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We begin in Dublin and visit 20 national parks across Europe, the UK, and\nUkraine b efore returning to Hamburg. Will your team cross the virtual finish line fi rst? Every\nkilometer of activity you record moves your team closer to the prize!\n\nWhen: From May 1 to June 30. The awards ceremony will be held liv e on July 2 at the AWCH\nIndependence Day party.\n\nThe Grand Prize: The wi nning team will receive a 75€ donation to a charity of their choice!\n\nEnt ry Fee for Members: Participation is FREE for all AWCH members\nEntry Fee f or Guests: 10€ for adults; 7€ for children (up to age 18)\nPay your entry f ee at Payhip.com/AWCHbooks (Payhip.com/AWCHbooks).\nGuests are warmly invit ed to become AWCH members, and then your\n\nSpring Challenge registration i s FREE! Apply at awchamburg.org.\n\nJoin the Race: Every participant must c reate an account at My Virtual Mission. You do not need to RSVP on the webs ite AND you can sign up via the included link TODAY! Team assignments and m ission launch is on May 1!\nPlease click HERE (https://www.myvirtualmissio n.com/missions/166112/2023-awch-every-kilometer-counts-european-edition)to join the AWCH Spring Challenge. You need to register for an account or sign in if\nyou’ve participated in the past. You can also download the MyVirtua lMission app.\n\nMy Virtual Mission is GDPR compliant, and we always protec t your personal information.\n\nThe Teams: Only two teams this year – after two feminist women from Hamburg. You will be\nsorted into a team on May 1. When you sign up and it asks which team you are on, choose\n“I’m not sure. ” We’ll let you know soon!\n\nLog Your Kilometers: Record your activity by syncing your phone or sports tracker to your\nMy Virtual Mission account. Y ou may also enter your exercise manually. For activities that\naren’t dista nce-based (such as spring cleaning, yoga, tennis, or gardening), you can us e this\nconversion chart.\nConnect with your Team: When you sign up online, you will be asked if you want to be\nadded to your team’s WhatsApp group. This is totally optional, and the groups will be\ndifferent than previous y ears. You can cheer each other on and arrange activities together.\n\nReach ing Milestones: When your team arrives at one of the national park mileston es, you\nwill receive an email with some fun facts about the park written e specially for us by a\nparticipant of this event. Participants who submit b lurbs will earn a bonus of 75 kilometers!\nContact This email address is be ing protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to ear n your reward while “supplies” last.\n\nHere are the Rules:\n\n1) The admin istrator, Hannah B., will assign each AWCH member to two groups evenly\nand randomly, with an eye to proximity of members. The wild card remains that\ nfriends and family members may be recruited to join your team. Please prom ptly let\nme know if you would like to switch teams.\n\n2) If you choose to connect your device to the MyVirtualMission app, please be sure to\nonly u se ONE CONNECTION. (You are not required to use a tracking device, and\nman ual entries alone are allowed.)\n\n3) There will be friendly WhatsApp group s for each team. Everyone is welcome – just\nlet us know on the MyVirtualMi ssion site if we should add you. You may add your\nfriends and family if yo u choose.\n\n4) Kilometers must be recorded by every Sunday at midnight for the previous week.\nPeople may join at any time, however they may only ‘ba ck’ record miles to the\nbeginning of the week they joined. The week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday.\n\n5) Conversion Chart: Please use this docu ment to accurately log activities that aren’t\nbased on distance or to conv ert your miles to kilometers. Although there has been\nsome disagreement ab out this conversion chart in the past, it is our only way to keep\nthings c onsistent. www.myvirtualmission.com/downloads/guides/mvm/MVM-\nActivity-Con version-Chart-2021-01.pdf\n\nFrequently Asked Questions:\n\n1) How do I exp lain this to someone who has never participated in a virtual fitness\nchall enge? Two teams filled with AWCH members and people they love will keep\ntr ack of their exercise, walking, biking, cleaning, gardening, etc. As team m embers\nexercise and move, they will enter their effort/distance into the a pp manually or\nhave a sports watch or phone sync with it automatically. Al l that effort gets\ntranslated into kilometers/miles, and the virtual token for each of the teams moves\nalong our virtual route, visiting 20 national parks around Europe. 10,000 km later, the\nwinning team gets to celebrate at Independence Day event on July 2 with a 75€\ndonation made in their hono r!\n\n2) Do you monitor for cheating? No way! But I do make sure that the l imitations of the\nproduct are addressed. Each tracking device (sports watc h, phone, etc.) has its own\ncoding, which makes it impossible for the plat form to code for every exception. If\nsomeone notices duplications, I will attempt to research the issue and make the\nnecessary adjustments.\n\n3) Ha ve the teams been fair? Always! Previously, we divided the entire club into four\ngeographical teams, but some areas ended up with more people partici pating than\nothers. This year, we will try to divide the participants into equal teams of AWCH\nmember participants, with an eye toward proximity of your team members.\n\n4) Why do you let friends and family participate? Thi s annual event originally started\nwith two goals in mind: 1) Bring everyon e back together after Covid, when being\ntogether outside was safe, and 2) To introduce potential members to the club.\n*The Spring Challenge is a gre at way to invite new members! Think of the free\nregistration as a 22% disc ount coupon if they join the club instead of paying through\nPayHip.\n\n5) How can I help? Thanks for asking! Encourage people to sign up – members an d non-\nmembers. Volunteer to write a milestone. Have fun. Call someone on your team that\nyou don’t know and go for a walk or bike ride together. Let me know immediately if\nsomething is bothering you. I may not be able to r emedy it this year, but I can try\nagain next year.\n\n6) If I have an issu e with anything, who should I contact? For 2023: Hannah Bergland,\n+49-171- 833-3351 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need J avaScript enabled to view it.. (mailto:hbergland@gmail.com.)\nMany thanks t o Carol H., who was a co-admin for the last two years! Being an admin\nenta ils hours of work setting up the course, setting up milestones, typing up r ules,\ngetting the event publicized, on-boarding folks, troubleshooting, an d writing and\nfinding photos for each of the milestones you receive. She w as unstoppable!\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Welcome to the third annual 2023 AWCH Sp ring Challenge:
EVERY KILOMETER COUNTS, European Edition

He re is all the information you need to participate in this fun group fitness experience!

Who: AWCH members, friends, and family anywhere in the world

What: Together with a team, you will embark on a virtu al fitness relay race of about 10,000
kilometers. We begin in Dublin a nd visit 20 national parks across Europe, the UK, and
Ukraine before r eturning to Hamburg. Will your team cross the virtual finish line first? Ev ery
kilometer of activity you record moves your team closer to the pri ze!

When: From May 1 to June 30. The awards ceremony will be hel d live on July 2 at the AWCH
Independence Day party.

The Gr and Prize: The winning team will receive a 75€ donation to a charity of the ir choice!

Entry Fee for Members: Participation is FREE for all AWCH members
Entry Fee for Guests: 10€ for adults; 7€ for children (up to age 18)
Pay your entry fee at Payhip.com/AWCHbooks.
Guests are warmly invi ted to become AWCH members, and then your

Spring Challenge regis tration is FREE! Apply at awchamburg.org.

Join the Race: Every p articipant must create an account at My Virtual Mission. You do not need to RSVP on the website AND you can sign up via the included link TODAY! Team assignments and mission launch is on May 1!
Please click HERE to join the AWCH Spring Chal lenge. You need to register for an account or sign in if
you’ve partic ipated in the past. You can also download the MyVirtualMission app.
My Virtual Mission is GDPR compliant, and we always protect your person al information.

The Teams: Only two teams this year – after two feminist women from Hamburg. You will be
sorted into a team on May 1. When you sign up and it asks which team you are on, choose
“I’m not su re.” We’ll let you know soon!

Log Your Kilometers: Record your a ctivity by syncing your phone or sports tracker to your
My Virtual Mis sion account. You may also enter your exercise manually. For activities tha t
aren’t distance-based (such as spring cleaning, yoga, tennis, or gar dening), you can use this
conversion chart.
Connect with your Tea m: When you sign up online, you will be asked if you want to be
added to your team’s WhatsApp group. This is totally optional, and the groups wil l be
different than previous years. You can cheer each other on and ar range activities together.

Reaching Milestones: When your team a rrives at one of the national park milestones, you
will receive an ema il with some fun facts about the park written especially for us by a
p articipant of this event. Participants who submit blurbs will earn a bonus of 75 kilometers!
Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to earn your reward whi le “supplies” last.

Here are the Rules:

1) The admini strator, Hannah B., will assign each AWCH member to two groups evenly
and randomly, with an eye to proximity of members. The wild card remains th at
friends and family members may be recruited to join your team. Plea se promptly let
me know if you would like to switch teams.

2) If you choose to connect your device to the MyVirtualMission app, please be sure to
only use ONE CONNECTION. (You are not required to use a tr acking device, and
manual entries alone are allowed.)

3) Th ere will be friendly WhatsApp groups for each team. Everyone is welcome – j ust
let us know on the MyVirtualMission site if we should add you. You may add your
friends and family if you choose.

4) Kilomete rs must be recorded by every Sunday at midnight for the previous week.
People may join at any time, however they may only ‘back’ record miles to the
beginning of the week they joined. The week starts on Monday and e nds on Sunday.

5) Conversion Chart: Please use this document to accurately log activities that aren’t
based on distance or to convert your miles to kilometers. Although there has been
some disagreement ab out this conversion chart in the past, it is our only way to keep
thin gs consistent. www.myvirtualmission.com/downloads/guides/mvm/MVM-
Acti vity-Conversion-Chart-2021-01.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions:

1) How do I explain this to someone who has never participated in a virtual fitness
challenge? Two teams filled with AWCH members and pe ople they love will keep
track of their exercise, walking, biking, cle aning, gardening, etc. As team members
exercise and move, they will en ter their effort/distance into the app manually or
have a sports watch or phone sync with it automatically. All that effort gets
translated into kilometers/miles, and the virtual token for each of the teams moves
along our virtual route, visiting 20 national parks around Europe. 10,00 0 km later, the
winning team gets to celebrate at Independence Day eve nt on July 2 with a 75€
donation made in their honor!

2) Do you monitor for cheating? No way! But I do make sure that the limitations of the
product are addressed. Each tracking device (sports watch, phon e, etc.) has its own
coding, which makes it impossible for the platfor m to code for every exception. If
someone notices duplications, I will attempt to research the issue and make the
necessary adjustments.

3) Have the teams been fair? Always! Previously, we divided the ent ire club into four
geographical teams, but some areas ended up with mo re people participating than
others. This year, we will try to divide the participants into equal teams of AWCH
member participants, with an eye toward proximity of your team members.

4) Why do you let fr iends and family participate? This annual event originally started
wit h two goals in mind: 1) Bring everyone back together after Covid, when bein g
together outside was safe, and 2) To introduce potential members to the club.
*The Spring Challenge is a great way to invite new members! Think of the free
registration as a 22% discount coupon if they join t he club instead of paying through
PayHip.

5) How can I help ? Thanks for asking! Encourage people to sign up – members and non-
me mbers. Volunteer to write a milestone. Have fun. Call someone on your team that
you don’t know and go for a walk or bike ride together. Let me kn ow immediately if
something is bothering you. I may not be able to rem edy it this year, but I can try
again next year.

6) If I ha ve an issue with anything, who should I contact? For 2023: Hannah Bergland,
+49-171-833-3351 or This email address is being p rotected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Many thanks to Carol H., who was a co-admin for the las t two years! Being an admin
entails hours of work setting up the cours e, setting up milestones, typing up rules,
getting the event publicize d, on-boarding folks, troubleshooting, and writing and
finding photos for each of the milestones you receive. She was unstoppable!

CONTACT:Hannah B. at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. DTSTAMP:20260502T154433 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230501T010000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230615T115900 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR