title: Descriptive assessment of exercise program on fitness and correlates of participation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess health-related fitness, physical activity correlates, and completion of a half-marathon using a 3-day training program in a college community.
  
  
  METHODS
  26 volunteers participated in a 20-week, half-marathon training program.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants  completed the half-marathon. Positive changes in health-related fitness and psychological correlates associated with future exercise participation were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporating strategies that address physical activity correlates and barriers may increase adherence to a  program with a challenging goal such as training for a half-marathon. A low-frequency program was sufficient for increasing health-related fitness and psychological factors related to exercise participation of campus community.
authors.affiliation: Berry College, Department of Kinesiology, Mount Berry, GA, USA. alanier@berry.edu
authors.forename: Angela Baldwin
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.forename: Erica Marie
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azar-Dickens
authors.forename: Brock
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012420:Running; D055815:Young Adult