Destination Rio – KIN Pedometer Challenge
“a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” – Lao Tzu
Weekly Progress Update
- Week 1 – 1230 km
We have crossed the Oregon-California border and are in northern California. - Week 2 – 2800 km
We have just crossed the USA-Mexico border and are in northern Mexico. - Week 3 – 4150 km
We are in the southern part of Mexico. - Week 4 – 5670 km
We are in Costa Rica.
Note that at this point we are slightly over 50% of the way to Rio. If we continue at this pace we will reach Rio in our 8 week time frame. - Week 5 – 7180 km
We are in central Colombia. - Week 6 – 8670 km
We are in North-West Brazil. - Week 7 – 10100 km
We are in central Brazil, roughly 1000 km away from Rio de Janeiro.
Great job people! We are on pace to surpass our goal! - Week 8 – 11800 km !!!
We have arrived at Rio de Janeiro with over 500 km to spare!
Well done everyone. Thanks for your participation!
Thank you for being part of the School of Kinesiology pedometer challenge.
We are on our way from Vancouver to this year’s Summer Olympic Games venue Rio, Brazil, which is about 7,000 miles (11250 km) and every day brings us a step closer.
How to keep track and enter steps:
- Download your “Personal Activity Log and Step Equivalent Calculator” (Excel file) to keep track of your daily and weekly steps. The period for the weekly count is from Monday to Sunday.
- Enter your weekly step data in the form below every Monday by 4pm.
- The graph/map will be updated every Tuesday to show our progress.
Rio here we come!
Enter your step data in the form below. The map will be updated every Tuesday.