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Dare To Be Fit Calendar of Events

We hope you joined us for three days dedicated to health, nutrition and fitness. Whether you came in 2007 or not, we encourage you be there next year the second weekend of March 2008.

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Pacific Athletic Club
200 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City, CA

Fifty-Plus Lifelong Fitness and the Western Athletic Clubs present a Special Evening for those interested in improving and maintaining their fitness and health. Learn what you need to know about cognitive movement and memory, effects of physical aging on your life, current research on healthy aging and functional fitness. Interactive, informative and interesting.

6:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Presentation
Free: Pre-registration required.
Please call 650 361-8282 or email: info@50plus.org to register for this event.

Presented by: Dr. Jeremy Howell, Department Chair, Exercise and Sport Science, University of San Francisco; Dr. Christian Thompson, Assistant Professor, Exercise and Sport Science, University of San Francisco; Alex Signarello, Laura Vincent, Jeff Eader, Laura Sachs, Philip Laung and Jim Spinell, Instructors and Personal Trainers, Western Athletic Club Healthy Aging Program.

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Dare To Be Fit Conference
  Francis C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street
Stanford
Health and Nutrition Presentations, Healthy Ideas and Food Tasting Expo
8:30 a.m Registration
9:00 a.m Welcome and Introduction
9:15 a.m. Keynote Address - Fitness After 50: Add Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years
  Steven Blair, Profess or Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
10:00 a.m. Break. Food Tastings. Visit the Expo.
10:30 a.m. Battle of the Diets: Is Anyone Winning (at Losing?)
  Christopher Gardner, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine at Stanford University and Director of Nutrition Studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center
11:20 a.m. Living Longer, Living Better
  Joyce Hanna MA, MS. Associate Director Stanford Health Improvement Program
12 noon Lunch Break, Book signings. Visit the Expo.
1:00 p.m. Keynote Address - Healthy at 100
  John Robbins, Author, Spokesperson for a sane, ethical and stainable future, expert on the dietary link with the environment and health.
2:00 p.m. Chi Walking with Keith McConnell and Line Dancing with Hedy McAdams
2:45 p.m. Dare To Be Fit
  Walter Bortz, MD. Author, Aging and Longevity Expert

Awards Dinner

  Tressider Union Oak Room, Stanford University
6:00 p.m. Wine Reception
6:30 p.m. Awards Dinner
  Presenting the Emile Zatopek Award to Eva Achincloss

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Dare To Be Fit Runs and Walks
  Stanford PAC10 Plaza Nelson Road off Galvez
  Fitness Activities and Fun for All
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Warm up with Joanne Greggains
8:30 a.m. Racewalk with the Senior Games, Cobb Track
9:00 a.m. 2K-5k Fitness Walk with Fitness Guru Joanne Greggains and Bay Area Celebrities
9:15 a.m. 24th Annual Premier West Coast Senior Run, Paul Spangler 8K Run, Ages 50+
10:00 a.m. 8K Lifelong Fitness Run, All ages
11:15 a.m. Awards Ceremony
  Goodie Bags, T-Shirts and plenty of food and drink for participants

Directions to Saturday Conference, Stanford Campus.

From I-280: Take the Alpine exit and go east on Alpine towards Palo Alto. Turn right at the first stop light onto Junipero Serra. Turn left at the first stop light onto Campus Drive. Follow Campus Drive for about one mile. Turn right onto Galvez and the Frances C. Arigillaga Alumni Center is immediately on your right, ... Galvez

From Hwy. 101: Take the Embarcadero exit and go west on Embarcadero for circa two miles. Cross El Camino Real onto Galvez. Follow Galvez by bearing left, cross ??? and the Frances C. Arigillaga Alumni Center is immediately on your right, ... Galvez

Directions to Sunday 8K Races and Fitness Walk-PAC 10 Plaza, Stanford Campus.

From I-280: Take the Alpine exit and go east on Alpine towards Palo Alto. Turn right at the first stop light onto Junipero Serra. Turn left at the first stop light onto Campus Drive. Follow Campus Drive for about one mile. Turn left onto Galvez. Pass Cobb Track and it's adjacent parking lot and turn right on Nelson and straight on in to parking lot across from PAC 10 Plaza (identifiable by the row of flags).

From Hwy. 101: Take the Embarcadero exit and go west on Embarcadero for circa two miles. Cross El Camino Real onto Galvez. Just past Stanford Stadium turn left on Nelson and straight on in to parking lot across from PAC 10 Plaza, (identifiable by the row of flags).


Last updated: March 11, 2007

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