NOW ENROLLING THE SPRING SESSION OF CANCER TO 14K!
Boost your energy, shed your worries, and feel sharper
with this combination walking-meditation course.
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SPRING is officially here, and so is our spring session of Cancer to 14K. We will have one session this spring for BEGINNER hikers. The spring Cancer to 14K course is a 6-week conditioning course that helps cancer survivors and their caregivers get fit, feel better, make friends, and have fun! It involves a series of weekly group walks as well as recommendations and encouragement for exercising on your own during the week. The walks get progressively more challenging each week. The course starts on Saturday, March 28, and ends on May 2. Walks will occur on Saturday mornings.
This course will condition your mind as well as your body. How? We'll be offering mindfulness training during each session. Mindfulness practice has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and can also help with chemo brain by improving executive functioning and working memory.
The beginner course is geared towards people who want to start an exercise program, may not exercise regularly, or are recently out of treatment. The first walk will be a little under a mile (with an option to double the length). The initial goal for the spring beginner session is a loop around Sloan's Lake in Week 6 -- a 14,000-foot long walk (about 2.6 miles) that is basically flat. We may adjust the goal depending on the fitness of the overall group. Out walks will largely be on paved sidewalks in city parks in the Denver Metro area.
No medical clearance form is required to participate in the beginner session of Cancer to 14K.
In addition, we are collecting survey data to help us improve the program. We ask all registrants to complete a secure on-line survey before and after the program.
You don't have to participate in every walk in order to register. But, to get the most our of the program, you should plan to attend at least 4 of the walks. Additionally, it's important to exercise in between walk to help improve your fitness.
This course will condition your mind as well as your body. How? We'll be offering mindfulness training during each session. Mindfulness practice has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and can also help with chemo brain by improving executive functioning and working memory.
The beginner course is geared towards people who want to start an exercise program, may not exercise regularly, or are recently out of treatment. The first walk will be a little under a mile (with an option to double the length). The initial goal for the spring beginner session is a loop around Sloan's Lake in Week 6 -- a 14,000-foot long walk (about 2.6 miles) that is basically flat. We may adjust the goal depending on the fitness of the overall group. Out walks will largely be on paved sidewalks in city parks in the Denver Metro area.
No medical clearance form is required to participate in the beginner session of Cancer to 14K.
In addition, we are collecting survey data to help us improve the program. We ask all registrants to complete a secure on-line survey before and after the program.
You don't have to participate in every walk in order to register. But, to get the most our of the program, you should plan to attend at least 4 of the walks. Additionally, it's important to exercise in between walk to help improve your fitness.
