Johnson City Parks & Recreation: Senior Services Offers Step Into Fall Walking Program

Press release from Johnson City Parks & Recreation:

September 7, 2021

Registration is under way at Senior Services at Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., for Step into Fall. The six-week program encourages participants 18 and older to aim for 8,000 steps a day or double their current step count.

Each week participants can choose between two walking groups. Each walk will be led by a different staff member and have a different theme. Walks will be held 2-2:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and 11:30 a.m.-noon on Fridays, Oct. 1- Nov. 12.

Participants who do not have a tracker on their phones, smart watch or other device will be provided with a pedometer. Participants will be timed on a 1-mile walk at the beginning of the program and be responsible for completing their own mileage logs. At the completion of the program, participants will be timed on the Turkey Strut – a 1-mile walk. Prizes will be awarded after the Turkey Strut for fastest time, most improved, best dressed, most walking groups attended, and most overall steps. All participants completing the six-week program will receive a T-shirt.

Registration is open through Friday, Sept. 17 at the Senior Services desk. Cost is $5 per participant.

For more information, call 423-461-4852.

This press release was produced by Johnson City Parks & Recreation. The views expressed here are the author’s own.