Signal Tribune

This time last year, Lori Woods of Signal Hill was unhappy about her workout routine, or rather her lack of one.

“I was just turning 42 and depressed that I wasn’t doing anything,” says Woods. This year, however, on her 43rd birthday, she was one of the more than 20,000 participants that crossed the finish line at the L.A. Marathon.

When Woods, a mother of four, saw an ad for the Long Beach Adventure Boot Camp for Women last October, she decided not only was she out of shape, she was out of excuses.