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 and information to the public. All you need is the desire and inspiration to learn what you can achieve. Please take a few moments to have a look around. You’ll find a wealth of resources that can help you to live a healthier, fitter, more satisfying life.

Take The Magic Step is not a program. It’s a multi-segment, inspiration-based fitness and health concept. We provide educational information to assist you in navigating the sea of wellness information available. It’s a holistic approach based on gentle, lifestyle changes that, over time, accumulate to great effect.

Because we believe that a holistic approach is the best way to improve one’s quality of life in a lasting way, we offer practical, in-depth articles, information and other knowledge in several areas: motivation, nutrition, training, yoga and health. We also have a section devoted to fitness and health specifically for young people.

Whether you want to feel better during the day thanks to a good breakfast or learn how to enjoy running more by using good technique; whether you’re curious how the practice of yoga can help harmonize your body and mind, or want to know how to set good, achievable goals; or whether you have other fitness and health objectives, the content in the sections above will help guide you.

Fall marathon season is in full swing, with 37,000 runners taking to the streets of New York City this weekend. If you’re running New York or another marathon soon, be sure to read our article, “Two Days Before the Marathon,” for advice on what to do before the race for the best experience possible. And once you’ve finished your marathon, look for guidance on how to help your body recover as quickly as possible in the article “After the Marathon.”

We hope you’ll make our Web site an integral part of your healthy lifestyle. Keep running!

Yours in health and fitness,

Uta and the Take The Magic Step team

12/23/08

Holiday Greetings—A Special Time of Spirit

Its Holiday time! A special message of Thank You to our reader! 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.

10/10/08

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!

09/17/08

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!

08/27/08

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.

08/14/08

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.

08/08/08

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 [...]

07/30/08

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.

05/02/08

Running for Charity

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

03/19/08

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 [...]

12/29/07

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 [...]

10/30/07

Dear Runners and Visitors to our Web Site!

09/26/07

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 [...]

08/08/07

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 [...]

04/21/07

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 [...]

04/02/07

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 [...]

12/31/06

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 [...]

12/21/06

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 [...]

10/25/06

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 [...]

09/14/06

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 [...]

07/19/06

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 [...]