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
Week 3 of the 2009 Stair Challenge is now complete. As a group, you have climbed over 157,000 floors since the beginning of the challenge – woohoo! You're 3/4 of the way up the mountain - now is the time to give it all you've got!
Congrats to team "AND we're a MESS" for climbing the most flights (509 per person) this week! And, the team that has improved most from week 2 to week 3 is "Well U Hot Steppers" with an improvement of 225 flights/person! Their total was 477 for week three. Your prizes will be delivered to you this week.
These teams' encouragement of fellow members, enthusiasm, and humor are what help to make this challenge a hospital wide success. Keep it UP!
For more updates, quotes, and a listing of the top ten total and top ten most improved teams from week 3, visit http://urmcstairs.blogspot.com
Best of luck with week FOUR...the final week of the 2009 stair challenge!! Remember: report your week 4 tallies by Saturday, March 28th at 12pm. It's the final countdown...the teams are neck-in-neck, this could be anyone's game, folks!
Team (Average Floors/Person)
AND we're a MESS 509
Well U Hot Steppers 477
Mighty Flightys 445
Stairwell Shakers 370
Med Everest 333
Cinnamon Streusel Muffin Tops 293
Wii Not Fit 287
Pharmacy 2 276
Pharmacy 1 272
Banana Nut Muffin Tops 259
corporate climbers 237
Stair Pushers 228
Pink Post It's 206
Neuronerds 192
Crazy Lemurs 159
wdit 155
Urojets 1 152
Huff & Puffers 150
Steppin' Wolves 123
The Elevators, NOT! 117
Patient Account Steppers 116
SOBs 112
NOVADS 109
Madagascars 109
MRBXcellence 106
Pediatric Pedestrians 105
Bug Stompers 95
Neonatology Crazy Climbers 83
Interpreters in Motion 74
Thoracic Park II 71
SmithandLeinbach 71
Transplant Trotters 67
Basement Critters 56
Thoracic Park I 54
634 StairMasters 52
The OEM Steppers 1 44
Clef Climbers 43
Cellar Dwellers 34
Cytosneakers 33
Stair Masters 33
The OEM Steppers 2 32
The Stream Team 31
CAP Climbers 31
Stair Crazy 29
The Commitments 25
In Step 21
NICU Steppers 20
Psych Steppers 18
The Glial Girls 4
1. One team member's calves have increased enormously and show true definition in her heels, just in time for the ball she's attending Friday night!
2.Stairs are getting easier. The first week, 9 flights seemed like a MOUNTAIN! Now anything less than 9 feels downright wimpy!
3. On Friday afternoon we all kept saying lets do one more and we cheered each other on and kept going more and more I’m so proud of my team!!!
4. It's March Madness!
5. It's hard transporting patients up the stairs.
Top 10 Teams (Average Floors/Person)
AND we're a MESS 509
Well U Hot Steppers 477
Mighty Flightys 445
Stairwell Shakers 370
Med Everest 333
Cinnamon Streusel Muffin Tops 293
Wii Not Fit 287
Pharmacy 2 276
Pharmacy 1 272
Banana Nut Muffin Tops 259
Top 10 Most Improved Teams -- Improvement Week 2 to Week 3 (floors per person)
Well U Hot Steppers 225
Stairwell Shakers 153
Cinnamon Streusel Muffin Tops 139
Wii Not Fit 115
corporate climbers 103
The Elevators, NOT! 99
urojets 1 95
AND we're a MESS 94
Mighty Flightys 79
Neuronerds 67