6 months to go...

In 6 months time, I will be boarding a plane to Vietnam to cycle 400km for charity.

VV Scared at the mo, I nearly pulled out when the headaches were bad, now they are easing I am determined to do it! I do believe in making it hard for myself. While I was off I have not been exercising, eating the wrong food and generally undoing all the hard work that I had done.

So here we are 6 months to go and a lot of hard slog ahead.

Tomorrow I start back on the global corporate challenge.

The GCC lasts for 16 week's and you have to walk at least 10000 step's per day. You track your steps walked, miles cycled and distance swum. Every day for 16 weeks!!!

its such a good motivator, You are in a team of 7 and you compete, not just against other team's in your workplace but against other team's around the world. It helps that I am horribly competitive! Last year the team I was in came top of our organisation, This year I am a team captain and it is my job to set a good example to my team and to motivate them!!! today I was handing out pack's and demonstrating the pedometer's. I have a new pedometer and cyclometer and will put them on in the morning!

The great thing is being able to find new places to walk and cycle. its exciting and I will keep you all updated.

If I could walk 500 miles...

Hi All,

I spent a lot of my summer attached to a small blue step counter.

This was because I was undertaking the global corporate challenge. Me and 6 other workmates, tried to walk as much as we could over 111 days. 

It was not easy, not by a long shot. I walked and walked then walked some more. I walked to work, I walked across town, I walked the dogs sometimes together sometimes separately to maximise the walking potential. I would walk on my lunch breaks, I would walk up the very mean hills and down again. I would walk to the shops, I would walk round the shops. I would walk back from the shops, I would walk whilst geochacing, I walked on holiday, I walked at home, I walked in London, I walked in Scotland. I even walked on the spot.

In the end my step average  was 14,969 steps per day, which was great - it could have been better if I had not had an operation at day 41 which slowed me down a bit. :(

In total I walked 1661605 steps, which is far!

So today we were rewarded for our effort's as my team was the top in our organisation and we were presented with a certificate, followed by an inpromptu visit to the Mayor for a quick handshake and a well done. It was great talking about all that we achieved and reminded me of how far I have come and how far I have to go....

Oh well aerobics tomorrow (yes really aerobics) and my step count for today.....18692 but who's counting!