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Greater Richmond Fit4Kids is a new non-profit organization that is solely focused on improving children’s health and reducing childhood obesity.  Fit4Kids w...
This ancient Chinese sport has been gaining popularity in North America over the past twenty years and has actually become the world’s fastest-growing water sport. Dragon boats are 40-foot human-powered canoes decorated with ornate Chinese dragon hea...
After moving to the Richmond area 3 years ago, fitness enthusiast Ken Peace was looking for a new way to exercise on the water. Already a Red Cross lifeguard instructor and a water safety instructor, Peace wanted to combine his love of watersports wi...
“My biggest physical activity is a weekly pick-up basketball game with a bunch of us from local TV stations,” he says.   “We push it hard in the heat, usually Saturday mornings.”

As for his family time, Nobles takes to the streets. ...
I’ve always had a passion for the sport of baseball,” he says, “so when I started to get this going in Richmond [in 2008], I was surprised how fast it took off.”  He adds, however, that it was even more surprising to find that anything similar d...
“Weather permitting I run 6 miles a day on average outdoors, completing a vigorous run simply on a lunch break at work,” he explains. “If weather does not permit an outdoor run, I schedule my work out indoors at the local gym. The rewards of a health...
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