Olmpic Team MMI logged 1,893,144 steps to become the Jean Team for the second time and Julie McKenzie-Svanda of Get There Eventually walked 212,886 steps to take hold of the Blue T-shirt this week.
So those are the formalities. Now for the giggles. Here’s a David Letterman-style list of the “Top 10 signs you have participated in the UNMC Walks to the Olympics Challenge”:
10. You get depressed when you accidentally leave your pedometer at home because of all the steps you don’t get to count.
9. You habitually walk in place when you get near elevators.
8. You see the term “London Britches” and no longer double take.
7. You know who Mandeville and Wenlock are.
6. You know exactly how many steps it is between your desk and the bathroom.
5. Your belt has permanent clamp marks from your pedometer.
4. You don’t let co-workers fill your water bottle for you because it robs you of steps.
3. Your kids no longer think it’s weird when you do laps around the living room.
2. Your carpet has indents where you march in place each night to get your daily step count to the next 100.
1. You are the only person in your family who actually knows what day the Olympics start.
Have you noticed other common symptoms of challenge participation? Comment on this story and share them with us.
Rankings
This week’s full rankings are below (Team’s medal status indicated by color, “Jean Team” in blue):
1. Mandeville Movers — 18,924,343
2. Team Yomper Trompers — 15,370,197
3. Team Ortho — 15,225,168
4. OlymPENS — 14,795,657
5. Take the ‘rad-path’ to the Olympics — 13,931,475
6. Team Get There Eventually — 13,688,983
7. Team Phar Out — 13,637,110
8. International Delight — 13,115,917
9. Bolting to London — 12,837,796
10. Molar Strollers — 12,804,752
11. Dental Divas — 12,230,986
12. Holy Walkamolies — 11,958,912
13. Wenlock — 11,894,648
14. Team Cake Walk — 11,333,251
15. Team Research — 11,040,925
16. The Ramblers – 11,027,912
17. Olympic Team MMI – 10,791,273 (1,893,144 steps for the week)
18. Perpetual Motion Squad – 10,322,120
19. Team Cytosine — 10,075,972
20. London Walking Sole Surfers — 9,682,872
21. London Britches — 9,439,391
22. Pedi-ometers — 9,034,028
23. Are We There Yet? — 8,939,486
24. Walking Band of Misfits — 8,931,176
25. COPH Groundbreakers — 8,729,133
26. Team Printer Sprinters — 8,681,127
27. HGL TEAM GUANINE — 8,659,857
28. Passport Agents – 7,479,017
29. The Proclaimers — 6,200,336
30. SLC Sidewalkers — 5,445,956
31. Coast Busters — 2,119,700
On two occasions I went to bed with my pedometer still attached to my pj's. One time I got up at 3 am and realized it was still there and obviously took it off but wondered if I added any steps while turning over in my sleep.
I would like to give everyone involved a 'kudo' not only for all the participation (which is great) but also because it getting more people up and at it!!! moving!!! walking more!!! YEAH!!!
An addition to your top 10 list–the sight of an escalator actually makes you angry because no matter what you do it is going to steal steps from your daily total 🙂