10K
First Light
Same distance you walk every day. Completely different when you mean it.
~8 km (5 mi)
~62% of people on Earth ~5 billion
May 2, 2026 — Next Global 100K Step Challenge
Can you walk 100,000 steps before midnight?
80 kilometres. One day. No shortcuts.
The world's first global walking challenge. Pick your distance. Prove you finished. Claim your badge. Join the club.
The Challenge
The simplest hard thing you'll ever do.
Your biggest walking day is probably 15,000 steps. Maybe 20,000 on a good one. 100K is a different planet.
There's a version of yourself you only meet past the point where quitting makes sense.
Walking is a seriously underrated form of focus and enjoying the present moment as it unfolds at walking pace.
The Progression
Start at 10K.
Earn your way up.
25K
In The Flow
Somewhere around hour three, the thing that's been bugging you goes quiet.
~20 km (12 mi)
~25% of people on Earth ~2 billion
50K
Heating Up
Your body starts negotiating. Your mind gets quieter. The clarity at 40 kilometres is worth every blister.
~40 km (25 mi)
~1.5% of people on Earth ~120 million
75K
Enter Night
Almost nobody has done this. The ones who have don't forget it.
~60 km (37 mi)
~0.08% of people on Earth ~6 million
100K
Beat Midnight
The rarest club with the simplest entry requirement: don't stop.
~80 km (50 mi)
~0.002% of people on Earth ~200,000
Each verified milestone earns an official badge.
Can you collect them all?
The Founder
I'm Graeme.
2019: my friends bet me at a bar in Osaka that I couldn't walk 100,000 steps before midnight. They were right — I failed. Twice. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Four years later, I finally did it on my honeymoon. Then I did it again.
Now I'm doing this every month. Turns out the best ideas, the clearest thinking, and the best sleep of your life are all hiding behind a really long walk.
The Collective Mission
Every step counts.
We count every step.
We're walking to the sun. Together.
(wait, what?)
187 billion steps. 150 million kilometres (93 million miles).
Pick your tier. Walk. Verify. Your steps hit the counter.
On event days, we tally up the verified steps and inch closer to the sun.
First Steps
10K steps
The Marathon
50K steps
The Camino
500K steps
Route 66
5M steps
Around the World
50M steps
Twice Around
100M steps
Satellite Belt
225M steps
One Light-Second
375M steps
The Moon
480M steps
Deep Space
1B steps
The James Webb
1.9B steps
One Light-Minute
22.5B steps
Venus
48.75B steps
Mars
68.75B steps
Mercury's Orbit
82.5B steps
Halfway to the Sun
93.5B steps
The Sunlight Mark
150B steps
The Final Billion
186B steps
187 Billion
steps to the sun
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Collective Journey
74 milestones along the way
The Neighbourhood
→
The Suez Canal
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The Tour de France
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The Silk Road
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The Pacific Crossing
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Around the World
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The Moon
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Venus
→
Mars
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The Sun
Your walk. Everyone's counter. One destination: the sun.
First Global 100K Day
May
02
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Join me and the community each month as we crown new club members, all across the tiers. One day that changes how you show up to everything after it.
On the day of, you can start anytime. The only rule is that you have to finish by midnight.
Beat Midnight. Become Verified. Help Walk to the Sun.
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Sign up for the May 2nd Challenge
Pick your tier. See you out there.
You're in. May 2 is going to be interesting.
Walking 100,000 steps probably won't change your life. But maybe it will. Why not find out for yourself?
— Graeme