Taking the Timberwolf Trail to Health

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 03:50 AM

Prince George, B.C. – The Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre is making an effort to get people to be more active.

The plan has people keeping a record of how many kilometers they have covered on the Timberwolf Trail. That is the long hill from Foothills to University Way and the Northern Sport Centre.

“We wanted to develop some programs to under the Act Now Bc program to help rach the goal of increasing the activity levels of residents by 20% by 2010” says the Sport Centre's Len McNamarra.

He says people sign up to take part, and then each time they make the trek, they can enter the Sport Centre and have a special card punched. The Sport Centre will keep track of how many kilometers a participant has covered. “It will be motivational with some prizes for participants.”

McNammarra says the community needs to be reminded that the sport centre is not just a University facility, it is there for the whole community. “We’re hoping people will see there is an opportunity to use the facility, maybe walk the track while their kids are involved in a tournament at the soccer level. We want to be a leader in the community when it comes to the Act Now B.C. efforts.”

The Timberwolf Trail brochure advises those who plan to take part to use the east side sidewalk up the hill to reduce the level of vehicle emissions inhaled.

At the end of October, the Northern Sport Centre Staff will determine the top ten travelers and there will be some prizes.

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Comments

Posted by: northern taxpayer on June 3 2008 5:20 AM

buzz aldrin is the only astronaut i can admire , his favourite statement "god gave man a finite number of heart beats and i aint going to use them up jogging down the road"

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on June 3 2008 7:47 AM

Good point. I'd have to go down the hill first, so to heck with that!

Posted by: seamutt on June 3 2008 10:50 AM

Why oh why does the city build the sidewalks on a slant. I have tried the hill but the slant makes it very uncomfortable. I am not the only one, notice the well worn trail beside the sidewalk. Notice around town the many walkers and joggers on the road instead of the slanted sidewalk. Notice the people in wheelchairs on the road instead of the slanted sidewalk. Sure most roads have a crown on them, but that slant is usually less than the sidewalk.

I have asked engineering at city hall about this and the answer its an engineering standard. Well its only a PG standard as I have lived and been in cities all over the world and this is the only place I have noticed this slant. The reasoning is to let rain and snow/ice water run off. Well in Vancouver, lots of rain, I haven't seen a problem with flat sidewalks there. Also when the snow/ice melts during the day it freezes at night. Ever try to walk on a frozen slope.

I don't think anyone in engineering at city hall does any walking.

Posted by: lostfaith on June 3 2008 1:50 PM

The slope in the sidewalks are also to aid dog crap in rolling off them because there are so many people that let their dogs run free at night and /or just don't clean it up themselves.

;)