The Walking Challenge Returns!
Published: 23 May 2024
The hotly anticipated return of the Walking Challenge on May 30th.
Get ready for the return of the much-anticipated Athena Swan summer social event:
‘Walk Across the World’ Please join us for our opening ceremony launch event on Thursday 30th May at 10:30am in C222 of the BHF GCRC.
This year we have updated our rules and changed the game from counting steps to counting points, enabling us to include more forms of exercise and giving everyone a chance to participate even if walking is not their preferred activity.
But do not fret, much of the challenge remains the same, including the opportunity to double your points, to track your progress on our map, and of course to participate in our social events and walks.
Thanks to the funding the Walking Challenge organizers received from MVLS College Equality Diversity and Inclusion (CEDI} Fund, we are now able to offer a limited number of pedometers to those who would like to participate but are unable to track their steps through smart watches or phones etc. These pedometers are available to borrow for the challenge, but we would appreciate their return so we can use them again for next year.
As part of the challenge, there will be a weekly SCMH walking group lead by one of our enthusiastic committee members, which all are welcome to join. Obviously, we have no control over the Glasgow weather, but we hope it will be kind to us again this year!
The dates and times of these walks are as follows, all will leave from the BHF GCRC.
Tuesday 4th June 1-2pm
Thursday 13th June 1-2pm
Monday 17th June 1-2pm
Tuesday 25th June 1-2pm.
Last year our fantastic participants clocked up many thousands of miles, with our winner Linda Hood taking 845,464 steps in June (longer than the length of Scotland!) and Team Alfie hitting 3,216,082 steps to win our team prize.
The Walking Challenge team are working hard behind the scenes preparing for this year’s challenge, including securing top prizes for our winners! While our challenge was a great success last year, we think this year will be even better! Don’t miss out, join the fun!
Please feel free to reach out with any questions to the members of the Walking Challenge organising team: sara.baumert@glasgow.ac.uk, katie.sutherland@glasgow.ac.uk, alison.reid@glasgow.ac.uk, and blair.l.anderson@glasgow.ac.uk
First published: 23 May 2024
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