St. Paul 100 Mile Challenge

The St. Paul 100 Mile challenge is an exciting way to take your running and walking to a new level. The challenge is to run or walk 100 miles or more starting on February 18 and ending May 18. That is just slightly over 1 mile per day. This will be an exciting way to integrate exercise and fitness as part of an overall healthier lifestyle throughout the community, and encourage and grow participation in the races St. Paul host annually.

Start/End Dates

February 18 – May 18, 2019

Participation

Everyone is welcome to participate and can enter as an individual or as part of an organization. Tracking sheets are available for download from our website or may be picked up at the town hall.

Eligible miles:

What Miles Count?                        

• Miles run or walked outside of normal business activity.
• Miles run or walked on a treadmill.

What Miles Do Not Count?

Miles accrued using an elliptical machine, stair stepper, bike, scooter, skateboard, roller blades / skates, or any other machine. These all do NOT count. The only machine you can use is a treadmill.

Where Can I walk?

The trails in town are already measured and offer a very easy way to track your miles. The town of St. Paul offers the 1-mile loop around Oxbow Lake and also a half mile loop on the Blue Bell Island trail loop. These are not the only places you can walk; we just encourage you to be active and walk or run whenever you have the opportunity.

FAQs

How do I join an organization or a team?

First, let’s explain the difference between an organization and a team. Any individual who joins the Challenge can align themselves with an organization – this may be your place of work or a community group, church group.

Teams are just a group of friends that want to compete but are not aligned with a community group or business. So, as an example, you would just need to form a team name and make sure everyone on your team used that on your tracking form.

Joining an Organization/Team

If your business or community group would like to compete just make sure the organization or team name is on the tracking form, simple as that. If you don’t want to affiliate yourself with an organization, you may simply choose “None.”

Do I have to enter miles every day or can I enter them once a week as a weekly total? 

Or tracking form will be set up for daily tracking. This is a very basic form and will work off the honor system. If you are not walking on a measured trail or track, we encourage you to use a phone app or pedometer (FitBit or similar product).

I would like to continue tracking my walked miles after the Challenge.

Mileage tracking is for the fitness challenge only. However, there are many devices that you can utilize to track your miles once the Challenge is over. Many cell phones and iPods offer a pedometer and there is also a product called a FitBit. We encourage you to utilize one of these methods as you continue your quest for a healthy lifestyle! Stay active throughout the year and we may have another change in the Fall of 2018.

When will other sports be added?

The St. Paul 100 Mile Challenge is a run/walk challenge that maintains the momentum for a healthy lifestyle. After completion of, if we plan to review participation and gauge if the Town’s Recreation Department should offer other activities.

Why don’t elliptical machines or swimming count?

The 100 Mile Challenge is a run / walk challenge that has a competitive element to it. The reliability of mileage tracking elliptical machines and other mechanical devices varies so it becomes practically impossible to compare miles logged on different machines, i.e., ellipticals likely understate the mileage. We do, however, allow miles logged on a treadmill, which provides more accurate tracking.

Competitions / Awards

Individual Competitions

• Top 3 Overall – Individuals with highest total mileage, walkers and runners
• Top 3 Youth Walkers/Runners – Youth with highest total miles, not included in the Overall

Organization/Team Competitions

There are two organization level competitions

Total organization mileage – Prize awarded to the organization with the highest total recorded mileage
Average organization mileage per participant – Prize awarded to the organization with the highest average mileage, based on total organization mileage divided by the number of organizational participants.

At the end of the Challenge, the organizations that win these competitions will be recognized.  Only organizations with 3 or more participants in the Challenge are eligible for the “Organization-Average Miles” prize.

Awards & Recognition:

Individual awards– Awards will be given to the Top 3 individual participants, i.e., the three participants who complete and record the most miles during the challenge period. Additional awards will be presented to the Top 3 Youth who were not one of the top 3 overall winners.

Organization awards – Certificates will be used to recognize organizational excellence

Highest recorded mileage for an organization

Highest average mileage for an organization

*Only organizations with 3 or more participants in the Challenge are eligible for the “Organization-Average Miles” prize.

Awards and prizes will be given out during the Clinch River Days Festival.