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Milton Supports Walk to Work Day

Posted: 21/9/2012

Paralympian and Australia's fastest skier Michael Milton co-hosted an Earlybird Walk at Floriade this morning-one week away from Bupa Walk to Work Day, on Friday 28 September.

The annual Bupa Walk to Work Day event encourages employees and employers to build regular walking into their daily routines.

Michael completed the two-kilometre circuit around Commonwealth Park to highlight the benefits of walking and to urge Canberrans to register.

"Walk to Work Day is a great way to promote physical activity as a part of the balance in our everyday lives. The best thing about walking is the air, the sunshine, the balance between the physical movement and the mental time to think," he says.

"I have learnt from two bouts with cancer that you can't take your own health for granted. So many people do not include anything physical in the balance of their lives and I believe that it is a very important part of leading a happy and productive one."

Most of the walking Milton has done in the past involves training for major events like the Kokoda Trail or the Great Ocean Walk. While he does enjoy walking he says sometimes it's nice to just have a casual relaxing walk.

The Heart Foundation's Bill Caddey has coordinated the Earlybird Walks at Floriade for three years and is happy to support Bupa Walk to Work Day. He's urging all Canberrans to join in.

" Walking in group provides a range of mental, physical and social benefits and can help reduce your risk heart disease - the number one killer of Canberrans."

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