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Conference on Health Benefits of Greenways and Trails
Walk your way to health is one practice that most people can work into their busy schedules. How much walking is enough? According to Mark Fenton, the former editor-at-large of WALKING Magazine and now host of the new PBS series, America's Walking It depends what your goals are. (1) To maintain health with regular physical activity: Walk 30 minutes/day most days of the week at a "talking" pace. (2) Weight loss: Walk 45-60 minutes/day at a "purposeful/talking" pace. (3) Aerobic and cardiovascular fitness: Walk 20 minutes at a very fast pace for 3-4 days per week - breathing hard but not gasping. Mark Fenton will be the featured speaker at the Making the Connection: Economic and Health Benefits of *Greenways and Trails Conference in Abingdon on Friday, October 24, 2008 at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. Mr. Fenton will also lead an walking tour of Abingdon. The Southern Appalachian Greenways Alliance is hosting this conference; they call themselves SAGA. SAGA envisions a regional system of greenways and trails that link together the communities of Northeast Tennessee and “far” Southwest Virginia. An education, skill-building, and networking conference for those affiliated with and/or interested in greenways and trails, with a primary focus on the economic and health derived from proactive efforts to build community and political support for them based For more information about SAGA or to register for this conference securely online, visit their website at www.sagatrails.org or call 276.623.6188. Black Diamond Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D), serving Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott and Wise counties and the City of Norton, is supporting SAGA’s efforts to bring good jobs and recreational opportunities to Virginia’s Coalfields. Black Diamond RC&D is an equal opportunity provider and employer. USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service provides support staff to the RC&D.
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