Walking challenge for July

count me in too.

OK, I'm in, too! I have to do 160k and have no idea what that will feel like, but no point in not trying! Now I have to figure out how to make an exercise ticker! We are pretty busy with a funeral and various related things this weekend so i will have some serious catching up to do starting on the 4th! Good luck all, and happy July of walking!

I did 8 miles this morning

I'd like to join in on this - I did 176 km in June and would like to beat it.

For the past 2 years, I`ve been wearing a pedometer and trying for the 10,000 steps per day.

I have long legs and a long stride so I get a few more steps per mile. My pedometer is calibrated to my stride so I'm sure my mileage is accurate and no longer count steps, just mileage.


Check out the sites below - the average person's step is quite a bit longer than 12-inches - average steps per mile is accepted at 2,000 steps. Anyone who aims for 17,000 steps/day will be walking about 8m/day or so.

http://www.thewalkingsite.com/10000steps.html

http://walking.about.com/od/pedometer1/a/steps-per-mile.htm (Estimate your steps by height)

Extract from http://www.thewalkingsite.com/faq.html :

How many steps in a mile?

One mile is equal to 5280 feet. Most people say it takes about 2000 steps for every mile. Of course everyone's stride is different. An average stride is usually somewhere between 2 and 3 feet in length. So on average it takes between 1760 and 2640 steps to complete one mile.

To measure your stride mark a distance of 50 feet. Now walk this distance and count your steps. Divide 50 by the number of steps and that is your stride length. Now, divide 5280 by your stride length to find your "average steps per mile".


Good luck to everyone :flowerforyou:

3.12 miles so far today. If wife allows will get another 5-6 in before the day is over.

Happy July 1st!

5 miles today - walk/jog/run intervals.

I did 8 more miles this morning

i've been riding my bike rather than walking. i go back to work tomorrow so will be walking a lot more. ticker is, sadly, up to date.

7 more today, that makes 43 of 100 miles completed. If I can keep up this pace I may get 200 miles this month

I'm in! I'm starting a few days late, but that's ok. I'm already scheduled to do a few miles on the treadmill tonight. I'll have to get myself up earlier to add some miles in the mornings. Great idea for a challenge!

I'm up to 29 miles walked so far.

Oh my gosh! Everyone is doing really well! Up to 7.1 miles but going to try for another 2 this evening. Looks like I'm going to have to pull my socks up

Here's hoping I don't crash and burn ! I had a great start, averaging about 7.5 km per day (most days I've walked 14-15 km, but I'm separating out the mileage walked for exercise from the total mileage per day)

58 exercise kilometers so far.

i'm up to 42 miles total