On this page, the winners from Marchathon Step Challenge 2020 are announced.

Final

The Marchathon 2020 Final Leaderboard can be viewed here. Congratulations to all of you for taking part and we hope you felt and will continue to feel the benefits, no matter where you started out from. You can download your Certificate of Achievement here.

The winners of this year’s Marchathon are listed below and well done to all!

The top teams on the Overall Leaderboard are:

The Usual Suspects – Galway Mayo IT
Innit to winnit – Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin
The School of Walk – IADT

The top teams on the Deskbased Leaderboard are:

AIT Lightwalkers – Athlone Institute of Technology
Tiocfaidh Ár Walk – Mary Immaculate College
Stepexit – Dublin City Council

The winners of the other Leaderboard prize draws are:

4^th – 10^th place draw: The Footloose Four – Rabobank Dublin
11^th – 20^th place draw: Red Hot Chili Steppers – NUI Galway
21^st – 30^th place draw: The Great Pretenders – Cook Medical
31^st – 40^th place draw: Happy Feet – Dept. Of Transport, Tourism & Sport
41^st– 50^th place draw: Sexy Boys – Tallaght University Hospital

The Organisational Winners based on participation rates are:

Best Campus: Mary Immaculate College
Best Large Workplace: Jacobs
Best Small Workplace: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

We are absolutely delighted to have won Marchathon 2020. This is third time lucky for us as we have all participated in previous challenges and really enjoyed it. We were really motivated this year after coming close previously, team morale was high and we formed a great team bond over the last month. Marchathon has been a great source of fun not only among our own team but also with other colleagues at GMIT who have enjoyed competing against each other. The banter spurred us on and encouraged us to improve our step count each week. It has inspired us to get healthier and it has really helped to de-stress and improve our mental health, especially in the current crisis. We would certainly recommend all organisations to take part, to enjoy the fun and feel the health benefits too! The Usual Suspects – Galway Mayo IT

A big thank you goes to all the Coordinators for organising Marchathon within their organisations. After careful consideration, the Best Coordinator prizes go to the following Coordinators:

Thermo Fisher Scientific – Ryan Prendergast
HPRA – Liz Giltrap
GMIT – Jayne Cooley
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland – Shane Prendergast
Cook Medical – Ciara Brosnan

Thanks to those of you who filled out our evaluation survey and we do value your feedback. After a random draw, Goody Packs will be going to:

Laois County Council – Mary Brady
University of Limerick – Sarah Keane
SEAI – Emma Zubia

Thanks to those of you who nominated your Team Captain and the following Captains will receive a €20 gift voucher:

GMIT – Aimee O’Malley
Mayo County Council – Bernie Ford
Maynooth University – David O’Loughlin
Arup – Emma Blouin
University of Limerick – Hasher Mohamed Ibrahim
Solarwinds Software – Jonathan Kenneally

Week 4

Thank you for sharing your In My Shoes stories with us. It was very difficult to choose the winners listed below. The stories can be read below:

The Week 4 Limerick competition has been won by the following participants.

– IADT – Annie Doona
– Laois County Council – Tom Curran
– Mayo County Council – Anne McCarthy
– DCU – Jonathan Farrelly
– DCU – Sarah Dillon

Week 3

Hello Steppers,

The Week 3 Leaderboard can be viewed here!

Finally for this week, the winners of the draw for the team who reached at least 10,000 steps daily on average as part of the Week 3 Virtual Challenge is:

Laois County Council – The 4%s

Thanks for all your Best of Ireland photos – the competition was fierce! The winning photos can be viewed on our website and the winners of this week’s Goody Packs are:

ARUP – Pooky Mitchell BioMarin – Sinead King

Cork City Council – Carissa Murphy Cork County Council – Michelle McCarthy

Cook Medical – Rocio Bautista Perez Trinity College Dublin – Patricia Boyle

DCU – Roberta Angioi Fineos – Dagmara Bartus de Souza

Limerick County Council – Michelle Cottam Limerick IT – Michael Gavin

Letterkenny IT – Robert Queen Mayo County Council – Paula Leavy McCarthy

Maynooth University – Angela McGInn NUI Galway – Fiona Drayne

Ronan Daly Jermyn – Sinead O’Mahony SEAI – Helena Hughes

TE Connectivity – Birte Irmer-Leins Three – Amber Short

TU Dublin – Peter May UCC – Andreea Le Cam

Congratulations and your Goody Packs will be sent out soon.

Week 2

The Week 2 Leaderboard can be viewed here.

Finally for this week, the winners of the draw for all teams who reached at least 8,500 steps daily on average as part of the Week 2 Virtual Challenge is:

Cork University Hospital – the heavy wheezers

It took a long time to decide on the winners of last week’s Limerick Competition. Well done to all and we enjoyed reading each one. This week’s Goody Packs go to:

Dublin City Council – Antonia Martin
ALD Automotive – Patricia Evenden
Mayo County Council – Ann McCarthy
Mayo County Council – Celine King
LIT – Claire Frawley
Higher Education Authority – Felicity Maxwell
Laois County Council – Mags Flynn

Congratulations and your Goody Packs will be sent out.

Week 1

The Week 1 Leaderboards are live! To view the Leaderboards:

Log into activetravellogger.ie
Select ‘View Leaderboards’ from the home screen
From here you can change the view to display the Overall Team Leaderboard, the Desk Based Team Leaderboard, and the Leaderboard for your organisation only.

Congratulations to everyone taking part and below are the winners from all Week 1 Competitions.

Finally, for this week, the winning team of the draw for the teams whose members reached at least 7,000 steps daily as part of the Week 1 Virtual Challenge is:

Cork County Council – Motor Mouths

It was really hard to decide on the winners of the Team Photo Competition. This week’s Goody Packs will be going to:

AECOM – AECOMplete Trek UCD – The March Hares

IDA Ireland – Feets On Fire NUI Galway – Children’s Studies

RPS Group – Siul na Circe

Useful Resources

There are also a number of self-standing banners available to promote Marchathon at your organisation. If you wish to borrow them, just email stepchallenge@nationaltransport.ie

Useful Links

Visit the Smarter Travel social media channels page for regular updates and tips on the challenge, and of course to see who’s in the lead!

Walktober 2020 was a fun team step challenge that ran from 5th October to 1st November 2020. It was open to staff and students of workplaces and third level campuses who are partners of the Smarter Travel Workplaces & Campus programme. Below is a list of workplaces and campuses that participated in the challenge.

Participating organisations

Workplaces

Accenture
AECOM
ALD Automotive
An Bord Pleanála
Analog Devices International
Arup
Atkins
Atlantic Therapeutics
BD Medical
BioMarin
Childrens Health Ireland
Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates
Cork City Council
Cork County Council
Cork University Hospital
DBFL Consulting Engineers
Deloitte Ireland LLP
Department of Transport
Dublin City Council
Dún Laoghiare-Rathdown County Council
eBay Ireland
ESB
Europcar
FINEOS
Henry J Lyons
IBM
IDA Ireland
Jacobs Engineering
Laois County Council
Lilly Cork GBS
Limerick City and County Council
Mason Alexander
Mayo County Council
National Transport Authority
Nikon
Northern Trust
PayPal Ireland
Ronan Daly Jermyn
Roughan & O’Donovan
Sigmar Recruitment
South Dublin County Council
Southern Regional Assembly
SSE Airtricity
St James’s Hospital
St John’s Hospital
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Takeda Ireland Bray
Tallaght University Hospital
TE Connectivity
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Toast

Campuses

Athlone Institute of Technology
Cork Institute of Technology
Dublin City University
GMIT
Institute of Art, Design & Technology
Institute of Technology Sligo
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Limerick Institute of Technology
Mary Immaculate College
Maynooth University/St. Patrick’s College
NUI Galway Students’ Union
Trinity College Dublin
TU Dublin Blanchardstown
University College Dublin
University College Cork
University of Limerick

On this page, the winners of the Walktober 2020 Step Challenge are announced.

Congratulations! Walktober Overall Winners

The Walktober 2020 Final Leaderboards are NOW LIVE!

The winners of the Walktober Step Challenge 2020 are listed below and well done to all!

The top teams on the Overall Leaderboard are:

Chasing Pavements 2.0 – Limerick City and County Council
Red Hot Chili Steppers – St. John’s Hospital Limerick
The Rockers – BD Medical

The top teams on the Desk-Based Leaderboard are:

AIT Lightwalkers – Athlone Institute of Technology
3Limk2Cork1Cat – Analog Devices
Síos an Bóthar – Children’s Health Ireland

The winners of the Overall Leaderboard Prize Draws are:

4^th – 10^th place draw: The Heavy Wheezers – Cork University Hospital
11^th – 20^th place draw: SliGO Rovers – ESB Group
21^st – 30^th place draw: No Funny Names – Institute of Art, Technology and Design
31^st – 40^th place draw: Team IT – Sigmar Recruitment
41^st– 50^th place draw: Cirque Du Sore Legs – Children’s Health Ireland

The Overall Organisational Winners are:

Best Campus: Mary Immaculate College
Best Large Workplace: Jacobs Engineering
Best Small Workplace: Toast

A big thank you goes to all the Coordinators for organising Walktober within their organisations. Every coordinator has done a fantastic job in these challenges times. After careful consideration, the Best Coordinator prizes go to the following Coordinators:

Noel Delahunty & Karen McDonnell – Limerick City and County Council
Jennifer Gyves – Eli Lilly
Anthony Buckley – Cork County Council
Joanna Brophy – NUI Galway
Ronan Dillon – Children’s Health Ireland

Thanks to those of you who nominated your Team Captain and Team Member for their hard work during Walktober. The winners are:

Team Members:

Alan Carberry – University College Cork
Helen Philpott – Eli Lilly
Veronica Ward – Athlone Institute of Technology
Fabiane Velosa – Athlone Institute of Technology
Peter Hall – Jacobs Engineering

Team Captains:

Jean Crampton – Dublin City University
Ciara Hennessy – ESB Group
Soraia Brito – Deloitte
Edward O Connor – Maynooth University
Sharon Desmond – Analog Devices

Thanks to those of you who filled out our Walktober Evaluation Survey and we do value your feedback. After a random draw, the winners are:

Catherine Redmond – Analog Devices
Birte Irmer-Leins – TE Connectivity
Louise O’Connor – Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Many thanks for taking part in Walktober this year and we hope to see you all again early next year for Marchathon.

Congratulations! Walktober Week 4 Winners

Well done to all participants who entered the Week 4 Competitions. The competition was extremely tough going into the final week.The winners for Walktober Week 4 are:

Photo Competition:

Dastardly Druids – Maynooth University Holy Walkamolies – Deloitte

Walk the Walk – Nikon Flat Out – Children’s Health Ireland

Scrambled Legs – SSE Airtricity

Limerick Competition:

Laura Anglim – Analog Devices Chris Hearn – TE Connectivity

Ciarán Maguire – AECOM Katie McLoughlin – Jacobs Engineering

Patricia O’Rourke – Laois County Council Siobhán Kelly – Department of Transport

My Walktober Story:

Lekha Menon Margassery – University College Cork
Rosa Bray – Laois County Council
Charlotte Considine – Mary Immaculate College

Virtual Challenge:

Nan’s Army – Cork University Hospital

Top 25 Draw:

Táimid reidh – Limerick IT

Congratulations! Walktober Week 3 Winners

Week 3 was a fantastic week with 838,123,001million steps completed by all participants. The number of steps walked during Week 3 was enough steps to walk the distance of a marathon (42km) over 14,970 times!

The leaderboard for Walktober Week 3 is now LIVE on our website.

The winners of last week’s competitions are:

Virtual Challenge (Weekly Team Average of 70,600 steps): TESS Galway Ladies – TE Connectivity

Top 25 Draw: No Funny Names – IADT

Team Photo Competition:

Leg Day 4.0 – AECOM Engineering Grads 2020 – ESB Group