Lift weights, lower blood pressure You may already know that aerobic exercise such as running can lower your pressure. Now, a new study has found that weight lifting and other forms of resistance exercise can also help. When researchers at the University of Northern Illinois reviewed thousands of studies, they found that weight lifting can lower your blood pressure by 2 to 4 percent. The event also offers a 2-mile fun run. The slightly undulating course promises old growth forests, the smell of ocean air, and glimpses eagles in flight overhead.
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Race with tradition Veterans of the Vestal XX 20-K in Vestal, N.Y., will find little changed when they line up to run the 30th edition of the race on June 17. This will bring the total of athletes on the committee to 15, a move intended to provide athletes a greater say in conducting the Olympics and to give the IOC a more dynamic and youthful image. Leslie Maxie of the USA had the same time at the 1984 U.S. National Championships. Two faster junior marks never made it into the record book. Peng Yinghua ran 54.54 at the 1997 Chinese National Games, but failed a post-race drug test, and a 54.93 by Li Rui , also at the '97 CNG, was not submitted for ratification.