The competitors in the Get-FitArabia Corporate Step Challenge are putting their best feet forward as the contest really hits its stride in week two.
The 230 people participating in the month-long walking challenge have been given fitness-tracker wristbands that monitor how many steps they take each day.
The two teams from Al Fara'a General Contracting continue to set the pace in first and second place, with the Step Pounders rapidly approaching the 1.5-million-steps mark and the Steppers on 1.26 million. The National's team is holding on to third place with 923,000 steps – but only just, with the J B Challengers hot on its heels with 865,000.
The 46 teams, each made up of five people, are attempting to take at least 60,000 steps a day. That’s 12,000 steps per person, which is a little more than nine kilometres, roughly equivalent to the length of Abu Dhabi’s Corniche.
The challenge has been organised by Duplays adult sport and social club. Each team that hits the 60,000 mark collectively enters a virtual draw that day for a chance to win shopping vouchers worth Dh10,000. There is also an individual lottery for those who hit 12,000 steps and another for the top 10 teams with the most number of average daily steps.
• Check out Arts&Life every Wednesday for the latest list of the top 10 teams in the GetFit- Arabia Corporate Step Challenge. Or check out the latest positions here
