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5 Ways to Get Active This Week

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It’s a new year and a good time  to set off on a new journey, with a new set of goals to accomplish. Whether you’re a PR-focused powerlifter, a mile-churning marathoner, or just someone who wants to stay active and healthy, the start of another year provides you with an opportunity to refocus (or if you’re just starting out, establish) your fitness identity for the year. No matter what, choose to commit to yourself. You won’t regret the time you spend if you’re putting in effort for you. Here are a few workouts to try:

Pub Run

Star City Brewing Company 319 S. Second St., Miamisburg, OH
Join Key Sports, Runners Plus, and Dayton Track Club for our FIRST Pub Run of 2023!  Free to participate
RSVP here to be eligible for prizes: https://www.daytontrackclub.com/event…/dayton-pub-run-10
*NEW** Starting in 2023, attend 4, 8, 12, and/or all 24 Pub Runs and receive ADDITIONAL prizes!
Distance: 3-5 mile group run (run more or less if you’d like!)
All levels are welcome, and it’s free to attend!

Fitness Under the Wings

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force 1100 Spaatz Street, Riverside, OH
Grab your water bottle and keep your New Year’s resolution with us!
Fitness Under the Wings is FREE and open to the public every Saturday in January from 8 -9 a.m.
Choose from a Yoga class presented by Indigo Yoga or follow a 1-mile, repeatable walking path featuring a new museum gallery each week.(Federal Endorsement not Implied)
Advanced registration is requested at www.surveymonkey.com/r/FitnessUndertheWings.
Participants each week will receive a free give-away and anyone who attends all four weeks will receive a free exercise mat.
Strollers are welcome with walkers.

Pound- sweat | sculpt | rock

Greater Dayton Recreation Center 2021 West Third Street, Dayton, OH

Join us for a cardio jam session inspired by drumming!

Resolution Ride

Huffman/MoMBA 4485 Union School House Rd, Dayton, OH

This beginner friendly ride will introduce you to MetroParks Mountain Biking Area (MoMBA). *Space is limited, registration is required* free.

Free Tennis Lesson

KTC Quail Tennis Club 4225 Brown Road, Dayton, OH
KTC/Quail Tennis Club is offering adults and children a FREE Beginner and Advanced Beginner lesson on Sunday January 8 from 12:00-1:00pm! The class will be held at Quail Run Racquet Club @ 4225 Brown Rd. Come learn or relearn the wonderful sport of a lifetime! This class is offered to all children and adults who are not currently enrolled in a program at KTC/Quail.
To sign up, click the link below:
https://forms.gle/E5GvNpqYHgFoZbr29

 

New Year’s Intention Setting Yoga Classes

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Join us on the last day of the 2022 and first day of 2023 as we cultivate our sankalpa (intention) for the year ahead. Our sankalpa is our heartfelt desire and we will explore it’s manifestation through conscious intention setting, breath work, movement and even a little aromatherapy. A few restorative poses will also be incorporated to help you relax into the new year!

Advanced Running Project Pizza Run!

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Last Wednesday of Every Month!
Runners, wanna-be runners, walkers, strollers and mosey-alongers are invited to join us for a 4-Mile Run (or walk) with Advanced Running Project. Truly, all paces are welcomed, encouraged and celebrated. Advanced Running Project’s USA Track and Field certified coach Brandon Hough will be on hand to answer questions. You’ll find it fun and inspiring–and tasty.
Meet at The Dive at 6:00. After the run, everyone meets back at Beavercreek Pizza Dive where for only $7 you get,
• All you can eat pizza!
• A beer or soda!
• A donation to Shoes 4 the Shoeless!
Advanced Running Project Pizza Runs are the last Wednesday of every month, rain or shine, beginning at 6:00 at The Dive.
Click here (advancedrunning.com/) to find out more about Advanced Running Project Pizza Runs!

Christmas Day Skate

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Make a visit to the MetroParks Ice Rink part of your family Christmas tradition and skate to holiday music under the pavilion.

 

Admission fee: $7 daily
Ice skate rental: $3 daily

Skaters ages 3 and younger are admitted free with a paying adult.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Goat Yoga

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Wear your ugly Christmas sweater and join us for an evening of
laughter, goat yoga and hot chocolate at the Vandalia Recreation
Center!
Ages: 18 & older
Fee: $30 per person
Location: Vandalia Recreation Center Gymnasium
Registration Deadline: You must be registered for this program
by Monday, December 19. Walk-ins will not be accepted.
Register: Use this link http://wix.to/qGoVbed?ref=2_cl
Questions? Contact Aaron Messenger at: [email protected]

Winter Orienterring

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Spend a December day outside! Winter Orienteering, in partnership with Orienteering of Cincinnati, will include a full range of courses for all ages and skill levels with instruction for beginners.Starts are open from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and the courses will close at 3:00 p.m.

Arctic Dash 6K Obstacle Course Race

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Are you tough enough? Join us for the Arctic Dash 6K Obstacle Course Race at YMCA Camp Kern! With 20+ challenges including military themed challenges, mud crawls, cable crossings, and more! This a great race for fun runners, beginners, and elite athletes alike, with multiple age categories for male and female runners. There are plenty of chances to win a cool prize!

100% of proceeds go towards sending kids in need to camp in 2023!

There will also be a new family wave at 11:30 am open to ages 7+

Advanced Running Project Pizza Run! November 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Last Wednesday of Every Month!
Runners, wanna-be runners, walkers, strollers and mosey-alongers are invited to join us for a 4-Mile Run (or walk) with Advanced Running Project. Truly, all paces are welcomed, encouraged and celebrated. Advanced Running Project’s USA Track and Field certified coach Brandon Hough will be on hand to answer questions. You’ll find it fun and inspiring–and tasty.
Meet at The Dive at 6:00. After the run, everyone meets back at Beavercreek Pizza Dive where for only $7 you get,

MetroParks Ice Rink Opening Weekend

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Celebrate the start of the holiday season during the re-opening of the region’s largest outdoor ice rink! The MetroParks Ice Rink, Cafe and Comfort Tent will be open daily through February 26th, 2023. Admission is $7 per person and skate rentals are $3. Ages 3 and under skate free!
Thanks to the Five Rivers MetroParks Foundation’s Access to Nature Program, SNAP/EBT recipients may simply show their ID card and receive 50% off admission and skate rental. Special thanks to Warming Zone sponsor, Mechanical Systems of Dayton and additional rink sponsors Altafiber and Code Credit Union for their support of the MetroParks Ice Rink. Weather dependent.

Who’s Running The Miamisburg Turkey Trot?

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The course runs straight from the start for 1/4 mile before crossing over rail road tracks. Please be careful! We’ve been promised a closed track *but* if you hear whistles and clanging bells: STOP!

  • At 1/3 of a mile, the course turns 90 degrees right. Last year worked because people were courteous and careful so thank you! Please do just as you did last year. 🙂

  • At 1/2 mile the course turns left, this is where your hill begins. Yes, it gets bigger from here, although when asked last year most runners replied, “What Hill?”

  • This is where the fun starts, turn right onto Vanguard and continue up what passes for a hill in Miamisburg. The summit is the 1 mile mark!

  • You may now start your long, lazy descent for entire next mile.

  • At 2 miles, turn left onto Dixie Highway. PLEASE stay on the LEFT side of the road. This is the only section with two-way traffic and it’s only 300 feet, but it’s very crowded.

  • Go past the sewage treatment plant, because it would not be the Turkey Trot without a pass by the sewage treatment plant, and then continue to the far entrance (2nd) into Rice Field.

  • You are HALF WAY when you turn right into Rice Field. This is the only WATER STOP – but, there are Porta-Johns here too!

  • Continue into a lazy turn behind the ball fields. Here the course narrows and we have a TIMING MAT. Make sure you PASS OVER the mat, because if you do not, you will not have officially run the race.

  • Turn left back onto Dixie at the northern entrance next to the sewage treatment plant. PLEASE stay to your LEFT; this is the two-way section heading back.

  • You now have a straight shot all the way back to downtown. Make sure you stay right at the split in the road.

    • Back at the start-line, you will turn left and go a block further. Now make a quick right onto Water Street where you will see the finish banner!

    • You will have 1-milers on your left, so please stay right!

    • The FINISH is on Water Street – so make sure you throw up your hands and whoop as you cross the mat.

    • CONGRATULATIONS! You will have finished the 44th Annual ORRRC/City of Miamisburg Turkey Trot

Registration

  • There is NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION.

The Great Turkey Trek

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We need your help for this Thanksgiving adventure. Follow the clues along the routes and help us find the turkeys during an interactive walk or hike! There are two options for your quest, a one-mile paved/limestone walk or a 3.1-mile (5k) adventure hike. For either trek you complete, there will be a fun Thanksgiving-themed prize! Our sponsor for this event is Dayton Children’s Hospital who is generously providing t-shirts for participants of this event. T-shirts are only guaranteed for pre-registrations by October 31. All ages.

Attendees are encouraged to bring new, unopened, colorful socks for Shoes for the Shoeless. Athletic socks that fit children ages 5 and up are preferred.

This is a Tools to Trek program.

Registration is requested.

Forest Therapy Walk

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Forest therapy walks provide ways for you to reconnect with the natural world. This guided stroll with Dave Thaeler is an invitation to slow down, allowing you to take in nature’s gifts and discover how the forest and fields can support your well being. Participants are asked to arrive 10 minutes early. Also, please bring something to sit on that is also light enough to carry during the walk Weather Dependent.

Registration required

Full Moon Hike at Indian Mound Reserve

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Discover the magic of hiking at night when the full moon lights the way. Will you see glowing eyes? Hear the hoot of an owl? Join us to experience nature at night…

Well-behaved dogs are encouraged to attend with their owners. Water is encouraged.

For more information call (937) 562-6440.

𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

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Want to learn more about using a map and compass, while having fun running around Sweet Arrow Reserve? Join us for this exciting orienteering event held by the Miami Valley Orienteering Club! Orienteering is called the “thinking sport” because of its use of maps, compasses and thought processes on how to best travel from one point on the map (called a control) to another. This skill can be used as competition or just good exercise to get you out in nature! This event is for beginners to advanced hikers. The club will give basic instructions to beginners.
Please wear sturdy hiking shoes/boots and dress for the weather as well as possible off-trail hiking. Start time is between 11:00 pm and 1:00 pm, with a two-hour time limit to complete the course. Event will be held rain or shine!
Contact the Miami Valley Orienteering Club at [email protected] for more information.