March Madness Winners Announced

Three brackets, 86 participants, thousands of steps.  So many incredible stories of people literally "going the extra mile".  Personal Records (PR's) and achievements that no one thought possible.  Friendships and frenemies.  Employees who were beaten in earlier rounds coming back to step with employees still trying to advance in the bracket.  Employees walking together all over Homewoood,  schools opening up until midnight, employees checking in at Gold's Gyms, Planet Fitness, 24 hour gyms and even stepping at Lowe's to try to get those steps in.  It is hard to explain in words, but if you were part of the FitBit March Madness Step Challenge, you get it.  It was #stEPIC.

We will announce the time, date and location of our Meet and Greet to allow employees to get to know the amazing group of people who were part of this journey.  I truly hope you will make an effort to be there.  Door prizes will be given away and we will award the championship trophies and special gifts.

CHAMPIONS

RED DIVISION-LEAH CHANCELLOR

WHITE DIVISION-BRIDGES SWIFT

BLUE DIVISION-ALLISON BASSETT

For the complete bracket results including step totals click here.

CHAMPIONSHIPS are SET to be #stEPIC

Eighty-six participants, five rounds of 24 hour battles and it all comes down to this.  The Finals of the FitBit March Madness Challenge.

In the RED DIVISION:  

Karen Baggett vs. Leah Chancellor

In the WHITE DIVISION:  

Angela Gerontakis vs. Bridges Swift

In the BLUE DIVISION:  

Christie Crigger vs. Allison Bassett

Tonight at midnight, these athletes will step off for one final round of The Madness.  Tomorrow at their respective worksites, these athletes need your help, motivation and encouragement to be #stEPIC.  If you have time to meet them for a walk, please do!  Be part of their amazing journey to be crowned the FitBit March Madness Champion!

Winners will be announced via Twitter @hwdmoves and on The Movement Blog by Friday at noon.

KEEP MOVING...
and
Stepping UP.

Have a great spring break.

Final Four, Tickets Punched

If you see anyone listed below on Monday, tell them to sit down and rest.  If you see them on Tuesday, tell them to GET UP AND STEP UP!!!
Here are your March Madness @FitBit Final Four:

Red Bracket:

Karen Baggett vs. Wendy Story 

Emily Dunleavy vs. Leah Chancellor

White Bracket:

Merrick Wilson vs. Angela Gerontakis

Bridges Swift vs. Teri Nash

BLUE BRACKET:

Christie Crigger vs. Dominique Prince
Allison Bassett vs. Paul Harbin

Three employees have earned the status of OLYMPIAN covering over 100,000 steps in a 24 hour time period.

OLYMPIAN BADGEWINNERS:

Justin Bowlby

Joel Henneke

Christie Crigger

Competitors earn 2 Patriot Points for each round completed added to their individual weekly total.  The winner of each bracket will earn a +5 on the BIG SCOREBOARD for their team in pursuit of the Patriot Point Challenge trophy.

March Madness is a game-changer for the Patriot Point Challenge.  Which worksites will earn the +5 on the BIG SCOREBOARD?

Don't forget to POST YOUR PATRIOT POINTS HERE!

Sweet 16, Elite 8 and now FINAL FOUR!!!!

FitBit MARCH MADNESS FINAL FOUR BRACKETS ANNOUNCED

March Madness...Round 1 was stEPIC

stEPIC

FitBit March Madness

Wow.... Just wow... Round 1 of FitBit March Madness was completely maddening!   HCS employees went head to head competing to take more steps than their opponent in a 24 hour period.  

Karen Baggett answered the phone a SCES while stepping on a treadmill.

Lori Sills had a similar plan at HKES.

HMS teachers walk together at the community garden, I caught up with them on my way to HBOE and made sure they were hydrating.

HHS students made posters to support Jana Watts who battled against Ben Berguson.

Rick Baguley steps out in the rain, after dark while his opponent-Paul Harbin is walking all over the city of Homewood on his way to a 60,000 step day!

Here are a few of the highlights of one of the stEPIC battles that occurred on Friday.

12:01AM-Joel Henneke's alarm clock sounds.   He begins marching.  

5:00AM-Genie Christian completes an Iron Tribe workout at HHS and a big number of steps.

6:07AM-Step score update:  Joel-22,742  Genie-13,490

7:00AM-Joel boards a bus on a road trip with HHS choir to Indianapolis, Genie steps up and gets a HUGE lead at SCES during a day of stepping and teaching

9:16PM-Genie has 65,010 steps.  Joel is WAAAAY behind with 46,296 steps.  Joel texts this picture to me..

Joel checks in to the hotel and begins stepping.
Then this happens...

Joel won the showdown.  Amazing battle, awesome accomplishment for both of those competitors.  Genie set a goal to get 65,000 steps.  It was a personal goal that she set and she went and got it.  Joel set an alarm clock with a goal in mind.  He went and got it.

Step Stats from Rd 1 including all employees competing (86 participants):

• Total Steps- 2,048,069
• Total Distance Covered- 1,024 miles
• 5 athletes with 60,000+ Steps: Joel Henneke, Genie Christian, Paul Harbin, Kelsie Lawson, Dominique Prince.

Be sure to check the UPDATED BRACKET   as the March Madness continues.


I can't wait to watch what happens in RD 2 Tuesday- the Sweet 16 and RD 3 Thursday- the Elite 8.

It's gonna be stEPIC......

POST YOUR PATRIOT POINTS

March Madness Begins

83 employees will step off this week in the FitBit March Madness Challenge.  The competition will include individual opponents facing off for DAILY SHOWDOWNS.  The bracket is based off of each employee's average step count so you can expect some fierce battles!  Last week when I visited HKES, I witnessed first hand the preparation taking place for March Madness.  Kiana Coleman was stepping side-to-side as I explained how the competition would work.  Be sure to tune in to the next episode of The Movement Blog coming soon which will feature a video tutorial explaining the simplicity of the rules including NO SNEAKY SYNCS.

In the mean time... Keep Moving and POST THOSE POINTS!