Ohio's One-Mile Fitness Walk


Medina County’s Wellness Committee, in conjunction with National Employee Health and Fitness Week and Healthy Ohio, challenges YOU to "Walk the Talk!"

Mark your calendars! Walk a mile in Ohio’s sixth statewide “Healthy Ohio Fitness Walk” scheduled for May 19, 2010 between the hours of noon and 2 p.m. All Medina County employees are invited to participate to collectively walk with other Ohioans a hundred thousand miles this day.

If these times are not convenient, or if you work an afternoon or evening shift, you won't be left out. Pick a time and location that's convenient for you: around your community park, on a school playground, an athletic field or track, through your neighborhood, in a parking lot or shopping mall, up and down stairways, on your treadmill, outside the building you work in...anywhere!

Merely sign up with one of the Wellness Committee members and after you've completed your walk, report the distance you walked back to that member.

Here are the sign up locations:

  • Administration Building - Human Resources Office, Room 206

  • Achievement Center - See Dave Yaniga

  • Job and Family Services - See Kim Hart Soboslai

  • Health Department - See Kim Summers

  • Engineering Center - See Amy Lyon-Galvin

  • Child Support - See Michelle Bifolchi

  • Court House - See Lynn Stover and/or Sharon Danko

  • Sheriff's Office - See Travis Colonius

  • Juvenile Detention Center - Reva Keaton

At the time of registration you will be given the route to be walked. For employees signing up on or before Wednesday, May 12, they will receive a t-shirt on the 19th when the walk begins and be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate upon completing their walk.

For employees walking at some other time or date prior to the 19th, they will be given their t-shirt when reporting their distance walked. This information must be provided no later than Thursday, May 20 to receive your t-shirt and be entered into the drawing.

The ultimate goal is to promote physical activity and educate all Ohioans about the importance of regular physical activity in improving overall health and wellness. There are alarming statistics concerning sedentary lifestyles and obesity, not only in Ohio, but nationwide. Walking is the one exercise that is completely aerobic. It helps to condition the heart, large muscle groups and relieve stress.

It will take a collective effort to motivate one hundred thousand Ohioans to walk one mile on this day. Every department and agency is encouraged to participate.

Let's get moving...Active bodies are healthier, happier and lighter, so join in the fun!

Numerous Benefits of Walking

If a daily fitness walk could be put in a pill, it would be one of the most popular prescriptions in the world. It has so many health benefits. Walking can reduce the risk of many diseases — from heart attack and stroke to hip fracture and glaucoma. These may sound like claims on a bottle of snake oil, but they're backed by major research. Walking requires no prescription, the risk of side effects is very low, and the benefits are numerous:

Managing your weight.

Controlling your blood pressure.

Decreasing your risk of heart attack.

Boosting "good" cholesterol

Lowering your risk of stroke.

Reducing your risk of breast cancer and type 2 diabetes.

Avoiding your need for gallstone surgery.

Protecting against hip fracture.

Prevent depression, colon cancer, constipation, osteoporosis, and impotence

Lengthen lifespan

Lower stress levels

Relieve arthritis and back pain

Strengthen muscles, bones, and joints

Improve sleep

Elevate overall mood and sense of well-being.