Walk Smart
About
Walk Smart is a free program that encourages participants to walk more by providing tools and motivation.
Our vision is to get more people walking every day for health, transportation, environment, and community.
Join Walk Smart
All walks are free, come to one or all! We would like to collect your email so that you can receive weekly updates of where the walk will be and cancelations that may occur.
Look for opportunities to walk with your children, family or friends. Consider adding other walking routines to your day by organizing a lunchtime walking group at work, or a before-or after-work group with friends or neighbors.
What are you waiting for? It’s time to walk smart. Ask us how; we are here to help inspire you.
Benefits of Walking
Walking more can lead to better health, help the environment, and provide an opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends. Regular, brisk walking is one of the simplest and safest forms of physical exercise. By incorporating a 30-minute walk into any day, heart disease and diabetes risk can be reduced and a healthy weight maintained. Next time you have a chance to walk rather than drive, consider the benefits.
There are a vast number of benefits to getting out and walking. Here are just a few:
- Accomplish errands without parking
- Allows time with family and friends
- Burns calories, lowers blood pressure and cholesterol
- Can be done almost anywhere
- Easy on your joints and strengthens your bones
- Get a better feel for your surroundings
- Reduces risk of heart disease, diabetes, and more
- Reduces stress, improves sleep, mood, outlook on life
- Slims your waist
- Strengthens back muscles
- Supports neighborhood-serving businesses
Really, there isn't much more you can ask for in an exercise, so think twice about using your car for every trip and gain better health, one step at a time.
Walk More
At some point in our day, whether we drive a car, ride a bike or take transit to get around, we are first pedestrians. Many of the trips we take are short, within a 20 minute walk, and could be taken by foot, giving you a chance to exercise, time to unwind and get to know your surroundings in a new way.
Business
Any Wilsonville business can be a contributor to the event, find out more about opportunities for businesses to get involved.
