by Anura Guruge
on July 2, 2022
May 2020 to June 2021 (Left) & then the next 12 months.
Yes, yes. I know. I know. Just another of my self-indulgent obsessions. But, it is ultra-cheap, gets me outside in all weathers & is supposedly good for my health (though I am not convinced of that). Well, I kind of enjoy it too. Plus, for the last 18 months or so I have listened to 2-hours of ‘Amazon‘ ‘Audible‘ books as I leisurely amble (usually with a dog in tow). I have, incredibly, listened to 103 during that period.
This 500,000-steps a month goal came about when I decided that I will no longer take a ‘day off’. In the olden days when I used to jog as opposed to walk (or more correctly, amble), I used to take a ‘day-off’ after 3-consecutive days of jogging. This was supposedly to give the muscles a day to rest & strengthen. Well, I carried this concept over when I started ambling rather than jogging. So, on my days off I didn’t bother with trying to achieve at least 10K steps. That was a MISTAKE.
I stopped taking days off on April 17, 2020.
The following month, May 2020, I realized that could do 500,000 steps in the month. That was COOL. Liked that. Good goal. Cool goal. But, stupidly, I missed that goal by 2,445-steps in June 2020 because I thought I couldn’t do 500K in 30-days months. I was WRONG.
Well, I learnt. I have managed to do 500K steps a month WITHOUT fail since July 2020. Hence, the 2 year anniversary at the start of this month.
I have now managed to sustain the 12K (minimum) steps a day goal for 2.2 years, i.e., 808-days. Not sure how long I can keep that streak going.
