CALLING ALL GREEKS, BIKERS, MASONS & MILITARY - $5 off admission @ Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam - Dec. 15th!

SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE MAGIC CITY PRE-CHRISTMAS JAM - DEC. 15th @ THE M LOUNGE ON FIRST!

ALL GREEKS, BIKERS & MASONS! Show your colors @ the door & get $5 off admission! AND WE'RE SALUTING THE MILITARY! Current military & veterans - show your ID @ the door & get $5 off admission!

Click here for more info on the Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam - Dec.15th!

The 1st Annual Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam, Birmingham, AL, Dec. 15th, 2011!

This will be the HOTTEST party this holiday season - don't miss out!

A portion of the proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Click here for your tix to the Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam!

MAGIC CITY PRE-CHRISTMAS JAM VIP CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL

In Birmingham this December?  Come out Dec. 15th for the HOTTEST party with a purpose - 1st Annual Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam! 

And this Cyber Monday  (11/28/11), save $15 on Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam VIP Passes!  Use the discount code VIPCYBERMON when ordering your passes.  A very limited number of VIP passes available on Eventbrite.com.  GET YOURS NOW - THESE WILL GO FAST!

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR MAGIC CITY PRE-CHRISTMAS JAM VIP Cyber Monday Special!

(If the link above doesn't work, then copy and paste into this into the URL - http://magiccityprechristmasjam121511.eventbrite.com/?discount=VIPCYBERMON)

A portion of the proceeds from the Magic City Pre-Christmas Jam on 12/15/11 will benefit the American Cancer Society.

Week #2 RNR NOLA Training: Recap

Doubled the number of training sessions this week (2 training runs/walks this week), but my distance was less than last week (almost 6 mi - last week 9 mi.)
Tues, 11/1/11 (evening) - 3.09 mi, 45:02 (14:34/mi), 584 cal - with BGR! Bham group around Southside
Sun, 11/7/11 (afternoon) - 2.2 mi, 39:46 (18:04/mi), 462 cal - with BGR! Bham pal Tamika at nearby neighborhood park. I really enjoyed the park - most of the trail was gravel, which wasn't as bad on my knees as asphalt.

So on to week#3.

Get Fit on the Railroad! - Free Exercise Classes Come to Railroad Park in Downtown Birmingham

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has teamed with Railroad Park to bring Get Fit on the Railroad!, a new initiative to bring free exercises to the Park.  The program starts, Monday, April 4, 2011 and will consist of the following classes:

Crunk Fitness

BE FIT GROUP EXPERIENCE

Zumba

Yoga

Get Healthy, Be Healthy Power Walk

Fitcamp True Form

At least one class will be offered daily, and a full schedule will be available at www.railroad park.org.

A kick-off event is scheduled for Friday, April 1, 2011, at Railroad Park.

No more excuses, Birmingham!  Let's turn the Magic City into the Fit City!

More info on Birmingham's newest race event

Earlier this year (1/17/2011), I put a post on my blog about a new race event that American Idol star Ruben Studdard was working to bring to Birmingham later this year. This event will be one of several weekend-long events supporting the Ruben Studdard Foundation for the Advancement of  Children in the Music Arts -  http://www.rubenstuddardfoundation.org/. Well, the website for the Ruben Studdard Celebration Weekend featuring the BHAM Marathon - http://www.bhammarathon.com/.  I am very excited about the event and am spreading the word to get momentum for the event.

Here's a press release I found on the ahotu Marathons website:   http://marathons.ahotu.com/archives/850-ruben-studdard-bringing-new-marathon-to-birmingham.  I am sure there are others. 

I hope you will spread the word among your fellow running buds so this can be a great inaugural event for Birmingham's native son as well as the City of Birmingham.

I encourage everyone to go the the BHAM Marathon website and sign up for the newsletter so you can stay up-to-date on the race details.

New Race Event Coming to Birmingham this Fall

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/01/ruben_studdard_and_mayor_willi.html