Vegas to Vermont - The Return Trip
Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Concept2 Rowing
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Las Vegas to Fabulous Vermont Virtual Challenge
All physically active 50+, US residents are invited to take the Las Vegas to Vermont Virtual Challenge, also known as the V2V2 Challenge. People from other countries can log on but are not eligible to win prizes. The Challenge was created for fun and fitness and is based on the honor system. You'll log physical activity for 15 weeks among friends (or soon-to-be-friends) for a chance to win very cool prizes.
Registration is simple. Create a log-in name and password on the homepage. After you've registered you can begin to log the minutes of physical activities you do each day to move along the map towards Vermont. You can make multiple entries per day.
For example, if you bike to the grocery store, and back home, 15 minutes each way, to pick up some delicious Cabot cheddar; then take a 30 minute walk at lunch or a half-hour row on your Concept2, you would log a 30-minutes for biking as well as a 30 minutes for walking or rowing.
As you progress, you'll build a snowman - first the body, then the arms, your snowman will grow as you go. The more progress you make building your snowman - the more minutes of exercise you log - the better your chances in the random prize drawings.
Start anytime after Monday November 2, 2009 and finish before midnight Thursday March 4, 2010 just in time to march forth for fitness.
The total number of prizes will depend on the number of entries. Return here after March 19th for a full list of winners. Note: we will post winners as soon as they accept the prize and give us permission to post their information.
The details:
- Winners must be at least 50 years old at the time of registration and a US resident.
- The 28 legs each average about 100 miles. You build more parts on a snowman the farther you go!
- All times are measured in 15 minute intervals, and all competitors will go the same distance for each 15 minute interval, regardless of intensity of physical activity. You should round up or down to the closest 15 minute interval.
- Only time counts in this contest, so keep logging those minutes. This Challenge is as much about the journey as the destination, so don't obsess about other Challenger's times or rankings. TheV2V2 is about celebrating fitness and camaraderie, not racing to the finish line.
- There will be several spontaneous drawings for those reaching milestones along the route, which will be chosen at random. The final randomly drawn prizes will be chosen on March 5, 2010.
Grand Prizes include: a trip for two to Smuggler's Notch for a ski vacation, food allowance, lodging in a luxurious private condo, lift tickets, rentals and use of resort facilities.
Prizes at the conclusion among all participants who finish the challenge include:
2010 Craftsbury Sculling Weekend Camp
Vermont Life Magazine Subscriptions
Vermont Vacations
A very special Burton Snowboard - in Cabot's Hunter's plaid -
only a handful were especially created by Burton
for Cabot to show off our Seriously Sharp packaging.
- World-Class Cabot Cheddar - gift boxes valued at $75 each - enough to party with the best of your friends for a weekend celebration of your V2V2 completion.
- Concept2 rowing accessories - sets of Shorts & Shirts and a gift Bag. May or may not fit you if you don't give us the right size when you register. Makes any exercise more comfortable.
- Green Coffee Roaster's Keurig Machines and K cups - Great Coffee Made Easy.® Keurig® is the top-selling single-cup brewer on the market because it creates coffeehouse quality in the convenience of your home. There's no grinding, no mess, and no wasted coffee. Just your coffee on your terms, one cup at a time.
- V2V2 T-shirts to show off your commitment to fitness and Vermont's recognition of your effort. Click on the Prize tab for details.
- Winner must be at least 50 years old at the time of registration and a US resident.
- Trips to Vermont resorts are available on a space available basis for the remainder of 2010. In other words, book your Summer/ Fall/Winter vacay as soon as you get word you won to make sure our partner resorts have not sold-out.
- The award is not transferable, nor is it redeemable for cash.
- No substitution for the winner is allowed. No, you can't give it to your sister but you can take your brother.
- The winner is subject to state and federal taxes for the retail value of the trip to Vermont and will sign a tax form before prize can be awarded.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local laws/regulations apply. No cash redemption, substitution or transfer of prize permitted. All federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility/liability and a publicity release form (as permitted by law), prior to prize being claimed. Acceptance of prize (by traveling to Vermont as the V2V2 Challenge winner) constitutes permission for sponsors and their agencies to use winner's name/likeness for advertising and trade purposes without further compensation. By participating in the 2009-2010 V2V2 Challenge, the winner agrees to release, hold harmless, and forever discharge Concept2 CTS, Green Mountain Coffee, The State of Vermont, Smugglers' Notch, Stoweflake, Cabot Creamery and their distributors, employees, directors, officers, affiliates, subsidiaries, judging agency, and/or advertising/public relations agencies from any and all claims, demands, losses and liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, which they may now or hereafter assert, including but not limited to, claims for injury, death, or illness arising out of or claimed to be arising out of the aforesaid prize.