The checkered flag will drop on the annual Moving Starke County Forward fitness challenge tomorrow. Team and individual awards will be presented at 2 p.m. during the WoodStarke festival at Wythogan Park in Knox. Continue reading
The Moving Starke County Forward Healthy Challenge Series is still up and running. Community members have really been moving this summer, logging their miles and making an effort to make a healthier Starke County. Continue reading
Score another victory for the Moving Starke County Forward Healthy Challenge Series. Participants took the checkered flag in the Hamlet 500, by walking, running, biking or otherwise recording 1,184 fitness miles. Arlene Noble notched 145 miles, and Team Bourff posted 235. They all earned t-shirts. Continue reading
Members of the Moving Starke County Forward organization are still accepting registration for this year’s Healthy Challenge Series. It’s the summer campaign to get Starke County residents up and active to help curb the county’s poor health status.
Residents are encouraged to walk, bike or run. Record steps taken in the next two weeks to reach a goal of 250 miles by the end of May. Since the series follows a NASCAR theme, the first “race” to 250 miles is the Daytona 250 and ends May 23. A new goal will be announced following this “race”.
This year’s Moving Starke County Forward summer challenge is about ready to begin.
The kick-off event for the NASCAR-themed Healthy Challenge Series is set for this Saturday, May 2 at Wythogan Park at 10 a.m. Participants will start the Healthy Challenge Series by walking the pace lap around the park after the sign-up process.
Residents are urged to log steps that could include walking, biking, running, swimming, or hiking for a chance to win some NASCAR prizes. Steps or miles will be recorded every two weeks to reach a certain goal during that time. The first goal will be the Daytona 250. Participants are encouraged to log activity totaling 250 miles by May 16. Details on how to report those steps will be released this week. A different goal will be released shortly before the first deadline.
The American Heart Association’s National Walking Day is a chance for idle residents to get up and start moving to improve heart health.
National Walking Day will be observed tomorrow. Residents are becoming less active and the observance of walking and other activities allow young and old people alike to decrease the chance of heart disease, stroke and other diseases.
The Moving Starke County Forward organization is ready to “race” into the summer with this year’s walking challenge.
The theme this year is patterned after NASCAR races to see if all participants can reach the lap goal every two weeks with the number of miles walked, ran, biked, or swam. The Healthy Challenge Series, a healthy reference to NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, will begin on May 2 with the kick-off event at 10 a.m. in Wythogan Park. An inaugural pace lap will officially start the event that will continue through Aug. 29.
