Team Challenge Two: Great Britain, End to End. Starts 1st May (join anytime)
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Hello, fellow walkers
Welcome to the second team walking challenge. This time around, we’re walking the length of Great Britain, from John O’Groats to Lands End. Come and join Team Awesome as we walk pathways, cross lush fields (mind the sheep!) visit historic sites, and maybe enjoy a cup of tea or two along the way.
https://worldwalking.org/route/gkjelr
This is a step up from our first challenge. Not only does it last a month, but it covers a toe-blistering 988 miles!
Same rules as Challenge One apply. We add our activity together, no matter what we've been doing, be it walking, cycling or dancing, and at the end of the month our accumulated steps/miles should take us over the finishing line. You just need to add whatever you've done between the 1st and 31st May, and I will tally up the activity and post regular updates.
You are free to do as much as you are comfortable doing. There will be no judgement, no pressure to overdo things, it’s all about just being active and working together as a team.
As Team Awesome kicked butt in Challenge One, I am confident that we’ll do brilliantly in Challenge Two. If this all goes well, who knows, a walk around the world could be next…
If you’re interested in taking part in this challenge, please add your name to the spreadsheet (link below). You can join at any time, be it before it starts or a day from the end. Every single step counts.
See you on the road, friends
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12bhmx_IFyqad7KbOOHJOF8mugOtDsbacgFJpniPJA5Q/edit?usp=sharing
(It’s a Google sheet, but you should be able to add data regardless of whether you have a Gmail account as I’ve amended the settings so that anyone with the link can edit)
Welcome to the second team walking challenge. This time around, we’re walking the length of Great Britain, from John O’Groats to Lands End. Come and join Team Awesome as we walk pathways, cross lush fields (mind the sheep!) visit historic sites, and maybe enjoy a cup of tea or two along the way.
https://worldwalking.org/route/gkjelr
This is a step up from our first challenge. Not only does it last a month, but it covers a toe-blistering 988 miles!
Same rules as Challenge One apply. We add our activity together, no matter what we've been doing, be it walking, cycling or dancing, and at the end of the month our accumulated steps/miles should take us over the finishing line. You just need to add whatever you've done between the 1st and 31st May, and I will tally up the activity and post regular updates.
You are free to do as much as you are comfortable doing. There will be no judgement, no pressure to overdo things, it’s all about just being active and working together as a team.
As Team Awesome kicked butt in Challenge One, I am confident that we’ll do brilliantly in Challenge Two. If this all goes well, who knows, a walk around the world could be next…
If you’re interested in taking part in this challenge, please add your name to the spreadsheet (link below). You can join at any time, be it before it starts or a day from the end. Every single step counts.
See you on the road, friends
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12bhmx_IFyqad7KbOOHJOF8mugOtDsbacgFJpniPJA5Q/edit?usp=sharing
(It’s a Google sheet, but you should be able to add data regardless of whether you have a Gmail account as I’ve amended the settings so that anyone with the link can edit)
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i'm in!!! thanks for the work you do to on these
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hmmm...I think I'll be able to start walking again by May & if so, I'll participate.0
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I'm in! (Woo-hoo...I finally get to "see" Scotland!) :-D0
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I'm in !!!0
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Excellent to see you all here, I'm looking forward to this walk
I've already created a few maps, and I'll try and make sure we get some screenshots of towns and villages we may encounter along the way.
It doesn't matter whether you do a 'little' or a 'lot', every single step gets us that much closer to the finish line.0 -
BarneyRubbleMD wrote: »hmmm...I think I'll be able to start walking again by May & if so, I'll participate.
That'd be fab
See how you go, and if you feel you're ready to join us, we'd be happy to have you.I'm in !!!
I've added your name (hope you don't mind).1 -
Add me, I am back to being able to move again 0
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I'm in, please 0
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ObesityWarrior wrote: »Add me, I am back to being able to move again
Donearlenestrohmaier wrote: »I'm in, please
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I'm in too! 0
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jesscoll317 wrote: »I'm in too!
I've added you
Its great to see more people signing up
Hopefully you should all be able to add your activity come May 1st. If you're having any problems with the spreadsheet, give me a shout.
As a team, we need to cover 31.88 miles per day to succeed. That may sound a lot, but currently there are 7 of us, and that equals out to around 4.5 miles per day, which is about the 10,000 step mark. If we get an 8th member, it takes it down to around the 4 mile a day mark. Some of us will do more, some less, but its a team effort, we're all working and walking together.0 -
I'm in I can use the motivation!!!0
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yosoysierra wrote: »I'm in I can use the motivation!!!
And we'd be delighted to have you on the team 0 -
Giving this a little bump, as this is now only 6 days away (and because I need something to kick my butt into getting some exercise!).
New joiners are welcome anytime, you can do as much or as little as you like, it'll be nice to have some company along the way 0 -
I don't really do any walking as it irritates my IBS, so how would I record my exercise if I decided to join in?0
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Just before the last challenge, one of the other members shared a document detailing a large number of activities and roughly what they equate to, so if you'd like to take part, you can enter whatever activity you've done (whether its swimming, chair dancing, etc ) and I'll work it out into steps/distance, and then add it to the total.0
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Shameless thread bump!
The walk starts in two days time, so strap on your walking boots, and get ready, get set....0 -
I've been driving most of the morning and afternoon, but I can't wait to get my sneakers on and log some steps for this challenge when I get home.0
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I'm about to upload my steps for the day. I fell short of what I wanted to do on Day One as, to be honest, I slept in until early afternoon after being out rather late last night at a friend's house, and maybe sampled one too many vodka and oranges!
Tomorrow, I'll aim to do a little more.0 -
I'm hoping to do some major mileage this weekend! I convinced my partner that walking in the countryside would be a good idea, because the weather's gonna be great, and also because I promised him there would be a pub in the middle and end of the walk!
The route I want to take is 8.8 miles, so I'm planning to amble along. That's the plan anyway...0 -
Been laid up w/nasty sinus/allergy thing...hope to do a bit better in terms of "steppin" in the next few days!
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What a great idea! I both cycle and do a lot of steps every day. I went ahead and added my records from week one today and will update as the month progresses! Thanks for setting this up!0
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So, here we go. Our first weekly update.
Drum roll please...
As a team, we have covered 183 miles in our first week! That's awesome, well done to you all!
We're passing through the Cairngorms National Park, full of small towns, beautiful scenery, a few nice distilleries, and one or two castles!
All the miles I've added to the total I've now coloured green, so late additions can be added when they're put on the sheet.
I'll post another update at the end of week two, as we travel past the Cairngorms, and down through Scotland, and onto England.
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Looks lovely, Thank you for posting pictures 0
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Beautiful!! I've never been to the UK, but I love the Outlander series of books and seeing these Scottish sites is exciting. Even virtually. 0
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I have so few miles this challenge 'cuz I'm too busy enjoying Highland scenery!
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Sorry, I am late to the walk. I just added my numbers. I forgot about the walk until just yesterday. But glad I am back, I loved the first walk.0
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I've been out of town and just added in my numbers.0
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Sorry I am going to be late adding some of mine too, I can on do it when on desktop, sorry! Amazing first week guys!!!!
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