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</p><p style="font-weight: 400;"><img class="alignright wp-image-50999" src="; alt="SFV Mile Final City Flyer 4 web" width="300" height="389" />San Fernando Valley residents are invited to race/run/walk a mile down Maclay Avenue in the city of San Fernando on Saturday, Oct. 29, as part of an event partly organized by California State University, Northridge鈥檚 3 Wins Fitness to encourage personal healthcare and fitness.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The San Fernando Valley Mile and D铆a De Los Muertos Festival is scheduled to take placed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Maclay Avenue.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">鈥淭he goal is to let people know that they鈥檝e got to start somewhere to lead a healthy active lifestyle, and the San Fernando Valley Mile is an easy way to start,鈥� said 快活林性息 kinesiology professor Steven Loy, founder of 3 Wins, a student-led health training and nutrition education program. 鈥淪ometimes, the entry bar is too high 鈥� a 5K can seem too much. But, walking this mile will show you your starting place and then your goal is to do 30 minutes of activity most days of the week. 聽Seeing people who are of different ages and different fitness levels all doing the same mile will show you what鈥檚 possible.鈥�</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The race component of the San Fernando Valley Mile is scheduled to begin at the corner of Maclay Avenue and 8<sup>th</sup> Street at 8 a.m., followed at 8:15 a.m. with a run/walk and at 8:45 a.m. with a family walk. The race/run/walk will culminate with the festival at Macneil and 2<sup>nd</sup> Streets. The festival will include artisan and food vendors, entertainment and D铆a de los Muertos altars.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">3 Wins Fitness has partnered with the city of San Fernando and healthcare provider Anthem, Inc., since February 2022 to provide free, bilingual health and fitness classes every Saturday morning in El Cariso Community Regional Park in Sylmar to prepare kids through adults for the mile. The sessions focused on strength, cardiovascular, mobility and flexibility training, with the goal of having participants ready for the Oct. 29 event.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">鈥淲e wanted to make it possible for whole families 鈥� from the kids to the parents and grandparents 鈥� to take part,鈥� Loy said, adding that the Saturday sessions are expected to end Oct. 22, the Saturday before the race.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Registration for the San Fernando Valley Mile is $20 per person. Those 65 years and older can register for free and all receive a unique D铆a de los Muertos medal and t-shirt. To register, click on the following link: <a href=";
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Though the Saturday sessions are ending, Loy said 3 Wins is currently offering free health and fitness classes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. at Recreation Park in San Fernando.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">鈥淪omeone鈥檚 fitness routine shouldn鈥檛 end with the San Fernando Valley Mile, it鈥檚 your start!鈥� Loy said. 鈥淲e want to motivate them to continue with their routine and set their eyes on a new goal to maintain and improve their health.鈥�</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href=" WINS Fitness</a>聽started in 2011 as a project by a group of California State University, Northridge聽<a href=";聽students and faculty in the聽<a href=" of Health and Human Development</a>聽to bring health training and nutrition education to the community for free. Originally called 100 Citizens and recognized by the White House in 2013, the program operates in several underserved communities across Southern California.</p>
San Fernando Valley residents are invited to race/run/walk a mile down Maclay Avenue in the city of San Fernando on...