MOST people tackling Steptember - a cerebral palsy fundraiser - will walk to work, sign up for a pilates class or hit the gym to smash out the required 10,000 steps needed each day to maintain their end of the bargain.
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Sally Ryan plans on chasing sheep.
Mrs Ryan and her friends - dubbed the sisters with blisters - will tackle the assignment of completing 10,000 steps for 28 straight days when the Steptember challenge begins on September 2, and with her current estimated count maxing out at 5000 steps per day, she’s banking on her sheep mustering plan to help her hit the mark.
“Well I’m a farmer, so it just means I’ll be walking everywhere instead of getting on the bike,” she laughed.
“I’ve been chasing the sheep around as practice.”
Mrs Ryan and her team of Vanessa Wardle and Allison McGothigan have extra motivation to reach the 10,000 mark too.
Vanessa’s daughter Erin Wardle has cerebral palsy, and Mrs Ryan said the money raised by Steptember would definitely go to good use.
“We’ll be doing heaps of fundraising and if we can notch up the 10,000 steps every day then we’ll be sponsored and that’ll help with new pedal bikes, pain relief and help the kids at school,” she said.
“It’s a cause close to our hearts as well.”
Dubbed a win-win fundraiser because participants get fit and money is raised for people with cerebral palsy, teams are given and wear pedometers and log their daily activity online.
Mrs Ryan said there’s a fair chance the good habits the girls pick up over the course of 28 days will eventually filter into their everyday lives.
“I think that’s the idea,” she said.
“At the end of the 28 days it’ll probably just be part of the routine anyway.”
Anyone willing to donate can do so at www.steptember.org.au and search for Sally Ryan’s name.
