I am still MAINTAINING my 10,000(+) steps/day & 500,000 steps/month goals.
I am cool as long as I can meet those.
This ALL started when I busted my knee, slipping & falling while shoveling snow, on Feb. 28, 2019. Had major surgery on knee on March 8, 2019. Off crutches in April, 2019.
I then decided I am going to get as FIT as I can via walking — or ambling.
In 2019 I walked 1,736 miles.
In June 2020 I decided I was going to walk at least 500,000 steps each month.
Yes. Yes. Yes. I am still delighted though I didn’t walk as much as the year before. Two factors: MORE RAIN & me getting older.
This ALL started when I busted my knee, slipping & falling while shoveling snow, on Feb. 28, 2019. Had major surgery on knee on March 8, 2019. Off crutches in April, 2019.
I then decided I am going to get as FIT as I can via walking — or ambling.
In 2019 I walked 1,736 miles.
In June 2020 I decided I was going to walk at least 500,000 steps each month.
In 2020 I walked 2,822 miles.
In 2021 I walked 3,214 miles.
I am HAPPY with 3,000 miles a year — & the 500,000 steps a month.
The picture below TESTIFIES to what it takes to make these goals.
I know. I know. Who cares? I do! SMILE. In my dotage small achievements like this cheer me. Yes, mere bagatelle for some of you. But, in my case, achieving this — maintaining this — takes time & effort. SMILE. At least 2-hours a day of walking.
250 miles a month.
8.2-miles (on average) a day. Try it. SMILE.
I could have walked from home all the way to California, getting pretty close to San Francisco. I wish I had the time (like a couple of months) to try and walk across the country. Would love that.
OK. OK. I understand. This is only of relevance & import to I. I am sorry. But, for I, it is somewhat of a big deal. 730-day streak; 2 full years. NOT a day missed.
And during those two years we had COVID, I had 3 (yes 3) cataract surgeries & we had a LOT of days when it was bone chilling cold, snowing or raining. So, this took some doing & discipline. I am hoping I can stretch it to 3 years. If I can make 1,000 consecutive days I will be real chuffed. That will be 2 years & 9 months. So, I have ANOTHER 270 days — 9 months ahead of me. NOT SURE I will get there. But, I am sure going to try.
Time, age & health are NOT in my favor. I will be 69 in September.
So this is how this walking at 12,000 steps a day came to be.
In 2020, kind of 2 years ago, after my pivotal (kind of life-changing) knee surgery to repair my busted quadricep I embarked on a whole new walking regime. I set myself two goals: 1/ At least 12,000-steps each & every day without fail or exception, & 2/ 500,000-steps each & every month without fail or exception.
I set myself the 12,000-steps a day goal on April 17, 2020.
I added the 500,000-steps a month goal in June 2020.
So far I have managed to stick to BOTH goals, without fail or exception.
The 12K a day goal & the 500,000 steps a month goal are NOT interlinked. You can achieve each independent of the other.
You need to walk an average of 16.7K steps in a 30-day month to make 500K for the month. For 31 day months it is a tad lower at 16.1K steps. But, then there is February. In February 2022 I walked, on average, 18,000-steps a day to make the 500K goal. The 3-days in Acadia, mid-month helped, especially the day I walked 32,800 steps. SMILE.
In 2020, kind of 2 years ago, after my pivotal (kind of life-changing) knee surgery to repair my busted quadricep I embarked on a whole new walking regime. I set myself two goals: 1/ At least 12,000-steps each & every day without fail or exception, & 2/ 500,000-steps each & every month without fail or exception.
I set myself the 12,000-steps a day goal on April 17, 2020.
I added the 500,000-steps a month goal in June 2020.
So far I have managed to stick to BOTH goals, without fail or exception.
The 12K a day goal & the 500,000 steps a month goal are NOT interlinked. You can achieve each independent of the other.
You need to walk an average of 16.7K steps in a 30-day month to make 500K for the month. For 31 day months it is a tad lower at 16.1K steps. But, then there is February. In February 2022 I walked, on average, 18,000-steps a day to make the 500K goal. The 3-days in Acadia, mid-month helped, especially the day I walked 32,800 steps. SMILE.
Yes. Yes. Yes. I am delighted. SMILE. 2021 was the first full-year of my new walking regime I got into in 2020. Prior to April 2020 I had this notion of taking a ‘Day Off‘ every 4th day; i.e., 3 days on, 1 day off. On those Off Days I walked less than 10K. On April 17, 2020, I decided that I will NOT take any days off. I was going to walk at least 12K steps each & every day. AND I HAVE. I have.
624 day streak, at least 12K steps EACH DAY — & I had 3 eye surgeries during this period. I still did my steps. The surgeon knew, he understood & put EXTRA stitching in my eye to let me walk!
In June 2020 I decided I was going to walk at least 500,000 steps each month.
So, in 2020 I kind of started mid-year. I ended up 2020 having walked 2,822 miles. Nearly 400 more this year.
Not so in 2021. I was hell bent on achieving this goal. I like goals. I like to walk. I like being kind of fit. Smile.
Interestingly, the 12K a day goal & the 500,000 steps a month goal are NOT interlinked. You can achieve each independent of the other.
You need to walk an average of 16.7K steps in a 30-day month to make 500K for the month. For 31 day months it is a tad lower at 16.1K steps. But, then there is February. Well, I managed to beat all of those. Yes, I tracked my steps every night before going to bed. Have I ever said I am NOT obsessive about my disciplines?
As you will also see you can easily achieve 500K/month without meeting the 12K/day goal. You can do 30K on a few days to make up. But, I wanted to achieve BOTH goals — & I did.