Caroline Chant has been a RAC member for almost two years and in that time has grown in her passion for health and fitness. So much so that she is now pursuing her dream of becoming a personal trainer. We sat down with her for a little Q&A session to find out what makes her...
Once again, the Raintree Athletic Club community came through. Every year RAC partners with Homeless Gear for a “Winter Gear Donation Drive,” collecting gently used or new coats, gloves, scarves and other items for those less fortunate in Fort Collins. This year an emphasis was placed on sock donations for the Sock It To ‘Em Campaign – an organization that aims to cover...
Sterling Clay has been a part of the RAC Team for nearly a year and has built a rapport with not only his colleagues, but more importantly with the members that see him on a daily basis at the RAC Cafe & Bar. Not only a whiz in the kitchen, Sterling has parlayed...
Amy Howe is going to stand out no matter what she does, and that is why she submitted her letter to be considered for this years RAC For Life Scholarship. A Fort Collins native, Amy has been an off and on member of the RAC for a number of years. It was actually her mother, a...
I’ll be honest, I had to psych myself up for this one a little bit. Even before the class started, one of my cohorts spotted me in my “not work clothes” and said, “You look like you are getting ready to do something you don’t want to do!” Okay, so unnamed coworker may...
In everyone’s life, there are a few times when an enormous opportunity presents itself. The potential and rewards are so big, that you know that you simply MUST try. But, the challenges and risks loom even bigger. You might feel scared or hesitant. The tempting objective demands more than you have, more than...
It’s hard to say no to your 13 year old sister. When Landon Oldham’s little sister Paris, just off the cuff, told her she should model and be in beauty pageants she simply laughed it off. “It has just never been my sort of thing,” Landon said. But fate has a funny way of intervening...
CSU student April Freeman was our second RAC For Life scholarship recipient and her year recently came to an end. April recently had a quick Question and Answer session with me to summarize her year and to talk about what her future holds. Q: How were the last few months? A: The last few months...
It’s no secret that January is the month that gyms thrive on. One statistic shows that 80% of people that resolve to do something better in the new year break their New Year’s Resolution, not in the first month, but usually in the first week. In fact the best comment I read while...
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” — Theodore Roosevelt Just ask Jim Davidson....
