Walking With Attitude

Your virtual walking challenge mirrors the 127km / 80 mile trek, taking in the lush green pastures, glens and mountains covered with a blanket of heather.

Where: The Wicklow Way, County Wicklow – Ireland

We start our walking challenge in Dublin, Ireland, then make our way to the official Wicklow Way starting marker at Marlay Park. Our virtual hike takes us up and over the Wicklow mountains, passing the tallest waterfall and heather-clad mountains into the Glenmalure valley, which just happens to be the largest glacial valley in the British isles. Without catching a chill or tossing and turning in sleeping bags, we meander our way through virtual lush farmlands, before resting our weary feet and pedometer in the village of Clonegal.

When Irish eyes are smiling...

In real life, walkers take around 7 days to complete the 127km (80 mile) walking trail. Your virtual Wicklow Way challenge will encourage you to complete the challenge in around 5 weeks (35 days), striving to maintain 10,000 steps a day.
No matter if you're new to walking or a seasoned walker – you set the pace! Simply record you pedometers steps / activity minutes online everyday. It's easy, fun and Irish!

Find your pot of gold!

As you reach each of the 10 challenge waypoints, we feature a typical 'real life' walker's experience: how they felt, what they saw and just how fantastic the Wicklow Way trail is. Plus, we couldn't resist adding a little Irish charm, wit and humour to each waypoint.

About this challenge:

Goal Trophy

The End of Wicklow Way – Clonegal 350,000 steps
(One Trophy for this challenge)

Turbo Boost

The Turbo Boost multiplier for this challenge is 1.5 between waypoints, thus making the total steps distance 525,000.

We highly recommend walkers who consistently record 12,000 plus steps a day to Turbo Boost this challenge.
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Are you up for a step challenge? Just a small one!

For the next 5 weeks we will email you 1 mini step challenge to complete in the following 7 days. The first mini challenge will be sent to you once you enter the challenge – good luck :)

Steps / Activity

All your pedometer steps and exercise minutes will be recorded against this challenge.

Below is the trophy you will receive once you have completed Wicklow Way.
Won't that look good in your Trophy Room!

1. Wicklow Way Download Map

   Very handy if you need a little help to stay focused offline too! Scribble on it, add you steps to it or circle a waypoint every-time you reach it online. Have fun counting every step!
   
   File Size: Small 205kb