CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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hour, slowing down to 12 miles per hour to round each obstacle. “We do it for exercise, we do it for recreation, we do it for fun,” Kubit said. “It’s a stress reliever because there’s nothing better than getting out there and doing that. It is such an adrenaline rush. It is a natural high.” It’s also good exercise. Skiing has helped Kubit increase his heart rate, strengthen muscles and trim at least 25 pounds. Water skiing also improves quality of life, Kubit says because, “A bad day of skiing is better than a good day at work.” Water skiing is one of the reasons Kubit moved from Pittsburgh to North Carolina. “I wanted my kids to grow up around it and collegiately do it,” he said. “In North Carolina there’s a lot of heritage in skiing. Some of the best skiers have come out of North Carolina.” Born to run If skiing is a father-son pursuit for the Kubits, the Richters have a full- blown family affair with exercise. Drs. Brad and Holly Richter are husband and wife physicians and parents to four boys. He is an anesthesiologist, former triathlete and current cyclist. She’s a pediatrician and marathon runner. The Richters have been running and biking together ever since they met in college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In fact, a friend introduced them because he knew they both liked to exercise. These days, they are busy watching their sons play sports, but Brad still logs 30 or 40 miles three times a week on his bike. He once trained for the Ironman competition, a grueling combination of running, cycling and swimming. Holly squeezes in time for running and even competed in the Boston Marathon and Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, D.C., her first race. She coasted past a certain celebrity and talk show host. “The first marathon I ever ran was the one that Oprah ran when she turned 40,” Holly said. “I beat her by a lot, and I didn’t have a bodyguard chasing me.” Now, she motors to the finish line with an average time of 3.5 hours. And she hasn’t looked back.CV CityViewNC.com | 45