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Happy first day of Summer!
That's it, we're done!!  Who is silently cheering? Who is thinking without the pressure to write it down they may not do as much (that's me).  Either way, if we are all more aware of the importance of daily exercise, this "program" was a success.

And drum roll please.....top ten are Gene C, Katie J, Nico D, Karl S., Sue W., Jean W, Carissa P.,Kaytlin M, Roula A, Terry D.  Not really anything surprising here but still quite an accomplishment to stay THAT active the whole 6 weeks.  This group obviously does make serious exercise part of their daily routine.

FINAL results can be found here.

A group of us participated in BIG BIKE on Friday - great cause, lots of  fun.  But some of you put this activity as a level 3!!!! Really??  Did  you break a sweat as we glided through town?  Did you even pedal the whole time?  If I caught this - I moved it to a level 2 (and that is a gift people!).

Sue says she "fell off the fitness wagon" this week - with a score of 137.  If that is "falling off" I did a swan dive off weeks ago...

I believe Aaron is only in this challenge for the SWAG at the end - I hope this year's takeaways don't disappoint.

Kim and Alyssa are the champs at pushing just a little more each week, finishing just one point apart- congrats ladies, you can now relax.

Carissa is really the variety professional - with 10 again this week (biking, swimming, exercise class, brisk walk, yard work, rowing, stairs up, activities with young children, walk/stroll, and stairs down).  Phew that's a lot.

Karl seems to be the only one roller skiing - probably the only one who OWNS roller skis.

Philip planted trees this week - hard work and good for the environment - extra points for him (well not really).

I don't think I've ever mentioned, but Christine does ZUMBA every week - we should have her lead a lunchtime session...who is in?

Can you believe that the first week of our little fun we had 41 players get their forms in on Monday?....WOW 41....then it went drastically downhill from there.  This week we had 25, which brought us just over the passing grade with a 52%.  And it was a strange week - the regulars who normally get  their forms in (Christine, Kaytlin, Marketa) did not and the forgetful ones  (Stephanie, Tim, Rebecca) did.  It was a like a Freaky Friday moment on a  Monday. (for those of you who do not get this movie reference - google it).  Last week's winners were Terry and Jen Wright. Manny picked up the Starbucks card for his better half (hope it actually ended up in her hands).  But is seems Terry does not read the blog (gasp!) and did not claim his prize....so I figure for the last week we can give out one Starbucks gift card and two "Jeans for a Week" posters.  The three lucky winners to scramble for the prizes are Kim Graveline, Caroline Evans and Minh Vuu.  Remember, first come first choice...on your mark, get set, GO.

Thanks for playing, have a fabulous summer all.

See you
Monday @ 12:00noon - Boardroom

 
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Week #5 is complete - can you believe it?  With summer right around the corner I hope our little challenge has everyone in the groove to continue being active during those lovely sunny days to come (here's hoping).

So this week....


Top 10 for week #5 :Gene C, Sue W., Nico D, Katie J, Karl S., Jean W, Carissa P., Terry D., Roula A, and Kaytlin M.  This is strong group of people – all in the 800+ points.   I am inspired by them – but not discouraged. I don’t compare my score to theirs (if I did I would be so depressed…).  I know there are some weeks when I could have done better, especially when I see my total score.  But there are other weeks when I know I  have done pretty well – for my life/schedule. The point of this challenge is to remind us that exercise is important – everyday.  The time and intensity is all subjective – what works for you may not  work for others…its simple really, exercise is good for you – commit to making it a part of your daily life. 
 
Full results can be found here.

Marketa wanted me/everyone  to know how active she was last week, not only did she bike, she went to burlesque (??), had dragon boat practice in the rain, then went dancing and topped the week off with a 5 hour hike!   I noticed she was a little sluggish Monday morning.
 
Apparently it was DIRT WEEK  at the Pullen house – loads of dirt dumped and loads of dirt moved.  I am sure they were thrilled with the wet raining weather.
 
Speaking of rainy weather it seems I was the only one who used it as an excuse for less activity (well maybe Sandra Z too). Congrats to everyone but us.

All Jean's points are from walking....wonder how many pairs of shoes she goes through.
 
Vanessa is addicted to spinning – you know that class where you ride a stationary bike to nowhere.  I think there may be music to keep you from falling asleep.

Carissa is queen (again) of  the activities – 10 different ones this week!

Hey Shawn if you are looking  for an extra ball hockey player – Nico plays – he’s young AND athletic – obvious ringer.
 
Terry, Sue and Karl rode their bikes to Kingston and back…for FUN!!…..ya, that’s right, they rule!
 
Karl earned the most points this week 259! (165 of those in biking)  Not to be outdone, Sue had a total of 192 biking points alone.
 
Another sign of summer.....Philip has joined the beach volleyball craze..…
 
Carissa, Alyssa and Kim are the three left improving each week.   I think Carissa took my advice about keeping pace with small jumps, as she only increased this week by 1.15 points…very  strategic…
 
Okay, one more person has fallen of the participation list - bringing our total to 48 players. We had 24 rock stars hand in their form on Monday – not an improvement from last week but then again not worse either…but in the math world we are now at 50%.   Which I guess is statistically good but if you think of what we are measuring…still kind of sad.   Anyway this week’s winners of our weekly bribe are Terry Dean and
Jennifer Wright.  Terry must have some sort of good luck aura this week, as I believe this is the first time his name was even in the draw!  Terry, go buy a lottery ticket now.  Poor Jen, she will have to rely on her hubby Manny to read the blog and find me before Terry – as I am not sure the  “jeans for a week” is approved at her office. Oh well if that’s what she wins – she can give it/sell it to Manny!
 
Here I thought the public shame of the printing a list of those no namers would help my cause…it seems this group is totally unfazed, even recruiting more for their club. 
Perhaps my font last week was a little too kind…how is this… here are the people  who forget put their name on their form (again I can’t stress this enough…this is not personal, I like all of these people!)…AARON, CAROLYN, DOMINIQUE, DAVE, JEAN, KARL, KIM, ROULA, STEPHANIE/NICO.  Another observation .. these are all HSF people.  It seems the CCS crew excel at name  writing.

As always, weekly forms are so appreciated on Mondays (maybe this lovely kindness will help.)

Don't forget the fabulous SummerActive round up - prize giveaway on June 24th - 12:00! - Boardroom.  See you there.


 
 

 
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Week 4 is over – just two weeks left.  Who can’t wait till the end? Who will miss this little “game”? 
 
Our top 10 – seems to be the same crew...but a little shifting each week.  Gene C., Katie J., Sue W., Jean W., Roula A., Terry D., Karl S., Carissa P., Kaytlin M., and Nico D.  Let's note that Nico is in the top ten even without including his week 4 scores.  
 
You can view the results here.
 
We have 7 people still improving each week.  These high achievers are: Carissa, Alyssa, Julie G., Colin, Kim, Nico and Rick.  I think Alyssa  is going about this the right way – she just does a little bit more each  week.  Some of the others are jumping 20 points a week – that is hard to keep going...but good luck .  How many will be left standing at the end?

Gene is so honest –  he puts down 57 minutes when he runs..I’d be rounding that up to 60 myself if I ever ran that long.
 
Odette did some yard work and she has two teenage sons to do those jobs – good for her.
 
Melissa and Minh edge out Carissa  for top spot in the variety category with 9 different types of fun last  week.
 
Caroline E and Colin are getting in some beach volleyball – I hate volleyball but put “beach” in front and hey, it now sounds fun.  There’s a little discrepancy in intensity level...Colin  apparently does not work as hard as Caroline and puts his time down as a level  2.
 
Roula is still doing  the stairs – everyday – up and down.
 
More people getting points by playing baseball....sigh...I’ll let this go now.
 
Marie Claude and Chantal seem to be keeping their children active – lots of points for activities with the young ones.  It's nice to see the physical activity beginning early.
 
Those who know me will understand why I believe
Katie  J.  should get some extra
points just for her taste in celebrities......she is such a smart smart lady –  my new best friend really.  Check out her profile.
 
Speaking of profiles, thanks to all who participated so far - I really enjoy reading them - hope others do too.  I was surprised at all the avocado lovers. I tried them once (force fed by a colleague) and to be honest I don't see what's to love....and whoa do we have a lot of people who enjoy their eggs (well not Christine). It's fun finding out a little more about each other....such as ..I would have never guessed sweet Caroline E's favourite movie would be Kill Bill Vol.2!  And so pleased to know Terry watches Glee - this opens up a whole new area of kitchen chatter. 

Well, as the weeks go on, it seems to get harder and harder to get those darn forms in on Mondays.  So hard that I figure a few people have just given up – and I will assume they are not playing anymore.  This makes our participation numbers drop a bit.   We now have 49 people – which is still pretty good.  What is not so good, is only 24 people were able to meet the challenge of the Monday submission request.  My  dream of hitting 60% (barely a “C” in school terms) was not to be…and this week  we slumped to a new low of 49%.   But on the up side this increases the winning odds for the weekly  draws……and who benefits this week?   Kaytlin Mullen and 
Philip  Bale.  Who likes coffee?  Who likes wearing jeans?  Let’s see who finds me first.  (PS I am off tomorrow - so the race is today or Monday...)
 
Remember my issue with no names on the forms?  I promised to publish a list of shame…wow that sort of threat works ! I had only 5 people submit a nameless form – which is significantly lower than  previous weeks. I did promise to expose their lack of attention to detail, and I really hate to do this, because  I do like all these people.  But a  promise is a promise..so here are the faltering five : Dominique, Karl, Kim, Carolyn,  Roula.

Have a great weekend all - Forms to me on Monday June 10th!