Want to shed some stress – and a few pesky pounds?
Get on The Big Track – ten miles of pure pleasure.
Welcome to The Big Track – ten miles of pure pleasure. We’ve designed it to be a great way to get around your city, and explore beyond, on foot or by bike. The Big Track goes all the way from Trent Bridge to Beeston Lock, with the city centre in between. You can pop up at all sorts of useful places, like the football clubs and the cricket ground, the Broadmarsh Centre and Castle Marina.
If you want to shed some stress – and a few pesky pounds on the way to the office, The Big Track runs past plenty of workplaces, too. But look out, The Big Track could change your life, as well as the way you get around. It could bring you some big health benefits, since it makes getting fit and feeling good so very simple. And like the best things in life, it’s free.
So take charge of the world’s best transport system – your body. It won’t cost you anything to take you from A to B. In fact, the more you use it, the better it will be.
A quarter of all our trips are one mile or less. That’s well walkable, especially along a traffic free route like The Big Track. Around a third of people say they would walk more if there were better facilities. And they don’t come much better than this. Seven out of ten of us don’t get enough exercise to help our health. And nearly half of us are overweight. The Big Track could help you put your life back on track, too.
If you’re 60 kg or nine and a half stone, a brisk walk burn up 150 calories in half an hour. The good news is that if you’re heavier, you use up even more. That half hour could hardly be better spent. As well as helping to reduce weight, 30 minutes exercise, five times a week, can dramatically reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer.
Our Big Track booklet is full of all sorts of interesting information. It gives you the history of the canal and river, and tells you about the wildlife you could spot on the way, as well as giving you a simple map.
For a booklet phone The Big Wheel on 0115 950 7845.
