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8.7.2012
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News Room: COMMUNITY RECORDER: Sit to Fit program advocates fitness

Community Recorder

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EDGEWOOD — Northern Kentuckians are taking eight weeks to improve their physical fitness and they have some friends along for the ride.

Sit to Fit, a workout program that partners St. Elizabeth’s Sports Medicine with Bob Roncker’s Running Spot, prepares people to run a 5K race.

Kristen Smith, one of the program’s coaches, has been running for 18 years. The Independence resident said she was first interested in helping out after running in a similar event in Anderson, Ohio.

“The goal is to run a 5K,” she said in the waiting room of St. Elizabeth’s sports medicine building before practice.

Participants, who pay $50 to join, break off into groups after doing some stretching, Smith said. They’re able to exercise with others who have similar 5K goals.

“The runners run, the walkers walk and over the eight weeks we increase our time,” she said, adding that in the first week they ran for 20 minutes.

Edwin Tanaye, of Florence, has only been running since January of last year, but is also coaching.

“I think it’s a great way to get out there,” he said. “(You) get a little bit more fit and feel good about yourself.”

The team is aiming to participate in a Sept. 22 race, although completing the race isn’t mandatory.

Still, Smith said that of around 50 participants in the Anderson, Ohio, group, about 40 of them completed a 5K.

For Dan Romito, of Independence, the program is motivating.

“As I get older I’m only going to get into worse shape if I don’t do something.”

Even though Mason, Ohio, resident Paula Williams has participated in 5K races, she wants to do more.

“Sometimes I walk, sometimes run,” she said, adding she’s looking for more. “I want to be inspired, the camaraderie, and staying in shape.”

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