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Your challenges and team names

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Written by Carl

pth_instruction_outputMany of you got in touch last week to let us know about your challenges and how you’re getting on. 

Lots of you want to use the challenge to get fitter and more active before the start of summer. Some are saving money by not spending your lunchtimes shopping on Ebay and lots of you are using the challenge to tie in with the Healthy Working Lives Award.

Virtual walks are popular too. Girvan Family Connections Project is walking from their project to Land’s End then on to John O’Groats and back to their project, and that’s just stage one! After a quick pit stop they’ll be heading to a small Danish island in the Baltic Sea called Bornholm where one of their team comes from. In total they will walk around 4000 miles!

Staff at the Job Centre Plus in Glasgow are planning to take part in some charity walks for Cancer Research and the British Heart Foundation as part of Walk to Work Week in May.

As for tactics, the challenge seems to have brought out your competitive streak. The Dundonald Daunderers from NHS Tayside are aiming to increase their daily step counts by 1000 each week. Morag from the Edinburgh Post Graduate Dental Institute racked up a whopping 4,500 steps at her Zumba class. Below is a picture sent in by Jemma from Dumfries and Galloway College, she boosted her step count by having a walk and a snowball fight in the Galloway Hills.

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You’ve also been very creative with your team names! Here are a few of our favourites:

Between a Walk and a Hard Pace
The Strolling Bones
O Shins 13
Are we there yet?
The Not So Naked Ramblers
E-Walks
Super Heroes in Training
Big Bird and the Sesame Street Striders
Captain Steptoe and the Blister Sisters
5 Plunkies and a Pedometer
Wii (Un)fit

Got any more top tips for increasing your step count? Why not share them by leaving a comment!

Comments

written by Linda Davidson , March 03, 2011.  
Here at Stepping Stones for Families CDP & SASS projects we have 2 staff members that are using the challenge as part of their training for the Moon Walk in Edinburgh in June. Good luck to Kath & Abby. Everyone is enjoying the challenge and having fun comparing our step counts, and with the lighter nights starting to come in... what better time to start going for a walk with the children & dog to burn off the calories from dinner.
written by Julia , March 02, 2011.  
Sounds very simple, but have found that trying to leave a few minutes earlier for meetings means I can park a bit further away and get in some more steps. It's definitely helping (speaking as someone who struggles to reach 2,000 some days!)
written by Linda Davidson , March 01, 2011.  
Here at Stepping Stones for Families Childcare Development Project & Sitter Service we have a couple of staff that are using the Walk At Work Challenge to get into training for the Moon Walk (full marathon) for Breast Cancer Awareness in June of this year. All the staff involved are getting out and about and enjoying walking just for fun. We all want to wish Kath & Abby all the best for the walk in June. Go girls....you can do it!!!!!!
written by Frances , February 28, 2011.  
I'm dog sitting this week, so Archie the Border Collie will be helping me up my step count I'm sure!

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