[/caption]Nancy Scruggs and Mary Jane Coker took full advantage of the Nat'l Walk to School Day last week. When Nancy topped the hill coming from Vestavia on Columbiana headed toward Hall Kent Elementary, she had no idea that Mary Jane was topping the same "hill" on Hwy 31 coming from Vestavia headed to Shades Cahaba! Yep, both of these ladies were amongst the 118 employees who decided to hoof-it to work on Wednesday of last week. So many great stories came from our first Walk 2 Work Wednesday of this school year. Congratulations to all participants. Let's don't make this a one and done practice. The Movement will organize a few more W2WW throughout the year with our participating coffee stops (by the way, be sure to thank O'Henry's, Hart and Soul and Homewood Diner), but you don't have to wait on those special occasions. Walking to work is as simple as deciding to plan ahead. Did you know Homewood is Alabama's Most Walkable City? If you live outside the city of Homewood, here is your plan to take advantage of our Walkability.
Hall Kent: Park your car at Patriot Park, walk to work and back to your car after school.
HMS and Edgewood: Park at Central Park, walk to work and back to your car after school.
SCES and HBOE: Park at SOHO, walk to work and back to your car after school.
HHS: Park at Brookwood Mall, walk to work and back to your car after school.
This practice of walking allows you to add movement into your daily routine. Eventually, the movement becomes part of your healthy lifestyle. One of the HBOE teammates has decided to use walking as her exercise to coincide with Iron Tribe training. The two-mile loop she measured near her home, is the perfect addition to the muscular strength/endurance and flexibility training plan she has added with ITF/The Movement. Way to go, Dr. Betty Winches!
Walktober Challenge: Be sure to post your total number of steps in the provided space on the PPC card.
PPC Week Four Winner: HBOE hosts Mr. Movement Trophy for the second time this year. Edgewood finished in second place with a great week of points. KEEP MOVING!
RACE FOR THE CURE, OCT. 20: Your PPL is recruiting members for our HCS, The Movement team. This is a walker-friendly event. Our goal is 100 participants from HCS. Transportation will be provided if needed (must have at least 20 people interested in the bus transport). This event is perfect for anyone who has never participated in a 5K. Please register asap to allow race packets to be delivered to your school.
Movement Opportunities:
No Spin Class this week
ITF and Gann's Clan: Tue/Thu. -at capacity
Open Gym aka Afternoon Outlaws: HHS- Monday/Wednesday 3:30pm until
Zumba: Edgewood- Thursday 3:45
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