🧗⛰️Mount Everest virtual challenge - February 2021⛰️🧗

Here’s another of my virtual challenge blogs!

After smashing the Mount Fuji virtual challenge for January, I decided to go for the Mount Everest one for February. This challenge is 40 miles, I have completed this in just over 2 weeks, 14 days ahead of schedule! My sisters have come on walks and we have taken my father's friend's dogs as their owners have been unable to take them. This has made the walks more fun and has helped me to build up the miles.

I have really enjoyed this challenge as along the way you can see a street view map of where you would be after each walk if you were really there walking it. One day I would love to walk Everest but I think I would be terrified of freezing lol.

For this blog, I didn’t want to do a daily update as I thought it would be nice to change it up. I have my eyes set on all 18 of the challenges and I can’t believe I’ve completed 2 already! I feel super proud of myself that I have stuck to these challenges and always push through hard days. Every day isn't rainbows and flowers but I get up, dressed, put my earphones in and go for a walk. After being diagnosed with PCOS and learning that running miles and miles is not the way to lose weight, I feel happy that I am making the correct changes to my activity and diet to help me lose weight and have fun while doing it!

My goal was to do one a month but as they vary in miles I need to realistic with what I can achieve. I am currently doing the Giza pyramids, I’ve completed 75% so I know I will finish in around a week. I’ve decided to try and accomplish 2 in March. I have chosen the Inca trail as my challenge for the second half of March which is 26 miles. In 2 weeks it works out at 1.8ish miles a day. I know I can do this as I like to do at least 2 miles a day. I have my eyes set on the English Channel medal too, it is 26 miles and I would like to swim this when the gyms finally open again!

For April my challenge is Hadrian’s wall. This is my biggest challenge yet as it is 90 miles! I will stretch this challenge over April and May as 3 miles a day can be quite hard to achieve when I am unsure what is happening with work etc. From 90 miles the challenges vary and go all the way up to 2,280 for the Route 66 medal. My goal is to eventually complete all of them but of course, as the miles go up I will be doing them over more months.

I will of course keep you all updated on the challenges and let you know about each one in my blogs, this has been a blast! I have loved the street view map and these challenges have helped me to be motivated to get out more and complete them!

I can’t wait to share my next adventure with you all, unfortunately for a while, I think they will be virtual adventures but bring on the times when we can go back out, I have lots to do and share!!

Take care.

Chloe x