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Inspiring stories retain connection to Griskus
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
...1986, in the aftermath of the annual New Haven 20-kilometer road race, when ex-Yale University football player and aspiring road runner Jim MacLaren met up...

Late Spring 2006
Look for Jim's story in Jack Canfield's (Chicken Soup For The Soul Enterprises) new book of Inspirational People.

March 18, 2006
Jim will be receiving the Gene Autry Courage Award in Tempe, AZ

January 27, 2007
About Choose Living/Cardio Coach “PRESS PLAY” Day

VO2 Maxed, Inc. and Cardio Coach™ began promoting Choose Living/Cardio Coach “PRESS PLAY” Day several months ago. This summer, we will continue this promotion alongside Jim MacLaren's Choose Living Foundation.
PREMISE: Imagine enjoying an awesome sweat-filled workout with people from all around the globe and helping out a good cause at the same time! On January 27, 2007, Cardio Coach exercisers will have the opportunity to do just that. Participants in Choose Living/Cardio Coach “PRESS PLAY” Day will purchase a specially-created and marketed Cardio Coach workout created just for this event.

The workout package will include an audio interview with MacLaren, and all proceeds from the sales will go to the Choose Living Foundation. On January 27 at 12 p.m. EST., (or as close as possible), we will ask participants to hop on their cardio equipment of choice, or head out for a walk, run or bike ride, and click play on their MP3 player or other portable music device. The journey will then begin.

After the workout, participants will log on to the Cardio Coach website and share their experiences and positive energy. Prizes and other goodies will be awarded as well.

At Cardio Coach, our motto is "It All Starts With the Heart." When it comes to pushing your limits and living your life with energy and strength, we can't think of anyone who better signifies Cardio Coach's message than MacLaren, founder of the Choose Living Foundation. MacLaren, a retired professional athlete and quadriplegic who has survived two near fatal accidents, inspires and motivates from the heart.

He and his Choose Living Foundation are well known throughout the United States. MacLaren received the 2005 ESPY Arthur Ashe Courage Award, and the IDEA Health and Fitness Association awarded him their prestigious Fitness Inspiration Award in 2004. He's been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show as well as in newspapers, on television shows and in magazines such as ESPN, The Orlando Sentinel, and Sports Illustrated. He is also featured in the movie, Emmanuel's Gift, with friend and fellow Courage Award winner Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, as it was through MacLaren's foundation that the native of Ghana obtained the bike that changed his life.

We invite you to join with all of us at Cardio Coach to share our positive energy and to make a difference this January! For more on Cardio Coach, please visit www.cardiocoach.com.

March 14, 2005
Click here to see the new film that Jim is involved in, Emmanuel's Gift

February 4, 2005
WORLD PREMIER OF EMMANUEL'S GIFT AT SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL. EMMANUEL IS AN AMAZING MAN AND I WAS HONORED TO BE IN THE FILM WITH HIM.

May 6, 2004

Jim MacLaren recently has been awarded the prestigious 2004 Fitness Inspiration Award given by the IDEA Health and Fitness Association. Jim has received this honor for all his outstanding contributions to inspiring and motivating people from all walks of life to turn one's adversities into glorious triumphs! Jim will be presented the 2004 Fitness Inspiration Award on July 9, 2004 during the awards ceremony of the IDEA World Fitness and Personal Trainer Convention in San Diego, CA.