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Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways . . .

Frequent Walking Motion is most natural!

The Common Situation

Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Keith Edgell stated in an editorial in the Billings Gazette,
carried by the Montana Standard, "July and August are always high months for
Montana traffic deaths." "People tend to drive to the point of fatigue." he
said.

With the cruise control on it is very easy to get lulled into drowsy and/or distracted
driving, and overcorrecting and rolling before ever getting the cruise control disengaged.

The Common Searches/Observations

There is other research that warns against setting long periods to avoid blood clot formation, and the need for frequent motion to prevent heart and other circulatory problems.

Hunter Males are goal oriented, and if the goal is to get from point A to Point B they get no satisfaction until they get to their destination. Gather Females on the other hand could stop at every junk shop (antique store) along the way. By setting predetermined designated short time one to two hour segment goals, the male can derive at least partial satisfaction from having reached that intermediate goal. The duration of the segments may need to change over the years to adjust to your body, and to be sure that you stop before you start to feel the fatigue or numbness. Not just for a walk around the car to change drivers, but to take that five minute break to revitalize your metabolisms. Walk around the perimeter of the junk shop parking lots. Hopefully you are aware of some of the information on the importance of Frequent Movement relative to preventing blood clots.. There was also an article a few years ago by a doctor in Butte, Montana, who had observed that the minds of people who walk frequently stay much sharper for many more years than people who do not walk. Frequently.walking over a distance, not on a tread mill nor jogging in place. He pointed out that the act of walking, and looking at the terrain/sights, are natural stimuli to the mind.

The Common Concern

Fatigue Driving - focusing only on driving from point A to point B in the
shortest amount of time kills.

Most State and Interstate Highway Rest Stops, with their sidewalks running directly to the restrooms and back to the vehicles, do little or nothing to distract drivers from this fatigue driving focus

The Common Solution

Creation of Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways at state and interstate highway rest stops and other convenient locations.

A "Five Minute, Healthy Habit Walking Pathway", is a 1/4 mile (1320 ft) designated, marked off, safe walking path loop, which can be walked, at a healthy rate, in about 4.8 to 5 minutes.

The pathways may be marked off, around the perimeters of parking lots, around the perimeters of school yards, in buildings, around the perimeters of state and interstate highway rest stops, around the neighborhood, in the house and/or around the yard.

Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways can be walked on the way into the office/store/school,
at break time, on the way out of the office/store/school, and/or at home before you leave, when you get back home, and/or when stopping at a rest stop when driving.

Pathways around the perimeter of highway rest stops would encourage drivers to take a brake,
to take a walk, to get the circulation/metabolism moving again before going on down the road.
A five minute walking habit at various times during the day is much
more natural, and easier to work into a busy daily schedule than blocking
out 30 minutes at one time.

The Common Action

Join in the campaign to advocate for the establishment of "Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways" (loops) at State and Interstate Highway Rest Stops.

See also: The Manifestry Method 

Also set some goals by marking out your own Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways and setting a timer to remind you to get up and walk each time you sit down. Encourage other people to include waking various designated Five Minute Healthy Habit Pathways each day as a part of their over all fitness program.

Five Minute Healthy Habit Walking Pathways Campaign.

Contact Information for the Nation and States :

If your state is not listed please e-mail the contact information for your Gove’s Office, your State Highway/Transportation Department, and/or Nutrition and Physical Activities Programs or for the proper national location to info@manifestry.info and we will include it in the following list.

National:

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State :

Montana

Montana Governor's message website > http://governor.mt.gov/contact/commentsform.asp

Montana Department of Transportation > phone 406 – 444 – 6200

Sheila Ludlow - MDT Planner - Rest Areas > phone 406 - 444 - 9193,   e-mail > sludlow@mt.gov