Walk Across Tennessee 2017
WALK DATES: April 17 - June 11
A Fun and Fitness Challenge…
To Get You Moving More
General Guidelines
1. Teams are made up of 8 walkers/runners or 4 runners. Teams can have fewer members but not more.
2. “Under 500” teams are for groups that have not been physically active.
3. Activity equivalents are permitted according to the “Walk Across Tennessee Mileage Equivalents for
Exercise Activities” chart.
4. Walking mileage for exercise beyond a person’s usual daily activities counts.
5. Team members do not have to walk together but can provide encouragement to one another.
6. It is helpful if the team captain has email.
7. One person can coordinate multiple teams but can only walk on one team.
Registration: Closes Thursday, April 13 @ 5 pm
1. Online and printable registration forms are available at https://tiny.utk.edu/watmad.
2. Completing online registration:
a. Team captain should complete one team registration form.
b. Each team member plus the captain must complete an individual registration form for liability
purposes.
c. Online registration is completed when a “thank you” message appears after clicking “submit”.
3. Completing paper registration:
a. Team captain: Collect and turn in 1 team and 8 individual registration forms to UT / TSU Extension –
Madison County, 309 N. Parkway, Jackson; fax to 731-668-8440; or scan and email to
[email protected].
4. Amy Elizer will contact team captain/co-captain if information is incomplete.
Reporting: Mondays starting April 24
1. Sometime during the first week of the walk, each team captain (and co-captain if the team has one) will
receive an email from Amy Elizer with a link for online reporting.
2. Team members should report mileage to their captain at the end of walking on Sundays starting Apr. 23.
3. Team captains collect and report weekly mileage by Monday at 5 p.m. starting Apr. 24.
4. Space will be included at the online survey link for any success stories that team members have to share.
Walk Across Tennessee
Mileage Equivalents
for Exercise Activities
Activity
Aerobics (low impact)
Aerobics (moderate)
Aerobics (high impact)
Basketball
Bicycling (leisurely)
Bicycling (moderate)
Bicycling (vigorous)
Bowling
Dancing (all types)
Elliptical
Fencing
Football
Gardening
Golf (walking)
Hiking (general)
Hiking (20 - 42 lb. load)
Jump rope (slow)
Jump rope (mod./fast)
Kickboxing/Karate
Pilates
Resistance Training
Rollerblading
Rowing (kayaking)
Rowing (moderate)
Running (6 min. mile)
Running (7 min. mile)
Time to Equal 1
Mile
16 minutes
13 minutes
11 minutes
11 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
8 minutes
20 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
12 minutes
9 minutes
11 minutes
8 minutes
7 minutes
20 minutes
27 minutes
10 minutes
27 minutes
13 minutes
6 minutes
7 minutes
Activity
Time to Equal 1 Mile
Running (8 min. mile)
Running (9 min. mile)
Skating
Skiing (cross-country)
Skiing (down-hill)
Soccer
Stationary Bicycling (light)
Stationary Bicycling (moderate)
Stationary Bicycling (vigorous)
Stretching
Swimming (leisure)
Swimming (moderate)
Swimming (treading)
Swimming (vigorous)
Tai Chi
Tennis
Treadmill
Volleyball (game)
Volleyball (leisure)
Walking/Jogging
Water Aerobics
Wii Fit
Weightlifting
Yoga
Yard Work
Wii Fit©
8 minutes
9 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
16 minutes
11 minutes
8 minutes
3 hr. 33 minutes
15 minutes
12 minutes
41 minutes
9 minutes
24 minutes
10 minutes
1 mile = 1 mile
9 minutes
23 minutes
20 minutes
20 minutes
15 minutes
27 minutes
40 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes