NHS to launch 'marathon a month' walking challenge with rewards for daily exercise
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Chloe Hayward
Summary
NHS England is launching a "marathon a month" challenge in early 2025, encouraging people to walk 30 minutes daily to accumulate roughly 26 miles per month. The scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will reward participants for completing the challenge. Users can log their walks online, via phone, or smartwatch. This marks the first time an NHS-backed initiative will provide incentives for exercise, targeting "streak" culture to promote physical activity and better health.
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· 3 pulledGetting your steps in has long been linked to better health - and for the first time the NHS-backed scheme will start giving people rewards for doing exercise.
Early next year, NHS England will launch a 'marathon a month' challenge, asking people to walk for around 30 minutes a day.
Those who do it every day will hit roughly 26 miles a month - the distance of a marathon.
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