September 1, 2010

People walk for many reasons: for pleasure...to rid themselves of tensions...to find solitude...or to get from one place to another. Nearly everyone who walks regularly does so at least in part because of a conviction that it is good exercise.

Today, Trinitarians observed the WALK TO SCHOOL DAY by walking partly going to the campus in giving importance to walking as a slower but surer way to fitness.

The TCS Red Cross Youth under the leadership of Rochelle Lao spearheaded the said activity.

Parents who drove their kids to school gamely participated by dropping their kids off to start- off points.

"I walk to have a healthy heart, project will hopefully create awareness to all Trinitarians that walking is a means of improving physical fitness," Teacher Marizette Lao, the school nurse said.

Studies show that, when done briskly on a regular schedule, walking can improve the body's ability to consume oxygen during exertion...