A word from Happy Monkey:
This first annual Pi Day Pivot was so much more successful then we ever imagined or even dared hope for. We had hoped to do this as an actual event in a real location with physical interaction between participants; a dearth of time made this unrealistic. Thus, the birth of a virtual event... a format we will most likely keep for this event. Considering the short notice, this event was extremely successful! Thank you all for being a part of this event!
A total of 44 individuals completed various activities to qualify for our Pi Day Pivot... and every kind of activity imaginable was reported. We had carpets shampooed, dogs walked, a restuarant triathlon, pi-oriented/prayer bike rides, Zumba, teaching(!) a fitness class, ballroom dancing, 3.14-mile walks, trash pickup, a serious pi-athlon, power/intense workouts, Curves, senic walks, yoga, Ttapp, stair climbing, hill walking, fitness trail run/workout, bowling, wagon rides, pi-centric Crossfit workouts, and slices of pizza and pie consumed (though that didn't count for physical activity).
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A few stats... because that's what we love here!
*Pi Day Pivot by Happy Monkey was represented by 5 states: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida
*We had 41 individuals complete this year's Pi Day
*The largest team participating this year had 4 members
*The longest pi-athlon consisted of a 3140-meter swim, 3.14-mile run, and 314 Russian kettlebell swings
*During one night, one participant carried 415 plates
*Over 259.14 minutes were danced away through ballroom, Zumba, Ttapp, and with children
*Donations raised for Home Educators Association of Virginia totalled $161.31; not bad for an overnight event and thank you for your support!
*Upwards of 45.43 miles were walked or run through neighborhoods and university campuses, around lakes, on treadmills, up hills, and around city blocks
*More than 10 flights of stairs were climbed
*Around 9.14 miles (more or less) were biked
*It seems 6 or 7 different types of workouts were executed: power, Crossfit, fitness trail, Curves, yoga, gym, Ttapp
*About 5 dogs were walked
*Approximately 9.42 man-games were bowled
*At least 2 people participated in trash pickup
*Some happy children were given at least 1 wagon ride
*And 1 house had its carpets shampooed
But I digress... Ladies and Gentlemen... the moment we have all been awaiting. A warm slice of congratulation goes to...
Winners of the First Annual Pi Day Pivot by Happy Monkey
::cheering and intro music::
Sara Hemmeke - PI-th Award
For becoming the 14th Pi Day Pivot pi-ticipant
Sara Hemmeke of Virginia easily took the PI-th Award by being the 14th person to complete and report her Pi Day Pivot fitness activity. Congratulations, Sara!
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Jamey Jackson - Ins-PI-re Award
For innovation and the most creative Pi Day Pivot activity
Congratulations to Jamey Jackson of Virginia who swept the Ins-PI-re Award category with her insanely creative Crossfit workout which centered around pi carried out to twelve(!) places:
3 Bergener warmups
and
1 situp
4 pullups
1 situp
5 thrusters; 40 pound
9 good mornings; 20 pound
265-meter sprint
3 cups of water
5 pushups
8 knees-to-elbow
9 rounds of "Happy Pi Day" from the cheering section
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Joy Suits - PI-athlete Award
For completion of three separate activities for the Pi Day Pivot
Upon reviewing the tri-events completed for the Pi Day Pivot, Joy Suits of Virginia clearly carried the field with her Travinia Italian Kitchen Pi-athlon. Joy's goal was to walk 3.14 miles around that kitchen, carry 314 plates, and run up the 3 flights of stairs to her apartment. Not only did she meet this goal, but Joy exceeded it by walking about almost 5 miles and carrying 415 plates that evening! Great job, Joy!
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While we did have $161.31 of Pi Day Pivot donations to HEAV, we did not meet our goal of $314 with this event. So, unfortunately, our 0.14 award - the PI-lanthropist Award - was not qualified for and thus, not awarded. This does not detract from the generousity of those who donated... we cannot thank you enough for your support of homeschooling in the state of Virginia!
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Thank you all SO much for participating in this year's Pi Day Pivot. It will be coming back next year and we will be announcing our next Happy Monkey event shortly. It's looking like a June event and we're thinking to make it an actual, in-person event... we'll keep you posted.
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Happy Monkey donated all proceeds from the 2011 Pi Day Pivot to HEAV (Home Educators Association of Virginia). If you would like to contribute to Happy Monkey to help defray the costs of finisher medals and awards, please click on the PayPal link below. Every little bit helps and we appreciate you being a part of our growing organization!
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