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<br /> <br /> <br />OC Health Officials Challenge Durham <br />Officials to Walk-Off <br /> <br />By Jess Clark <br />SHARE THIS: <br />Posted July 27, 2015 at 4:52 pm <br />The Fitbit is a popular device for keeping track of steps. Photo Credit: <br />Wikimedia Commons. <br />If you’re wearing a fancy pedometer like a Fitbit or a Jawbone, you may be swept up in a little competition <br />for steps with your friends and co-workers. Last week, the Orange County Health Department took step <br />competitions to a whole new level. <br />“We have challenged our brothers and sisters at the Durham County Health Department to a walking <br />challenge,” Orange County Health Department Director Colleen Bridger said. <br />The two departments will compete to walk the equivalent of the Appalachian Trail starting August 3. The <br />first team to complete the trail’s 2,168 miles will win. And it’s not just bragging rights on the line. <br />“The health director and I have a friendly wager,” Bridger said. “So whichever health department wins, the <br />other health department will owe a basket of that county’s themed items for a value of about $50.” <br />This is the Orange County Health Department’s second walking competition. The department held an <br />internal competition among its staff this spring to walk to Orange County, California. Bridger says these <br />competitions are meant show that exercising doesn’t have to be a chore.