Wellbeing at Monash 10,000 Steps Challenge 2009

10,000 Steps Challenge - "Walk For The Soul"

**Congratulations to all teams who finished the 2009 10,000 Steps Challenge! More than 252 teams competed from across all Monash campuses.

Steps must be logged on the www.10000steps.org.au website no later than 12pm on Monday 16 November to count toward your team total. 

Congratulations to all participants, the average number of steps for all Monash participants: 12,359 
For a list of prize winners and category winners visit the prizes webpage here. 

About the challenge

The 2009 10,000 Steps Challenge 'Walk for the soul' will commence on Wednesday 7th October as a virtual walk and will finish on Friday 13th November.  Participants are encouraged to form teams of 8 (which includes a team captain) which can consist of Monash staff, family or friends, or students. 

In order to achieve 10,000 steps a day, we recommend that each person will need to combine their usual day, with a 30 minute walk (or another form of exercise eg swimming, gym, tennis etc).  Forms of exercise other than walking can be converted when entering your daily steps. The number of steps walked per day can be counted using a pedometer.

Each team must allocate a team captain who will be responsible for encouraging their team members to log their daily steps and reach their daily goals.  To assist, weekly progress postcards will be sent to all team captains.  In addition, to boost enthusiasm, there will be prizes for campuses, teams and individuals.  Team progress can be monitored by the team members using the www.10000steps.org.au website.  

Web links:

How to register & make payment
Instructions for Team Captains
Team Captain registration form 
Walking route
Events at each campus
10,000 Steps & your environment
Prizes
FAQ's
Wellbeing Homepage