Welcome to Cardio Mania!
Feb 17th - March 30th
This is a fantastic virtual and in-person challenge that allows you to participate anywhere.
Let's Get Moving!
If you have participated in Cardio Trek or Cyclemania, well Cardio Mania is a combination of both!
Whether you're a beginner or looking for an extra challenge, this program is designed for you! Let this program help to challenge yourself each week with trying different activities or improving your time, distance or the number of activities for each week. During the 6-weeks, members will work on accumulating overall distance, time and number of activities along with mini challenges each week.
For cyclist the MS 150 will be April 26-27, 2025. Starting points at Houston and Austin and ending Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Strava can help with tracking your training for the long bike ride. Along with incorporating strength training to improve the muscles for cycling and good stretches to help recover. Check out some of the Darebee workouts and stretches.
Special Events:
- Cycle pop-up class in the WL1 lobby, Thursday, Feb 20th. 11:30AM (full)
- Weekly Mini challenges
- FAQ session to help with an introduction to using the Strava app, date to be announced
- Training tools such as the Volt App to supplement your cardio workouts
- Rodeo Run March 1st – join bp fitness running group
- Articles and Darbee Workouts!
Each week will have a different theme:
- Weeks 1 & 4 – Tracking Time (Recognize for most overall time in a week)
- Weeks 2 & 5 – Tracking Distance (Recognize for overall longest distance in miles in a week)
- Weeks 3 & 6 – Tracking Activities (Most Activities Recorded i.e., Yoga, strength training, HIIT in a week)
How to join:
- Download the free Strava app Join bpfc Cardio Club to start tracking your activities!
- Weekly updates, tips and articles to complement and encourage your workouts--posted on Yammer and in Strava!
Prizes:
- Raffle prizes for overall time, longest distance, and most activities recorded at the end of challenge!
- Weekly giveaways for top 20 on the leaderboard for Time, Distance and # of Activities during weeks 1, 2 and 3
See the top 20 leaderboard at the bottom of the page and look in the Strava Cardio Club for the full leaderboard.
Check out this link to help with setting up the Strava app. It also shows how to manually log activites and to connect the strava app to smart watches.
Darebee is a resource that offers a variety of workout that you can download and print all for free. We selected a few exercise collections for you to choose from - feel free to explore the sites different workouts, programs and challenges at Darebee.com
Check out our FAQ seminar below.
In it, Tara Evans shows instructions on how to download and use Strava.
FAQ Seminar for Cardio Mania
Local Activity Points
If you need well being points and you haven't completed a 5k or 10k, you can sign-up and join the "bp Fitness" group for the upcoming Houston Rodeo Run on Saturday, March 1st (the race is sold out, but you can possibly sign up for the virtual run option)
bp fitness will also be having our own fun runs with Memorial Run to Remember in May, Zombie Run in October, turkey Trot in November and reindeer Run in December. All of them are 5k run or walk starting at Energy Park going through Terry Hershey Park along with a virtual option using the Strava app.
- Well being Points - bp employees are able to earn well being points with doing the 5k run/walk - 75 points, 10k run/walk - 125 points. These points are good for 1 time during the year.
5k or 10k run/walk - To earn your points, complete the race at the event or virtually on your own. Then log into your Thrive portal for WebMD and put in you completed the race. No proof is needed, you will put in the date you completed the race.
Million Step Challenge - bp employees can earn points towards the Million Steps Challenge and quarterly Active Minutes Challenge by wearing your tracking device when training. Make sure your device is synced to the Thrive portal to make those steps count!
- For any questions about Local Activity Points, call the WebMD helpline at 888-343-9862 or e-mail Christa Alvarez
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Cardio Mania 25 Leader Board!
Week 1 - Time
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Time
1 Katelyn Nguy - 16H 57m
2 Shermin Syamim - 15H 58m
3 Sara Falk - 15H 58m
4 Leonardo Chin - 13H 57m
5 Bill Thomas - 12H 7m
6 Zack Dorman - 11H 56m
7 Guy Chapman - 11H 56m
8 Regina Massingill - 11H 40m
9 Ryan Cadenhead - 11H 35m
10 David Lackenby - 11H 13m
11 Erik Suchack - 10H 32m
12 Curtis Braun - 10H 4m
13 Humberto Saenz - 9H 24m
14 Tyler Wight - 9H 23m
15 Tram Mai - 8H 58m
16 Bryan Dotson - 8H 38m
17 Douglas Faron - 8H 37m
18 Colby Rivet - 8H 23m
19 Debbie Kercho - 8H 23m
20 Matt Layman - 8H 14m
Week 4 - Time
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Time
1 Tuffli Nguyen - 23H 7m
2 Sara Falk - 19H 53m
3 Mo Kudchadker - 14H 26m
4 Guy Chapman - 14H 15m
5 Katelyn Nguy - 14H 5m
6 Leonardo Chin - 13H 20m
7 Bryan Dotson - 12H 39m
8 Erik Suchak - 11H 43m
9 Debbie Kercho - 11H 25m
10 Bill Thomas - 11H 16m
11 Todd Weimer - 10H 53m
12 Katie Storts Karim - 10H 38m
13 Curtis Braun - 9H 47m
14 Colby Rivet - 9H 36m
15 Regina Massingill - 9H 30m
16 Henry Quigley - 9H 15m
17 Iga Pawelec - 9H10m
18 Douglas Faron - 8H 45m
19 Tram Mai - 8H 44m
20 Daniel Pinkston - 8H 37m
Week 2 - Distance
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Distance
1 Bill Thomas - 283.7 mi
2 David Lackenby - 208.7 mi
3 Bryan Dotson - 205.1 mi
4 Katelyn Nguy - 188.3 mi
5 Tuffli Nguyen - 164.8 mi
6 Zack Dorman - 161.5 mi
7 Colby Rivet - 99.5 mi
8 Juan sierra - 93.4 mi
9 Daniel Pinkston - 90.2 mi
10 Edward Fundora - 78.1 mi
11 Douglas Faron - 77.2 mi
12 Todd Weimer - 71.3 mi
13 Mike Mueller - 68.9 mi
14 Dutch Quigley - 65.3 mi
15 Curtis Braun - 62.5 mi
16 Richard Gouriet - 58.6 mi
17 JP Fielder 55.6 mi
18 Wendy Reyes - 50.6 mi
19 Debbi Kercho - 48.9 mi
20 Sveta Cremona - 47.4 mi
Week 5 - Distance
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Distance
1 Bill Thomas - 202.5 mi
2 David Lackenby - 181.1 mi
3 Bryan Dotson - 156.9 mi
4 Zack Dorman - 139.4 mi
5 Danny Gallagher - 131.0
6 Juan Sierra - 124.8 mi
7 Katelyn Nguy - 121.3 mi
8 Edward Fundora - 118.3 mi
9 Todd Weimer - 104.2 mi
10 Tyler Wight - 101.1 mi
11 Douglas Faron - 88.4 mi
12 Maria Di Bonaventura-81.6 mi
13 Luke Francis - 80.7 mi
14 Godwin Mariadson - 70.5 mi
15 Dutch Quigley - 60.2 mi
16 Curtis Braun - 59.9 mi
17 Colby Rivet - 57.6 mi
18 Kelly Orbell - 46.6 mi
19 Tuffli Nguyen - 44.8 mi
20 Mo Kudchadker - 44.4 mi
Week 3 - Activities
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Number of Activities
1 Erik Suchak - 23
2 Sara Falk - 20
3 Tram Mai - 20
4 Jim Shinn - 17
5 Curtis Braun - 16
6 Bryan Dotson - 16
7 Todd Weimer - 15
8 Douglas Faron - 15
9 Crystal Ring - 14
10 Andrew Hardin - 13
11 Debbie Kercho - 13
12 Henry "Dutch" Quigley - 13
13 Katelyn Nguy - 13
14 Terra Burton - 11
15 Jennifer Villinski - 11
16 Daniel Pinkston - 11
17 Nabin Khanal - 10
18 Mo Kudchadker - 10
19 Iga Pawelec - 10
20 John Wloch - 10
Week 6 - Activities
Top 20 on the Leaderboard for the Most Number of Activities
1 Tram Mai - 21
2 Bryan Dotson - 20
3 Debbie Kecho - 17
4 Erik Suchak - 17
5 Douglas Faron - 17
6 Daniel Pinkston - 16
7 Sara Falk - 16
8 Curtis Braun -15
9 Israel Garcia Jr - 15
10 Jim Shinn - 14
11 Ryan Cadenhead - 13
12 Humberto Saenz - 13
13 Crystal Ring - 13
14 Eric Longman - 12
15 Guy Chapman - 12
16 Katelyn Nguy - 12
17 Sarah Abrams - 11
18 Matthew Clanahan - 11
19 Deborah Brown - 11
20 Nabin Khanal - 10
Total Time
Top 20 Overall Leaderboard for Overall Time
1 Sara Falk - 1 day 11h 51m
2 Katelyn Nguy - 1 day 7h 2m
3 Tuffli Nguyen - 1 day 4h 24m
4 Leonardo Chin - 1 day 3h 17m
5 Todd Weimer - 1 day 3h 11m
6 Guy Chapman - 1 day 2h 11m
7 Bill Thomas - 23h 23m
8 Erik Suchak - 22h 15m
9 Bryan Dotson - 21h 17m
10 Mo Kudchadker - 21h 16m
11 Nabin Khanal - 21h 16m
12 Curtis Braun - 19h 51m
13 Debbie Kercho - 19h 48m
14 Zack Dorman 18h 57m
15 Tram Mai - 18h 32m
16 David Lackenby 18h 22m
17 Colby Rivet 17h 59m
18 Douglas Faron 17h 22m
19 Tyler Wight 17h 20m
20 Dutch Quigley - 16h 25m
Total Distance
Top 20 Leaderboard for Total Overall Distance
1 Bill Thomas - 486.2 mi
2 David Lackenby - 389.4 mi
3 Bryan Dotson - 362.0 mi
4 Katelyn Nguy - 309.6 mi
5 Zack Dorman - 300.9 mi
6 Juan Sierra - 218.2 mi
7 Tuffli Nguyen - 209.8 mi
8 Edward Fundora - 196.4
9 Todd Weimer - 175.5 mi
10 Douglas Faron - 165.6 mi
11 Colby Rivet - 157.1 mi
12 Daniel Pinkston - 142.3 mi
13 Danny Gallagher - 131.0 mi
14 Dutch Quigley - 125.5 mi
15 Tyler Wight - 123.5 mi
16 Curtis Braun - 122.4 mi
17 Luke Francis - 122.3 mi
18 Godwin Mariadson - 97.5 mi
19 Maria Di Bonaventura-94.7 mi
20 Debbie Kercho - 92.8 mi
Total # of Activities
Top 20 Leaderboard for Overal # of Activities
1 Tram Mai - 41
2 Erik Suchack - 40
3 Bryan Dotson - 36
4 Sara Falk - 36
5 Douglas Faron - 32
6 Curtis Braun - 31
7 Jim Shinn - 31
8 Debbie Kercho - 30
9 Daniel Pinkston - 27
10 Crystal Ring - 27
11 Katelyn Nguy - 25
12 Dutch Quigley - 23
13 Todd Weimer - 22
14 Ryan Cadenhead - 21
15 Israel Garcia Jr - 20
16 Andrew Hardin - 20
17 Nabin Khanal - 20
18 Mo Kudchadker - 19
19 Sarah Abrams - 19
20 Matthew Clanahan - 19