Challenge Rules Consent

By joining the Hit The Road With The Buckeyes challenge, you agree to accurately log your activity. The YP4H portal administrator, Virgin Pulse (now Personify Health), will be monitoring challenge entries to determine any activity that appears to be inappropriate. If they contact you, you agree to work with them to verify your activity and acknowledge that any activity in question that is not verified to be legitimate will result in disqualification from the challenge and any associated challenge incentives for your team.

Dates

  • This challenge starts on September 23, 12 am local time, and ends on November 17, 11:59 pm local time.
  • The last chance to upload your steps is November 20, 11:59 pm local time. Steps uploaded after this date won’t be counted in the final results. Try uploading daily – it’s more fun!

Teams

  • Teams can have up to 10 participants. Try to recruit a full crew to maximize your ability to unlock all of the destinations.
  • If you leave a team on or after the start date (September 23), you are out of the challenge. You cannot leave a team and join a new one.
  • If you join a team after the start date, some of your steps might not count.

Scores

  • Team scores are based on total team steps.
  • You can get credit for a maximum of 30,000 steps per day. Consider uploading steps from a fitness tracker or app for a seamless challenge experience.
  • If self-entering activity, you must do so in the challenge activity conversion tool.

Good To Know

  • Participant names and step counts may be shared with other challenge participants and administrators.
  • You have up to 14 days to go back and enter steps prior to the upload deadline.

Points Available*

Points for this challenge will be awarded at challenge conclusion based on the following criteria:

  • Individual average of 4,000 – 7,499 steps/day at challenge conclusion: 1,000 points
  • Individual average of 7,500 – 9,999 steps/day at challenge conclusion: 2,000 points
  • Individual average of 10,000 – 12,499 steps/day at challenge conclusion: 3,000 points
  • Individual average of 12,500+ steps/day at challenge conclusion: 4,000 points
  • Individual daily step average ≥ challenge average at conclusion: 1,000 bonus points

Prizes Available

  • Weekly Engagement Drawing – 4 participants will win $25 PulseCash** each week for completing the prompts to enter the drawing || review photo activity details | review trivia game details
  • Grand Prize Drawing – 3 teams will win $50 PulseCash** for each team member for unlocking all destinations to enter the drawing || review details
  • 15th Anniversary Drawing – 15 participants will win 15,000 bonus points* for submitting a secret code to enter the drawing || review details

Reasonable Alternative

  • Ohio State and Your Plan for Health (YP4H) are committed to helping you achieve your best health. Rewards for participating in wellness challenges are available to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff and their spouses who are enrolled in the OSU Health Plan. If you are unable to meet the current standard in light of your health status (physician recommendation, pregnancy, etc.), you might qualify for an opportunity to earn the same reward by different means (provider waiver or reasonable alternative). Contact osusupport@virginpulse.com to learn more about whether you qualify and we will work with you to develop a plan/activity with the same reward that is right for you.

 

If you have questions about this, contact YP4H by emailing yp4h@osu.edu or calling (614) 247-6947.

 

 

*You must log/sync your activity with the portal/app at least once per week (Mon-Sun) during six of the eight weeks of the challenge timeframe to be eligible for the reward points. If you are using an app/device, you have to regularly open the dashboard of that app/device for that data to be synced to the portal/app. Team members who join the challenge but do not log activity will not receive points. Final individual points will be awarded by November 29, 2024. Bonus point winners will be contacted separately with redemption information.

**Team members who join the challenge but do not log activity are not eligible for prizes. PulseCash is subject to taxation at the time it is earned, so drawing winners can accept or decline the prize. Additional prizes may be taxable if you receive other non-cash awards from the university during the calendar year.