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Cancer Research 10K – A Big Success at Ashton Court, Bristol 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Runners attending Bristol’s 3rd Cancer Research 10K, held at Ashton Court are well deserving of a Congratulations as they ran through one of September’s hottest days, across a challenging course including some pretty harsh inclines throughout the race.

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The 10K kicked off at 11am and over 1000 entrants made their way up the first of many hills on the course which meandered through the Ashton Court Estate.

Definitely one of the more challenging 10K courses out there, Ashton Court has a number of hills and sharp bends and the midday sun was definitely not working in the runners’ favour.

The Leggit team were there in full force cheering on the participants (and wherever possible trying to drownout the idiotic commentry coming from the local radio presenters who were broadcasting from the finish line!)

All in all, a fantastic Race and certainly a great achievement for all of those who completed it! Leggit will be supporting the Cancer Research 10K events taking place throughout 2010 so keep your eyes peeled for information on next years dates!

To register your interest for Cancer Research 10K 2010, click here

Not run a 10K before? Click here try one of our FREE 10K training programmes to help you get started

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Nike Announces Worldwide Running Event- The Human Race 2009

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The Nike-Plus Human Race 2009 has been announced for 24th October 2009. This is not your usual running race but a worldwide 10K taking place in over 24 cities across the globe, including London, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Rome and, of course New York.

This is the second year running for the Nike+ Human Race. When hosted last year (2008) it was the world’s largest multi-city running event and boasted an impressive 780,000 runners who all took part.

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“The Nike+ Human Race celebrates runners and their sport by connecting them to other runners around the world through this global event”

says Joaquin Hidalgo, Nike’s Vice President of Global Brand Marketing

What makes the Nike Human Race different from your average 10K is the fact that this combines the virtual running world with the physical running world – making it open to anyone, anywhere – even if you cant make it to your nearest organised event. Once registered, runners are able to take part in a Nike hosted event near them, or can select the “Run Where You Are” option which allows runners to participate at a location of their choice simply by logging a 10K run on their Nike+ iPod Sport Kit.

Registration began on August 18th 2009, if you’re interested in being a part of the worlds largest Running event why not visit Nikeplus.com and join the race today!

And don’t worry if you’re running isnt quite up to scratch yet, or if you’ve given yourself a break over the summer – Leggit.co.uk have some great 10K training programmes which are FREE to download and Nike+ members also have access to online training tools and the Nike+ community – comprising of 2 million runners worldwide.

Click here for your FREE Beginner’s 10K Training Programme

Click here for your FREE Intermediate 10K Training Programme

Finf out more about Nike+ iPod Sport Kit.

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Being overweight or obese is one of the biggest cancer risks after smoking! Get Running!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Ninety-seven per cent of people don’t list being overweight as a cancer risk, according to a Cancer Research UK survey out yesterday (Tuesday 4 August 2009).

We all find it difficult putting exercise into our daily routines, but what better motivation than knowing you are helping prevent the risk of cancer.

Sara Hiom, director of health information at Cancer Research UK, said: “Encouraging people to change their behaviour is often difficult, but the first step is to build awareness that these changes are worth making…We have estimated that more than 13,000 cases of cancer could be prevented each year if everyone maintained a healthy weight”

Running is great way to lose weight, when you first start out you will burn between 10 to 12 calories a minute, compared to swimming and cycling were you will burn between 7 to 10 a minute. And remember, the fitter you get, the more you burn!

Sara Hiom added: “It may be hard for people to make the link between obesity and an increased risk of cancer because we generally associate having the disease with being underweight. But carrying extra weight means producing more chemicals in our bodies that can cause cancer to develop.

“We know it can be hard to make long-lasting changes to our lifestyles…But it’s important that people are aware of the things that they can do – and the extent to which these changes will affect their cancer risk – so that they can make informed choices”

What are you waiting for? Get out there and start exercising! don’t worry if you struggle to begin with, or you are not very fast, the important thing is you’re out there making a difference to yourself and your family!

Need further advice, click here visit our training pages. Or if you need specialist advice contact us at training@leggit.co.uk and our resident PT will get in contact with you.

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Recession stressed workers feel pressured into choosing their work over their health according to latest results from Cancer Research

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The recession is taking its toll on the health and fitness of the UK according to results released by Cancer Research UK as 25% of UK workers are now spending more time at work compared with this time last year.

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Cancer Research UK found the impact of job cuts within the workplace and a fear of redundancy have increased people’s workloads and stress levels. A quarter of workers now worry about their job security, feeling under pressure to work harder for longer. 56% of workers who took part in the survey felt that work effects the amount of exercise they do and a dangerous 26% admitted that they don’t regularly exercise.

Its not just people’s exercise and fitness that’s affected, 82% of workers say that being busy at work also affects their diet. A staggering 4 out of 5 adults admitted to not eating their 5 portions of fruit and veg a day and 41% percent admitted that when it comes to choosing their food; speed and convenience is the main deciding factor as opposed to health and nutrition.

In addition there is an increase in the stress levels associated with the fact that 38% of adults are dissatisfied with their work – life balance. According to Karen Brady, Birmingham City Football Club’s MD:

“Encouraging a good work/life balance is crucial in keeping morale high and increasing motivation”

In response to these survey results, Cancer Research have launched the Take 5 Challenge in conjunction with their upcoming 10K Run – five easy steps to help people incorporate health and fitness into their lives – no matter how busy or hectic they are!

[The] “Take 5 Challenge’ encourages people to incorporate health and fitness into their busy lives, which is a great way for workers and their bosses to boost their sense of wellbeing.” Karen goes on to say.

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If you feel that you’re currently not getting enough exercise due to your workload, or that your diet and nutrition is suffering as a result of choosing a quick and convenient food alternative – don’t panic there are still small changes you can make which will have a really positive impact on your health and well being. The Cancer Research Take 5 step by step guides are FREE and can be viewed here. To help improve your diet and nutrition why not try Graze – the healthy and high energy snack food box which can be delivered to your work address and is guaranteed to contain at least one of your 5 a day?

Click here to read more about Graze

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Add your own training guide to leggit

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Here’s your chance to help out other runners across the UK and receive a FREE graze box for your trouble!

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Leggit is giving you the chance to share your wisdom with the rest of the UK by asking you submit your training guide in exchange for a small reward! Supply us with whatever information you have, for example; warm up or cool down plan, pre race routine or even your daily diet! We think it’s good to share, so read on if you’re interested.

Simply email your schedule to training@leggit.co.uk and if we use it on our site, leggit will send you a graze box free of charge for helping us out, it couldn’t be simpler. What is graze? Click here

Please remember to add your name and full address to the email so we can send you your graze box if you’re successful.

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