I am pleased to announce that the fine people at Omron Healthcare have offered to sponsor me in the Omron Overstep Your Bounds Challenge, held during BlogHer 2009 in Chicago, IL.

Along with me in the competition will be the esteemed group of:

Christine from Fromdatestodiapers.com
Briana from Bargainbriana.com
Shannon from PhatMommy.com
Tanya from MommyGoggles.com
Liz from This Full House

We each get a Omron GOsmart HJ-720ITC Dual-Axis Pocket Pedometer to wear, and the blogger with the most steps at the end of the conference (7/24 - 7/25) will be awarded $5,000 to the charity of her choice!

The Omron GOsmart HJ-720ITC Dual-Axis Pocket Pedometer features:

- Dual-axis acceleration sensor counts steps when placed horizontally or vertically
- Includes Omron Health Management Software to track you progress
- Counts every step quietly and accurately
- Separately counts Aerobic steps
- Calculates distance
- Calculates calories and fat grams burned
- Stores 7 days of information on display, 41 days stored in memory
- Resets at midnight automatically so it is ready to go every morning

Many of you know I've been battling a knee injury, and this is exactly what I need to get going and get the exercise I need for it to get better. I am very honored to have been asked to participate in the Overstep Your Bounds Challenge!

Follow me on Twitter (@busymom) and I'll let you know how I'm doing this Friday and Saturday.

This post in conjunction with Weber Shandwick and Omron. In participating in this challenge, I received the pedometer as described above (it rocks, btw), a pretty blue t-shirt and they sponsored my trip to BlogHer 2009