From foundation Prabodhan strived hard to give services to masses for maintaining healthy life. In todays stress full - hectic life schedules physical exercise has become a must. A calm, cool, pleasing place with nature and fresh air around to walk at leisure had been a dream in the city like Mumbai. Prabodhan took over the responsibility and successfully completed it on 21st May 1999 to provide well-developed Joggers Park for Goregaon Residents. Jogging is the exercise recharging mind along with body. This is the exercise form suitable for all the agegroups. Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running. The Eco-friendly Jogging Track is developed and well-maintained keeping in mind the necessities needed facilities for joggers like bathroom, toilet, drinking water etc. The greenery specially developed around has added a natrue's touch to this track. The Lawn Tennis at the center of Park has added to the liveliness of the park.
The Jogging Park is available for masses free of cost. The timing is 5.30 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
History of Jogging
In 1593 William Shakespeare wrote in Taming of the Shrew, Katerina tells off a gentleman to go jogging till his boots go green; this was a proverb meaning going when you are most ready or able.The etymology of the word is unknown, but it may be related to shog or be a new invention in the sixteenth century. At that point, it usually meant to leave.
The terms to jog and jogging as referring to a form of exercise, originated in England in the mid seventeenth century. This usage became common throughout the British Empire and in his 1884 novel My Run Home the Australian author Rolf Boldrewood wrote "your bedroom curtains were still drawn as I passed on my morning jog".
In the United States jogging was also called "roadwork" when athletes in training, such as boxers, customarily ran several miles each day as part of their conditioning. In New Zealand during the 1960s or 1970s the word "roadwork" was mostly supplanted by the word "jogging", promoted by coach Arthur Lydiard, who is crediting with popularizing jogging. The idea of jogging as an organised activity was mooted in a sports page article in the New Zealand Herald in February 1962, which told of a group of former athletes and fitness enthusiasts who would meet once a week to run for "fitness and sociability".
