Jon Lugbill
An Olympic athlete (Summer Games 1992), Jon Lugbill is a five-time world champion in whitewater canoeing and sports innovator who redefined his sport through innovations in training, equipment design and techniques.
As our days grow shorter and chillier, we all find it a little bit harder to stay on track for our workout schedule. Add to that the food temptations of the holidays, and the simple mantra of exercising often and eating in moderation suddenly seems more difficult. I invite you to read this issue of SBQ and see how others address the challenges of the cold weather season. Their example may inspire you.

And while we have our own personal goals of being fit and active, we see a need to create those same habits in area youth. Today’s kids are less active and obesity rates have reached a crisis level. To remedy that situation, the Sports Backers are hosting the Save Our Children: The Obesity Crisis Conference on December 11, 2007.

Leaders in the fight against youth obesity from around the country will be gathering in Richmond to discuss ways individuals, companies, schools and governments can fight this health crisis. Our goal is to motivate the Richmond region’s active lifestyle community to join in to help us wipe out childhood obesity in Central Virginia. While our youth certainly need to learn to be active on a regular basis, many of you don’t.

A survey of readers shows that a whopping 70 percent of you exercise 5 or more times a week! And many of you take part in three to five events every year. No wonder there are some great stories out there for SBQ.

See you in the gym, on the roads or at the races.