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Walk The Rock: The Winner is …

by Kathleen Minihan · Jun 14, 2017

Congratulations on completing your 6-week challenge. This year’s weather forced us to find creative ways to get our steps in, but you all did not disappoint. If anything, this weather was one example of the everyday challenges we face to stay active. When you do come across those challenges be kind and patient with yourself, and know trying your best will always be enough.

Walk the rock

Three tips to carry with you as you continue on your journey.

1. Take it day by day: Some days you are more active than others, and that’s OK. It is so important to find balance in your life. Embrace and respect that there will be days that you are too busy or exhausted to squeeze in more activity. Instead of focusing on what you didn’t accomplish, or think you should do, listen to what your body is telling you it needs. If you’re itching to take a long walk or a yoga class, do it. The same thing goes when your body is calling for a day on the couch watching bad TV.

2. Find the joy: Movement should never be something you dread, or used as punishment for eating a “bad” food, or taking a day off from exercise. Forcing yourself through a workout is not sustainable and most likely the routine will die faster than it began. Instead try new activities, new instructors, new friends in fitness to figure out what builds you up and makes you feel good.

3. Never give up:  There will be weeks where you put you exercise routine on the back burner, but don’t use that as an excuse to give up entirely. Instead, pick up where you left off, or try and fit in 10 min intervals throughout the day. After all, something is always better than nothing.

Testimonials

Here are a few of the highlights that were shared with us. 

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– J.G. Walk this Way

“Thank you so much for putting this together. It has brought out a fierce determination to get up earlier and out further, and, ironically, a true appreciation for stillness.”

– L.S. Cisco Disco

“Walk the Rock reintroduced me to the joys of walking. My daily goal moving forward is to put down the cell phone, take out the ear buds and traverse the diverse landscapes of our Island with gratitude for it’s beautiful vistas, sounds and smells. I’m honored to have led a team of strong women who value their emotional and physical wellbeing while balancing the demands of work and family.”

– L.S. Fish Out of Water

 “During this challenge I started to walk to and from work 3 to 4 times a week, which is 3.5 miles. I really enjoy the walk which cleared my head and helped in reducing stress. I am sleeping better and just feel so much better. I will keep it up even after the challenge.”

-K.L. Fish Out of Water

Thank you to all of you who shared your thoughts with us. We hope all participants will join us again for our next Walk the Rock Team Walking Challenge!

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The Prize

 We are so very grateful that The Yoga Room has donated 2 class passes to each member of the winning team. In addition to the yoga passes, each team member will receive a 1-hour Nutrition Consultation at MiniNutrition.

If you have yet to take a class at The Yoga Room, I couldn’t be more of an advocate. My experience with yoga has provided me with so much more than a good stretch. It has taught me how to respect my body and fitness ability for what it is, and ultimately led me to a more active life.  The Yoga Room is such a supportive space with a wonderful staff of knowledgable instructors. It is an ideal space to try your first yoga class or pickup where you left of.

To all WTR participants 

Your journey toward health does not need to end here. Receive 10% off any nutrition consultation or package with MiniNutrition from now until July 14th. 

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Meet Michel

Walk the rock

A few of you have been emailing with Michel over the past six weeks, and I wanted to take a moment to introduce him to those of you who have yet to meet him.

Originally from the Netherlands, Michel moved to Nantucket about three years ago. Being from a country that uses self propelled transportation as much as possible, he is a huge advocate for walking and biking for both exercise, and transportation. In an effort to inspire this community to take advantage of our many bike paths and miles of open space he created a walking challenge for his colleagues during his first year on island. The challenge was such a success that it became obvious that invitation to participate be extended to the community as a whole. The next year we joined forces to create Walk the Rock.

To say I could not have organized this walk without him would be an understatement. If you see Michel out walking or running around the island send him a thank you wave.

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The winning team is…

Congratulations to “Walk the Way” – Janet Giles, Andrea Maher, Shannon Caires, and Hope Consilvio

Walk the Rock Team Cumulative Ranking

1 Walk this Way 3178814
2 Rock Walkers 3088240
3 Take a Hike 3077622
4 Walkashores 2976616
5 Rantum Scooters 2656621
6 Walk It Like It’s Hot 2618511
7 Cisco Disco 2615434
8 Fish Out of Water 2502700
9 GOYA 2415937
10 No Mo Junk in Da Trunk 2311376
11 Les Promeneurs 2222899
12 Book it! 2212322
13 FitB*tches 2140267
14 Three Girls and a Guy 2127106
15 This is Us 2119348
16 Ladies of the Rock…LOTR 2105136
17 Heart and Soles 2013762
18 Tread Lightly 1901425
19 The CPS Girls 1849107
20 Team Suh Dude 1756058
21 Wild Women 1679413
22 Rockin’ Rovers 1608040
23 Slow Motion to the Ocean 1590495
24 Happy feet 1581337
25 Step Sisters 1530461
26 Fit Friends 1526061
27 ACK Steppers 1276812
28 We like to move it move it 1265331

Top 10 Steppers

Name Total Steps
1 Lee Sherry 1138229
2 Jeff Fox 1091352
3 Kara Carlson 957240
4 Shannon Caires 956735
5 Sarah Travaglione 877030
6 Mary Casey 864914
7 Deanna McCormack 848005
8 Andrea Maher 808016
9 Lois Hutchinson 787162
10 Janet Giles 779072

Week 6 Team Totals

Team Name Total Steps
1 Walk this Way 718263
2 Take a Hike 661210
3 Walkashores 533753
4 Rock Walkers 497327
5 Walk It Like It’s Hot 464730
6 Rantum Scooters 451436
7 No Mo Junk in Da Trunk 441323
8 Fish Out of Water 437176
9 Les Promeneurs 387654
10 Three Girls and a Guy 384259
11 Book it! 379524
12 This is Us 355151
13 Heart and Soles 350834
14 Team Suh Dude 341992
15 Ladies of the Rock…LOTR 340267
16 Cisco Disco 335132
17 FitB*tches 334500
18 The CPS Girls 322962
19 Tread Lightly 321810
20 Wild Women 315655
21 Step Sisters 307135
22 GOYA 299955
23 Rockin’ Rovers 276767
24 Fit Friends 276362
25 Slow Motion to the Ocean 268432
26 Happy feet 249333
27 ACK Steppers 216449
28 We like to move it move it 0

Week 6 – Top 10 Steppers

Name Total Steps
1 Kara Carlson 235233
2 Janet Giles 206863
3 Andrea Maher 193948
4 Shannon Caires 191250
5 Jeff Fox 170249
6 Deanna McCormack 166947
7 Maeve Harrington 162314
8 Kevin Dineen 143854
9 Lois Hutchinson 142225
10 Sarah Travaglione 140765

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