WELCOME!

Join others in participating in the third year of the City of Weatherford Parks and Recreation Department's Walking for Wellness Program. Start anytime. Simply register online so you can submit your miles or steps and you'll be included in the Current Totals for the City of Weatherford. Or you can submit your miles using the walking log sheet found on the About Us page. You can also send them via email to walkinginfo@swosu.edu. Whichever way you choose, it's free, it's fun and it's for everybody. There's no limit to the number of participants. There's no minimum amount to walk. There's no commitment. You just walk...for the health of it!

 

FREE PEDOMETERS

Free pedometers (while supplies last) available at the City of Weatherford Parks and Recreation Department at City Hall (522 W Rainey).

 

T-SHIRTS

Walking for Wellness t-shirts are available for purchase ($10 each) at the City of Weatherford Parks and Recreation Department at City Hall (522 W Rainey). All proceeds from the t-shirt sales will help to defray costs for the program throughout the year.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

June 7 – 7PM – SWOSU Milam Stadium (track)
On Monday, June 7 at 7:00 PM, we are meeting at the track at Milam Stadium on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus (parking available on west side of stadium on 7th street, south of Davis street or north of College street). We’ll meet inside the stadium at the entrance to the Fast Lane Field to start our walk around the track. You’ll be impressed by the look of the new turf on Fast Lane Field. Oh yea, we’ll have a prize drawing after our walk. Woohoo!

 

More Monthly Events – Send Us Your Ideas!
Plans for the summer months of July and August will be made soon. Fourth year of the Walking for Wellness Program will kick off in September. If you have suggestions for activities or events, please feel free to submit them. This is your program, so please feel free to send us your ideas. walkinginfo@swosu.edu

 

MONTHLY WALKING RESOURCE SUGGESTION

Why not give yourself a goal to achieve by starting a walking challenge? Then reward yourself when you complete it. Suggested walking challenge programs can be found at http://walking.about.com/od/programs/Walking_Programs.htm. Many can be found by searching the internet. Consider one that works best for you and will help you increase your daily activity. Good luck!

WINNERS!


It pays to walk! Ruby Parker was the winner of the prize drawing for the April walking activity. Ruby won a Wal-Mart gift card donated by the Walking for Wellness Program (thanks to a generous grant provided by Wal-Mart).

Participants submitting their monthly walking activity by the monthly deadline (using the walking website, the walking log sheet or walking email) are eligible for the monthly prize drawing.

It pays in a GRAND way to walk! Walkers who submit their monthly walking activity each and every month throughout the year of the program will be entered into a Grand Prize drawing. Grand Prize drawing winner for the program’s 2nd year was Carlotta Hetrick. She won $150 in Chamber bucks.

 

REPORTED COMMUNITY TOTALS

Totals reported include walking activity submitted via walking logs as well as the walking website and emails.

3RD YEAR TOTALS (12-month program started September 2009): April 2010: Miles = 2,729.74; Participants = 31 adults. Year-to-Date (09/09-08/10): Miles = 15,709.06; Participants = 210

2ND YEAR TOTALS (12-month program started September 2008): 
Total Miles (09/08-08/09) = 30,363.42; Participants = 247. Plus, Mayor’s Challenge Participants = 376

1ST YEAR TOTALS (12-month program started September 2007): 
Total Miles (09/07-08/08) = 61,631.17; Total Participants = 327 adults, 1,090 public school students. Plus, Mayor’s Challenge Participants = 70

WAY TO WALK, WEATHERFORD!

 

IT'S FREE!


Yes, the Walking for Wellness Program is free for everybody! But the program doesn't walk by itself. It needs your support. Donations, including in-kind gifts, are greatly appreciated. Contact the W'ford Parks & Recreation Department or any of the committee members (found on the Contact Us page) to make a tax-deductible donation or to provide in-kind gifts to the walking program. Donations will be used to help encourage people to be active and exercise as well as educate them about health issues so they can live longer, happier lives. Volunteer committee members organize the free Walking for Wellness Program. Fundraisers and donations pay for incentive prizes, motivational education expenses and promotional costs of the program. To support the future of the Walking for Wellness Program, please contact us today.

 

VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!


The Walking for Wellness Program is still going strong...and continuing to make a difference in Weatherford, Oklahoma. The 1st year of the program started September, 2007.

As a volunteer-driven program, the committee members are extremely vital to the success of the walking program. And as the program grows, so does the need for more volunteers. There is no doubt that the walking program is growing; so yes, we need more volunteers...we need YOU!
Please give consideration to being a volunteer for the Walking for Wellness Program. If interested, please email walkinginfo@swosu.edu. What could be more fitting than to volunteer for a community-wide program that includes fun, friends and fitness?!

 

WALKING RESOURCES

April 7 is the American Heart Association’s National Start! Walking Day. For more information, visit their website (www.startwalkingnow.org). They have great tips and advice throughout the year.

Tip: If you want a workout you’re practically guaranteed to stick with, choose this one: walking. Walking has the highest compliance rate of any exercise. But you’ll need to take the right number of steps each day to reap the maximum health benefits. What’s the magic number? When you’ve taken at least 10,000 steps today -- a pedometer can help you keep count (available for free at the Weatherford Parks & Recreation Department) – you’ll have walked the optimal amount for good health. To read the rest of this tip and find out how it affects your RealAge, go to www.realage.com/tips/all-about-you-a-hard-to-quit-workout. Thanks Suzy M. for sharing this tip with us. If you have a walking tip or walking resource suggestion to share, send to walkinginfo@swosu.edu.

Walking is one of the easiest ways to get the exercise you need to stay healthy. Experts recommend at least 2.5 hours of moderate activity, such as walking, a week. Read more at
www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/walking-for-wellness

Exercise is key: Test yourself and pick your own walking plan (http://usat.me?37187116) To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.

Mapping and Planning Your Walks
Mapping and planning your walks has never been easier. No matter if you are at home, with the family on vacation, on a business trip or visiting relatives, you can map your walk. Visit MapMyWalk website (http://www.mapmywalk.com) and start mapping so you can start walking...no matter where you are.



Got an iPhone? 
WalkJogRun's iPhone/iPod Touch App uses your GPS location to find local exercise routes from WalkJogRun.net wherever you are in the world. You can view routes closest to you - or choose a specific distance you'd like to walk - and then see each route on a map. Take your phone with you and refresh the map to check your progress. For more information, visit www.WalkJogRun.net.

Walking Resources
AARP Walking (www.aarp.org/health/fitness/walking/); America on the Move (aom.americaonthemove.org); America Walks (www.americawalks.org); America's Walking (www.pbs.org/americaswalking); General Walking Information (walking.about.com); Route Planner (www.walkjogrun.net); Shape Up America (www.shapeup.org); Walking (www.walking.org); Walking Info (www.walkinginfo.org).

 

WEATHERFORD, LET'S ALL WALK...FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!