YOU DID IT! Congratulations, first and foremost, to every individual that participated in the 2009 URMC Stair Challenge. No matter how many stairs you climbed, you took part in an initiative to make our work environment a place where physical activity is encouraged and for this you should be proud!
Now, for those competitive ones, this is the part you're interested in...the RESULTS. For week 4, we'd like to congratulate the "Well U Hotsteppers" for climbing the most floors (630 per person WHOA)! Must have been running up to the 8th floor during lunch break! The most improved team for week 4 was the "Stairwell Shakers", with an increase of 191 floors. Go Shakers!
We loved these quotes from week 4:
"Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this challenge. Our group is going to start a new challenge next week counting steps. We are going to split our group into two teams and compete against each other!"
"Most of our team will keep going with climbing stairs after this last week, just not at this highly competitive level!"
"We're very tired and very busy this week but somehow managed to get in our flights!"
"I plan to keep doing stairs just because - it's shaping my legs"
"We found out that we like climbing flights of stairs. It is great exercise, and really builds the legs. We will continue to do so on a weekly basis. Thanks!
"I am actually climbing stairs on purpose now, and may continue. Good job! I think your program (and signs like "sneak exercise into your day, take the stairs") was successful. Thanks!"
Our favorite thing about these quotes is that they emphasize that many of you plan to continue taking the stairs and helping to create a culture where taking the stairs is encouraged in the hospital.As always, For more updates, quotes, and a listing of top tens for week 4 and entire challenge totals to see how your team ranked, visit http://urmcstairs.blogspot.com.
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the 2009 Stair Challenge FINAL RESULTS:
The gold, silver, and bronze finalists are as follows in floors climbed since the beginning of the challenge;
1. AND we're a MESS1755
2. Mighty Flightys1611
3. Well U Hot Steppers1587
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Climb high, step proud,
The 2009 Stair Challenge Committee
Week 4 Top 10 Teams
Team Name Average Per Person
Well U hotsteppers 630
Stairwell Shakers 560
Mighty Flightys 518
AND we're a MESS 500
Med Everest 427
pharmacy two 362
Wii Not Fit 300
phramacy one 295
Stair Pushers 262
WDIT 242
Week 4 Most Improved Teams
Team # of Floors of Improvement
1. Stairwell Shakers 191
2. Well U Hot Steppers 153
3. Cellar Dwellars 133
4. Med Everest 93
5. WDIT 86
6. Pharmacy 2 86
7. Mighty Flightys 73
8. Stair Pushers 34
9. Pharmacy 1 23
10. NOVADS 18
Week 4 Team Totals – All Teams
Team Name Average Per Person
Well U hotsteppers 630
Stairwell Shakers 560
Mighty Flightys 518
AND we're a MESS 500
Med Everest 427
pharmacy two 362
Wii Not Fit 300
phramacy one 295
Stair Pushers 262
WDIT 242
banana nut muffin tops 241
cinnamon streusel muffin tops 233
pharmacy two 224
Pink Post It's 191
cellar dwellars 167
Crazy Lemurs 148
Neuronerds 129
NOVADS 128
The Elevators, NOT! 127
SOBs 123
Steppin Wolves 122
Huff & Puffers 114
MRBXcellence 113
Patient Account Steppers 113
Pediatric Pedestrians 109
thoracic park II 100
Doreen DeGray 98
Neonatology Crazy Climbers 95
Madagascars 89
Interpreters in Motion 81
thoracic I 68
basement critters 67
corporate climbers 67
darcie ikeler 59
SmithandLeinbach 55
5-36 Team B 54
634 StairMasters 53
The OEM Steppers 1 52
Transplant Trotters 50
The OEM Steppers 2 40
Stair Masters 39
Buns of Steel 25
The Stream Team 23
The Commitments 20
Stair Challenge Final Tally (# of Floors per Person Each Week)
Team Name 4 WEEK TOTALS
1. AND we're a MESS 1755
2. Mighty Flightys 1611
3. Well U Hot Steppers 1587
4. Med Everest 1371
5. Stairwell Shakers 1361
6. pharmacy two 1324
7. pharmacy one 1317
8. Banana Nut Muffin Tops 975
9. Pink Post its 909
10. Wii Not Fit 894
Cinnamon Streusel Muffin Tops 829
wdit 779
Crazy Lemurs 584
SOBs 572
NeuroNerds 561
Corporate Climbers 514
Madagascars 470
Patient Account Steppers 439
Steppin' Wolves 435
Pediatric Pedestrians 418
Stair Pushers 404
NOVADS 399
Huff & Puffers 379
The Elevators, NOT! 375
The Step Sistaz 374
MRBXcellence 369
BASEMENT CRITTERS 355
West Wing Warriors 353
Bug Stompers 341
Neonatology Crazy Climbers 331
THORACIC PARK II 294
CELLAR DWELLERS 286
Arrythmia 273
Interpreters in Motion 252
Transplant Trotters 241
The OEM Steppers 1 238
urojets 1 209
THORACIC PARK I 205
Hot Steppers 203
Elevator Trust Issues, Inc. 191
SmithandLeinbach 184
The OEM Steppers 2 183
5-36 Team B 176
Stairmasters (63400) 155
634 StairMasters 155
The Stream Team 142
Clef Climbers 141
CAP Climbers 123
NICU Steppers 120
The Commitments 110
5-3600 A 106
Thigh Masters 103
in step 101
The OU1 Get's it Done Gang #2 100
Psych Steppers 91
The Ou1 Get's it Done Gang 89
cytosneakers 87
Systems go up and down 84
Baby Steps 81
The Glial Girls 70
Simon Stair Wells 65
urojets 2 47
A step above the rest. 32
5-3600 A 27
Buns of Steel 25
Stair Crazy 8