It’s funny how an idea can pop into your head and once you say it out loud something happens to make it shift from thought to reality. Well, a few weeks ago the thought occurred to me that it would be cool to accomplish 25 miles of laser tag over the course of a single weekend. After all, I have been advocating for 5K challenges for nearly five years now, so this seemed like a unique way to step things up. This concept is made up of part “can I actually do that?”, part “add it to my bucket list” and part “I walk a lot and I tag a lot…so why not?” I floated the idea and want to thank my friends at The Fun Warehouse for getting behind another one of my wild ideas! While I thought of this as simply a personal challenge, they designed this promo flyer and have made it something real…so now I get to see if I can really accomplish this goal!
This weekend I am committed to laser tagging 25 miles. Can I do it? We’ll find out together!
Ok, let’s start by figuring out the ground rules…
- The only distance/steps that count must be done during an actual laser tag game.
For those who don’t know, I’m in the habit of power walking laps of the arcade in between games on an average Saturday night. It’s easy for me to have walked over ten miles by the end of an average Saturday night! But those steps won’t count this time. Only steps/distance covered inside the arena and during a game will count towards my goal.
- The “official” step/distance count will be tracked on my Fitbit.
I love the fact that Laserforce Gen 8 has a built in step tracker, however I am assuming there may be some variation in numbers based on the location of the pedometer (it’s on my wrist when I wear my Fitbit vs on my chest when I wear the laser tag pack).
For consistency with my other activities I will default to the data on my Fitbit, but I will also find it interesting to see how close the steps tracked on my wrist compare with the steps tracked inside the pack.
- At least two players need to trade tags and have scores on the board for a game to count.
That may sound obvious, but I will be playing for quite a few hours and you never know if you are going to be playing with a huge group or not, so I have contingency plans, but you still need two players minimum to make it a real game. I think with all the parties and groups scheduled we’ll be just fine…I’ll be playing with whoever shows up. That’s an invite if you’re looking to join a game!
How will I track this? Oh, I love a good spreadsheet and the dry erase board will become my check-in and check-out point before and after each game. I’ll be recording where my miles start and end for each game, how much distance is covered, how many steps on Fitbit and how many steps counted by the pack.
How many games will this take? How many hours? I have no idea! I hope I’ll have completed this goal between early afternoon on Friday (I took a half day off from work) and Saturday night. And if I’m short any distance by the end of Saturday I guess I’ll be back on Sunday too…but I don’t think that will be the case. ;)
How am I preparing for this? Well, in the last few years I have taken health and wellness much more seriously again, reverting back to the better habits I once had years ago. As part of that I am regularly walking about eight miles every day anyway, so this is not that far of a stretch. However, laser tag is more than just walking and it is not always continuous movement, so that’s why tracking distance during a laser tag game is different than walking or running in a race. I have physically prepared for the challenge, but this will still be new territory. So I’ll be showing up having had a good protein-packed breakfast, hydrating all day and wearing my personal choice for “we never run in the arena shoes”…my Brooks. I am ready!
So, do you think I can accomplish 25 miles of laser tag in one weekend? Bring it on! :)
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