Start Your "Walk Across Texas" Team In Montgomery County

CONROE, TX – It's the best time of year to get yourself in a healthy frame of mine, and you can have a lot of fun too. The Annual Montgomery County Community Challenge to “Walk Across Texas” begins April 1 and continues for 8 amazing weeks.

Enjoying a healthier lifestyle is easier that it seems. A daily walk can improve overall health, strengthen bones and muscles, prevent high blood pressure, lower diabetes, and it’s simple. All you need to get started is a good fitting pair of athletic shoes and you’re set.

Walking with friends, co-workers, or family is fun and encouraging. Also, knowing you are participating with hundreds of other Montgomery County residents offers extra motivation to keep going.

Walk Across Texas is an 8-week program designed to help people of all ages establish the habit of regular physical activity.

Register a team of up to 8 people by April 1 to walk 830 miles or the distance it
would take to walk across Texas. All you have to do is click here to get started. You can also find other useful info here.

By the way, incentives are awarded to all participants who sign up. Weekly prizes
are given based on random drawings from participants who have met weekly goals.

Other types of physical activity can also be counted toward miles. Basically, any moderate to vigorous physical activity that increases your heart rate slightly and is done continuously for 20 minutes counts as a mile. Creative team names add to the fun.

“Walk Across Texas is about doing just a bit more physical activity than you are doing now and developing healthy habits”, said Amy Ressler, Montgomery County Extension Agent Family and Community Health.

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