Kirklyn Smith puts the Proclaimers to shame… he’s already walked 500 miles, and he’s gonna walk 4,500 more.
The Boise, Idaho office manager has a treadmill built into his desk – a contraption called a TrekDesk – and has a goal to walk 5,000 miles at work in a year. He has launched a website that tracks his trekking progress; so far, he’s at around 3,470 miles walked this year… clearly the runaway champ of any FitBit competition.
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Smith has been doing this walking at work thing for more than four years now. He says why on his website:
As a busy professional running the operations of a small office, I found myself letting my excuses get the best of me when time for workouts were no longer convenient. As with many Americans working at a desk, the occasional walk to use the restroom or refill of my coffee cup became the predominant exercise in my day. The infrequent workouts that I would make time for were not enough to offset my love of food and wine. I knew a more earnest commitment needed to be made when I saw a portly picture of myself that was not consistent with the way I visualized my physical appearance.
A familiar tale, no doubt. But now working and walking concurrently has become routine:
A little more than four years later, I’m still walking at the office. I don’t really think about being on a treadmill all day, every day, anymore. It just seems as natural as sitting at a desk when I make my phone calls, type my e-mails, deliver web presentations, visit my reading, and oversee employees. The value, for me, comes in the habit of arriving at the office conditioned to get to work without a second thought paid to exercise or the distance walked the day prior. Exercise ends up being a forgotten byproduct of my everyday workday that takes care of itself. Each day begins like the last day ended… Walking.
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