Results are in from this year’s Mayor’s Fitness Challenge

ASHEBORO — The results are in from the latest Mayor’s Fitness Challenge, held in October and November of this year.

The Challenge is a wellness competition involving individuals and teams from area schools, businesses, churches, civic clubs, government agencies and other organizations participating in activities that can be tracked using a fitness conversion tool found on the Healthy Communities website.

Thus, the Mayor’s Fitness Challenge is an “all activity” challenge, making it a fun way to measure your active lifestyle or an easy entry point into starting one, using almost any activity, from walking to gardening, as a starting point. 

To help participants gain steps, organizers rotated Mayor’s Walks in each of the county’s major cities and towns and Sunday hikes at locations throughout the county.

In all this year, there were 256 participants.

The next Mayor’s Fitness Challenge will begin in the first week of October, 2026.

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While there are no losers in this competition, there are winners. Here are this year’s results:

■ Asheboro City Schools Mayor’s Cup

McCrary Mustangs — 83,621 average steps per person

■ Randolph County School System Superintendent’s Cup RCSS Kitchen Crew — 462,726 average steps per person

■ Top Male / Team / Steps

1.         Dave Forrest / Wandering Forrest / 1,743,970 steps

2.         Ernie Hall / Green Gains Brigade / 802,122 steps

3.         Danny Coggins / Taking Care of Fitness / 783,932 steps

■ Top Female / Team / Steps

1.         Evie Forrest / Wandering Forrest / 1,328,540 steps

2.          Andrea Brunk / Green Gains Brigade / 1,061,120 steps

3.         Nan Revell / Rotary Rocks / 946,430 steps

■ Team with Most Steps — A3 Plaque winner McCrary Mustangs / 31,201,967 steps

■ Top Teams / Highest Number of Steps per person

1.         Wandering Forrest / 1,536,255 steps

2.         RCSS Kitchen Crew / 462,726 steps

3.         Taking Care of Fitness / 460,261 steps

■ Team with Most Members — HC Plaque winner Balfour Bulldogs / 555 team members

■ Challenge totals

Steps / 120 million steps or 22,745 miles

Participants / 1,563 people / 76,834 avg steps or 15 miles Teams / 13

■ Event participants

— Mayor’s Walks / 117.

— Sunday Hikes / 79.

— Great Trails Day / 91

Total participants / 256

■ Asheboro City Schools

7 Teams / 1,501 participants / 1.24 million steps