{"id":28144,"date":"2025-05-07T13:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28144"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:00:14","slug":"mountaineer-mile-movement-comes-to-marshall-on-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/mountaineer-mile-movement-comes-to-marshall-on-may-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountaineer Mile movement comes to Marshall on May 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University and Marshall Health Network are proud to bring West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey\u2019s Mountaineer Mile movement to Huntington starting with a community walk on Friday, May 16, at Ritter Park.<\/p>\n<p>Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Ritter Park Fountain, and the one-mile walk will begin promptly at noon. The first 100 participants will receive a free \u201cMarshall Mile\u201d t-shirt. The walk will be led by the first families of Marshall University, Marshall Health Network and the city of Huntington.<\/p>\n<p>This event marks the local launch of the Mountaineer Mile, a statewide initiative encouraging West Virginians to take the first step toward lasting wellness through simple, daily movement. It also kicks off Marshall University\u2019s Community Cares Week, a celebration of service, health and community spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo care for others, we must first care for ourselves,\u201d said Marshall University First Lady Alys Smith, who is leading the May 16 event. \u201cThis walk is a meaningful first step toward healthier habits \u2014 not just for individuals, but for our communities. My hope is that it inspires a renewed focus on personal wellness and encourages participants to build momentum leading up to the Marshall Marathon on November 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All Marshall University faculty, staff, students, Marshall Health Network employees and community members throughout the greater Huntington area are invited to participate. Registration is free. To sign up, call 304-691-1700 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/events.marshall.edu\/event\/marshall-mile\">events.marshall.edu\/event\/marshall-mile<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University and Marshall Health Network are proud to bring West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey\u2019s Mountaineer Mile movement to Huntington starting with a community walk on Friday, May 16, at Ritter Park. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Ritter Park Fountain, and the one-mile walk will begin promptly at noon. The first 100 participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,79,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jcesom","category-marshall-health","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28146,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28144\/revisions\/28146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}