My Activity Tracking
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kms
My target 200 kms
I'm challenging myself to walk 200*km throughout October.
Polio is the world’s forgotten disease and something that should have been made history a long time ago. Polio is a crippling and potentially fatal infectious disease. There is no cure, but there are safe and effective vaccines. The strategy to eradicate polio is therefore based on preventing infection by immunizing every child until transmission stops and the world is polio-free.
That is why this October we are asking you to Walk With Us for those that can’t.
We are challenging you to walk, run or roll 10, 20, or 50km throughout the month and raise vital funds that will help eradicate and prepare us for a Polio free world. A polio-free world does not mean it’s over either. It requires updated vaccination policies, including the phased withdrawal of oral polio vaccines (OPV), appropriate containment of the poliovirus in facilities, the certification that polio has been eradicated, and planning for the transition of knowledge and infrastructure to serve other health goals.
In recent months we have all had to find new ways to stay fit and healthy. Rotary’s Walk With Us End Polio Walk is a fitness challenge that you can complete from October 1st to 31st to reach your target.
Be part of something special: Walk With Us this October for those that can’t. Be part of the end game strategy and raise funds to help make Polio history so that no child ever again suffers paralytic poliomyelitis.
My Updates
23 October to 30 October
Friday 31st Oct I’ve been busy since 23 Oct getting ready for an overseas trip to Mexico arriving on 26 Oct for a friend’s wedding. Lots of walks around the resort and I easily hit my 200Km goal. Thank you to everyone for their support. I’ve raised my goal of $300 and my team exceeded our $2,500 goal :) Share
21 October - Day 21
Tuesday 21st Oct Tuesday: a lunchtime walk with Ernie (doggo) and a big afternoon walk along the lovely O'Conner Ridge. Lots of bird life and rabbits. Share
20 October - Day 20
Tuesday 21st Oct Monday. Lots of walking around the house cleaning tonight... that counts right? Share
19 October - Day 19
Tuesday 21st Oct A busy Sunday morning with our Rotary club doing a working bee and a reasonably chilled Sunday arvo. Share
17 October - Day 17
Tuesday 21st Oct Friday... I can't remember what I did but I hit 6km and 10,300 steps so I must have done some walks :D Share
14 October - Day 14
Friday 17th Oct A big morning walk where Ernie (doggo) made friends with a gorgeous Kelpie and enjoyed running around O'Conner fields. Then a lunchtime walk and afternoon walk. Share
13 October - Day 13
Friday 17th Oct Worked from home. Morning walk and filled in for a netball game after work. Share
12 October - Day 12
Sunday 12th Oct Along side fellow Sundowners, we did a walk from Kingston foreshore, around the middle section of Lake Burley Griffin and back to the foreshore for some lunch and a cold drink. Great company and not bad weather! A short night time walk with doggo. Share
10 October - Day 10
Saturday 11th Oct I really appreciate the support of my friend who offered to go for a morning walk on Friday morning! :D Thank you. We were joined by my partner and doggo, it was a great way to start the day. Share
9 October - Day 9
Saturday 11th Oct Thursday... I didn't walk many steps today. It was rainy. But I did play a game of social netball after work. Share
8 October - Day 8
Wednesday 8th Oct A morning walk with Ernie. No walk at lunchtime but I did go to Zumba after work. Share
7 October - Day 7
Tuesday 7th Oct A quieter/rest day. Although I did manage a lunchtime walk with a colleague. Share
6 October - Day 6
Tuesday 7th Oct I had a morning walk with my dog and partner, and an afternoon walk around the lake with some fellow Sundowners. Share
5 October - Day 5
Tuesday 7th Oct I spent the morning on my feet, helping at Floriade. In the arvo/night, I caught up with friends and had an impromptu, lounge room boogie. Share
4 October - Day 4
Saturday 4th Oct A morning walk to Dickson and back with Ernie (my dog) so he was happy while I went off to Floriade to volunteer with the awesome Sundowners (my Rotary club) at the Garden gnomes painting station. I walked from Floriade back to the city, to catch the light rail, and then a short walk from the light rail to home. After that, I took my neighbour Lee to the supermarket. I hit 9km and 13800 steps before 4pm. Share
3 October - Day 3
Saturday 4th Oct A morning walk to Dickson with my doggo and partner. Then a walk to after work drinks (plus the light rail). Share
2 October - Day 2
Thursday 2nd Oct Today's distance was achieved by a lunchtime walk with colleagues and a social netball game, after work. Share
1 October - Day 1
Thursday 2nd Oct A morning walk with Ernie and a night time Zumba class meant I did 16,000 steps, travelling 10km. ShareThank you to my Sponsors
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Alex Nicolson
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Patricia Mcdonell
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Megan Downie
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Dianne & Trevor Downie
A great cause. Well done.
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Nevill Fam Bam
Go Aunty Megs, love what you do.
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Ollie & Abbey
Good Work!
You're amazing!