Urban Adventure challenges Columbus families to get fit

Posted: 12:00am on May 19, 2011; Modified: 8:39am on May 19, 2011

  • IF YOU GO

    What: Strong4Life 31901 Urban Adventure

    When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday

    Where: Woodruff Park in Columbus

    Why: To benefit Strong4Life Columbus, Live Healthy Columbus’ commitment to a statewide organization to end childhood obesity

    Cost: General admission (no race participation) is free; participation in the race is $50 per two-person team (either two adults ages 16 and older or one adult and one youth ages 11-15)

    Information: Visit the Strong4Life website or the 31902 Urban Adventure website; registration can also be completed at Big Dog Running Co. or Ride on Bikes

Looking for an activity that will stimulate both your body and your mind?

The Strong4Life 31901 Urban Adventure might be right up your alley. The challenge consists of two-person teams that follow a series of clues (“Amazing Race”-style) that will send them racing, cycling and paddling around Columbus near Woodruff Park.

The event will benefit Strong4Life, a campaign that promotes healthy lifestyles for children and an end to childhood obesity.

The campaign is sponsored by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Live Healthy Columbus, who are hosting the event along with Big Dog Running Co. and Ride on Bikes.

The event, which will feature a free family-friendly health and activity component in addition to the Urban Adventure challenge, is the solution phase of the Strong4Life campaign, said Linda Matzigkeit, senior vice president of strategic planning at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

“We need the community to stand up and say we want to be strong for life,” she said.

Matzigkeit noted that Georgia has the second highest rate of childhood obesity in the country and that if this event is a success, they’ll expand the campaign across the state.

For more information and to register for the Urban Adventures, call Big Dog Running Co. at 706-322-2786 or Ride on Bikes at 706-324-1132.

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