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Stop Sitting: National Start! Walking Day

American Heart Association, National Start! Walking Day
THE AMERICAN HEART Association is setting its sights lower than your ticker tomorrow. It wants your feet to participate in National Start! Walking Day — either by hoofing it for 30 minutes on your own or joining one of two local free rallies (at Georgetown University's Healy Lawn from noon to 1 p.m., and the American Heart Association headquarters, at 4301 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.). That red guy pictured above will be there, thrilled that participants are reducing their cholesterol and risk of coronary heart disease.

Want more reasons to put on your walking shoes? Think about signing up for these upcoming events:
» Walk for Lupus Now (April 18, suggested minimum $100 fundraising goal) is a 1.5-mile route down Pennsylvania Avenue.
» Walk MS (April 25 and 26,no registration fee but fundraising is encouraged) is at six sites in the Washington region, with distances ranging from three miles (downtown) to eight miles (in Montgomery County).
» Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (May 2 and 3, minimum fundraising goal $1,800) covers a marathon and a half through the D.C. region over the course of two days.
» Break the Silence (May 9, $15) welcomes supporters to join in a 1-mile walk in Reston, Va.

Photo courtesy American Heart Association

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COMMENTS (2)

  • The URL listed for Walk MS is a broken link. You can find out more about the event at www.MSandYOU.org/WALK,

    By Abra Frankel , Posted April 7, 2009 2:30 PM

  • The URL for Walk for Lupus Now is also broken. Please use www.dclupuswalk.org

    By Elizabeth Muniot , Posted April 10, 2009 1:57 PM
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