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Training walk – Avon/Brockton

Written by Events on July 4, 2011 at 7:07 pm

Here's your chance to lace up your shoes and train for the MS Challenge Walk!

This training walk begins at 8 AM on Saturday, July 30, at 156 South St., Avon, MA, and continues through D. W. Fields Park in Brockton. The walk is 10–15 miles in length, which you may walk as much or as little as you choose. There will be chapter staff present to support your walk. This walk is also a great time to receive more information about the MS Challenge Walk.

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Training walk (Saugus)

Written by Events on May 18, 2011 at 9:45 pm

Here's your chance to lace up your shoes and train for the MS Challenge Walk!

This training walk begins at 11:30 AM on Saturday, June 11, in Saugus, MA, and follows the Breakheart Reservation. The route is roughly 10 miles; feel free to walk the entire training route or as much as you wish to do.

This walk is also a great time to receive more information about the MS Challenge Walk and meet your fellow walkers. See our training page for other opportunities.

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Let training walks inspire you!

Written by Susan on August 6, 2010 at 9:48 am

This past Saturday, I drove from Boston to Springfield, Mass., to participate in a training walk sponsored by Gordon's Team. We had perfect weather, cool and dry, and I got in a longer walk than I would have had I stayed at home that weekend.

For me, training walks are a great way to ensure that I get in those longer walks that are necessary for my training. Even more important, they make me feel connected to the MS Challenge Walk. The conversations while walking (or munching on fruit after) re-connect me to other walkers, whether it's their first walk or their ninth. These conversations reaffirm why I participate in the Challenge Walk year after year.

Lace up those shoes and head to the next training walk. There's one this weekend in Brockton, with others on August 22 in Arlington and August 29 in Ayer. Get your miles in, earn some bonus bucks, and get inspired!

Susan lives in the greater Boston area and has been involved with the National MS Society since she was diagnosed with MS eleven years ago. She has participated in the MS Challenge walk for the past seven years and currently serves on the event's steering committee.

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Training walk (Arlington)

Written by Events on August 3, 2010 at 8:00 am

Here's your chance to lace up your shoes and train for the MS Challenge Walk!

This volunteer-run training walk begins on Aug. 22 in Arlington center at the parking lot opposite the entrance to the Minuteman Bike Trail. The walk is roughly 11 miles to Bedford, with mile markers along the way. We'll meet around 8:00 AM to begin walking as a group; feel free to walk the entire training route or as much as you wish to do.

This walk is also a great time to receive more information about the MS Challenge Walk and meet your fellow walkers. See our training page for other opportunities.

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Training walk (Springfield)

Written by Events on July 27, 2010 at 11:42 am

Please join Gordon's Team for a training walk in Springfield! Whether you come from Western Massachusetts or elsewhere, you are invited to walk 7 miles with auto support and bathrooms, then back to the team's house for a swim afterward. Please contact Kim at 413-783-5454 for more details.

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Training walk (Ayer)

Written by Events on May 29, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Here's your chance to lace up your shoes and train for the MS Challenge Walk!

This training walk begins at the North Middlesex Savings Bank in Ayer and runs along the Nashua River Rail Trail. The walk is 20 miles in length with an open start time between 8:00 – 8:30 AM and a post-walk barbecue. Walk the entire training route or as much as you wish to do; enjoy a bite to eat after the walk; and receive some great training and health-related information. There will be Chapter staff and volunteers present to support your walk. This walk is also a great time to receive more information about the MS Challenge Walk and get personalized advice/training tips from fitness authorities.

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Training walk (Brockton)

Written by Events on May 27, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Here's your chance to lace up your shoes and train for the MS Challenge Walk!

This training walk begins at the Community of Christ Church in Avon and continues through D. W. Fields Park in Brockton. The walk is 10-15 miles in length with an open start time between 8:00 – 8:30 AM. Walk the entire training route or as much as you wish to do; enjoy a bite to eat after the walk; and receive some great training and health-related information. There will be Chapter staff and volunteers present to support your walk. This walk is also a great time to receive more information about the MS Challenge Walk and get personalized advice/training tips from fitness authorities.

For each Challenge Training Walk you attend, your fundraising account will be credited $50 in bonus bucks! See our training page for other opportunities.

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Last-minute parties and resources

Written by Todd on August 7, 2009 at 8:30 am

We are looking forward to the start of the 2009 MS Challenge Walk. In the past, we have hosted many of you for our MS Challenge Walk Celebration in late August. This was a chance for you to receive more information about the event, get your Travel and Information Guide and Change of Clothes Bag, have dinner, and hear some inspirational stories from fellow Challenge Walk participants.

In this difficult economic times, we are always looking for ways to cut expenses so that more of the money you raise goes to the mission of the National MS Society. To that end, we decided not to have a Challenge Walk Celebration this year. Please know though that the National MS Society will mail all the event information and supplies you need in mid-August. In the meantime, you can download the 2009 Travel and Information Guide.

If you wish to get an early start on meeting your fellow walkers, we invite you join a training walk in either Lexington or Cape Cod, each which will earn you $50 in bonus bucks. Also be sure to stop by the Cape Codder hotel the evening of Thursday, September 8th, for early check-in and a meet and greet the night before the Challenge Walk itself.

Everyone at the Central New England Chapter is eager to see you in September at the MS Challenge Walk!

Todd is formerly the Director of Development for the Greater New England Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In addition to reading his blog posts, you can also find Todd on Twitter.

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