Global Corporate Challenge 2009

[QF WP]

It's a pity I missed this, because I walk my 2 dogs in the morning, around 4-5 kms in total + my normal daily walking. Damn, could have really helped the team.

anat0l, remind me for next year will you

 

[anat0l]

I had to start walking anyway before I knew about the GCC because I started a plan to lose weight (which has been successful so far - and keeping it off). Walking was a big key and still is to my keeping the weight-gain at bay.

Not only that, but having to rely on public transport and commuting around a fairly large uni campus means that walking lots is a given anyway.

It's a pity I missed this, because I walk my 2 dogs in the morning, around 4-5 kms in total + my normal daily walking. Damn, could have really helped the team.

anat0l, remind me for next year will you

You have Alanslegal to thank for bringing the idea to AFF this year. Next year it would be nice to see this grow - perhaps we can have two AFF teams.

 

[Flashback]

Congratulations team on having marked our 7,000,000th step!

 

[anat0l]

There's only 3 weeks to go in the GCC 2009!

Surge forward, AFFers!


Paging PaulC83, if you can hear this, please enter your steps immediately, as your team could very much use your help!

 

[anat0l]

The falling curtain - Global Corporate Challenge 2009

The GCC 2009 finished the past Tuesday 22 September 2009. 150 days of stepping it up for our valiant team, the "AFF Mileage Runners":

• Alanslegal
• straitman
• Masonic Phantom
• PaulC83
• Flashware
• turtlemichael

...and me

We have managed to get to location 132. FWIW the "winning team" (1st place) achieved location 169. Here is a list of all the places we managed to visit (this information is current of this post - we have some steps left to be posted as of yet...):

• 132. Historic Park, USA
• 131. Yosemite National Park, USA
• 130. Merced, USA
• 129. Santa Cruz, USA
• 128. San Francisco, USA
• 127. Airstrip, Mexico
• 126. Acapulco, Mexico
• 125. Chilpancingo, Mexico
• 124. Iguala, Mexico
• 123. Mexico City, Mexico
• 122. Helipad, El Salvador
• 121. Ahuachapan, El Salvador
• 120. San Salvador, El Salvador
• 119. Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
• 118. Playitas Beach, La Union, El Salvador
• 117. Shore Ferry, Galapagos Islands
• 116. Volcan Crater, Galapagos Islands
• 115. Puerto Villamil, Galapagos Islands
• 114. Airfield, Brazil
• 113. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
• 112. Barra do Pirai, Brazil
• 111. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 110. Secret Sub Pen, Falkland Islands
• 109. Berthas Beach, Falkland Islands
• 108. San Carlos , Falkland Islands
• 107. Stanley, Falkland Islands
• 106. Private Airfield, Morocco
• 105. Marrakech, Morocco
• 104. Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco
• 103. El Jadida, Morocco
• 102. Casablanca, Morocco
• 101. Airfield, Scotland
• 100. Talisker Bay, Scotland
• 99. Ashaig, Isle of Skye, Scotland
• 98. Plockton, Scotland
• 97. Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland
• 96. Loch Ness, Scotland
• 95. Caernarfon Castle, Wales
• 94. Llangollen, Wales
• 93. Llanidloes, Wales
• 92. The Brecon Beacons, Wales
• 91. Cardiff, Wales
• 90. Sion Intl Airport, Switzerland
• 89. Matterhorn, Switzerland
• 88. Jungfrau-Aletsch, Switzerland
• 87. Wassen, Switzerland
• 86. Schwanden, Switzerland
• 85. Lake Seealpsee, Switzerland
• 84. Schellenberg, Liechtenstein
• 83. Vaduz, Liechtenstein
• 82. Grins , Austria
• 81. Stubaital Valley, Austria
• 80. Grossglockner, Austria
• 79. Salzburg, Austria
• 78. Hallstatt, Austria
• 77. Tutrakan Terminal, Bulgaria
• 76. Isperih, Bulgaria
• 75. Albena Beach Resort Town, Bulgaria
• 74. Varna, Bulgaria
• 73. Preslav, Bulgaria
• 72. Private Airfield, Crete / Greece
• 71. Phalasarna, Crete / Greece
• 70. Plakias, Crete / Greece
• 69. Archanes, Crete / Greece
• 68. Ierapetra, Crete / Greece
• 67. Zakro Bay, Crete / Greece
• 66. Private Airfield, Uganda
• 65. Iganga Babies Home, Uganda
• 64. Airstrip, Saudi Arabia
• 63. Al Muwaylih, Saudi Arabia
• 62. Al Khuraybah, Saudi Arabia
• 61. Gulf shipwreck, Saudi Arabia
• 60. Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan
• 59. Petra Carved City, Jordan
• 58. Safi, Jordan
• 57. The Old City Jerusalem, Israel
• 56. Banks of the Dead Sea, West Bank
• 55. Ramallah, West Bank
• 54. Nazareth, Israel
• 53. Hippodrome, Tyre, Lebanon
• 52. Beirut, Lebanon
• 51. Private Airfield, Russia
• 50. Ancient City Golden Horde, Russia
• 49. Volga River Delta, Russia
• 48. Astrakhan, Russia
• 47. Camel Pen, Turkmenistan
• 46. Kow Ata, Turkmenistan
• 45. Geok-tepe, Turkmenistan
• 44. Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
• 43. Private Airfield, Mongolia
• 42. Erdenet, Mongolia
• 41. The Monastery, Mongolia
• 40. Darhan, Mongolia
• 39. Dulaankhaan, Mongolia
• 38. Suhbaatar, Mongolia
• 37. Kyakhta, Russia
• 36. Beloozersk, Russia
• 35. Ozera Tagley, Russia
• 34. Utulik, Russia
• 33. Sludyanka, Russia
• 32. Airfield, Japan
• 31. Mayoniya, Japan
• 30. Mt Fuji, Japan
• 29. Zennoki, Japan
• 28. Lake Sagami-ko, Japan
• 27. Ikebukuro, Japan
• 26. Hong Kong Pier, China
• 25. Hong Kong, China
• 24. Dongguan's highest peak, China
• 23. Houjie, China
• 22. Shiqiao, China
• 21. Xiaolan, China
• 20. Cuihengcun, China
• 19. Macau, China
• 18. Airstrip, Bangladesh
• 17. Syed’s House Jamalpur, Bangladesh
• 16. Sirajganj, Bangladesh
• 15. Bilchandak, Bangladesh
• 14. Ganges River, Bangladesh
• 13. Jhenida, Bangladesh
• 12. Jessore, Bangladesh
• 11. Sankdaha, Bangladesh
• 10. Calcutta, India
• 9. Pernam Train Station, India
• 8. Mapuca, India
• 7. Old Goa, India
• 6. Zuari Bridge, India
• 5. Verna, India
• 4. Colla Bay, India
• 3. Agra Airport, India
• 2. Tomb of Akbar the Great, India
• 1. The Taj Mahal, India

The italicised locations are transport hubs. In this case, travel between the hub and the next destination is not counted in the step count (if I interpreted this correctly).

Some other stats about the AFF Mileage Runners team:

• We are within the top 2000 teams (in the world)
• We averaged 11,296 steps per day per person which according to the GCC's algorithm is more than 7km per day. For reference, the Australian teams average is 8,872 steps per day per person; the global average for the 2009 competition is 9,017 steps per day per person.
• We collectively walked 9,884,617 steps and a distance of 6,326 km (which is about a SYD-SIN one-way flight by GCM distance)
• We've offset about 237kg of carbon dioxide
• And just for laughs, we've collectively burnt off the apparent equivalent of one of the following sets of food
  • just under 2,500 glasses of wine
  • just under 3,000 mugs of beer
  • just over 800 burgers
  • just about 1,100 75g chocolate bars
  • close to 2,400 cans of soft drink
  • just over 1,600 slices of pizza (unit weight 323g)
  • about 950 bowls of spaghetti
  • a bit over 1,000 beef steaks (uni weight 200g)
  • a little under 1,000 medium serves of French fries
  • a bit under 1,600 slices of cake

Hope to see some of the participants this year and perhaps even more members from AFF do this next year for a good cause both for the participants and for health research.

A big thanks to Alanslegal for bringing up the idea on AFF.

 

[QF WP]

Congratulations to Team AFF,

anat0l, make sure you remind me when this is on next year. I'm in.

 

[straitman]

Re: The falling curtain - Global Corporate Challenge 2009

• And just for laughs, we've collectively burnt off the apparent equivalent of one of the following sets of food
  • just under 2,500 glasses of wine
  • just under 3,000 mugs of beer
  • just over 800 burgers
  • just about 1,100 75g chocolate bars
  • close to 2,400 cans of soft drink
  • just over 1,600 slices of pizza (unit weight 323g)
  • about 950 bowls of spaghetti
  • a bit over 1,000 beef steaks (uni weight 200g)
  • a little under 1,000 medium serves of French fries
  • a bit under 1,600 slices of cake

I think I have put back on the equivalent of all of these during my current trip.

I guess the positive is to think how I would be if I had not participated.:shock:

 

[anat0l]

Calling all interested walkers and walking team members of 2009.......

.....we're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! :mrgreen:

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