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boat launch ramp on the Roanoke River. A valley-wide plan for a
ments to improve muscle tone and posture.
"blueway" that would take full advantage of the Roanoke River
Carilion Wellness in southwest Roanoke County, formerly
for canoeing, kayaking and rafting is in the works, and several
known as the Roanoke Athletic Club, features an indoor pool
additional boat-launching sites are already planned.
fitness center and workout classes. Carilion Clinic, the regionFor those looking to keep in shape inal health care giant, changed the RAC's
doors, there are numerous athletic clubs
name and updated its mission recently
and fitness centers in the Roanoke Valsave the date
to focus more on the preventative asley, including the venerable YMCA (with
pect-wellness-of staying healthy. "An
Mark your calendars for some of the
locations in Roanoke City and Salem,
ounce of prevention," as they say. (There
valley's favorite annual outdoors
another planned for Botetourt Counis another Carilion Wellness center in
events
ty, and a YMCA Express at Gainsboro in
Botetourt County.)
Roanoke).
Blue Ridge Marathon (April)
Roanoke County's Green Ridge RecGallop for the Greenways 5K (May)
CrossFit has several franchises in Roareation Center has daily drop-in rates
APCO 5K and 10K Festival Run (May)
noke and Salem for those who like peras well as memberships; in addition to
Go Outside Festival (October)
sonalized workouts a bit more on the
workout equipment and a gymnasium,
Star City Half Marathon (November)
"extreme" side. Boutique fitness spas
Green Ridge features the popular Splash
Drumstick 5K Dash (Thanksgiving morning)
like Pure Barre are also part of the mix.
Valley outdoor pool attraction.
Jingle Bell 5K Run (December)
Tackle the "outdoors" inside at River
With more than 300 franchises in North
America, Pure Barre offers total-body
Rock Climbing, where you can try your
workouts and specialized classes that
hand at scaling vertical walls-indoors
use low-impact, ballet-inspired moveand under supervision.
Whatever the motivation, there are many options if you are
looking to stay fit-indoors or outdoors-in the Roanoke ValFacing Page Clockwise: Swim Lessons at the YMCA, Brickhouse CrossFit,
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