Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k (via WordPress.com News)

I do a 5K walk everyday!

I do it on different routes and club the activity with doing errands and shopping.

I also make it a point to tell at least one stranger everyday to walk instead of using a personal vehicle, because not only will it improve their health but save some natural resources for all of us.

Some ideas to do a 5k everyday (and I guess many people may be doing it already):
1. Instead of taking a vehicle, walk to run an errand or do shopping, when destination is within 2K range.
2. If you commute to workplace: give up the personal vehicle; start early; walk to a public transport station at least 1 mile from your home and get down at least half a mile away from your workplace.
3. Make a rule for yourself not to use any vehicle for distances up to 2K, and beyond that use only public transport.

Finally, it’s great to see WordPress pushing this idea – can influence millions of people towards better health and saving nature.

As Scott mentioned in his How is WordPress.com Made? post, at Automattic we work from all over the world, and we use internal blogs for socializing and exchanging non-work ideas in addition to making WordPress.com and our other products more awesome. One of the things we’re really concerned about is staying healthy – we even have an entire blog dedicated to fitness. We had a great idea: Get all 80 Automatticians from 62 cities to run/walk a 5k on … Read More

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