Sweetgall To Host Walking Workshops

To mark Public Health Week, the Department of Health will be hosting a series of Nordic Walking and Motivation to Move workshops presented by Robert Sweetgall next Tuesday [Apr. 3] and Wednesday [Apr. 4].

On Tuesday, there will be a Walking Expo from 11am until 4pm, a Seniors Longevity Workshop from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., Motivation to Move from 12.30 p.m. until 1 p.m. and a Teacher Workshop from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., all at City Hall.

On Wednesday, there will be a Nordic Walking and Motivation to Move workshop at Bermuda College from 5.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m.

The workshops are free but space is limited so RSVP to 278-6504. The first ten people to sign up for each will receive a pedometer kit.

Inspired by a family history of heart disease, Robert Sweetgall resigned from his secure Dupont chemical engineering job to start a new mission in life.

Ultimately Mr. Sweetgall would walk through all 50 states, averaging 31 miles per day over 365 straight days.

Mr. Sweetgall finished his one-year journey in New York City in 1985. That year, he reached millions of people through TV, radio and newsprint interviews with his inspiring story on walking for wellness.

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