Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - GNC Holdings, Inc.,the nation’s largest specialty retailer of health, wellness and sports nutrition products, is proud to partner with Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. to host the first annual GNC Liberty Mile – expected to be the third largest competitive, one-mile road race in the U.S, where world-class milers will compete for a $25,000 prize purse with both the male and female winners taking home $4000 each.

“For years, GNC has been the leader in providing the fuel for runners to achieve their goals, and we believe it’s time that we bring the quickly emerging world of one-mile road races to Pittsburgh, our home town. To make that happen, we are proud to sponsor the inaugural GNC Liberty Mile and launch it in a way that we expect will immediately make it one of the nation’s largest,” stated, Jeff Hennion, EVP – Chief Marketing Officer and eCommerce at GNC. “The event will provide a racing venue for a wide spectrum of athletes ranging from highly competitive milers to those running in their first professional race. Whether you run competitively at a world class level or simply run around the block, this race is for you.”

The event will take place on August 17 at 7 p.m. on Liberty Avenue, from 17th street in the strip to 6th street, Downtown. Six one-mile heats will be held offering various opportunities such as raising money and giving corporations the chance to participate in a corporate wellness challenge. The heats include:

One for Fun: Recreational mile for ages 5-100 years old.

Giving Back: Participants register and raise money for a participating charity.

It’s All Business- Participants register and participate with their corporate teammates.

Winning…..at 40+: Masters mile participants for competitors 40 years of age and older.

Unstoppable: Ages 13-39 years old. Open to competitive milers-male and female (6 minute mile or under).

Experts: Qualified participants 18 years of age and older-male (4:17 and under and female 5:00 min miler or under).

The announcement is part of the Bring Back The Mile Campaign, a national movement to return the mile race to prominence on the American sports and cultural landscape. In 2012, there will be almost a half dozen new mile road races across the Country.

“Competitive mile road races are increasing in popularity and we are pleased that Pittsburgh will be a part of this trend with the GNC Liberty Mile,” stated Patrice Matamoros, Race Director for Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. “The mile run is a great entry race for people who are interested in the sport of running and with the competitive heats we are sure to see some of those high-speed crowd pleasing chases as well.”

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No Doubt is coming back!!! The band is back together, and will be releasing a new album later this year. Gwen Stefani has left her solo career to join the band again, and they’ll be releasing their colorful music all over again. This will be their first album since 2004. This album will be the band’s seventh studio release.

According to No Doubt’s website, they have written nine songs so far, and they are extremely excited to release them. No Doubt is mostly remembered for their hit songs, including “Just a Girl,” “Rock Steady,” “Running,” “New,” “X-Girlfriend,” and “Simple Kind of Life.”

The lead singer, Gwen Stefani was 17-years-old when she started working in the band. She was actually mopping floors at a Dairy Queen before she made it big.

The band’s first album came out in 1992 where No Doubt became one of the most well-known bands in the United States. They became especially become successful when their album “Tragic Kingdom” came out in 1997. Their hits on this album included “Just a Girl,” “Spiderwebs,” and “Don’t Speak.” What made No Doubt so special was how unique they were.

They were a band with men on drums and the guitar, but a girl was the lead singer. And although their band had rock music in it, they could almost be considered pop…just almost. Plus, Gwen Stefani’s flashy voice gave the music a great pitch for a great listen. “Just a Girl” had a chromatic charm that led the song to become one of the most popular songs of the decade.

You can actually hear this tune in certain chick-flicks like ”Clueless” and “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.” “Return to Saturn” was also an album that represented the band as colorful and picturesque. The song, “New” was something to listen to at nighttime, but when there are random colors spread all over a big city.

Even lesser known songs like “Artificial Sweetener” showed a jazzy and vibrant side to No Doubt. As the band progressed, Gwen Stefani did too. She created her own album, “Love Angel Music Baby.” When the hit, “What You Waiting For” came out, fans were dancing all over the place. Gwen also made a bizarre yet fun music video with her struggling to make it as a singer, then all of a sudden she appears in “Alice in Wonderland.”

Although she wasn’t in her band at the time, Gwen still knew how to be colorful. “Rich Girl” had a pirate ship and “Hollaback Girl” had Gwen dancing and dressing up like a teenager, showing that after plenty of success as well as marriage and kids, Gwen Stefani knew exactly how to keep in touch with her inner adolescent. No Doubt has done plenty of tours over the years, and they’ll hopefully be doing it again with their newest album, scheduled to come out this fall.

Two of their songs will be called “One More Summer” and “Settle Down.” And according to “Rolling Stone,” their new album is going to be “catchy and addictive.”

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