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He was inspired to run the ‘Marathon of Hope’ just the night before his right leg was amputated, after reading about an amputee who ran the New York City Marathon. He trained for 18 months and ran with his prosthetic leg for 143 consecutive days covering 5,373km (he ran approximately 42km everyday)! However, Terry was forced to abruptly end his run after discovering that his cancer had returned. Terry Fox died a month before his 23rd birthday on June 28, 1981, but his inspiring spirit lives on till today in the annual Terry Fox Run.

For the past week, I’ve had the chance to experience Nike+, which I’ve previously only seen a number of people using, especially during the huge promo earlier this year in Fitness First where Nike had free Trial Sessions for people to try out Nike+ for themselves.

If you’re wondering what Nike+ is – it’s basically the combination of the Nike Plus Sports Kit, a Nike+ pair of shoes, and of course – Apple’s iPod Nano. The sports kit consists of a receiver you connect to your iPod Nano, and a small, oval shaped sensor (a piezoelectric accelerometer) that you insert under the sockliner of your Nike Footwear. Nike+ is the unique combination of these items, working together to be your ‘workout partner’ (though I’d like to personally call it a motivator) that will give you live feedback on the progress of your run!

With the receiver plugged into your iPod – you can now keep track of your running pace, distance, and calories burned for all your previous running sessions. I’ve always been able to keep track of my weight training progress – and now, I’ve got a neat way to keep track of my runs too.

These resources have been my ’staple diet’ for a long time, some for many years now. So here is my list of Five Fitness Websites I Can’t Live Without…

Bodybuilding.com Announces the Official 2007 Supplement Award Winners

I’m a guy, and the last thing I would want is for a bunch of women to see that! (hey.. I’m just being a guy!). So I’m sure that women too, if they weren’t exactly in perfect shape - they too would not want to be seen by a bunch of men right? Who wants to be seen when we’re not at our best?