Walk this Way
School of Public Health's Active Living by Design team leads
by doing
By Russell C. Campbell
III
"Gazette" contributing writer
There's
that old saying: Never judge people until you've walked a mile
in their shoes. So what can be determined after walking for
seven hours and 26 miles? Perhaps the answers can be found in
the office of Active Living by Design, because one Sunday in
November they found out what it was like to walk in the New
York City Marathon.
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THE
BIG WALK The team from
the School of Public Health's Active Living by Design
pose for a photo in the Big Apple; they participated as
a group by walking in the New York City Marathon. Pictured
are (left - right) Rich Bell, Sarah Strunk, Helen Mahan,
Casey Allred, Mark Dessauer, Phil Bors, Rich Killingsworth
and Paula Brady. |
The marathon capped off
a number of activities designed to be an exercise in team building,
to help them come together. There was the 12-mile hike in Hanging
Rock State Park, the 5k run to raise money to fight colon cancer
and a 20-mile bike ride that included training on how to ride
with traffic. There's also the community service where the office
gets together to clean trash from the greenway every few months.
"We all came to
the organization at the same time from different places," said
Richard Killingsworth, director of Active Living by Design.
"We needed a catalyst to help spark different ways of developing
as a team."
