Sydney to Melbourne 1080 km virtual walk - Stage 3 - 210 km! (1-30 Sep)
Details
During the first half of 2023, a group of us (virtually) walked 1200 km to Sydney. For the second half of 2023, we need to walk back! So let's continue to challenge ourselves to walk/exercise regularly - we will walk (virtually) from Sydney Opera House to Federation Square covering 1080 km over 6 months! This will be an inland route including Canberra and Albury.
We will do the walk in 6 stages, each one lasting a month. This is the third stage - we're walking from Gundagai to Wodonga-Albury! We've got 30 days to cover 210 km (7.0 km a day).
Your kilometres are recorded here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZyCmDRGp8gZa0_sdQJq9qX6nBqgBhtpE4uCwIwlLe8k/edit?usp=sharing
So measure your distance every time you walk out of the house using your phone or Fitbit or smart watch. Along the way, do upload some photos of your walk to inspire the group.
Procedures:
(1) Use a Fitbit or smart watch or smartphone and measure your walking distance every day. On the phone, there are many free apps like Google Fit, Apple Health, Runkeeper, Strava, etc).
(2) Please write your daily and cumulative distance walked in the comments section often - this will help us motivate each other :)
(3) At the end of month, please let me know your total distance covered. I will record this on a spreadsheet and repeat this for the next 6 months
(4) If you are short of kilometres - don't give up! - you can do extra kilometres in future months and it will count towards the final tally.
(5) If you do extra kilometres, you can 'bank' it and use it for bonus stages or for periods where you are busy and cannot walk as much.
(6) If you joined us late, don't worry - your fitness tracker should have recorded your steps/distances in the previous months - just add these earlier distances to your current walks.
Stay safe and healthy, and have fun!
Fi
Author of Urban Trails Melbourne (https://amzn.to/2LcrC6U)
and Marathon Training For Walkers and Beginners (https://amzn.to/2CxOjNq)
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