GreaterSport Bejing to London 2011-2012 Pedometer Challenge

To celebrate the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games the GreaterSport team have set themselves a challenge using pedometers to walk/run the distance from Bejing to London.

Starting Monday 25th July the team will be wearing pedometers to measure their steps taken and distance travelled.

The distance between bejing and London is 8200km or approximately 5095 miles. Across the 20 members of the team we are looking at travelling over a mile a day each from when we set off to work in the morning to when we return home.

Trial

4 members of the team wore pedometers on Monday 18th July and throughout the day the average steps taken were 1245. To hit the target they need to be walking 2379 steps every day, this is approximately an additional half a mile per person per day!!!!

We will keep you updated with our progress weekly via Facebook and Twitter!

Wish us luck!