a bit about global fitness initiatives

I am walking around the world, without leaving the city. Well at least not leaving the city very often.


Our company is participating in a Global Fitness Thinger that involves wearing a pedometer and walking as much as possible for the next 4 months. Yep, 4 months.

So last week we got a backpack full of gear to help us on our walk - a water bottle, socks, 2 pedometers, a hat and a mouse pad. Now keep in mind, we aren't actually walking around the world - just too and from work with an occasional walk around the block at lunch thrown in there. but still, we needed a water bottle and special socks. oh and a mountaineering backpack. i wasn't this prepared for our planned 21 mile hike in Hawaii!

So you walk and walk and walk, and your pedometer keeps track of your steps and each morning we log them in and they show us where we have walked. The weird thing is they have this website to log on to and all week they have been telling us about the weather in Valpairso, Chile, and how we should bring a raincoat because its rainy and maybe an extra pair of socks (not included in the pack) and then they sent us emails about flying in and the locals being confused as to what was going on. Oh and they have all the foods we should try and words we can use if we get lost and need to find The Batharooma

Except, that I am reading this at my desk. and i know where the bathroom is, and i'm not flying anywhere. and I wore flip flops to walk this morning, and its not raining.

Oh and i'm in New York, not Chile.

so I don't really get the whole thing - but we are all excited about it for now - we are walking around in circles while having conversations with colleagues and making plans to take walks at lunch and we can walk home each night and catch up on our days.

but i have a feeling that one morning I'm going to be wearing a dress (no where to place pedometer without looking like you have a hip tumor), and I'm going to want to eat lunch at my desk, or in the kitchen, and I'm going to have plans to drink heavily after work that night and then I'll be hung-over in the morning and more focused on getting out of bed and getting to a bacon and egg on a roll sandwich then how many steps I've taken and all of a sudden I've fallen off the wagon and while other teams are marching across Nigeria, I am stuck in Cape Town, unable to find a bathroom and without my extra pair of socks.