15 Million Steps Challenge Update

It's been nearly a couple of months since I reported my 15 million steps progress so I felt it was the right time to do an update.

It's been a tough year so far. My walking has been affected by numerous things but mainly icy/snowy conditions, illness and laziness. I went through a phase of accepting the occasional ride home from work instead of walking the 3 miles to my house. When the weather has been this cold, it's very easy to give into temptation of a 10 minute journey home in a warm car than deal with the cold wind hitting your face for an hour. Unfortunately when this happened, it meant my step count would end up being really low and it wasn't really helping me reach my huge step target.

Enough though. I've snapped out of that and have now been refusing offers of a ride and accepting that if I want to get this challenge done sooner rather than later then I need to man up and get on with it. If it's cold, I wear more layers. If it snows, I wear appropriate footwear. No more excuses!!

The last week has seen my daily step count double, sometimes triple what I was walking in previous weeks. I feel like I'm back on track with my steps.

Key Facts

Steps Taken So Far: 11,963,430 steps

Distance covered so far: 5,480 miles (8,819 kilometres)

Equivalent distance in marathons: 209 Marathons

How Many Steps Left: 3,036,570 steps

Distance shown on map: Southampton, UK to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

The map above shows the distance I would have travelled if I had walked the total amount of steps I've taken so far in a straight line. As you can see, the line goes from my home town, Southampton, in the United Kingdom all the way to the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Obviously if I did this for real, I'd have drowned, so that's why I'm doing it virtually! 

I hope to reach 12 million steps this weekend. Getting to this milestone will be a big boost in my quest for 15 million steps. Reaching 12 million steps means I will have completed 3/4 of my challenge which leaves only 1/4 of my challenge left to do. The end is in sight!