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+PEOPLE ALSO QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT AMONG THE MANY SPORTS THAT GENERATE BENEFICIAL AEROBIC EFFECTS BY TAXING THE MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, TO IMPROVE THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM - ONE OF THE EASIEST TO TAKE UP AND MOST CONVENIENT AND INEXPENSIVE TO PRACTISE IS JOGGING,+ SAID MR YOUNG.
THE URBAN COUNCIL, IN RESPONSE TO THIS AWAKENING INTEREST IN FITNESS AND A GROWING AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS THAT JOGGING COULD BRING, BUILT THE FIRST JOGGING TRACK IN VICTORIA PARK IN DECEMBER 1978.
THE CONSISTENTLY HIGH USAGE OF THIS TRACK SOON CONVINCED THE COUNCIL THAT JOGGING WAS NO FLEETING FAD AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS EIGHT MORE TRACKS WERE COMPLETED.
AS WITH THE VICTORIA PARK TRACK, MOST OF THE OTHERS WERE ALSO BUILT WITHIN EXISTING URBAN COUNCIL SPORTS GROUNDS OR PARKS. THEY CAN BE FOUND IN THE CAUSEWAY BAY SPORTS GROUND, KOWLOON PARK, KING'S PARK REST GARDEN, KOWLOON TSA! PARK, JUNCTION ROAD PARK AND SHEK KIP ME! SERVICE RESERVOIR PLAYGROUND AND ALONG HARLECH ROAD AND BOWEN ROAD.
SEVEN OF THE JOGGING TRACKS ARE ALSO PROVIDED WITH #FITNESS STATIONS+ AT REGULAR INTERVALS TO HELP JOGGERS TRAIN THEIR UPPER BODIES ON SUCH EQUIPMENT AS CHIN-UP BARS.
+THE FITNESS STATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO PROMOTE THE ALL-ROUND FITNESS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH ENDURANCE, STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY EXERCISES,+ MR YOUNG EXPLAINED.
OF THE 10 NEW JOGGING TRACKS UNDER PLANNING OR CONSTRUCTION, THREE WILL BE COMPLETED IN 1985. THESE WILL BE LOCATED AT THE CHOI HUNG ROAD PLAYGROUND, KOWLOON PARK AND MAGAZINE GAP SERVICE RESERVOIR.
THE OTHER SEVEN, WHICH WILL BE IN USE BY 1990 AT THE " LATEST, WILL BE AT THE TO KWA WAN RECREATION GROUND
FAT CARPENTER ROAD PARK, CHEUNG SHA WAN SPORTS GROUND, TSEUNG STREET PLAYGROUND, SHEK KIP MET PARK, MOUNT DAVIS SERVICE RESERVOIR PLAYGROUND AND ON TOP OF THE SERVICE RESERVOIR AT THE JUNCTION OF YEE KING ROAD AND CLOUDVIEW ROAD.
ASKED ABOUT THE PRESENT TREND OF JOGGING IN HONG KONG, MR YOUNG SAID THAT THE LACK OF A +FUN ELEMENT+ - COMPARED WITH OTHER SPORTS -MIGHT HAVE LED TO THE DESERTION+ OF SOME FORMER JOGGERS TO OTHER FORMS OF EXERCISE.
/+BUT JOGGING