Popular 'Walking Alone Event' for Relieving Home-Stay Stress

15-28 Days 'Anyone in Seongbuk-gu' Can Participate... 'Escape Home Confinement'... Walking Challenge to Reduce COVID-19 Stress ↓, Boost Immunity ↑... Highly Praised for Maintaining Social Distancing with Non-Face-to-Face Mobile Participation While Taking Care of Health

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is receiving a positive response for its "Walking Alone" event, prepared to relieve the COVID-19 "stay-at-home" stress and promote health management for Seongbuk-gu residents.

As COVID-19 prolongs, the importance of health management through social distancing in daily life is emerging. In this context, the Seongbuk-gu Public Health Center has provided a "Seongbuk-gu walking course guide for solo exercise," creating an opportunity for residents to enjoy exercise non-face-to-face.

Residents who wish to participate in the event must install the walking app "WalkOn" from the Play Store or App Store and join the "One Step Toward Seongbuk Residents' Health" group.

After installing the app, participants can select one of the nine "Walking Alone with Seongbuk-gu Public Health Center" courses, walk the chosen route, and prepare one certification photo from the course.

The walking courses prepared by Seongbuk-gu include ▲ Urban Healing Forest Trail "Gaeunsan" ▲ Walking to the Market ▲ Seongbuk-dong Future Heritage Tour ▲ Walking Above the Sky ▲ Walking Along Seongbuk-gu Streams ▲ A View of Our Neighborhood ▲ Walking Uireung ▲ Walking with Nature ▲ Hanyangdoseong Fortress Trail. Additionally, participants must prepare a screenshot photo certifying three times of achieving the target steps of 10,000 steps (3,000 steps for pregnant women) according to the WalkOn app.

To certify participation, send a total of four photos along with the message "Participation in Seongbuk-gu Walking Alone Event" in the KakaoTalk chatroom "Small Walk."

Any Seongbuk-gu resident can participate, and those who successfully certify during the event period from February 15 to 28 will receive a small prize on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more details, visit the Seongbuk-gu Public Health Center website → Information Plaza → Notices.

Hwang In-sook, director of Seongbuk-gu Public Health Center, said, "We hope this opportunity to enjoy Seongbuk-gu’s nature and walk alone will soothe the daily life exhausted by COVID-19."

Meanwhile, besides the Walking Alone event, Seongbuk-gu Public Health Center provides COVID-19 related information and physical activity videos on the "Exercise Prescription Naver Blog" and is promoting the production of non-face-to-face exercise programs to enhance the health of Seongbuk-gu residents.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.