PLEASANTON, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Pedometer and stopwatch manufacturer ACCUSPLIT, Inc. of Pleasanton
and www.WALKING10000.org, the international governing body of 10,000
Steps A Day, will sponsor the first World Walk to Wellness on Monday,
December 31, 2007. The free event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. at Pleasanton's Sports and Community Park, 5800 Parkside
Drive at Hopyard Road, in Pleasanton, Calif.
World Walk to Wellness 2008 is open to all ages and will include a
self-guided walk around the park about 5,000 steps (2.15 miles), a
20-minute, 2000-step walk led by Mr. Pedometer at 12 noon.
ACCUSPLIT's Alliance 3010 mechanical 10,000-step pedometers with
colorful faceplates will be available for a donation. All donations
will go to Pleasanton Partnerships in Education for the funding of
Pleasanton schools' health and wellness committees through Wellness
Education Project Grants. For those who are interested, ACCUSPLIT will
demonstrate how a pedometer can give real, motivating feedback to
support wellness.
"The World Walk to Wellness is a community event aimed at learning
and walking for the whole family," says event creator W. Ron Sutton,
President and CEO of ACCUSPLIT, Inc. and a member of Pleasanton
Unified School District's Lifelong Planning Committee and the
Pleasanton Community of Wellness committee. "We will show participants
just how easy it is to change their activity level and enhance their
wellness for life. We want to positively influence the culture of
wellness so that 'everyone is doing it' in Pleasanton and we hope to
inspire communities around the United States and beyond to make a New
Year's commitment to wellness.
Mr. Pedometer's 2000-step, guided walk is based on the
substantiated premise that walking (and any equivalent activity) leads
to increased physical well being.
"At a time when obesity, diabetes and other ailments related to
inactivity are rampant in our country, we trust that the concept of
'activity to wellness' will spread like wildfire," adds Sutton. "With
that in mind, we will create a World Walk to Wellness kit based on the
Pleasanton experience that other communities may obtain in order to
easily host their own local events.
"After participating as a speaker at Taiwan's First National
Walking Day in Taipei last month, I am convinced that the culture of
lifetime wellness will only grow and expand in the future in American
communities as it is there," Sutton concludes.
The Sports and Community Park route is flat and safe with easy
access to sidewalks that cross the park for participants for whom
5,000 steps (or 2.15 miles) is too far to walk. The driveway alongside
the park will be closed to automobiles the day of the event,
mitigating traffic danger for participants.
Free parking is available on Parkside Drive in the lot closest to
Hopyard Road and adjacent to the Sports Park Field House. Rain will
not cancel this event and the wellness information tables will be
located beneath tents.
About ACCUSPLIT, Inc.
ACCUSPLIT, Inc., quality innovator in the stopwatch and pedometer
industry, was founded in 1972. The company was the first to develop
the handheld digital stopwatch and, in 1978, the first memory
stopwatch. IN 1983, ACCUSPLIT, Inc. was the first manufacturer to
introduce pedometers to the fitness market.
W. Ron Sutton , ACCUSPLIT, Inc. president and CEO, became the new
patent holder of the best accuracy algorithm for pedometers in 1991.
In 1996, the company gained recognition as the official supplier of
stopwatches to the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2002, ACCUSPLIT introduced the AccuSTEP Activity Wellness
Programs, behavior modification programs for an active lifestyle. In
2004, ACCUSPLIT was named marketing partner and official pedometer of
the PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) Tour.
ACCUSPLIT is the founding sponsor of www.WALKING10000.org, the
international governing body of the 10,000 Steps a Day initiative, and
launched the website of the same name in 2007.
W. Ron Sutton is available for interviews at (925) 580-5981(cell)
or ronPC@ACCUSPLIT.com.
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