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Walk in Her Shoes Challenge Update – 2 weeks to go

This week I’m combining my weekly review (23 February – 1 March) with my Walk In Her Shoes Challenge update, because it was such an uneventful week except for that. Last week’s goals: 19,000 steps per day – 7/7 days, weekly total: 153,137 steps, average: 21,877 steps per day...

Walk in Her Shoes – Training Update

It’s now less than 3 weeks to the start of the Walk in Her Shoes Challenge on 16 March. I’ve signed up for the “Gold” level, which is 20,000 steps a day – the same as I signed up for last year. Before I signed up I’d set myself...

Walk in Her Shoes – 4 weeks to go

Now I have my new phone, I can sync my Fitbit to my phone (the app doesn’t have the sync feature on an iPhone 4) and the Runkeeper app works properly so I can track my walks. It also has this cool feature where you can set it to...

12 of 12 February 2015

Thursday 12 February 2015 was a work day and a school day. The routine was a bit different today. 1 of 12 – When I woke up to go for a walk, I had a guest waiting for me in the kitchen. 2 of 12 – I’m using my...

Week in review – 2-8 February 2015

Week Goals: 16,000 steps per day – achieved every day. Gold star for me! What we did: This week was almost back to normal. School went back on Wednesday, and you already know how I felt about that. Juniordwarf was with Slabs on Monday and I went to work....

Week in Review: 19-25 January 2014

Monday was the last day of our holiday. We took a short walk through the forest at the back of the hotel before we left. The rest of the day we spent driving home and feeling a bit frustrated that we were stuck in the car on the day...

Walk in her shoes – the wrap-up

I’ve finished the Care Australia Walk in Her Shoes Challenge! Thank you everyone who sponsored me – I appreciate your contributions. Now I’ll let you into a little secret. Officially I was trying to walk 20,000 steps each day, but my competitive mind had other plans in store for...

Walk in Her Shoes – Challenge Week Update

It’s Thursday and I’ve passed the half way mark of the Care Australia Walk in Her Shoes Challenge. My personal challenge this week is to walk 20,000 steps each day, which is double my normal step goal. To do this, I’ve been walking as much as I can –...

Walk In Her Shoes – Week 2 Update

A quick update on week 2 of training before I start the 20,000 steps Walk in her Shoes challenge tomorrow morning. I increased my daily step goal from 15,000 last week to 17,500 this week. This has meant even more extra walking. Unlike last week, this week I managed...

Walk in her Shoes #2

A few weeks ago I bought myself a Fitbit tracker with some money I got for Christmas. I wasn’t sure whether to take the plunge, but there’s a dedicated Fitbit cult in my Twitter feed who finally convinced me I needed to join them. After much pondering and comparing the...