We always enjoy tracking our exercise during our travels. The lifestyle for these trips typically involves a lot more walking than we are used to here in Wayland. We made an effort to ramp up our daily routine for a couple of months before the trip to get in shape, but the summer was hot and walking was often an effort.
In any case, we were really excited to have met a rather ambitious goal. As we were gone almost exactly a month, we calculated that if we really pushed hard, we might reach 100 miles. In the end, that is exactly what we accomplished! We had to use Day #30 as the first day at home......unpacking and adjusting, but that added increment got us over the 100 mile mark!
One of the challenges with FitBit is understanding how to measure steps. We have used two methods. The first lets Fitbit set the distance of the stride (not sure how this works)...... while the other let's you set the measurement. It typically falls around 24", but obviously that varies by individual and is probably a bit different for each of us.......so the science is a bit imprecise. That being said, we looked back at our last couple of trips to Italy. In 2019, we were in Italy for 26 days and walked 204,672 steps for an average of 7,872 steps per day. In 2018, we were in Rome for 31 days and walked 262,442 steps for an average of 8,466 per day......haha, younger and stronger!
For our Venice escapade we achieved 252,835 for an average of 8,428 steps per day. Each of these trips seem to have similar statistics, a pace that would be wonderful to keep up with back in Wayland! We averaged 3.4 miles per day for a total of 101.90 miles for the trip!
