silly badges

I'm signed up for the AVA (Volkssport) virtual program. I walk, they keep track.  I've finished their 401K challenge, and the tour of Italy. Now I'm walking across Canada.  Because it's a new year, I had to "re-enlist". So I did. I discovered I earned electronic badges. Now it's a lame selection of badges because I walked 66% less this year than last, but it gives me something to write about!

 I decided not to dpthe 52 hike challenge this year, and wasn't sure what I was going to do. A fellow volkssport walker posted "Run the Year" and I checked it out. And signed up. "Run The Year® is a virtual fitness challenge to run or walk 2,019 miles in the year 2019 (that’s 5.5 miles a day, for our fellow math-challenged friends).

Getting the first mile was easy. Getting the rest will be tough. If I get behind, I'm screwed. It's day one and I'm already a mile behind! I'm registered as Gayle Doe because I didn't add my last name on the form. I kind of like it. So I'm keeping it.

The last virtual walk I'm doing is Walking4Fun. I chose the Pacific Coast Trail and I've been inching along. I'm finally at 75% I'd probably be done if I actually walked last year. They give silly e-badges too. I should have not started with the 3K mile walk.