Walkmeter Story – Robert Troccoli
On September 6, 2010, I began a six-day, 118-mile walk from Denver to Vail to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter, which I named the “Muir Wolfe Memory Walk” (MWMW). For the last five years, my dear friend Fred Wolfe had made this trek, solo, as a personal tribute to his father who passed away from Alzheimer’s disease in 2007. However, due to personal reasons, Fred was unable to make the trek this year. In order to carry on the tradition, and with Fred’s expert guidance, I completed the walk in his honor. Fred was able to join me on the first leg of the walk; however, I completed the remaining five days solo, with the accompaniment of my iPhone 4 and a wonderful application, Walkmeter.
I found the Walkmeter application in July just as I started training for MWMW. I used it to track all of my training walks – some 20 in total in the mountains of Colorado (from Loveland Ski Basin – up an over Loveland Pass (11,990 feet in elevation) to Keystone, Keystone to Frisco and Georgetown to Bakerville, in Maine while I climbed Mount Megunticook, and back in Colorado when I climbed Mount Bierstadt (one of Colorado’s fourteeners). Walkmeter worked like a charm! I especially liked the GPS feature and the way it connected with my Facebook page. In fact, my assistant printed out all of the maps, graphs (elevation, pace, etc.) for everyone to enjoy at my retirement party once I reached Vail. Facebook interaction kept my friends abreast of my progress, and the feature that actually speaks posts (in this case – words of encouragement) on Facebook through one’s iPhone was fantastic!!
I never lost reception during my trek, and now I have a record of my walk that raised more than $70,000 for Alzheimer’s (Colorado Chapter) and also celebrated my retirement from KPMG after 39 years.
Map of Robert’s Georgetown To Keystone Day 3 Route:
September 22, 2010 at 10:29 pm | Stories, Walking
