Campus Walking Group

The campus provides many scenic locations for a rejuvenating walk during your work break. Below are some activities and resources to assist you.

Health*Matters Walking Group
Every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (Year-Round)
12:10 pm, Campanile (South Side)
Led by Walking Leaders, the Health*Matters Walking Group takes you on different routes through campus and accommodates all levels of fitness walkers, from moderate to brisk. Enjoy the benefits of walking by taking a 30-35 minute walk through campus with your colleagues.

During the summer months, the Walking Group offers a prize incentive program for participating walkers. For information regarding the Walking Group, please contact Health*Matters at (510) 643-4646.

Related Topics
You will find a variety of educational materials and resources on exercise/fitness covering such topics as fitness walking techniques, warm up and stretches, exercise planner, exercise injuries, finding your target heart rate, and walking in different weather conditions.

• Exercise: Fitting Fitness In
• Exercise: Starting a Walking Program
• Exercise: Injury Prevention & Self-Care
• Step Up to Fitness Pedometer Program
  

Upcoming Walking Events

Relay for Life: American Cancer Society
Relay for Life offers everyone in a community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.

Relay For Life is a life-changing event that brings together more than 3.5 million people to: • Celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. The strength of survivors inspires others to continue to fight.
• Remember loved ones lost to the disease. At Relay, people who have walked alongside people battling cancer can grieve and find healing.
• Fight Back. We Relay because we have been touched by cancer and desperately want to put an end to the disease.

The only requirement to participate in Relay For Life is the $10 registration/commitment fee that is due upon registration. After that, anything you can raise through individual, team, or online fundraising is graciously accepted. Click on the link above to learn more, find a Relay for Life near you, and to register!

Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes
Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Sacramento OR Sunday, October 12, 2008 in San Jose and Walnut Creek. Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes is a 5K or 10K run/walk about changing the face of diabetes by raising funds to help find a cure and raising awareness of this devastating disease.

Register or Request More Information online, or by calling your local American Diabetes Association office at 1-888-DIABETES.

Plate to Plate
Sunday, August 24, 2008 in San Francisco. This 5k run/walk supports Project Open Hand and has a unique opportunity to cross Home Plate at AT&T Park. Visit the website for more information.

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