Over 6 miles a day

By David
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First published 30th October 2016 (Last Modified 9th January 2021)

I keep a track of what my pedometer says I've walked (actually I first multiply its claim by 5/6 - Walking 80 chains in the Combe Down tunnel gives a distance of 1.2 miles according to the pedometer, but 80 chains is only one mile...). I then keep a 100 day running total so that I can see how well I'm doing against the 10,000 step target (which, for me seems to be about 4.4 adjusted miles). Over the last few weeks that total has been hovering at around 590 miles, but on Friday the total reached 600.2 miles!

Today, though, it will drop significantly back below that level (101 days ago was a 16 mile walk, and today is a quiet day at home) and given my seasonal trends it's likely to be on a steadily falling total until the spring. Since breaking 600 miles in a hundred days is a significant psychological milestone.