UnitedHealthcare and Black Girls RUN! Kick Off F.I.T. National Running Clinic Tour in Baltimore

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WHAT: UnitedHealthcare and Black Girls RUN! are collaborating to bring the F.I.T. (Fitness Intervention Team) National Running Clinic Tour to major U.S. cities. Black Girls RUN! F.I.T. is a series of free fitness and running clinics to inspire and encourage African-American women to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle through running and physical activity. Participants will learn how to get race-ready and prevent injury, participate in various fitness demonstrations, enjoy healthy snacks, receive giveaways, and have a chance to win raffle prizes. The F.I.T. National Running Clinic tour stops in Baltimore, MD on April 6, and is one of seven Black Girls RUN! Running Clinics scheduled to hit major cities across the count.

WHO: UnitedHealthcare's Generation of Wellness^® initiative and Black Girls RUN! are working together throughout the year to encourage physical activity among African-American women and provide wellness resources and tools to BGR!’s 52,000 members across the country.  UnitedHealthcare is focusing on combating obesity and other negative health factors by supporting community running and increased physical activity.

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Port Discovery Children’s Museum
35 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

For more information about the tour in other cities, please visit www.uhctogether.com/BGR. To request more information about the Baltimore event, please contact Ben Goldstein at (240) 683-5372 or Ben_J_Goldstein@uhc.com.

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About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers.  The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 650,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals nationwide.  UnitedHealthcare serves more than 37 million people and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.

Generations of Wellness

The Generations of Wellness^® initiative was created to help African Americans obtain important health resources to live longer and live stronger. Generations of Wellness offers culturally-inspired health resources and wellness tools to help improve health outcomes and lifestyle behavior. We are committed to decreasing health disparities and increasing access to health care among African Americans through evidence-based programs, research and education.  Please visit our website www.uhcgenerations.com for more information about our initiative.

Black Girls RUN!

Black Girls RUN! is a national running group launched in 2009 by Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks. The organization has grown to include more than 69 running groups across the nation with more than 52,000 members.  The group was created to combat the obesity epidemic among women in the African-American community and dispel the myth that black women do not run. The groups include beginner and experienced runners and provide a support system to help members reach their fitness goals. Black Girls RUN! provides a community and inspires all women to run. For more information about Black Girls RUN!, visit www.BlackGirlsRUN.com.