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Resolves 111,273. One of the more exhausting things I’ve ever done

@dominic 👏

@dominic Congrats! Did you do a write- up anywhere? I'd be curious to know more about how did you go about it and how did it go

@FranekZak Maybe I’ll write something about it, will update in the comments here if I do

@dominic Really inspiring!

Update: will probably be doing this on Saturday (July 22)

@dominic don't let Al Quinn down!

I would feel better about betting in this if you had posted previous Apple data showing your previous high step number attempts. I ran cross country in high school as well but then I attempted to walk across a major metropolitan area when I was about 20 and hurt my knee in the process, which lasted for months if not a year. Walking is different than running because the stride hits different, it puts a lot more strain on your knees. I would advise being very careful, not actually going for the gold on this one and not risking injuring yourself if you start to feel in pain, seriously, it's not worth it. You could train to do a super high number of steps in the future rather than just going from 35k steps up to 90k+ or wherever your break point might be. I know this sounds very, "dad" of me, but I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm just saying you can train for far more than what you might get injured at rather than just going for it.

@PatrickDelaney Also, I'm not sure how much grass or non-concrete there is on your route, I'm assuming none, but the more you can walk on slightly uneven, grass, or different hardness terrain, mix that up with the straight concrete stuff, thereby reducing tension on your ligaments, the longer you might be able to go...? Just a thought.

@PatrickDelaney I’ll definitely be careful, and will stop if I feel like I’m injured. (Might also do a trial run of walking for a few hours before). The different terrain is a good idea, I might walk around central park or something to get some non concrete

@dominic There's also stopping and stretching, don't forget that.

I think the key with strain/injury is to not go too fast. 24 hours is long enough that it wouldn't make sense to walk anywhere close to your fastest walking pace. The only time I've gotten weird stuff like iliotibial band syndrome is when I'm walking >80% of my maximum pace, though YMMV (pun intended).

Is this outside (and if so, in a city or elsewhere?) or inside (treadmill or track)? Will you be unassisted during this process? How much sleep do you expect to get?

I think you could easily get 120K+ if motivated and on flat ground (2.1-2.3 mph average, depending on stride). I've done 26 miles with 8k foot elevation gain at high altitude with a lot of it off trail in 12 hours, which is at least 40 flat mile equivalents (compared to the ~50-55 mile goal here), and I'm just moderately fit I'd say.

@AlQuinn Outside, in Manhattan, unless weather is bad in which case I will go inside somewhere. Mostly unassisted, but my plan is that I can buy energy bars and water and stuff as I walk around. I don’t expect to get much sleep, but I haven’t decided how much is optimal yet. 120k steps is probably 20+ straight hours of walking I think, feels like a lot? But maybe not, I hope it’s doable

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Will all steps be of standard stride length or will you be maximizing the total number by taking the smallest possible steps that get counted?

@PedeJo Standard steps, although maybe my stride length will be a little bit shorter than usual. Nothing drastic though.