New exercise equipment is seen at Fort Borst Park in this photo provided by the city of Centralia.
Visitors to Fort Borst Park in Centralia will soon be able to utilize a piece of outdoors exercise equipment, known as a parcourse, that was installed earlier this week south of Wheeler Field along the 1-mile exercise trail.
The parcourse features about 10 different types of exercise equipment, including chin-up bars, benches for inclined sit-ups, stretching stations and lower bars that can be jumped over.
Although the equipment was installed on Thursday, the site is not available for use yet as the remainder of the safety work, such as the installation of borders, has yet to be completed.
Barry Hughes, the lead park technician for the city, said that work would be completed as soon as the weather allows for it.
The exercise equipment was purchased about 10 years ago to replace a wooden parcourse at Rotary Riverside Park that had succumbed to the wet weather.
The parks department determined the parcourse would be better suited at Fort Borst Park.
“With the exercise trail that goes around Borst Park right now, it seemed like an ideal place to install it right behind Wheeler Field,” Hughes said.
The parcourse will give people at the park more opportunities to exercise.
“Just like the exercise trail, it’s for the benefit of health and fitness,” Hughes said. “It’s a chance to do some exercising without having to belong to a club.”
The equipment is weather proof, Hughes said, so it’s a good fit for the wet weather in the area.
