Week 6 – Health Challenge update!

It’s been an exciting six weeks of the Global Health Challenge. Teams have been competing for the top spot and we’ve seen so many rankings fluctuate, we are far from done! We’re over the halfway mark of the challenge and have recorded over 440 million steps, the equivalent of more than 8 laps around Earth, and 87% of the distance to the moon!

But more than just a competition, it’s the spirit of camaraderie and wellbeing that is at the heart of the Challenge. We’ve seen teams comes together across the globe, colleagues continents-apart and never having met before – are now team members working towards a single goal…. to get as many steps as possible! Over the course of the Challenge, stayed tuned for stories of resilience, teamwork and cheer on your colleagues and post your stories and photographs here.

So, here’s a look at the current leaderboard.

Meet Karen Humphrey from the team Scrambled Legs – LIBERTY Upper Sandusky (Ohio). She is currently in third place amongst the individual steppers!

For more than 20 years, Upper Sandusky’s Karen Humphrey has walked at least four miles every morning before she goes to work to get her day started off on the right foot. The Engineered Mesh Inside Sales Rep upped her game for the Global Health Challenge, adding another half-mile to full mile to her morning walk followed by a four to five mile walk when she gets home. Then, once she’s in for the evening, she gets on her small trampoline for even more steps while watching television. Karen’s two daughters and five grandchildren keep her motivated to stay in good health.

By the way, she walks outside all winter long unless the temperatures are single digits or the snow is too deep. Her team, Scrambled Legs, sure appreciates her dedication.

I have been working on losing weight this year and have been succeeding very slowly. I am hoping all the additional steps that I am now taking will help with my weight loss. So far it has helped me get over the plateau I have been stuck on for a couple months and I am down another couple pounds since the start of the Health Challenge. I hope this will keep the ball rolling before we get into the Christmas holiday with all the extra cookies, candy and food that are constantly tempting me

You are an inspiration, Karen!

Here are some of this week’s highlights –