Being recognized as a business is not a primary goal, but when it happens we feel proud and grateful. It is an outcome that shines a light on achievements, hard work, determination, and most important shared values and culture of excellence in a business. For the past four years, Gazelle Sports has been recognized by our industry segment (running specialty) as one of the best retailers in the nation. We are honored by the recognition, proud to be associated with the retail peers we respect, and challenged to reach an even higher standard of excellence.
We believe achieving excellence in our business starts with offering the very best products, and we are always excited to provide new, innovative and valuable products that support active lives. However, for Gazelle Sports, it is far more than products that motivate us towards excellence.
It is about building relationships not transactions.
It is about creating a fun and friendly work environment.
It is about our own responsibility, participation, and action that achieve health for ourselves, our families, our friends and our communities.
It is about providing opportunities, education, and motivation that build "On Ramps" for everyone to enjoy a "Health Highway", and enhance our culture towards norms of healthy behavior.
It is about local business connecting and aligning our efforts and investing in local actions with other local businesses, organizations and institutions to create a sustainable community.
It is about listening, learning and evolving; not being willing to be the same tomorrow as we are today so that we can be better.
And it is about being ever grateful and present for the people who allow us to be in business - our customers/friends.
Thank you for supporting Gazelle Sports (in anyway that you have) for the past 25 years we have been in business. Thank you for your partnership in health. And thank you for your friendship.
If you would like to nominate Gazelle Sports to be one of the Top 50 running stores in America this year, click here: www.competitor.com/50best
Thank you.
Keep Moving
Chris
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Power of Movement
The Power of Movement
“Then where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.”
- Chariots of Fire
The real power of exercise begins and is complete in our soul. We may first find the path through a physical competition, a mental challenge, a social connection, or an emotional release, however, the energy that motivates and renews us at the core is spiritual.
Yes, there are times that we move methodically through a workout with little sense of true self. And at times, find our minds over analyzing our performance or future goals without finding the inner voice that provides purpose. And at times, we stay totally in the ego, competing or achieving while forgetting to reflect on life’s meaningful spiritual connection to our body.
But it is in the times we find the real connection between physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual that define our journey of movement and introduce the passionate inner guide that motivates us to reach for exercise and physical discomfort again.
The time we spend asking our bodies to stretch, move, push, and drive beyond what we thought possible may exhaust the body for a short time but it enlivens our soul. As we change our body through movement, our mind accepts new possibilities, and our emotional energy reflects an empowered sense of self. As we move consistently, we change our physiology and biochemistry producing not just health but happiness.
The soul does not need to find a physical outlet to connect to life’s energy, but the experience of moving beyond physical comfort through exercise can deepen and strengthen our spirit. As with all pursuits, we must practice and we are never perfect, but we will find a remarkable opportunity to find joy as we move.
There are many components of health and happiness and many paths that power the soul, however, on this earth, in these physical bodies, we can use the gift of movement to connect to the energy of our entire being. The path is open for all and not limited to the physically gifted for we are all athletes on the journey of life.
Keep Moving,
Chris
“Then where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.”
- Chariots of Fire
The real power of exercise begins and is complete in our soul. We may first find the path through a physical competition, a mental challenge, a social connection, or an emotional release, however, the energy that motivates and renews us at the core is spiritual.
Yes, there are times that we move methodically through a workout with little sense of true self. And at times, find our minds over analyzing our performance or future goals without finding the inner voice that provides purpose. And at times, we stay totally in the ego, competing or achieving while forgetting to reflect on life’s meaningful spiritual connection to our body.
But it is in the times we find the real connection between physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual that define our journey of movement and introduce the passionate inner guide that motivates us to reach for exercise and physical discomfort again.
The time we spend asking our bodies to stretch, move, push, and drive beyond what we thought possible may exhaust the body for a short time but it enlivens our soul. As we change our body through movement, our mind accepts new possibilities, and our emotional energy reflects an empowered sense of self. As we move consistently, we change our physiology and biochemistry producing not just health but happiness.
The soul does not need to find a physical outlet to connect to life’s energy, but the experience of moving beyond physical comfort through exercise can deepen and strengthen our spirit. As with all pursuits, we must practice and we are never perfect, but we will find a remarkable opportunity to find joy as we move.
There are many components of health and happiness and many paths that power the soul, however, on this earth, in these physical bodies, we can use the gift of movement to connect to the energy of our entire being. The path is open for all and not limited to the physically gifted for we are all athletes on the journey of life.
Keep Moving,
Chris
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