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Get Fit, Have
Fun with Outdoor Fitness Festival
The third annual Bass Pro Shops®
Outdoor World®
Outdoor Fitness Festival is growing to be a full menu of activity
featuring fitness events, health & wellness, outdoor adventures, and
wildlife conservation programs.
America’s most comprehensive outdoor
fitness festival includes competitive and fun run/walk events, trail
runs, canoe/kayak races, an outdoor skills village with a wide
variety of activities and offerings, fitness and health fair, a
corporate wellness conference, and youth and kid’s activities.
National running celebrities Dick Beardsley, Frank Shorter, and Jeff
Galloway will be returning to help us host this great event.
Week one, Oct. 17-18, kicks off with
Outdoor Days at Lake Springfield. Competition events include The
Great American Canoe and Kayak Races and a GPS Geocaching
competition. Other activities include camping, Dutch oven cooking,
cave tours, outdoor skills villages with lots of skills classes and
instruction of all kinds. New for 2009 is the James River Mountain
Man Rendezvous where the life of the 1840s is recreated showing you
how man lived, hunted, ate, slept, and survived the elements.
Week two kicks off at 7:30 a.m.
October 24 with the 2nd annual St. John’s Tour de Bass Cycling
Event. Enjoy a leisurely day touring the beauty of Springfield and
the Ozarks with a non-competitive century 100-mile ride, a 70-mile
or 35-mile ride or a 9-mile family fun ride.
Also on Oct. 24 youth are at
Springfield Underground for their Cross Country Fun Run with the
Missouri State University Cross Country team there to encourage and
motivate young athletes to follow the sport.
Activities continue Oct. 25 at the
beautiful Dogwood Canyon Nature Park with the 2nd annual Dogwood
Canyon 50K-25K Trail Runs.
Week three kicks off Oct. 30 with the
Corporate Wellness Conference focusing on educating businesses on
solutions to the healthcare crisis.
The Fitness & Health Fair will be at
Bass Pro Shops® Oct. 30-Nov. 1 focusing on fitness and health with
health screenings, informational and interactive booths. Playing a
major role in this effort will be St. Johns Health Systems and CoxHealth.
On Oct. 31, the Ozark Greenways
Halloween 10K/5K, will raise money to further develop the fantastic
greenways trails. Participants in the CoxHealth Wellness Walk can
pledge to a healthier lifestyle by joining a fitness pledge walk.
The Bass Pro Shops® Conservation
Marathon and the Maynard Cohick Half Marathon, sponsored by Bass Pro
Shops and New Balance, are on Nov. 1. They are qualifiers for the
Boston Marathon. Plus, there is a great challenge with Marathon
Corporate Relay that will lend a little hometown competition among
local merchants and businesses and help them raise money for their
favorite charity.
For more information, or to register
for any of the events, go to
www.basspro.com/fitness. |
A temporary
exhibit featuring Civil War field artillery equipment is on display
in the visitor center at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield. The
display includes two cannons, a caisson and a limber, plus other
related artifacts.
Mark your calendar
and plan your trip now to attend the annual Greater Ozarks Blues
Festival in Springfield.