2018

Target: at least 300,000 steps every month
Challenge: At least one day this year do 49,000 steps or more
Habit: When at home, at least 10 minutes a day on the rebounder

Jan: Steps 384,341 Miles 163.06 Rebound 31/31
Feb: Steps 437,272 Miles 185.52 Rebound 28/28
Mar: Steps 508,069 Miles 215.55 Rebound 24/24
Apr: Steps 433,593 Miles 183.95 Rebound 30/30
May: Steps 575,015 Miles 243.96 Rebound 15/15
Jun: Steps 456,565 Miles 193.70 Rebound 23/23
Jul: Steps 524,962 Miles 222.72 Rebound 31/31
Aug: Steps 389,838 Miles 165.39 Rebound 30/31
Sep:
Oct:
Nov:
Dec:

2018: 3,709,655
Most steps in a day: 50,102 on 08/05/2018. (18 miles of Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk, Clay Bank to Glaisdale train station).
Fewest steps in a day: 6,556 on 23/06/2018. 5 hours driving home.
Rebounding: 212/213.

You are amazing! I want to do that. The most that I've done in a day is 32K - and that was in 2016. Yes - I need to plan a big walking day. It won't happen without planning. Thanks for the inspiration.

BTW: The other day I was chatting with my first-born daughter - the one that studied for a semester at the University of Nottingham - about doing a daddy/daughter trip to Europe at some time in the future. I was there in 1983 and I've always wanted to go back. Obesity sort of snatched that dream away from me. But now that dream is reborn. It won't happen anytime soon -- I've still got 2 kids in college -- but maybe in the next 2 or 3 years. I'd love to know a few of your favorite walking locations in England. When I do go, I plan on seeing a lot of the countryside on foot.

Thank you Ken. I enjoy a few very long rambles each year, but you win out on consistently high daily step counts - and being taller than me that translates into more miles too. I did a few challenge walks back in the day, around 30 - 35 miles, but was fed up being a 5' 4" woman overtaken by lots of 6' men.

If you do make it to England, I would recommend Shropshire I think. It is fairly gentle compared with the Lake District, prettier than the Pennines which to the unattuned eye can be bleak and same-ish. Nowhere in England is as rugged as the Scottish Highlands or Snowdonia in Wales, which in turn are nowhere near as rugged as the mountain ranges in Europe or the US.

Anyway, I would really recommend doing parts of the Shropshire Way, using trains or buses to make a good day's linear walk. When your trip becomes a certainty I would happily mail you some maps and guides.

In the meantime there are some videos on you tube, some made by "The bald explorer". I don't find his presentation especially inspiring, but you can see the landscape of the Long Mynd, for example.

There are lots of rambles in Britain on you tube. My husband can sit and watch beaches in Norfolk on our Smart TV for hours. Someone should create them on Virtual Reality, for the elderly and infirm.

Aug 1 - 5127
Aug 2 - 4878
Aug 3 - 7071
Aug 4 - 3788
Aug 5 - 3306
Aug 6 - 4918
Aug 7 - 2808
Aug 8 - 11553
Aug 9 - 7734
Aug 10 - 1940
Aug 11 - 6634
Aug 12 - 12303
Aug 13 - 4238
Aug 14 - 2635
Aug 15 - 4543
Aug 16 - 5200
Aug 17 - 2661
Aug 18 - 2204
Aug 19 - 5653
Aug 20 - 10337
Aug 21 - 11534
Aug 22 - 2734
Aug 23 - 10347
Aug 24 - 11386
Aug 25 - 11890
Aug 26 - 11154
Aug 27 - 10440
Aug 28 - 11618
Aug 29 - 10762
Aug 30 - 1723 (too tired to move, not sure why)
Aug 31 - 13248

Aug 01 - 13,678
Aug 02 - 18,612 - 3 mile indoor jog at the Y
Aug 03 - 16,150
Aug 04 - 21,101 - AM walk, helped DD move, mowed my lawn & the next door neighbor's as well
Aug 05 - 13,871 - Bicycling - 30 minutes
Aug 06 - 16,606 - UB Weight Training, 30 min indoor jog
Aug 07 - 11,438 - 10 mile/55min Bike ride
Aug 08 - 11,770
Aug 09 - 13,649
Aug 10 - 14,139 - 4+ mile/60 min indoor jog at the Y
Aug 11 - 14,649 - 3+ mile/50 min indoor jog at the Y
Aug 12 - 16,041
Aug 13 - 11,535 - 6.25 mile/33 min bike ride
Aug 14 - 18,191 - 3 mile jog + UBRT at the Y
Aug 15 - 17,809
Aug 16 - 11,224
Aug 17 - 16,278
Aug 18 - 18,005
Aug 19 - 11,973 - 3 mile jog at the Y
Aug 20 - 14,535
Aug 21 - 14,691 - 2+ mile jog at the Y
Aug 22 - 11,430
Aug 23 - 15,883 - 2+ mile jog at the Y
Aug 24 - 12,278
Aug 25 - 13,353
Aug 26 - 11,189
Aug 27 - 14,898 - 3 mile jog at the Y
Aug 28 - 12,957
Aug 29 - 17,912 - 4 mile jog at the Y
Aug 30 - 17,065 - Walking & UBRT at the Y
Aug 31 - 15,647 - 32 minutes Bicycling

August Summary:

Total Steps: 458,557
Miles: 224
Average Daily steps: 14,792

Another good month. I slipped back a little bit on aerobic workouts and definitely slacked off on the weight training. I won't complain, though. It was a busy, hot, humid, stormy month. All things considered, I did OK.

Thanks for the ideas Ambulo. My daughter loves to travel and I love to walk. I'm sure that the daddy/daughter trip will happen sometime. The only questions are when and where.

Sept 1 - 12001

Sept 1 - 6113

Sept 01 - 14,750 - 4.5 mile jog at the Y

Sept 1 - 12001
Sept 2 - 11616

Sept 1 - 6113
Sept 2 - 4344 (had migraine)

Sept 01 - 14,750 - 4.5 mile jog at the Y
Sept 02 - 13,973
Sept 03 - 15,502

Sept 1 - 6113
Sept 2 - 4344 (had migraine)
Sept 3 - 7352

Sept 1 - 12001
Sept 2 - 11616
Sept 3 - 7556 (heat and humidity back)

Sept 1 - 6113
Sept 2 - 4344 (had migraine)
Sept 3 - 7352
Sept 4 - 7336

Sept 1 - 12001
Sept 2 - 11616
Sept 3 - 7556 (heat and humidity back)
Sept 4 - 6443 (more heat and humidity)