5+ Team Challenge

We're mixing things up this time around and shifting the focus from a personal to a team challenge. The 5+ Team Challenge will focus on your nutritional health and mental wellbeing as well as your physical activity levels. So, for the 28 days of February we encourage your team of 5 to take the challenge. Get your team together and register today!

Challenge Numbers

Total KMs

• Total KMs travelled - 33,302

Most KMs

• Staff Photo Club
• PRC 3
• Fab 5
• Five Go Walking
• The Woodview 5

5+ KMs of running, walking or rolling (wheelchair users)

This is the only part of the 5+ Team Challenge where you are required to record your efforts. We'd like you to try for 5 KMs a day but you are welcome to aim higher if you wish. This is a journey, not a race and our aim is to help you build up a healthy routine for 2022.

Follow the steps to sign up your team then track your distance online.

1. All Team Members identify a captain, come up with a team name and select a day for your mental wellbeing check in / social meeting.
2. Captain gathers the team details and emails them to Paul at (opens in a new window)engage@ucd.ie. 5 is the maximum number for your team but it's no problem if you have 3 or 4. (If you have more than 5 you'll need two teams).
3. Culture & Engagement will set up the team on the challenge tracker and provide everyone with access.
4. All Team Members record their KMs locally using an app or device of their choice.
5. All Team Members record their KMs on to the collective 'Challange Tracker'.
6. Team members meet up online or in person, but always in line with prevailing health advice, once a week for their mental wellbeing check in.

Follow the progress of all teams now on our Challenge Tracker page.

5+ servings a day

As part of the challenge, we are encouraging you to take in 5+ servings* of fruit and veg a day. You don't need to record your intake as part of the challenge but we would encourage you to take this element of the challenge as seriously as the physical activity or mental wellbeing.

• Learn more in this (opens in a new window)Healthy Ireland PDF about servings, activity levels and how you can achieve a healthy, balanced diet.
• Browse healthy eating plans by age cohort on the(opens in a new window) Healthy Ireland website.

*Serving or portion? A serving is a measured amount of food or drink. A portion can be defined as the quantity of food eaten at any one time/sitting. Portion sizes can vary considerably!

5+ minutes for mental wellbeing

Put aside 5+ minutes a day to mind your mental wellbeing and perhaps try some of the following:

• Stay connected: Set a weekly time to have a social check in with your teammates online or in person (if you can do so safely).
• Give to others: Consider taking advantage of our volunteering policy to get involved with your community.
• Switch off: Try some mediation, breathing exercises, art or a similar activity.
• Try something new for 2022: Consider joining one of the existing employee groups on campus such as the Community Choir, (opens in a new window)Purl Jam or the Photography Club.