CVS has announced the return of its popular Team Distance Challenge.
Here, teams of colleagues throughout CVS compete to see who can go the farthest over a four week period.
The Team Distance Challenge is open to all colleagues within CVS, at any fitness level. Teams are made up of five people, with one nominated team captain.
To take part colleagues just need to walk, run, swim, cycle or row as far as they can over a four week period. Prizes are awarded to the winning teams, both for distances covered and for each of the challenges that are held.
There is also a range of challenges where additional prizes can be earned. Examples from last year include ‘photography bingo’, where teams had to collect photos of buildings or objects when they were out exercising - including a church, a waterfall and a trig point.
Last year CVS had 128 teams and 612 competitors who travelled a total weighted distance of 155,157km, or around 96,410 miles, which is over 12 times round the earth!
The CVS Team Distance Challenge competition will run from the 4th March to the 31st March. Eligible sports include walking and running (combined), cycling, swimming and rowing. Each discipline is be weighted to give an overall score, for example, 1km of running will be worth more points than 1km of cycling. The registration deadline is Friday 1st March.