Nothing helps motivate me more to get moving than a gorgeous day outside -- not too hot, or too cold, or too windy...you get the idea. If you're either looking to liven up a boring neighborhood route, or maybe start a completely new routine this summer season, finding a great place to do your walking or running can have a big impact on how much you enjoy it and long you stay motivated. Depending on where you live in the country, and how big or small your town is, you probably have a variety of options -- many of which you may not have thought of before.

Par courses are available in many areas, and they're basically walking paths with "stations" along the way to do additional exercises and stretches.

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Yes, yes, we all know that Americans are getting fatter and fatter all the time. But wanna hear some good news? In a ranking of the most obese countries, the U.S. is not #1!

Sadly, however, we are in the top 10.

This is a pretty depressing article if you ask me -- over 74% of our adult population is overweight? I guess that shouldn't surprise me, since the issue is in the news so often, but it kinda does anyway. That's a really big number.

But back to the positive, at least we're doing better than the list topper, Nauru. At the #1 spot, 94.5% of their population is overweight. For the complete list of countries ranked from fattest to thinnest, click here.

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