Week one is in the WAT history books. Put your hands together for logging

25792.35 total miles. There are 137 teams registered with 124 teams who

have reported. Teams with the wrong start date are not included in this

week’s totals. Hopefully, the start dates will be corrected by the captains.

Welcome to Week 2 Walk Across Texas 2018

Important Dates–at-a-Glance

Celebrating 21 Years of WAT Brazos County

T e x a s A & M A g r i L i f e E x t e n s i o n

Brazos County Walk Across Texas 2018

February 22, 2018

Solo Walkers and Team Captains record your team’s physical activity weekly by Tuesday at 12:00 noon for newsletter purposes.

If you have snapshots of your team in action, upcoming team or community fitness events, or stories please email them to Flora Williams at fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu.

Weekly e-blast will arrive on or before Thursday of each week.

WAT dates—February 10- April 6, 2018 Week 1: February 10-16, 2018 Week 2: February 17-February 23, 2018 Week 3: February 24-March 2, 2018 Week 4: March 3-9, 2018 Recharge Event, March 8, 2018; Wolf Pen Creek Week 5: March 10-16, 2018 Week 6: March 17-23, 2018 Week 7: March 24-30, 2018 Week 8: March 31-April 6, 2018 Last day to enter miles and wrap up forms—April 13, 2018

What’s in a Team Name… View Team or Individual Progress

Inquiring minds want to know...how did you come up with your team’s name? The story of team W.A.I.T.8: “W.A.I.T. 8 is our name. We have someone on our team walking in Washington State, Arizona, Idaho and Texas.”

-Team Captain, Barb Herrman Speaking of names...here’s a correction from last week’s Who’s Who list of Kickoff Attendees: Leah Ker is actually spelled Leah Kerr

1. “There’s no BS, U, in these shoes!” 2. 3 Dean Soup 3. 7 Deadly Shins 4. A Team 5. A Walk to Remember 6. A Walking We Will Go! 7. AABS Above And Beyond Strides 8. ALL EAHRs 2018 9. APCC Theme Team 10. ARCH Marchers 11. ARCHI 8 12. Are We There Yet 13. Beast Mode Recsters 14. Beckys Toddling Troop 15. Benchletes 16. Benchlikins 17. Beutel Beauties 18. Beutel Strudels 19. Blue Team 20. Bluebonnet Bunch 21. Brazos County Walking Warriors 22. Bryan ISD TSC Team A 23. Bryan ISD TSC Team B 24. Bryan ISD TSC Team C 25. BTHO Walking 26. Bush School Office of Energetic Ex-

ercisers 27. Bushwalkers 28. BUSI Walk Implementers 29. CATs 30. CEDP Movers and Shakers 31. CEOS 32. Chemistry Staffers 33. Chicks with Kicks 34. Chocolate Walkers 35. Christopher We Be Walken! 36. Cirque de Sore Legs 37. CONquerors 38. CONtinual Motion 39. CS Squares Team One 40. CS Squares Team Two 41. CVM Busy Bees 42. Detour de Arlington 43. Diamonds in the rough 44. Division of ReSOREch 45. Duces Tecum 46. Dynacisers 2018 47. Easier Said Than Run

48. Elliott Big Hat 49. Ewok in the Park 50. Family Fitness Feud 51. Fit for Duty 52. Flab U Less 8 53. Fleet feet 54. Heart And Sole 55. Holy Walkamole 56. Holy Walkamolies 57. Holy Walkamolies #1 58. HROE Professional Development 59. IBT Roadrunners 60. IGY6 61. In It to Thin It 62. incandECENt Gigawalkers 63. JustDOIT 64. Justin and the Pussycats 65. Keep Austin Walking Weird 66. Kendalls army 67. Kickin Asphalt 68. Kickin Asphalt 69. Kiss My Asphalt 70. Kiss My Asphalt 71. Left TAP Shoe 72. Lets Get Fiscal 73. Longius ligula 74. Look whos Walking 75. Marcommas 76. Marthas Minions 77. Miles in Mascara 78. Nervous Recs 79. Not Fast Just Furious 80. Off Like a Kilt 81. On your Left 82. Ponderous 83. Powerhouse Team 84. PPRI School of Walk 85. PPRI Walkers 86. Public Partnership and Outreach

Team A 87. Public Partnership and Outreach

Team B 88. Rad Runners 89. Red Team 90. RELLIS RAMBLERS 91. Residence Life Team 1 92. Right TAP Shoe 93. Risky Resources

94. Rock the Pavement 95. SBS Kiss My ALS 96. Seven Groovy Chicks and an Old

Dude 97. Shut Up And Walk With Me 98. Small Animal Dream Team 99. SOBAcisers 100.Sole Patrol 101.Sole Train 102.Stack Stompers 103.Stat Steppers 104.Step Potential 105.Steppers in the Name of Love 106.STEPS Do The Math 107.StuAct Steppers 108.Student Health Services MC2 109.Swifties 110.Tail Draggers 111.Take a Walk on the Mild Side 112.Talent Ed 113.TCALL Trailblazers 114.TCALL Walkers 1 115.Team Grit 116.Team StuAct 117.Team Walk This Way 118.The Dogs Are Barking 119.The Hugbanks Hikers 120.The Left Overs 121.The Pharmacy Sole Train 122.The Poor Unfortunate Soles 123.The Walking Ped 124.The Wayfarers 125.These Dogs Are Made For Walking 126.TTI ViPs 127.Vixen Voyagers 128.W.A.I.T. 8 129.Walk It Out 130.WALK THIS WAY 131.Walking our Asphalt 132.Walking Warriors 133.Wannabes 134.WAT a Bunch of Losers! 135.Will Walk For Wine 136.WW Warriors 137.Your Pace or Mine If your team’s name is missing, it is likely the wrong start date was selected.

Revised List of Teams (as of Tuesday)

1 CEOS (8 walkers) 261.58 2 SOBAcisers (8 walkers) 191.00 Total Miles: 452.58

1 Small Animal Dream Team (8 walkers) 550.08 2 The Dogs Are Barking (8 walkers) 524.00 3 PPRI Walkers (8 walkers) 448.50 4 CVM Busy Bees (8 walkers) 414.49 5 PPRI School of Walk (8 walkers) 406.10 6 Sole Patrol (8 walkers) 362.45 7 Sole Train (8 walkers) 321.00 8 Your Pace or Mine (8 walkers) 317.64 9 Marthas Minions (8 walkers) 285.30 10 CEDP Movers and Shakers (8 walkers) 280.16 11 On your Left (8 walkers) 278.86 12 Chicks with Kicks (8 walkers) 270.30 13 IBT Roadrunners (8 walkers) 261.62 14 Nervous Recs (8 walkers) 256.00 15 Look whos Walking (8 walkers) 255.04 16 The Pharmacy Sole Train (8 walkers) 255.01 17 The Poor Unfortunate Soles (7 walkers) 244.58 18 Fleet feet (8 walkers) 240.64 19 Team StuAct (8 walkers) 232.32

20 Justin and the Pussycats (5 walk-ers) 222.54 21 JustDOIT (8 walkers) 221.54 22 WAT a Bunch of Losers! (8 walkers) 211.00 23 These Dogs Are Made For Walk-ing (7 walkers) 190.61 24 HROE Professional Develop-ment (7 walkers) 189.14 25 TCALL Walkers 1 (8 walkers) 187.36 26 Residence Life Team 1 (8 walk-ers) 187.31 27 ALL EAHRs 2018 (8 walkers) 179.68 28 StuAct Steppers (8 walkers) 174.13 29 STEPS Do The Math (8 walkers) 173.63 30 Bushwalkers (8 walkers) 172.06 31 CONtinual Motion (8 walkers) 168.62 32 Left TAP Shoe (6 walkers) 166.16 33 Public Partnership and Outreach Team A (8 walkers) 165.00 34 Diamonds in the rough (8 walk-ers) 164.17 35 TCALL Trailblazers (8 walkers) 162.65 36 Christopher We Be Walken! (8 walkers) 158.29 37 Holy Walkamolies (8 walkers) 153.78 38 Vixen Voyagers (8 walkers) 151.83 39 Wannabes (8 walkers) 150.52 40 Kickin Asphalt (8 walkers) 139.00 41 Bush School Office of Energetic Exercisers (8 walkers) 129.90 42 Talent Ed (5 walkers) 123.94 43 Chocolate Walkers (8 walkers) 117.94

44 Stat Steppers (8 walkers) 111.00 45 A Team (8 walkers) 93.30 46 Beutel Strudels (5 walkers) 84.50 47 Beutel Beauties (8 walkers) 67.71 48 APCC Theme Team (7 walkers) 22.00 49 Student Health Services MC2 (8 walkers) 21.10 50 Chemistry Staffers (6 walkers) 0.00 51 Powerhouse Team (1 walkers) 0.00 52 Will Walk For Wine (4 walkers) 0.00 53 Stack Stompers (8 walkers) 0.00 Total Miles: 10664.50

1 Red Team (8 walkers) 333.27 2 WALK THIS WAY (8 walkers) 324.00 3 Brazos County Walking Warri-ors (8 walkers) 210.29 4 Duces Tecum (7 walkers) 175.25 5 Blue Team (8 walkers) 150.18 Total Miles: 1192.99

Teams by Organizations

Texas A&M University System

Texas A&M University

Brazos County

1 Cirque de Sore Legs (8 walk-ers) 415.00 2 Take a Walk on the Mild Side (8 walkers) 319.07 3 Rock the Pavement (8 walk-ers) 303.04 4 BUSI Walk Implementers (8 walkers) 259.10 5 Swifties (8 walkers) 258.00 6 Walking our Asphalt (8 walkers) 251.00 7 Keep Austin Walking Weird (8 walkers) 241.28 8 The Walking Ped (8 walk-ers) 203.51 9 Are We There Yet (8 walk-ers) 196.58 10 TTI ViPs (8 walkers) 191.71 11 Kiss My Asphalt (8 walkers) 181.09 12 Not Fast Just Furious (8 walkers) 169.68 13 Detour de Arlington (8 walkers) 74.23 14 Kiss My Asphalt (1 walker) 0.00 Total Miles: 3063.29

1 Holy Walkamole (8 walkers) 392.00 2 Step Potential (8 walkers) 335.25 3 RELLIS RAMBLERS (8 walkers) 331.46

4 Flab U Less 8 (8 walkers) 174.00 5 Team Walk This Way (8 walkers) 141.80 Total Miles: 1374.51

1 CS Squares Team One (8 walkers) 267.31 2 CS Squares Team Two (8 walkers) 238.41 3 “There’s no BS, U, in these shoes!” (7 walkers) 176.10 Total Miles: 681.82

1 A Walk to Remember (8 walkers) 396.00 2 Lets Get Fiscal (8 walkers) 140.00 Total Miles: 536.00

1 Shut Up And Walk With Me (8 walkers) 345.37 2 Rad Runners (8 walkers) 148.89 Total Miles: 494.26

1 IGY6 (8 walkers) 412.60 2 Risky Resources (8 walkers) 126.00 Total Miles: 538.60

1 ARCHI 8 (8 walkers) 113.80 2 Fit for Duty (7 walkers) 0.00 Total Miles: 113.80

1 Miles in Mascara (4 walkers) 5.00 Total Miles: 5.00

1 Cynthia 94.91 2 Bill 76.77 3 Gail 74.34 4 Melanie 72.57 5 Emily 51.00 6 Zackary 47.00 7 Cheri 43.00 8 Shannon 36.87 9 Deyanira 29.00 10 martha 18.00 11 ANGIE 16.78 12 Terrell 14.00 13 Susan 8.00 14 Debbie 7.06 15 Tonya 0.00 16 Tonya 0.00 17 Tonya 0.00 18 Gayle 0.00 19 Gus Sr. 0.00 20 Juan 0.00 21 Dyan 0.00 22 Terrell 0.00 Total Miles: 589.30

Teams by Organizations (Continued) & Solo Walkers

Texas A&M Transportation

Institute

Texas A&M Engineering Extension

Service (TEEX)

City of College Station Community Services

Texas A&M System Office Employee

Wellness

Texas A&M EHS

Brazos Valley Council of Governments

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Employee Wellness

Texas A&M Foundation

Solo Walkers

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What’s New?

The individual with the most miles walked will be recognized at the end of this year’s challenge. This can be a solo walker or a member of a team. Get to steppin’!

In next week’s news the Top 20 List of most creative names will be released. Will your team make the list?

Don’t miss your chance to win a Dinner Tonight Essentials Cookbook at the Re-charge Event!

Sponsors

Get Your WAT T-SHIRTS

2018 Walk Across Texas! t-shirts are available for purchase at the Brazos County Health Department. Short-sleeve only S - XL $10.00 2X - $12.00 3X - $13.00 For t-shirt purchases, contact Sara Mendez at SMendez@brazoscountytx.gov or 979-361-5730. We have all sizes.

REMINDERS

Report your miles weekly-Aim to have miles to the captain by Monday and captains report no later than Tuesday of each week for newsletter purposes.

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If you are part of a worksite wellness or other group, make sure you follow their guidelines for tracking miles and other participation requirements.

Chair/BLT Nutrition Education Extension Assistant: Katie Cook-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Treasurer: Sheri Meyer-Texas A&M University System FCH County Extension Agent/Advisor: Flora Williams-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Members: Alice Kirk-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Ashley Hernandez-Texas A&M University Intern Barb Herrman-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer Christina Bookout-Texas A&M University Intern

Connie Arden-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer JJ Macias-Texas A&M University System Kelley Melcher-Blue Cross Blue Shield Kendall Kulhanek-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Intern Kourtney Martin-Texas A&M University Kylie Schaper-Brazos County Health Department Intern Lesley Ward- City of Bryan Mary Parrish- Brazos County Health Department Michael Lopez-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Pat Pierson-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness Volunteer Sara Mendez-Brazos County Health Department Sue Boyette-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Master Wellness Volunteer

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability,

religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners

Courts of Texas Cooperating.

For more information contact: Flora Williams at fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu or Katie Cook at Katie.Cook@ag.tamu.edu

Brazos County Office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or at 979-823-0129 HAPPY TRAILS!