'Moon walkers' well on their way to success with 4 weeks left

The 10-week "race to the moon" by the 1,776 registered Champaign County "moon walkers" is about 60 percent over, and there's a lot of good news.

First, we're ahead of last year's pace. Last year, in the first year that Champaign County participated in the Moon Walk competition against Peoria and the Quad Cities, we managed a total of 320,204 miles. This year we're already well over 215,000 miles with almost four weeks remaining in the race – with the best walking weeks coming up.

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