A Trailblazer Challenge takes place throughout the summer in Montgomery County. Fusion Fitness and Aquatics in Hillsboro and the Montgomery County Natural Area Guardians sponsor the challenge. Fusion Fitness and Aquatics Director, Jessica Chappelear, says the challenge highlights trails in the county and encourages residents to get out on the trails.
"We have a lot of people who are very active as far as running and hiking and we just wanted to encourage them to see some of the different trails that are out there and some of the different things that they can see on some of the different trails. I know that it's a part of Montgomery County that's kind of forgotten about but there's some really good trails out there to see. So we wanted to kind of introduce a different type of fitness to them. They can come to Fusion and do stuff inside, but we also wanted to encourage them to do stuff outside, because it's got to be a life-long commitment and the more that they can kind of change things up, the better things will be to remain healthy."
Chappelear also says this marks the second year of the Trailblazers Challenge.
"We're doing the same thing we did last year. We choose five trails and the first trail starts this weekend and you have two weeks to complete a trail and then we will put another trail up after that and then you have two weeks to complete that trail, and so on. So they have two weeks to complete each trail. Then what we would like for them to do is go on to either our Facebook page or our blog that we've created for it and they will either comment on the trail or put a picture up or something of them doing the trail."
Chappelear says everyone who completes each trail, gets their name entered into a prize drawing.
The first trail challenge begins Saturday (May 30) with a kick-off event at 9am featuring snacks and drinks at the beginning of the Green Diamond Rail Trail in Farmersville. The two week trail challenges will feature five trails in all and will continue through the beginning of October. For more information you can visit the following websites: Fusion Fitness and Aquatics and Fusion Trailblazers
Thomack 5/28/15
