To keep us motivated with our daily dose of outdoor activity, whether running, walking or cycling, we decided to pursue a mammoth challenge during April;

to collectively climb the height of Mount Everest in less than a single month. That's an impressive 8,848m or just over 29,000 ft of elevation!

Sounds hilly, right?

Well I'm delighted to say that we completed this challenge by Monday 13th April (in only two weeks!) where once 'elevation gain' had been totaled up, we had climbed higher than the tallest mountain on planet Earth.

It's fair to say the GoodGym crowd absolutely smashed this fitness challenge and we have some serious mountain goats amongst us!

The challenge made us seek out those hills we normally avoid on our local routes, for some (Ellie!) it made us appreciate just how flat it is where we live & for others, it was a great time to get out & explore the fells by our new home (Nathan!)

And now the moment everyone is excitedly anticipating - the results:

In only two weeks we collectively climbed 11,886m or 38,999ft!

Everyones efforts are totaled below (if you're missing some elevation gain or have been missed off - I'm sorry! - please email me at dani@goodgym.org & I'll get it updated asap. The admin work was heavy.)

LEADERBOARD

WEEK ONE:

• Peter: 445ft
• Nathan: 3858ft
• Karen: 479ft
• Ash: 113ft
• Naomi: 541ft
• Katherine: 1450ft
• Emma: 2027ft
• Helen: 898ft
• Nicky: 225ft
• Mark: 351ft
• Lauren: 59ft
• Alice: 278ft
• Sam: 2605ft
• Dani (me!): 1480ft
• Racheal: 321ft
• Liv: 626
• Huw: 538
• Rachael (H): 666

WEEK TWO:

• Peter: 1785ft
• Nathan: 2040ft
• Karen: 53ft
• Ash: 208ft
• Naomi: 613ft
• Katherine: 4265ft
• Emma: 2542ft
• Helen: 1961ft
• Nicky: Awaiting total
• Mark: 482ft
• Lauren: 784ft
• Alice: 823ft
• Sam: 2575ft
• Dani (me!): 3070ft
• Racheal: Awaiting total
  
• Liv: Awaiting total
  
• Huw: Awaiting total
• Rachael (H): 836ft

Some impressive climbs in the above stats & it shows that although we moan about hills & they're bloomin' hard work, they aren't so bad.

The next time you're slogging up a hill, praying for it to be over or considering stopping, draw on that GG power & remember that together, we climbed higher than the worlds tallest mountain. We can do anything!

Thanks so much for taking part & let's get on that next challenge.

Big Loves