Good evening everyone,

Maybe it was an omen, after recording my last day’s tally, I seem to have lost my pedometer. My total 4 week count was roughly 245,000 steps – 5,000 short of my private goal, and nowhere near as many as I had hoped.  I recognize some people have not logged in all of their steps yet. We will keep the website open for a few more days to allow everyone to log in their progress. I depart tomorrow for a few days off, and will schedule an awards ceremony for the first week of the spring academic quarter. I really appreciate the Student Association rustling up interest, and am delighted with all the walking we have engaged in. I am going to continue to blog for a few more days. Congrats to everyone who participated! For my part, I am now preparing for the Possibilities Triathalon scheduled for late April – will be convened right here on campus at the Drayson Center.

Stepping gingerly into the future,

Dr.D.

Hey everyone,

Two days and counting until the challenge ends, and at least one team has penetrated the 1,000,000 step milestone. Congrats! In my case I am 20,000 steps shy of 1/4 million and am committed to penetrating that threshold.

We were interviewed by the Press-enterprise this week about the challenge, please look out for the article which reportedly will be published tomorrow March 6.  I have discovered that many people use pedometers as part of their daily exercise routine, which until now I was unaware of. 

Walking the talk,

Dr.D.

Greetings everyone,

Finally made it back home for the last week of the Challenge.  The  entire SPH has logged some 17 million steps as of this morning. I estimate that approximates 6500 miles, assuming roughly 2 feet per step, which may be a bit of a stretch.  My team is almost at the half million step mark, but hey, I can do alot of walking in the next 5 days.  Maybe we can break the 750,00 step threshold……

daddy long legs signing off,

Dr.D.

Dudes,

My flight was cancelled last night, 1-hr on the plane, 1-hr in the terminal, + 2hrs waiting in line for a hotel voucher and a seat assignment for today. One of my friends parents has an “OTL” program. That is, “Off the List”. US Airways is now officially on my OTL. Only 2000 steps so far today, guess I can always pace the airport and make security nervous.  Gotta check out of this hotel, time to move onto my next adventure.

Skipping off  to U.S. Customs, which interesting enough is managed here in Canada.

Your favorite distressed passenger,

Dr.D.