Participants of All Abilities

The challenge and its point system have been designed to ensure all participants, regardless of their fitness level or ability can succeed.

• Pedometers: The challenge is set up to use a pedometer, which measures steps. An activity conversion tool is provided to convert ‘other’ activities, such as swimming, yoga or gardening, that can’t be measured with a pedometer into steps or for those without a pedometer.
• Talking Pedometers: People that may have difficulty using traditional pedometers may want to look into a talking pedometer.
• Odometers: People that use a wheelchair can participate in the challenge by using an odometer rather than a pedometer. Odometers can be purchased at local bicycle shops and installed on a wheelchair to measure the distance traveled throughout the day. The distance can then be converted into steps using the Odometer conversion tool and entered into the online tracker as steps.

Converting Wheelchair Odometer Distance to Steps

Use the following chart to convert your wheelchair odometer reading into steps. The chart is based on the premise that the average distance covered by walking 10,000 steps with an average stride length of .8 meters is 8 kilometres (5 miles).