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About the Walk & Ride Challenge
The mission of this annual event is to encourage Silver Spring Transportation Management District (TMD) employees* to realize how easy it is to incorporate walking into your daily routine when you consider alternative commute modes other than driving alone and sitting in traffic. The Challenge encourages everyone to get out of their car, take transit and get walking. Get fit just by going to work!
Who: All Silver Spring Transportation Management District* based companies and their employees
When: October 10 - 28, 2011
What You Do: With a pedometer, which we will provide for you and your teammates, you'll track the number of steps you take each day and enter them into our online log. You'll be able to watch your team's progress and check yourselves against other participating teams on a weekly basis. This Challenge tracks walking ONLY. Do NOT track or report steps or activities from biking, rollerblading, runnnig, aerobic classes, and other forms of exercise. Those activities are NOT to be counted toward your total step count.
Where: Everywhere! To and from the Metro station, to and from the bus stop, to and from work - and everywhere in between! Walk to a new restaurant for lunch, or if you brought food from home, go out for a long walk instead of working at your desk while you eat. Walking and transit is an ideal combination. You might not live close enough to your job to walk to work. So, ride Metrorail and walk from the Metro station or your bus stop to your workplace.
What You Could Get: Each week, participants walking more than 50,000 steps will be entered into a drawing to win a new iPod! Those walking 25,000-49,999 steps will be entered into a drawing for other great prizes.
The Grand Prize: Each member of the team with the highest average number of logged steps will receive:
- $100 Visa Gift Card
- $50 on a SmarTrip card
Montgomery County Commuter Services will be distributing information via email to all transit benefits coordinators for businesses located in Silver Spring TMD.
*Silver Spring TMD includes parts of Silver Spring. To see if your company is included, please check the map and/or call 240-773-2989.
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