If you’ve been reading our blog you know that we append how much we walked at the end of each day. We’ve been curious to know how much mileage we’ve covered these past months so we put together a fancy spreadsheet that can calculate various statistics by city and/or country. Here are just a few facts and figures…
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You’d think we’d have worn out a pair or two of sneakers by now but our first pair are still going strong (they are, however, definitely showing signs of wear and tear). At this rate we’ll cover about 2,000 miles in a year. Not bad for fat, old and lazy city dwellers.
As an aside, a while back we heard of this app called, “Achievement”. Supposedly it pays you to do healthily things. Based on the description and how much we walk we expected to each get paid $10.00 about once a month. That’s not bad for doing nothing more than we normally would. Why do they pay you – because when you sign up you tell them all kinds of personal information about yourself (it’s mandatory) and they sell that information to companies in health related industries.
Well, it’s been about three months, we’ve walked almost 600 miles and still we’re just one quarter of the way to getting our $10.00. At this rate we’ll get paid around Thanksgiving. According to their website you can earn more points by exercising in a gym or riding a bike but according to many of the reviews I’ve read that doesn’t really help much. Basically, in our opinion, it’s a crock.
In conclusion: Caveat Emptor (see, being in Italy for three months really did expand our vocabulary 😉).