The 2018 Step Up Challenge – You Can Help Create a Workplace Culture of Health!
The Step Up Cincinnati Challenge is an easy way to refresh, activate and complement your wellness program, while fostering healthy competition amongst area employers.
Proceeds are collected through the United Way of Greater Cincinnati’ s fall 2017 campaign and will benefit Gen-H, our region’s community health agenda, and go Vibrant’s neighborhood improvement initiatives – including targeted strategies to support active living in our community’s most under-resourced neighborhoods.
A workplace step counting challenge that runs from April 1-30, 2018.
The challenge is open to any Cincinnati area company or organization. Current participants include
The Step Up Challenge is a partnership of.
For more information please contact go Vibrant.
About Gen-H
WHAT’S GEN-H?
Gen-H is a community-wide commitment to making health and healthcare a value we share in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
WHO’S GEN-H?
Gen-H is all of us, committing to making healthy choices for ourselves and driving change that makes health an easy choice for each of us.
HOW IT WORKS
Gen-H brings together a unique collaboration of healthcare providers, civic leaders, employers, organizations, neighborhood leaders, and individuals committed to changing health and healthcare in our region.
About go Vibrant
go Vibrant has three core focus areas: Walking Routes, Digital Content and unique, irresistible experiences.
go Vibrant has created the largest network of urban walking routes in the country! go Vibrant Walking Routes are created in collaboration with the neighborhoods themselves and are marked with signs throughout neighborhoods in Avondale, Clifton, Covington, Delhi, Downtown, East Walnut Hills, Golf Manor, Madisonville, Mt. Washington, Mt. Adams, Newport, Northside, Pleasant Ridge, Walnut Hills, and several other neighborhoods are in the works for expansion.
FAQs
Learn More About the Step Up Challenge.
Anyone who lives in greater Cincinnati is welcome to participate in the challenge.
You enter the mileage you walked to log your steps. We apply the same number of steps (2,000 steps) for every mile walked. Sure, some people have longer or shorter strides and may actually walk a few more or a few less steps per mile…but we wanted to keep it simple. One mile = 2,000 steps.
You may also use the challenge App to sync steps directly from a Fitbit or other device.
Nope. You can walk anywhere, anytime you want.
We believe the go Vibrant walking routes offer an excellent variety of scenery and distances that highlight our great city and its neighborhoods. When you Log Steps on this site you can select from an existing go Vibrant walking route or enter the mileage (in half mile increments) of your custom route.
The Winning Neighborhood (from the 16 eligible neighborhoods) will receive a donation to be used for a park Exercise Station/Playscape.
Additional prizes will be announced throughout the length of the contest.
There are 2,000 steps in a mile. 1 million steps equals 500 miles. To put that in perspective there are approximately 1 million steps between:
- San Francisco and San Diego
- Detroit and New York
- Paris and Milan
Start walking south from Cincinnati and 1 million steps will put you in Atlanta. Feel like heading north? Those 1 million steps will you get you to Green Bay!
The competition runs for approximately 5 months. You would need a pace of 100 miles per month – or about 25 miles per week – to reach 1,000,000 steps.
We make it easy. Register with this site and go to the Log Steps page. Select the route or distance you walked (in miles) and we’ll convert it to steps for tracking purposes.
We apply 2,000 steps to each mile walked.
Or, use our App to sync steps from a Fitbit or other device.
In 2016 (our inaugural year) we launched the challenge with 5 featured neighborhoods. In year 2 (2017) we have expanded to 15 featured neighborhoods. In year 3 (2018) we are expanding to 16 Cincinnati neighborhoods.
Persons from any neighborhood are welcome to participate – and you don’t need to live in the neighborhood that you are supporting. However, the neighborhood prize is only eligible to one of the 16 neighborhoods.
Registration is open to anyone, regardless of their neighborhood. When you register, you should select one of the neighborhoods who will receive credit for your steps.
Log in to this site and then go to the Log Steps page. Simply select the date and route that you walked. You can also download the challenge App and log your steps from a Fitbit and other devices.
- Register with this site.
- Pick a neighborhood to support.
- Go for a walk. Try one of our go Vibrant walking routes or any walk of your choosing.
- Come back to this site and log your steps.
- Track your performance and neighborhood performance on our leaderboard.