Events
How the Challenge Works
- Register and encourage others to join you so you can motivate each other
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For the month of June – do 150 minutes of cardio exercise a week, along with at least 30 minutes of strength training a week
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We will combine all the minutes spent exercising to try and reach 6 million minutes… representing the over 6 million people living with Alzheimer’s
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See if you can reach the goal 4 weeks in a row
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We will have pop up incentives to keep it fun!
Description
The Memory Mile Wellness Challenge is a virtual event that helps raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day.
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Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a brain disorder that causes a progressive decline in memory, thinking and learning. This number is staggering but there are ways to decrease your risk for the disease- one of these is being physically active. This challenge is to promote that healthy habit.
Research suggests, as little as 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and 2 days of strength training may reduce the risk for developing Alzheimer’s by up to 50%. We will combine all the participants cardio minutes along with their strength training minutes to try and reach 6 million minutes… representing the over 6 million people living with Alzheimer’s.
Let's get moving and protect our brains!
Charity Partner
The Memory Mile Wellness Challenge is free but we wanted to offer you the opportunity to support the Alzheimer's Association's The Longest Day. The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
The Longest Day, the summer solstice, is the day with the most light. "The day with the most light is the day we fight." With The Longest Day, we fight Alzheimer's through a fundraising activity of our choice. Exercise is the perfect win-win activity! We get healthier, stronger and decrease our risk of Alzheimer's while raising funds to support the Alzheimer's Association.
Join the challenge / donate today and help us reach $5,000!
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On a personal note - our mom, Weezie, passed away in 2018 from Alzheimer's. She was kindhearted, warm and loving. During her battle with Alzheimer’s she may have forgotten people’s names, where she was going or what she was doing, but she always kept her gracious heart, her warm smile and her infectious laugh.
Weezie loved to walk. What better way to honor this wonderful woman than to organize a wellness challenge that will hopefully help others create habits to reduce their risk for developing this dreadful disease and raise funds to put an end to the disease that took her life.
Join us to make a difference!
Make it Social
Although this is a virtual challenge, there are lots of ways to be connected and help each other stay motivated.
- Invite friends to sign up for the challenge with you and walk, run or hike together
- Share photos from your workouts on social media, including the Memory Mile Facebook page. Please use #memorymile when posting photos.
- Share photos on the RunSignUp Photos Page
Race Contact Info
If you have any questions about this race, click the button below.
Place
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