Health & Fitness

Celebrating the Cranksgiving way

Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:59 Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 11:06 Written by Jude Forsyth

The Saturday before Thanksgiving marked another Cranksgiving date in cities around the country, including here on the Emerald Coast. Cranksgiving, a charity bicycle event, started with a bike messenger in New York City in 1999. It’s pretty simple and lots of fun. You bike from store to store using a map, buy food for charity, stuff it in your backpack and bike back to the start line. The biker with the shortest time and the heaviest pack wins.

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Forsyth to take over column, content

Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:37 Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 15:40 Written by Jennifer Hensley

At six-foot-one, Jude Forsyth is no shrinking violet.

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Apps provide pocket therapy for those in need

Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:09 Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 13:12 Written by Jennifer Hensley

Got stress? Feeling down, anxious or nervous?

There’s an app for that.

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Survivor story: How one woman fought the breast cancer battle -- and won

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:54 Written by Jennifer Hensley

At 48 years old, Wendy Williams was a lot of things: A wife, a mother, a sister.

Now, two years later, Williams can add one more thing to her list: Survivor.

It’s a title she didn’t expect to receive.

For more on this story, check out the Oct. 28 edition of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.

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Suicide is not just a counselor’s issue

Wednesday, 13 October 2010 09:14 Last Updated on Thursday, 14 October 2010 09:19

With the recent deaths of military members by suicide still playing over the national media airwaves, officials at Hurlburt Field are on alert.

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Round two

Wednesday, 06 October 2010 13:09 Written by Jennifer Hensley

At just 17, Ian Lockwood has a tattoo that says it all: Live for today, fight for tomorrow.

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Moms get fit with kids in tow

Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:08

When it comes to workout programs, Christina Nosek has tried everything from joining female-only gyms to traditional hard-body gyms in an effort to get fit and lose weight.