Champaign County residents take part in fitness challenge

CHAMPAIGN – How's this for another giant leap for mankind?

Three communities in Illinois – Champaign County, Peoria and the Quad Cities – will be racing each other to better health this spring by attempting to walk enough steps to cover twice the distance to the moon and back.

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