MONDAY, MAY 7, 1979
JOGGING CAMPAIGN TO START NEXT MONTH
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A TERRITORY-WIDE PROGRAMME TO ENCOURAGE JOGGING WILL BE LAUNCHED EARLY NEXT MONTH.
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY MISS BETTY MAIR, PRINCIPAL EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (RSS).
+THE OBJECT IS TO MAKE PEOPLE REALISE THAT RUNNING IN THE OPEN AIR CAN BE FUN AND A VERY GOOD WAY TO IMPROVE ONE'S GENERAL FITNESS AND MENTAL OUTLOOK ON LIFE,+ MISS MAIR EXPLAINED.
THE PROGRAMME IS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE RSS, THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND DODWELL TRADING LTD. AND WILL BE THE FIRST ACTIVITY IN THE +PABST CHALLENGE SERIES+ OF COMMUNITY SPORTS EVENTS.
THE JOGGING PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE:
* RUNNING TRAINING COURSES AT 10 OR MORE CENTRAL VENUES
ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
* TESTING OF HEART AND BLOOD CIRCULATION FITNESS BY HONG KONG
UNIVERSITY DOCTORS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE TRAINING SCHEME (THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN HONG KONG AND THE DATA COMPILED WILL BE VALUABLE FOR BOTH THE ATHLETIC AND MEDICAL COMMUNITIES).
* A MASS RUN OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
* ISSUE OF GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS TO RUNNERS WHO IMPROVE THEMSELVES SO MUCH BY THE END OF THE YEAR THAT THEY CAN COVER 1.5 MILES IN TIME LIMITS SET ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX.
TO EXEMPLIFY THE BENEFITS OF RUNNING, MISS MAIR QUOTED RESULTS OF A SURVEY BY THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS.
+EVEN THE ELDERLY WILL FIND THAT THE HUMAN BODY ADAPTS REMARKABLY TO TRAINING THE AGEING PROCESS IS SLOWED AND THE CHANCES OF HEART ATTACK AND OTHER DEGENERATIVE ILLNESS REDUCED, SHE SAID.
THE PILOT TRAINING SCHEME, MISS MAIR SAID, WILL BEGIN ON JUNE 5 WITH JOGGING GROUPS ORGANISED AT TWO CENTRES AT VICTORIA PARK AND THE OTHER AT MORSE PARK.
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STARTING AT 7 A.M. AT VICTORIA PARK AND 6.30 A.M. AT MORSE PARK, PARTICIPANTS WILL GO THROUGH AN HOUR-LONG SERIES OF WARMING-UP EXERCISES. CALISTHENICS, JOGGING AND RUNNING.
/EACH GROUP
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