Holiday Wishes and a Magical New Year to YOU

Happy Holidays! The entire Take The Magic Step team sends you our special “Welcomes” to the New Year, with hopes for new goals, and exciting adventures. May you experience all the magic that the coming year might bring.

Running to Freedom—Berliners Celebrate their “City Without Borders”

20 years ago—together with millions of people worldwide—Berliners celebrated the fall of the infamous Berlin Wall. Those who witnessed it will probably never forget the celebration, the joy and the hope of the November days in 1989. And as we live through these new and exciting times I hope we may understand and support the people who can’t move on quite so easily from this historic and emotionally charged event.

Good Luck to All Runners This Fall

Autumn arrived … with its invitation to runners all over the world to participate in one of the numerous endurance events on the calendar—from the 5K to the marathon. Are you excited and ready to run?

Berlin and the Running Bear Win Hearts at the World Championships

The once-divided city of Berlin came together in spectacular fashion to welcome athletes from 213 countries to the World Track and Field Championships—and leave visitors with lasting memories of warmth and friendship.

The Bear is on the Run: An Excited Berlin Welcome to Athletes from Around the World

A letter from Uta: Highlights and hopes for the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin’s historic Olympic Stadium—Take The Magic Step® is there to capture the thrills on the track.

A 100 Mile Mountain Ride for the Children of SOS Outreach

It’s an idyllic bicycle ride through the gorgeous Colorado Rocky Mountains–and a chance to improve the lives of hundreds of underprivileged kids. Uta pedals 100 miles to support the Little Charity that’s making a Big Difference.

Let Your ‘Sporty Spring Feelings’ Have No Limits!

The blooming flowers, fresh green colors and warm breezes of Spring can give us an overwhelming sense of a new beginning—and you can use that feeling to lift up your spirits and get out the door on to YOUR path of fitness and health, and on to happy running trails.

Charity Milestones for the 2009 Boston Marathon!

The 113th Boston Marathon not only united elite runners from around the world with those representing charities, it also marked the 1000th event for the amazing father and son “Team Hoyt.” Uta was honored to coach the Team Hoyt runners, and also visited with old and new friends in Boston. Here she shares with Take The Magic Step readers highlights of her experience and offers special thanks.

Spring Marathoners, It’s Time to Celebrate!

Marathon fever is on! Whether you are a runner or a fan, you’ve no doubt been touched by all the excitement! We’re sending out wishes for good luck to runners everywhere, and a special message to those who are not participating in any event: Come out and support the runners along the course—maybe you will be one of them next year!

Holiday Greetings—A Special Time of Spirit

Its Holiday time! A special message of Thank You to our readers! The happy relaxing Holidays can offer great possibilities for you and your family to get outdoors and enjoy some fun activities, spend well-deserved time together, and most of all to celebrate being together as the year ends.

Be Well, Fall Marathoners!

The marathon season is in full swing and with the great results in the Berlin Marathon we hope that everyone can have such a nice experience in the remaining events this fall!

Run Well, Fall Marathoners!

The upcoming marathon season promises great results and exciting competitions in many city marathons all over the world. Good luck to the beginning as well as the mature marathoner!

Olympic Review: Our Top Eight Running Event Performances

Take The Magic Step®’s tribute to the inspirational running performances at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

A Salute To This Year’s Olympic Athletes

With the Olympic Games now in full swing, we would like to honor the track and field athletes by providing our own Olympic coverage of the running events in the “Athletics News” section of our Web site. A letter from Uta.

Riding for Charity

Dear Visitors,
Many cyclists have had a busy and productive summer helping two major bike-a-thons achieve record turnouts and donations! It was exciting for me to be able to participate in both events, which were excellent examples of how each of us can help raise money for worthy causes by simply doing the things we love [...]

Welcome to our new Web site!

After months of development and with wonderful advice from our dedicated family of readers, we are delighted to introduce our new streamlined site.

Running for Charity

Dear Friends,
Last month’s 112th Boston Marathon was a wonderful event, especially with the participation of 1,275 charity runners!

Go Get ‘Em, Spring Marathoners!

Dear Web site readers,

Many greetings from the Take The Magic Step™ Team. After a crazy winter in so many parts of the world, spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, there are little signs of rebirth and things coming to life. It’s magic!
In the running world, this reemergence of vitality is always best captured by [...]

Warmest Wishes for a Healthy, Happy New Year

Dear Web site readers,

Hello to everyone! On behalf of the entire Take the Magic Step™ team from all over the world, I want to wish you much happiness, peace, fitness and health to you, your families and friends, no matter where you live and what holidays you are celebrating.
The holidays are a wonderful time to [...]

Dear Runners and Visitors to our Web Site!

For some of you, this is your first time to our site. If you were inspired or just curious after seeing Uta on Nova’s “Marathon Challenge” on PBS, we would like to introduce you to Take The Magic Step™. Our team has a history of and passion for giving. Our wish is to offer inspiration [...]

Run Strong, Fall Marathoners!

Dear runners and Web site visitors,
We’re about to enter one of the most special times of the running year - the fall marathon season. To marathoners all over the world, best wishes for a great experience wherever you may be running this autumn. To those marathoners’ families and friends, please keep on being supportive and [...]

Another Magical Year at the Pan-Mass Challenge

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge just keeps getting bigger and better. Bigger, in that in its 27th year, the two-day fundraising bike ride across Massachusetts drew more than 5,000 cyclists, by far the most in the event’s history. Better, in that the riders are expected to raise $27 million for cancer research and treatment through the Dana-Farber [...]

Great Job, Spring Marathoners!

Congratulations to all of you who have run one of the recent spring marathons, like Boston or Rotterdam. It’s been exciting to see the great results. I send my best wishes to those who soon will be running marathons in London, Hamburg and elsewhere!
Being in Boston for this year’s windy, rainy Marathon Monday reminded me [...]

Dear Web Site Visitors, Dear Runners!

Happy spring from Uta and the Take The Magic Step™ team. I hope you are enjoying being outside more, in warmer, sunnier weather. Many of you have spent the winter preparing for special events for this time of year, including, of course, the numerous marathons that will take place in the next few weeks.
If you’re [...]

A Healthy, Happy New Year to You

Dear Web site visitors!
The Take the Magic Step™ team and I hope you’re having a great holiday season and that you’re looking forward to a wonderful new year.
We want to thank you for visiting our site throughout 2006. As you may have noticed, in April, we upgraded the site to what you see today, where [...]

Warmest Holiday Greetings

Dear Web site readers,
Hello to everyone! On behalf of the entire Take the Magic Step™ team, I wish you much happiness, peace and fitness.
We hope you’re having a beautiful end of the year, and celebrating in a way that’s special to you. There’s such a great variety of holiday traditions this time of year. Maybe [...]

Best Wishes to Fall Marathoners

Dear fellow marathoners and visitors to the Take the Magic Step™ Web site!
Now that fall has arrived, it’s time for beautiful running weather and all of the great fall marathons. I hope your training has gone well and that you’re ready for a magical experience.
If you’re running a marathon soon, please see our article Two [...]

Record Field supports Neighborhood House at Ollie Road Race

Over the weekend of September 9-10, more than 1,000 runners toured South Boston, Massachusetts to support the South Boston Neighborhood House and its mission of meeting the diverse needs of the community’s residents. By participating in the 66th running of the Ollie Road Race Classic (a 5-miler) on September 9, as well as the ever-growing [...]

Support the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge

Every year, the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge raises more than $20 million for cancer research and treatment through the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. First held in 1980, the two-day event was the first fundraising bike-a-thon in the U.S., and now raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country.
This year, from August [...]