"A WALK IN THE PARK"
Spring 2013

About the Challenge

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Pre-Registration:

Decide whether you’d like to participate as an Individual or a member of up to a 3-person (maximum) Team. Teams will need to decide on their Team Name before registering

Registration:

Beginning Monday, March 25, 2013, register to participate directly via the Walk Challenge Registration Form or Walk Challenge Registration web page.

You will be asked to include:

• Your name
• Your UWM email address
• Whether you are participating as an Individual or member of a Team
• If registering as a member of a team, your Team Name

The deadline for registration to participate in the Spring 2013 Challenge is 4:30PM, Friday, April 12, 2013.

Tracking & Logging Your Steps for the Challenge:

1) Once you’ve registered, watch for additional emails and a weekly prompt with a link to a logging tool to enter your steps for the prior week.

All participants, Individuals and Team members, will need to log their own steps for each week.

2) Pick up your free pedometer to track your steps during the Challenge, from the Human Resources Department, Engelmann Hall, Room 125, between 8:00AM and 4:30PM, Thursday, April 11, 2013 or Friday, April 12, 2013.

3) Beginning Sunday, April 14, 2013, each participant should begin tracking their steps*. We’ve provided a tracking worksheet that you may either print out or maintain electronically to keep record of your steps during the week for entry into the logging tool. Download the Walk Challenge Step Tracking Log worksheet.

You’re encouraged to keep track of your steps on a daily basis, but you will need to enter your pedometer steps into the online logging tool each week via a link that will be sent to you by a weekly email.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT DELETE ANY OF THE 4 WEEKLY EMAILS WITH THE LINK TO THE ONLINE LOGGING TOOL UNTIL YOU’VE ENTERED YOUR STEPS FOR THAT WEEK. Each online logging tool link included in each of the 4 weekly emails applies only to 1 single log week of the 4-week challenge.

EACH WEEK MUST BE ENTERED IN ITS ENTIRETY (ALL DAYS FOR THAT WEEK) BEFORE “SUBMITTING.” You cannot enter Sunday through Tuesday, hit “Submit”, and then go back in later to enter Wednesday through Saturday, you can only “Submit” once per week. So you will need to enter your steps for Sunday through Saturday.

Final weekly entries must be made no later than 4:30 PM Friday, May 17, 2013 to be counted towards Challenge totals.

*NOTE: Roughly 2,000 steps equate to walking a distance of approximately 1 mile.

If you require assistance with the online logging tool, please contact walk-team@uwm.edu .

Participants will receive emails with any important information or updates during the Challenge, in addition to the weekly logging entry tool.

Awards

• All participants will receive a free pedometer and honorable mention for their interest and efforts in this healthy event!
• The Individuals and Teams who have walked the furthest* (ranking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for each) along the Walk Wisconsin Challenge Spring 2013 “trail” will be determined from final step totals from your entries in the logging tool emailed to you each week during the Challenge.

The Winged-Sneaker Traveling Trophy

The participant (Individual or Team member) who has walked the furthest will receive the traveling trophy to display in their work area until the next Challenge.

Awards and the winner of the traveling trophy will be announced to all Challenge participants by email the week of May 20, 2013.

Winning participants may stop by the Human Resources Department, Engelmann Hall, Room 125, Monday through Friday, 7:45AM to 4:30PM to pick up their award.