Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard's National Capital Region 90-Day Fitness Challenge:

 2013 Award Winners

Special thanks goes to all competitors in this years Fitness Challenge. The competition was close and the results were impressive. Keep up the good work and set new fitness goals! See you next year! For photos of the event, please visit http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1922883. Here are this year's award winners:

 2013 National Capital Region Valentine's Day Fun Run

 2013 MCPOCG Fitness Challenge Kicks off!

The 2013 MCPOCG Fitness Challenge kicks off January 7, 2013. All interested participants can register between 12/10/12 - 01/14/13. Team make up consists of 6 - 8 personnel. However, for the a competitive edge, we highly encourage 8 member teams.

When you are ready to sign up your team, go to the link http://hqsms-spweb-001/fc/default.aspx this will take you to a SharePoint website for the MCPOCG Fitness Challenge. Click on "Team sign up" then click "New." You will be asked to provide the following information:

• Team name
• Team captain
• Team alternate captain
• Combined team weight.

Only the team captain and alternate team captain will be allowed to input weekly fitness points. The combined team weight will be used to calculate the "most combined team weight loss" category and used to calculate weight loss points at the end of the challenge. There is no official weigh in for the combined team weight, this will be done on the honor system. All team members must be listed on the sign-up sheet. If you have questions please refer to SharePoint site listed above.

MCPO Terence Vanderwerf, YNC Ron Elliott, and ITC Elijah Thomas are chairing this year’s MCPOCG Fitness Challenge. They will answer all questions pertaining to the Challenge and will implement changes, exceptions and apply bonus points. All questions can be forwarded to FCEmailQuestions@hqsms-spweb-001.main.ads.uscg.mil

Do you know your Unit Health Promotion Coordinator? UHPCs are there to help you achieve your health and fitness goals. Need a personal fitness plan? They can help! For more information on the UHPC program, visit http://www.uscg.mil/worklife/health_promotion_coordinator.asp.