held by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, will involve 34 events across the country.
Proceeds from the event will be used to fund research into the disease and provide information and support to the families of sufferers, giving excellent motivation to strap on your Caterpillar or Merrell walking boots.
Bev Burnham-Jones, regional fundraising manager for the trust, told the Wrexham Evening Leader: “Our research, which is almost entirely funded by charitable donations, is making encouraging progress.
“Every step, no matter how small, brings us closer to finding a cure.”
Cystic fibrosis, the most common life-threatening inherited disease in the UK, affects over 8,000 people.
The trust expects to invest around £4 million in research in 2008, with the majority going into gene therapy.
In addition to the Great Strides Walk, the charity holds many other fundraising events, such as cycling, treks and skydives.
Further information is available at http://www.cftrust.org.uk.
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A minister in a Canadian province has been showing off her commitment to the environment by wearing a pair of green shoes.
Although it is unclear if the shoes are from the Ecco, Merrell or Keen, it is certain that they show how passionate the wearer, British Columbia’s finance minister Carole Taylor, is towards ensuring something is done to tackle issues such as climate change.
Speaking just before the announcement of a new budget, Ms Taylor said despite forecast slow economic growth, issues such as the environment need to be put first.
According to theglobeandmail.com, she said: “In years past, every time you got a bump in the economy, people have used that as an excuse to not deal with the environment. I don’t think we have that choice any more.”
The minister has still yet to confirm whether she is planning to introduce the controversial carbon tax.
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Pushing Daisies actress Anna Friel has been caught out jogging with her daughter in Los Angeles.
Ms Friel, 31, who made her name in this country in the Channel 4 soap Brookside, has been seen exercising with her fitness trainer and two-year-old daughter Gracie.
Although it is not confirmed what running shoes she chooses – whether they be from Mizuno, Ecco, Hi-Tec or Keen – it is clear that her daughter is a fan of Ugg boots,
Celebrity Baby Blog has reported the star’s daughter is wearing the Kids Kiddie in the Sand pair from the brand while her mother exercises.
According to reports, Miss Friel, from Rochdale, hired a nanny from Lancashire to ensure that Gracie will have an accent just like her own.
“I know my roots and where I’m from,” she said. “I’m northern and I always will be.”
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If fitness fanatics want to keep their weight down, then they could be getting through walking shoes faster than they can buy them if they are to follow the advice of the latest research.
Findings heard at the American Association for Advancement of Science’s conference, showed that those who exercise between 60 and 90 minutes a day – walking the equivalent of a marathon a week – are the most likely to stay in shape.
According to the study, those who keep running shoes such as those available from Hi-Tec, Ecco or Mizuno on for this length of time every day are likely to shed at least two stones and keep weight off for six years.
Speaking to the conference, Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force, said that those who stick to this regime do not give themselves a break from their diet at the weekend.
According to the Times, he said: “They do a tremendous amount of physical activity, burning off about 2,700 calories a week.”
To keep up with this regime you will need suitable footwear, which can be found from the likes of Ecco and Merrell here at Fitness Footwear.
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While Little Britain star David Walliams is only putting his swimming trunks on for Sports Relief this year, Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell is set to be packing slightly more as he cycles and rows for the charity.
Olympic rower, Cracknell will be packing his running shoes, although it is unclear if he is wearing Mizuno or Ecco, as part of a week long event to row, swim and cycle from the UK to Africa
Walliams, Matt Lucas’ co-star on the popular Little Britain comedy show, is due to join the rower for the swimming leg of the challenge, which will be 12 miles across the Strait of Gibraltor.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: “I thought, ‘what could I do?’ And I thought perhaps I could steal some of James Cracknell’s thunder by joining him on the swimming part.”
“People might think that I did all the rest of it too,” he concluded.
Last year he raised over £1 million for Sports Relief by swimming across the English Channel.
If you are going to be running, cycling or even playing sponsored golf to raise money for this year’s Sports Relief you will need suitable footwear.
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James Toseland, superbike champion, has seen how putting on exercise shoes and running for charity can help those in need when he visited Leeds.
The effects of donning Mizuno, Ecco and Keen shoes, for Sports Relief were in evidence when the biker visited the Sports Relief funded, Archway project in Roundhay Road, Harehills.
Not only does the centre benefit from the less disadvantaged putting their Hi-Tec and Keen trainers on and running for charity but it encourages younger people to get together through sport and exercise.
Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Toseland, who became the world superbike champion when he was just 23 years-old, said: “The sports project has gone from strength to strength.
“[It] is helping build the teamworking and communication skills that will stand the young people in good stead for the future,” he concluded.
If you want to do your bit for Sports Relief this year, then you will need footwear which combines comfort with durability.
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Children are being challenged to get out their running shoes and do their bit for a schools fitness initiative to get the chance to win thousands of pounds worth of exercise equipment.
Trainers from the likes of Ecco, Hi-Tec, Merrell and Keen will be being placed on the feet of youngsters across the land as they compete in the Fitter Schools UK Challenge in the spring.
Speaking at the launch of the 2008 Challenge, Dean Horridge, managing director and founder of Fit For Sport,said: “Getting more children, more active is one of the government’s and the prime minister’s major objectives.
“That is why initiatives like the Fitter Schools Challenge are so important to the long term welfare of our children,” he added.
The challenge focuses on children’s activity and mobility and packs have been put together by the initiative organisers to ensure people can participate regardless of existing sports and PE facilities and capabilities.
Children looking to take part in the national event will need appropriate shoes.
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Digging out your Hi-Tec or old Mizuno trainers and going running can help lift depression, as in the case of snooker star Ronnie Sullivan, reports the BBC.
Regularly getting out his running shoes and going jogging helped the star battle his depression and reclaim the world number one snooker spot.
Asked if he had to choose between his cues and running shoes, it would be the green baize that the champion would apparently get rid of.
Speaking to the BBC, developmental biologist Professor Lewis Wolpert said that going running can help people psychologically, by providing them with time to think and reflect to work through stress.
“The standard story is that vigorous exercise increases the levels of endorphins in the brain and this gives one a sense of wellbeing, it also raises the heart rate which is good for us.”
The report follows statements from Britain’s Mental Health Foundation showing that 22 per cent of GPs questioned believe exercise would help lift milder forms of the condition.
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A 65 year-old man is still showing that he is as fit as he was twenty years ago by giving up his day job to become an adventurer, according to reports.
The one time mountaineer and ice climber, who was born years before the technology of hiking boots of Ecco, Merrell and Keen existed to make exercise in the form of hill-walking that little bit easier, is still keen walker and loves to get on the slopes.
Bob Garrison, who according to the Concordmonitor.com has climbed mountains in the Himalayas and the Alps, now loves to ski down mountains rather than climb up them but preferred hiking to the ski lift.
“This year, I went up with my season pass and they threw me out,” Garrison said.
“They said no hiking allowed. I always hike up for my first run. That’s my thing, I like it,” he told the paper.
If you fancy investing in a pair of walking shoes that could last into your old age then suitable brands from the likes of Ecco, Merrell and Mizuno can be found here at Fitness Footwear.
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Two basketball coaches are giving up their shoes to help raise money for children’s charities around the world, it has been reported in the Los Angeles Times.
According to the paper, John Smith, a coach at Riverside College was inspired by Ron Hunter, a basketball team manager in Indianapolis who guided his team through a match bare foot to raise money for shoes for children round the world.
Taking Hunter’s lead to throw off his trainers, Mr Smith inspired his friend and fellow coach, Allen Caveness to do the same to raise money for the Samaritans’ Feet organisation.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Smith said: “The story of the kid who didn’t have a pair of shoes until he was nine years old just moves me.”
The charity began after an African boy was given his first pair of shoes by a stranger.
Since then the goal has been to collect as many pairs of Mizuno, Ecco and Hi-Tec shoes as possible to reach a target of ten million pairs over the next decade.
If you fancy contributing, or just need a new pair of shoes then plenty of brands such as Caterpillar and Merrell are available here at Fitness Footwear.
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Soldiers at an Iraq base held a fun run as part of their first ever Mardi Gras event, a news provider has reported.
Whether they used Ecco, Mizuno or Keen is unclear, but the soldiers put on their running shoes to take part in the event, which was organised to mark the final 24 hours before the 40 day Christian festival of Lent.
Soldiers reported to duty at Camp Adder in Tallil, Iraq, wearing festive masks and beads and brandishing trumpets and trombones before embarking on the run around the base.
Speaking to leesvilledailyleader.com, Sergeant 1st class Shermeka Myles, support operations transportation non-commissioned officer in charge, said: “The music, beads, and costumes took my mind off the mission briefly to enjoy what I consider to be the best festivity the state …has to offer by far.”
After the run had finished the troop was shown a video from a school in their hometown of Louisiana wishing them support in their endeavours.
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Putting on your Mizuno running shoes and going for a jog along with eating healthily are activities which could help you live longer, according to new research.
A study conducted at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston showed that getting outside in your Hi-Tec or Ecco trainers to exercise, train in the gym or even get on the golf course are activities three times more important in helping you live longer than characteristics in your genes.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, leading researcher, Dr Laural Yates, said: “Smoking, diabetes, obesity and hypertension significantly reduced the likelihood of a 90-year life span, while regular vigorous exercise substantially improved it.”
Researchers studied almost 2,400 men in an attempt to investigate how to have an “exceptionally long life”.
An estimated 41 per cent of participants lived to be 90 or over, with the variation in human life spans found to be linked to variables such as smoking, diet and exercise.
If you would like to live longer then you need to be exercising regularly.
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Those suffering with depression are being told to get their running shoes on and go for a run, hit the golf course or the squash court by doctors, according to a recent survey.
Findings from the Mental Health Foundation, found that 22 per cent of doctors instructed those with milder forms of the condition to dig out their Ecco, Merrell and Hi-Tec trainers and partake in exercise.
This is compared with just five per cent of doctors who recommended the treatment three years ago.
Andrew McCulloch, the Mental Health Foundation’s chief executive, said: “Depression is a complex illness – it is important that doctors have a range of treatments to offer and that people with depression have a choice.”
The research has shown that undertaking exercise can improve peoples’ self-esteem by helping them improve their body-image, enabling them to achieve goals and by relieving feelings of tension and isolation.
If you fancy following the recommendations of some doctors then you will need footwear which combines durability with comfort.
Shoes which fit the bill from the likes of Ecco, Merrell and Keen are available from here at Fitness Footwear.
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The diminutive pop star, who would only be able to don size three shoes from the like of Ecco or Merrell, came top with 15 per cent of the vote while Brad Pitt’s other half, Angelina Jolie, finished in a close second with 13 per cent.
According to reports, Minogue said: “My feet are quite good. I’ve had many a girlfriend curse me about my feet.”
George Clooney was crowned ‘Footsie King’ receiving 24 per cent of the vote while Kate Moss’ ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty and conservative party leader David Cameron were the top ‘turn offs’ when it came to feet.
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A man’s size has inspired him to get out his running shoes and walk the equivalent of the number of stones he weighs in miles for charity.
According to the BBC, Gavin Thompson, who describes himself as a “fully fledged fat man” and his friends will be walking the number of miles he and his friend Matt Whitticase weigh to raise awareness of the terminal disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1.
The pair donned their fitness footwear, whether it be from Hi-Tec, Mizuno or another brand, and hauled themselves off their couches back in October after a friend’s five month old daughter, Georgia, died from the disease.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Thompson said: “We weren’t sure how far we could or should walk.”
“So to start with we both got on the bathroom scales, only to find that our combined weight was literally ‘off’ the scale,” he added.
The pair are now walking 52 miles as part of a team of 17 walkers in a bid to raise £100,000 for charity.
If you are into the idea of undertaking exercise then suitable shoes from brands such as Ecco, Merrell and Keen, are available here from Fitness Footwear.
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