I use a smart watch to count steps. Will I get to 5 million this year? I'm not neutral here, 5 million is my goal and I will take steps (pun intended) to achieve it.
Will post semi regular updates below
Steps (k) Total steps (k) Deficit (k) Month rate Cumm rate Rate needed
January 271.3 271 -153 64.1% 64.1% 64.1%
February 321.0 592 -228 81.0% 72.3% 78.4%
March 424.5 1,016 -227 100.3% 81.8% 95.1%
April 412.4 1,429 -224 100.6% 86.5% 94.9%
May 442.2 1,871 -205 104.4% 90.1% 97.9%
June 436.8 2,308 -178 106.6% 92.9% 99.6%
July 406.3 2,714 -195 96.0% 93.3% 89.6%
August 378.6 3,093 -240 89.4% 92.8% 81.8%
September 461.0 3,554 -189 112.5% 95.0% 98.3%
Deficit to catch up: -189k
Rate per day needed for rest of year: 15,710.7
Rate is relative to needed pace to achieve 5m by year's end
"Rate needed" is how much I would need to do until the end of the year to achieve the goal (given current deficit)
@AlQuinn I do ~6k from commuting alone and most days I get to 9-10k without going out of my way at all (commute + other errands). I do run as well (the frequency of which I would like to increase)
I did almost exactly 4m in 2023 (4,005,510). That includes 3 weeks where I didn't measure (my old watch, which counts steps, broke, and since I was moving, I didn't immediately buy a new one—I would immediately buy a new one this year)
January was well below pace because of travel (both at the start with the summer holidays here in Australia and work travel later in the month)