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COVID-19 UPDATE (as of August 9, 2022)

At WoW Power Walking we encourage you to follow the recommendations of public health officials in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, and its newest strains. Since March 1 2022, Ontario has seen big shifts in public health mandates with virtually all restrictions lifted. By all accounts we will now be living with an endemic COVID-19 virus. The BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron have disrupted life through the summer of 2022. Coach Lee is fully vaccinated (+ 2 boosters). While a certificate of vaccination has never been required for outdoor exercise classes, we encourage vaccination if you have no health reason to avoid it. We must continue to protect our healthcare and other frontline workers, fellow Canadians and citizens of planet earth.

Do not come to class if you are feeling unwell, whether you are vaccinated or unvaccinated. Keep your distance from people even in outdoor spaces, whether you are vaccinated or unvaccinated. Always carry a mask with you when in walking class. While masks have never been mandated for outdoor activities (except in extremely crowded situations), masks continue to be mandated for indoor activities. Having a mask with you while walking means that you will be ready to wear it if you need to use a public washroom before/during/after class. 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We acknowledge that the land upon which we walk is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

WALKING WORKOUT (WW) 60/90, FAST5K CHALLENGE*, WalkHIIT CHALLENGE*

WALKING WORKOUT 60/90: Outdoor walking workouts in Toronto. Tuesday class at Sunnybrook Park, Serena Gundy Parking Lot #3 (8:15-9am), Wednesday class at High Park in front of Grenadier Park Cafe (noon-1pm), and Saturday class at High Park just inside Parkside gates (7:30-9am), These classes will challenge you with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) while keeping one foot on the ground at all times! We also include other wonderful workout strategies to make you stronger, fitter, and faster. Ten to fifteen-minute warm-up followed by anywhere between 30-60 minutes of speed drills and sometimes strength/balance drills, finish with a 5-15 minute cool-down and stretch. (Timing varies according to weather, location, and the workout plan as determined by the coach). Note: single class purchase is available.

VIRTUAL FAST 5X5: This is a virtual walk challenge being held September 4-8, 2022. Map out a 5k route. Walk it as fast as you can once a day for these five consecutive days while Coach Lee is on a road trip across North America doing a Fast5k each day of her trip! Send Coach Lee a photo and/or observation, as well as your time by the end of each day. Every FAST5k you complete (max 5) with a submitted time by the deadline, your name will be entered into a draw to win a $50 gift card to Lululemon. As part of your registration you will receive access to Lee’s video library which includes walker stretches and yoga. The winner of the Lululemon gift card will be announced by email and social media the day after the last walk of the session.

VIRTUAL WalkHIIT: This is a 45-minute virtual walk challenge. Have your stop watch ready! Each week, for 6 weeks you will be sent a series of HIIT intervals to be walked. Walk it any time on Fridays. Send Coach Lee one observation from from walk by 9pm on Friday. Every WALK HIIT workout you complete with a submitted observation, your name will be entered into a draw to win a $50 gift card to Lululemon. As part of your registration you can attend a livestream Yoga Stretch for Walkers class and/or follow the video of that class on the WoW video library. The draw for the Lululemon gift card will be held the day after the last walk of the session. To be offered again in 2022.

* virtual walk workouts TBA

Single class

INTRO/REFRESH WORKSHOP (LIVESTREAM)

Locations

Amos Waites Park

Summer 2022 Peripatetic Locations (highlighting Indigenous history of Tkaronto)

JULY 9, Parking lot at King’s Mill Park, 9 Catherine Street (east of Old Mill Inn, west of Catherine Street bridge)
JULY 16, Thomson Memorial Park, 1005 Brimley Road
JULY 23, Coronation Park, (Remembrance Drive & Lake Shore Blvd W.) Meet by the washrooms.
JULY 30, 16 Spadina Road
AUGUST 6, Charles Sauriol Park, Forks of the Don, near the Elevated Wetlands
AUGUST 13, Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens, meet at SE corner of St. Edmund’s Drive and Yonge Street
AUGUST 20, Berczy Park beside the dog fountain
AUGUST 27, Mount Pleasant Cemetery
SEPTEMBER 3, James Gardens, 99 Edenbridge Drive
* These locations may be subject to change.

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