Active.com Offers Innovative Web ``Help'' for New Year's Health & Fitness Resolutions; Staying Motivated Starts With Registering for an Event or Activity.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. has come and gone, and for the millions of Americans who made health and fitness resolutions for 2001, keeping those resolutions is now the challenge. Active.com, the leading registration and data management company for participatory sports events, leagues and parks, has recently introduced three Web enhancements to help make fitness resolutions stick. The enhancements include a one-stop marathon shop for beginning and veteran marathoners; access to Active.com's online training tool from the company's event registration page; and a new menu of winter sports winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; skiing; snowshoes; tobogganing. events. "We realize it's difficult to stick to a fitness resolution, so our goal is to make this process easy, fun and motivating," said Michael Scarr, Active.com's editor-in-chief, who supervises a team dedicated to customized content and community tools for each Active.com sport. "We believe the first step to staying motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo is signing up and participating in your favorite event or activity. We take this one step further by also offering training tools, and gear and equipment." For runners, Active.com just launched a one-stop marathon shop, offering a complete Web destination for beginning and veteran marathoners. At www.active.com/marathon, runners can access Winter and Spring event and registration information for more than 85 marathons in 29 states and 10 countries, plus training tools and gear to meet their marathon goals for 2001. The site even offers suggestions for "best view" marathons around the country, plus contests for "best first" marathon stories. The marathon section will offer online registration for more than 400 marathons throughout the year. Participants can also access Active.com's online training tool, ActiveTrainer, as part of their registration process. After registering for an event and receiving confirmation, participants can now choose from a menu of ActiveTrainer programs for any level, targeted to the event they just registered for, right from their confirmation page. For winter sports enthusiasts, Active.com now provides detailed news, training tips, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. and event and registration information for snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon , downhill and cross-country skiing cross-country skiing Skiing in open country over rolling, hilly terrain. It originated in Scandinavia as a means of travel as well as recreation. The skies used are longer, narrower, and lighter than those used in Alpine skiing, and bindings allow more heel movement. , snowshoeing snow·shoe n. A racket-shaped frame containing interlaced strips, as of leather, that can be attached to the foot to facilitate walking on deep snow. intr.v. and ice hockey ice hockey: see hockey, ice. ice hockey Game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates. The object is to drive a puck (a small, hard rubber disk) into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point. . Active.com's special winter sports section, www.active.com/wintersports/, offers registration for more than 350 winter sports in cities across the nation. For more information about Active.com's new site enhancements, visit www.active.com. About Active.com As the leading provider of registration and data management services for participatory sports events, teams/leagues, and park activities, Active.com (www.active.com) is leveraging the Internet to provide real utility and convenience to event organizers, league administrators, park and recreation professionals, and participants. By moving the industry's traditional paper-based registration and administration processes to the Web, the La Jolla-based company delivers a transaction-based Web solution that includes powerful data management and communications tools for the professionals managing and directing events, leagues and park activities. For participants, Active.com provides the most comprehensive worldwide database to find, learn about and register for sports and recreational activities online. The company also has exclusive partnerships with sports national governing bodies Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he , and major Internet and media outlets. With more than 30 million page views each month, Active.com is one of the top-ranked, most trafficked sports sites on the Internet. For more information, visit www.active.com or call 888/543-7223. |
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