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.

Special Events:

Cycle pop-up class in the WL1 lobby, date to be announced
Weekly Mini challenge
Training tools such as the Volt App to supplement your cardio workouts
Rodeo Run March 1^st – join bp fitness running group
Articles and Darbee Workouts!
FAQ session to help with an introduction to using the Strava app, date to be announced

If you are not wanting to use the Strava app that is ok. We will have a forms sheet for you to put in your activities for each day.

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:

Top prizes for overall time, longest distance, and most activities recorded at the end of challenge!
Weekly giveaways for mini weekly challenges!

*For your walks to count on the Strava leaderboard, you will need to log any walks in Strava as "running."

Local Activity Points

If needing well being points and you haven't run/walk a 5k or even a 10k this year then you still have time to sign-up for a Fun Run. This can be done by participating in one of our 5k fall fun runs or a local 5k / 10k race.

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 run/walk - To earn your points, complete the race at your own pace, time it yourself, and report back to the race organizer it was logged in Strava. Then log into your Thrive portal for WebMD and put in you completed the virtual race. No proof is needed, you will put in the date you completed the race.
10k run/walk or Sprint Duathlon (5k run/20k bike/2.5 run) - Complete any run, walk or bike event that is 10k (6.2 miles) or longer and earn 125 points.The way to earn wellbeing points for a community event (10k+ run, walk, or bike event) is to complete the race at your own pace, time it yourself, and report back your time to the race organizer. Then, upload proof of completion to your StayWell portal. Proof of completion may include: a picture of yourself at the event, results with time/name/website, or an email of your race completion from the race organizer.
*Questions on how to upload your proof of completion to WebMD? Call the WebMD Helpline at 888-343-9862.
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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!
If anyone has any questions about Local Activity Points, call the WebMD helpline at 888-343-9862 or e-mail Christa Alvarez