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FluRightByYou. Scale to the Chief. Run Like the Winded. It’s All in the Name.

Get Moving Challenge 2020 team names will inspire you to move more

Left to right: Laura Brown, Terry Chambliss, Asyia Mitchell, Richard Riddell, President Vincent E. Price, Maggie Epps, Stephanie Mazzerina and Lawrence Kluttz make up
Left to right: Laura Brown, Terry Chambliss, Asyia Mitchell, Richard Riddell, President Vincent E. Price, Maggie Epps, Stephanie Mazzerina and Lawrence Kluttz make up "Scale to the Chief." Photo by Jonathan Black.

A pet detective, President Vincent E. Price and the flu don’t have a lot in common, but for this year’s Get Moving Challenge, they are the inspiration behind some clever team names. 

The fitness program, which ends March 15, includes 266 teams and 2,494 participants competing for the most steps, exercise minutes, weight loss and sustainability activities. 

“Coming up with the best team name has become an unofficial competition within the Get Moving Challenge,” said Nick Beresic, health promotions manager for LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program. “Some teams go for a play on words, while others try to be clever. My favorites are the teams that just want to make you laugh.”

Take a look at some team names in this year’s challenge. 

Scale to the Chief

Left to right: Laura Brown, Terry Chambliss, Asyia Mitchell, Richard Riddell, President Vincent E. Price, Maggie Epps, Stephanie Mazzerina and Lawrence Kluttz. Photo by Jonathan Black.
You might catch president Vincent E. Price, the namesake for “Scale to the Chief,” walking on a treadmill before sunrise at Wilson Recreation Center or ending his day on Al Buehler Trail. 

“Scale to the Chief” is made up of Price and other staff members in the Office of the President. Price leads the team by completing daily strength and cardio workouts at the gym and walking his two dogs, Scout and Cricket, around campus.

Marlie Bolin and Kaitlin Briggs are on Scale to the Chief. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Kluttz. The team settled on “Scale to the Chief” because it is a health-related spin off “Hail to the Chief.” This is the first year the Office of the President formed a team, and they’re hoping to make an impact, as they bond over fitness-related struggles and successes. One team member sends frequent reminders to take the stairs and go outside for a walk around Abele Quad. 

“Our mantra is ‘Every step counts,’” Price said. “We’re extremely competitive. We have been following the leaderboard closely, and are hoping to break into the top 10.”

As of this writing, “Scale to the Chief” sits in 35th place. 

FluRightByYou

Back row, left to right: Alfred Harding, Andy Miranda and Xinyu Zhu. Front row, left to right: Brook Heaton, Cait Hamele, Rebekah Dumm, Stacy Webb and Bandita Gershon. Photo by Jonathan Black.
By day, members of “FluRightByYou” study influenza viruses. 

By night, they walk and run to prepare for the “Florence Fourth” 10K and 5K races in Durham on March 7. 

“Since we study the flu, we were always going to pick a flu-related name,” said Brook Heaton, assistant research professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. “I don’t know if we’ll be flying by people during the race, but it’s a nice goal to have.” 

FluRightByYou’s nine team members share about 20 medals from races they each finished around the country, including a cowbell from Durham’s “Running of the Bulls 8K” and the horse adorned “Run The Bluegrass” in Lexington, Kentucky. 

“I notice that we’re all a bit happier and livelier when we’re moving,” Heaton said. “The Get Moving Challenge gives our team some pep in the winter.”

“FluRightByYou” is in 92nd place. 

Run Like the Winded

Back row, left to right: Barbara Bentley, Lisa McNerney, Katie Flanagan, Sherri Woody, Ronald Kunder and Crissie Moody. Front row, left to right:  Stacie White, Gaye Weaver, Melissa Gordon-Pitts and Kimberly Emory. Photo courtesy of Stacie White.
The Department of Case Management’s leadership team is using the Get Moving Challenge to bond through sweat. 

The team of 11 in the health system walks or jogs together up to three times each week around Abele Quad. Many also walk .6 miles from their cars in Parking Garage 3, next to Duke’s North Pavilion, to Duke South offices. The team will participate together in the St. Paddy’s 4 Miler on March 21 in Raleigh. 

“Since we were doing this run, we thought ‘Run Like the Winded’ would be a funny and appropriate name,” said Stacie White, assistant director of Case Management. “We may not be the fastest, but we’re certainly going to be ready.”

“Run Like the Winded” is in 26th place. 

Race Ventura: Step Detective and Race Ventura: When Stepping Calls

Left to right: Morgan Andres, Camille Moreno, Heather Jacobson, Lauren Howard, Betsy Strain, Lewis Caviness and Jonathan Viventi. Photo courtesy of Lauren Howard.
The Race Ventura: Step Detective and Race Ventura: When Stepping Calls teams have grown closer by participating in area running groups.  

“Race Ventura: Step Detective” and “Race Ventura: When Stepping Calls” are made up of employees from the Duke Talent Identification Program, Duke Health Technology Solutions, Duke Learning Innovation and other units. They meet twice a week to train for half marathons, marathons and ultra-marathons.

The “Race Ventura” names are puns of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,” two movies in which Jim Carrey stars as a private investigator and pet detective. 

“There’s more fulfillment when you’re training together,” said Lauren Howard, biostatistician with the Duke Cancer Institute, who is on “Race Ventura: Step Detective.” “You can share your accomplishments.”

“Race Ventura: Step Detective” is in 7th place. “Race Ventura: When Stepping Calls” is in 50th place.

Scrambled Legs and Achin’

Left to right: Peyton Grissom, Kaitlyn Taylor, Megan Hatfield, Carley Boyd and Emily Bolka. Photo courtesy of Megan Hatfield.
There are two traditions among nurses in Duke University Hospital’s General Medicine Unit. 

The first is a welcome breakfast at Monuts or Mad Hatter’s Café & Bakeshop after new members of the unit finish their first 12-hour night shift. The other is participating in the Get Moving Challenge. 

The nurses combined these traditions to come up with their team name, “Scrambled Legs and Achin.’” 

“We like to eat, and we like to work out,” said Megan Hatfield, a clinical nurse for General Medicine. 

Hatfield joins colleagues on jogs at the American Tobacco Trail and Al Buehler Trail. The team also climbs the steps at Duke University Hospital and walks during breaks. 

“We’re encouraging each other to move,” Hatfield said. “It’s a fun way to start the year.”

“Scrambled Legs and Achin’” is in 105th place. 

See the latest team leaderboard here.

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