Getfit@mit 2007: Another successful challenge

The 2007 getfit@mit challenge was bigger and better than ever, with a more than 20 percent increase over 2006 in participating teams and individuals. This year:

• 2,272 individuals on 335 teams registered for the challenge: 49 percent staff, 30 percent students, 21 percent other (affiliates, faculty, spouses, alumni)
• Total minutes exercised: 7,286,970
• 46 events, more than double the number in 2006
• Awarded weekly team and individual prizes worth more than $4,000
• 134 teams reached the exercise goal for at least 10 out of 12 weeks and were eligible for the grand prize drawing. The grand prize winner was buff2@bates.
• Two individuals won the first-ever Onward and Upward prizes for entering minutes every week and showing an overall increase in exercise minutes (about 1,100 participants were eligible for this drawing)