Granville County Senior Services Fitness Coordinator Adrian Villasana is almost always on the move. If you can’t find him leading a senior center fitness class, he is likely hitting the pavement to train for his next race.

Adrian teaches seventeen classes each week for seniors in Granville County (that’s nearly nine hundred classes per year). Some highlights include Low-Impact Aerobics, Rock Steady Boxing, Stretch and Wiggle, and Water Aerobics. These programs are designed to keep seniors healthy and active, while enhancing their physical well- being and fostering a fun social environment.

When he isn’t teaching, Adrian spends his time training and participating in road races, ranging from 5ks to full marathons and even 24-hour endurance runs! The Granville County Senior Center Low-Impact Aerobics class decided to honor Adrian’s running accomplishments with a Christmas tree in the exercise room decorated with his race bibs. Gail Huffaker, a devoted attendee of the class, came up with the idea to utilize Adrian’s race bibs as holiday décor.

The race bibs decorating the tree include:
• Every Breath Counts 5k – 1st Place
• Fleet Feet Turkey Trot 5k – Personal Best (18:25)
• Rumba on the Lumber 10k – 3rd Place (39:12)
• Pirate 10-Miler – Personal Best (1:01:40)
• Myrtle Beach Half Marathon – Personal Best (1:25:55)
• Run Oak Island Half Marathon – 2nd Place
• Philadelphia Marathon – Personal Best (3:09:47)
• Running with the Knights 24-Hour Endurance Run – 88.5 Miles

Granville County Senior Services offers a wide array of classes and programs at the Granville County Senior Center (107 Lanier Street, Oxford), North Granville Senior Center (301 Oxford Street, Stovall), and South Granville Senior Center (114 Douglas Drive, Creedmoor). Some fitness classes are taught at the Soldier Memorial Sports Arena (416 24th Street, Butner) and the Henderson Family YMCA (380 Ruin Creek Road, Henderson).

For more information, visit the Granville County website (www.granvillecounty.org/504/Senior-Services) and check the latest Senior Services newsletter for the full class and programming calendar.