Tag: running
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Plymouth is one the prettiest towns in Metro Detroit, and the Plymouth YMCA is bringing a couple of thousand people to run around and through its picturesque streets on Sunday. The annual Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day run is one of the more popular on the Southeast Michigan race circuit. It raises money for the Strong…
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Asked how the spring season of Girls On The Run has gone, council director Jackie Kippen says “it’s been incredible.” She was expecting about 1000 girls to participate, between sites at YMCA branches and at local schools; instead, more than 1200 signed up. Between the girls, their coaches, and parents and friends who want to…
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Sometimes an interaction can have wide-ranging impact, not only on the people involved but on the community around them. That was the case with Jeff Lambert, president and managing partner of Lambert, Edwards and Associates. The public relations firm recently moved their offices from Troy to the block of Broadway in Downtown Detroit that also…
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Jamie Stec, a personal trainer at the Macomb YMCA, proved herself to be strong not just physically but emotionally as well when she faced a frightening breast cancer diagnosis last July, and didn’t let it stop her from working with clients or keeping up with her own exercise routine
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The community of people that gather at a YMCA is often referred to as “YMCA family,” because being part of the Y is so much more than just belonging to a place to work out, go to camp, or learn to swim. And sometimes, the Y truly is family. When Breeana Dixit was killed in…
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The Girls On The Run team at the Lakeshore Family YMCA had a special visitor to one of their final practices before the big run: Miss Michigan Angela Venditti. She talked with the girls about goal-setting, self-esteem, and resisting peer pressure. And most exciting for the girls on the team, she let them try on…
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After Dani Keith-Marchment became a mom in March of 2011, she found she had hit an all-time high weight of 247 pounds. She started working out at the Y and lost some weight…and then met trainer Dion Kimbrough. With his help, she’s completed her first 5K, started training for a half-marathon….and lost a total of…
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More than 800 girls ran the Girls on the Run 5K at Oakland University ast week, the culmination of months of training. Girls on the Run teaches girls to Honor Their Bodies, Celebrate their Voices, Embrace their Gifts and Activate Their Power