5 Inspirational Articles About Fitness

I am new to blogging and it was articles like the following that inspired me to take such an interest in health and fitness, hopefully you will find them as useful as myself:

• How to go from skinny to muscular in 7 steps
  Zen Habits is such a well written website and contains a wide range of articles:
  http://zenhabits.net/2007/12/how-to-go-from-skinny-to-muscular-in-7-steps-with-a-diet-plan/
• Will Smith acceptance speech
  There has been many articles written about this video. Will Smith thinks that the key to life is 'running and reading', and I think that he may have a valid point:
  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KEMEBBwO6J8
• 7 Habits to improve your posture
  If your like me and work at a desk for 8 hours a day, you will need to put some work in to improve your posture. A bad posture could give you back pains and many issues later in life:
  http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/7-habits-to-improve-posture.html
• 5 workout hacks plus 8 tips for beginners
  Similar to my first blog entry Dumb Little Man posted an excellent article on workout tips for beginners:
  http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/06/6-workout-hacks-plus-8-tips-for.html
• Why you want to run a marathon!
  I think the title says it all, this video explains it much better than I ever could: http://monstro.com/2008/05/by-time-you-finish-watching-this-video.php

I have not made the leap to marathon running quite yet, but I do aim to get there. I am thinking of purchasing some literature to help me along, such as:
Finishing your first marathon
First time marathon runners training guide
Workout With Weights

Please leave a comment and hopefully point me in the right direction or some other interesting blog posts or books you may reccommend.