Wednesday April 3 is National Walking Day and I found out about it by accident. Yep, even someone who is as active of a walker as I am didn’t know about it.

The American Heart Association encourages everyone to walk at least 30 minutes on National Walking Day. It’s also a great way to raise awareness of the importance of physical activity and to give your family, friends and co-workers a friendly push toward a healthier life.

There are plenty of good materials available on the organization’s website, such as a beginner’s walking plan, healthy living tips, healthy living articles, flyers, posters and more! http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/PhysicalActivity/NationalWalkingDay/National-Walking-Day-2013_UCM_448665_Article.jsp

It was obvious the woman on one of the posters was a runner — the file was even called “runner,” which was slightly annoying. (It is “walking” day not “running” day.) So I printed the other materials with generic shoes.

Though it is too late to really promote walking for this year’s event, I will try to remember for next year so we all of plenty of time to encourage our non-walking friends and family to participate.

 

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