Walkathon VIRTUAL WINE TOUR & VACATION - Week 05

WE needed a wee virtual vacation from having to endure all that competition and having our pedometers as our new best friends all these weeks. So we are bringing you as an added benefit of being a Walkathoner, your virtual vacation. Just kick back and Enjoy the coast of France, laying on the beaches that are kissed by the Atlantic Ocean, not far of course from our villa. Everything is sun-drenched and the wines have been kissed by that special blend of land and sea. We are wine-tasting our way thru Bordeaux country spending virtually thousands of virtual Euros drinking that elixir of world wines - the many bordeauxs from Medoc to St. Emilion.

A special lunch has been set for us to honor the best teams that have made it so virtually far – so we raise our glasses and sip our Medoc Bordeaux to the crème de la crème in Week 5 – Canines with 338.44 KM’s, Heat Raiders with 305.65 KM’s, the Yes Dears with 236.99KM’s. We toast to those of us who have made a supreme individual effort to -Olga Biskup from Canines with an incredible 137.20KM’s, Teja Piskur from Heat Raider with 94.96 KMs, and Bojan Brescanski from the Skywalkers with 92.80. We raise our glasses for a final toast to the best teams overall combining weeks one thru five- to Heat with 1307.86 KMs , Canines with 1283.23 and the yes Dears with 1257.04. Then we enjoy the best that Bordeaux has to offer, with a fine evening on our virtual yacht, enjoying the music and the after Week 5 Evening Party in our Our virtual villa! Honor. Fantastique!

To see all the weekly result, here it is as usual:

View larger image and all the individual walkathon WEEK 5 scores here.

Walkathon Result - Week 04

View larger image and all the individual walkathon WEEK 4 scores here.

Well fellow Walkathoners - we seem to have all blasted thru Week 4! It's getting crazed! We went to an ICS dinner and half the group had on their pedometers, walking to the restaurant which is a major distance from the city center. Obsessive or what? Competition is getting ferocious. Yes Dears, that have been nipping at the heels of Heat Raiders finally overtook them by a measely 19KMs. Coming up fast are those pesky dog walkers, the Canine Companions. If they continue to have a week, like Week 4, we will all be looking at doggy dust. And best of all, the individual numbers are breaking the sound barriers of over 100 KM's & finally the guys are meeting the challenge. By week 10 at this rate who knows, we may have someone who really walked to Marrakesh.

Here's the latest stats for Week 4 - (Feb 26th up to March 4th).

Best individuals - some whopping numbers and here they are:
1st Olga Biskup from Canine Companions with 142.70 KM
2nd Bojan Brescansk from Sky Walkers with 107.67
3rd - Marjorie Carrington from LaFontaine Turtles with 90.56

Best teams for Week 3:
1st Canine Companions with 344.62
2nd Cab Drivers with 289
3rd Yes Dears with 287.44

Best overall Team scores - Week 1-Week 4 :
1st Yes Dears with 1,020.05 KM
2nd Heat Raider with 1002.23 KM
3rd Canine Companions with 944.79 KM

1200 KM's total and we are in Lyon, just a few KMs away. Most of the teams are now past Italy and into France, always a tempting situation - a little wine, great food, lovely atmosphere. I suggest at this point we all have a virtual drink of the grapes or maybe the real thing. With just a mere 1200 Kms to go we will be smack dab in the middle of Spain for a little paella and flamenco dancing, putting us well past the half-way point on our way to our final destination - the exotic land of Morocco. So go, go, go!

Happy pedometering!

Donna

Walkathon Result - Week 03

View larger image and all the individual walkathon WEEK 3 scores here.

Week 3 results:
We've had another great Walkathon Week! Most of us have walked passed Milano & without doing any shopping. What will power, proud of all you guys. Seriously though, we are gaining on our next big city of Lyon, France which is 800 KM's from Ljubljana. So congratulations to you all and keep it going. Next city in our sites is Bordeaux a mere 600 KM to from Lyon then on to sunny Madrid.

Best Week 3 Team results:
Well this week, the Canine Companions moved on up to 2nd, beating out the Yes Dears, which bumped out Ljubljana Lightning. Way to go Canines!
1st place - Heat Raiders 281.23 KM
2nd place - Canine Companions 276.89 KM
3rd place - Yes Dears 272.17 KM

Best Individuals for Week #3:
The ladies beat out the guys, closest of the menfolk had 75.74.
1st place - Olga Biskup of Canine Companions 94.07KM
2nd place - Cecilia Norden Van Gansberghe of Sleep Walkers 89.63 KM
3rd place - Teja Piskur of Heat Raiders 81.09 KM

Best teams Overall (composite scores from Week 1-3)
Still hanging on but barely to overall 1st place are the Heat Raiders, with Yes Dears nipping at their heels, closely followed by Ljubljana Lightning.

1st place - Heat Raiders with 756.14 KM
2nd place - Yes Dears with 732.61 KM
3rd place - Ljubljana Lightning with 680.91 KM

Don't forget - send in your scores for Week 4 by Wednesday of the following week.
We still are on for our weekly walk up Roznik this Friday, so if you've got the time, come out and join the group. Meeting point is the Modern Gallery at 12:30.

Have another great walking week!
Donna