# The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-step/741291 "2015-12-24T20:48:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-step/741291/1 "2015-12-24T20:48:39Z")

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But when I’ve taken **4,000,000 steps** YTD (which is what my Vivofit said I’ve done as of earlier today!!!) I’ve gone a bit over 2,000 miles.

Nope, no stealth to this brag!

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-step/741291/2 "2015-12-24T20:53:10Z")

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Now just a cotton-pickin’ minute, what kind of Spiderman are you anyway?

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**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-begins-with-a-single-step/741291/3 "2015-12-24T21:16:45Z")

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So that’s 500,000 steps per leg then?