Walk

• Finding it hard to get to the gym, training for a marathon or fun run?
• Fed up with rising petrol prices?
• Live within a few miles of work or with access to public transport?

Have you tried walking or running to work?
Walking is free, it is a great way to stay healthy and makes you feel good too.

Half an hour of daily exercise, such as walking, can reduce by half your risk of heart disease. A brisk 20 minute walk (roughly one mile) burns around 100 calories. If you find it hard fitting 30 minutes of physical activity into your already crowded schedule, our walking challenge could be your first step towards a new routine.

Use this month to see how you can include more walking during your week. Once you start feeling the benefits, you may never turn back ...

You can take part by simply walking to work or, if you are feeling competitive, you can compete against colleagues in your workplace to see who walks the most.

Taking part is simple

Get walking!
Keep track of your steps for four weeks and watch the calories burn and your carbon footprint decrease.

Get talking!
Track your progress individually on your log sheet and within your workplace on our wall chart. Challenge your colleagues to see who can walk the most.

Get winning!
Pledge to walk to work, and other sustainable travel modes, and your entry will go in to our monthly prize draw for £50 worth of vouchers. See our competitions page for further details (terms & conditions apply).

Other suggestions
1 Take a walk during your lunch break
2 Tell someone your walking goals and have them keep you accountable!
3 Try walking for all or part of your commute
4 Have a walking meeting. It’s much nicer than being in a dull meeting room
5 Take the stairs
6 Don’t email - take a break from that screen and go and visit your colleagues at their desks!
7 Get off the bus a stop or two early when going to work or meetings

Did you know...
12% of respondents to the Adastral Park Travel Survey live within 2 miles of the site; approximately a 40 minute walk – what an excellent opportunity to walk to work and do some exercise at the same time.

At least one person on site regularly walks 7.5miles each way from home to work (and back again).

The Adastral Park site has 53 showers so if you need to change after walking, jogging or running you should be able to find one near to your office.

Location of on-site showers:

If you want to walk around the perimeter of the site, it will take you about half an hour to complete the circuit.

Links

Further Walk to Work information and details to set up your own Walkers Action Group is available www.walkingworks.org.uk
The walking route planner that helps you get around town on foot: www.walkit.com
Ramblers Association: http://www.ramblers.org.uk/walking/getwalking/

Note: Links to other sites and telephone numbers included are provided for your information and convenience only, and no responsibility or liability can be accepted for the content, accuracy or any other aspects of these sites.