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“I was diagnosed with cancer shortly after I signed up for the million step challenge.
“Through the past year it has helped to motivate me to reach the next step and keep moving. I have just reached the 750,000 step goal, which means a lot to me due to the many days when I felt lucky to log even 100 steps.
“I feel a real sense of accomplishment looking at my increasing numbers on my pedometer as I continue to build my strength back to a ‘normal’ level.”
Has the challenge helped you? If it has, let us know. Send your responses to today@unmc.edu and we’ll run them in an upcoming Million-step Monday article.
The following is a list of UNMC employees who have recently reached one of the 250,000-step markers in the 1 Million Step Challenge. Send an e-mail to today@unmc.edu with your name, department and tell us what step milestone you reached and we’ll post it on the list.
750,000 steps
- Marian Schmid, College of Dentistry
1 million steps
- Jane Meza, center for collaboration on research, design and analysis