Vienna Beats Falls Church, Fairfax City For 2nd Time In Mayor's Fitness Challenge

VIENNA, VA — The results are in for the 2023 Mayor's Fitness Challenge, and Vienna has once again topped Fairfax and Falls Church.

The third annual Mayor's Fitness Challenge was a friendly competition between the Town of Vienna, City of Fairfax and City of Falls Church. From March 18 to May 13, registered participants were asked to log their exercise minutes to help their community win the challenge. Participants could walk, bike, hike or do any physical exercise they preferred.

Vienna won with 466,142 exercise minutes, or 7,769 hours among 195 participants between ages 8 and 88. That was nearly double the 238,437 exercise minutes recorded in last year's competition. Participants recorded activities like walking, pickleball, weightlifting, gardening, basketball and more.

The City of Fairfax was second with 409,539, followed by the City of Falls Church with 400,878 minutes.

The three localities began the Mayors' Fitness Challenge in 2021 to encourage people to get outside and exercise after the COVID-19 pandemic kept people at home. The City of Falls Church won the first challenge in 2021 and passed the trophy on to Vienna in 2022.

So until next year's challenge, Vienna has bragging rights as the "most fit community" and keeps the trophy.