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Other Sports of Wednesday, 15 February 2006

Source: GNA

Second Red Bull fitness walk on March 4

Accra, Feb. 15, GNA - Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo, Minister of Education and Sports would lead a pack of health conscious people on Saturday, March 4, in a 15-kilometre endurance walk dubbed the "Second Red Bull Fitness Walk for Independence."

The exercise being organized by the Maximum Gym and Fitness Centre in Dansoman, will begin from the Osekan Beach at the High Street in Accra through Adabraka, Kaneshie, Mataheko and then to the Gym at Dansoman.

More than 34 organizations including Churches and Keep Fit Clubs in the Metropolis have confirmed their participation in the programme which also marks Ghana's Independence anniversary celebration. Nii Amarh Amarteifio, Public Relations Officer of the Maximum Gym told the GNA Sports that the Walk would be heralded by an African Dance Aerobics at the beach.

He said a lecture has also been earmarked on the correlation between a goods diet and fitness by a prominent resource person at the end of the Walk.