Early this morning, I completed Garmin Connect’s Appalachian Trail expedition. It was the longest of the 17 “hiking” expeditions. I did all 17 in ascending order. This is another kind-of-neat Garmin challenge. Completing it didn’t require any unusual effort on my part; it required only the accumulation of steps over the last 11 months. Completing the 13 “climbing” challenges will be much harder. I have completed only 2 so far. The climbing challenges track elevation gain, and most of my walks have almost none. As I did with the hikes, I will progress through the climbs in ascending order. Each will be harder than the one before. I needed 73 days to complete the first climb and 125 days to complete the second. I have been working on the third since February 19, but it’s still only 79% complete. Even if I were to commit to regular stair climbing workouts, it would take years to reach the summit of Garmin’s virtual Mount Everest. Because of their long time horizons, Garmin’s expeditions don’t work well for motivation. There’s no deadline; you will get there eventually. But there is something to be said for consistent effort over time, so I will take those little rewards as they come.
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