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Automattic Worldwide WP 5k

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We brought back the idea of everyone in the company doing a 5k this week and inviting the world of WordPress to join us. Yesterday morning I went out for a 3.5 mile run, but it wasn’t very exciting.

The teams in our company get together in various locations to work together for a week since we all work from home and rarely get to see each other. This week I happen to be in sunny Seaside, FL with the rest of the Janitorial team so it was a great chance to do the 5k with members of my team.

Andy, Stephane, Erica, and I rented some bikes and went out for a ride around the area. I didn’t map it out with RunKeeper, but we went plenty far enough to qualify as a 5k. After riding for an hour or so we stopped for a swim in the Ocean and relaxed on the beach.

Golfing and Running for Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k

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Today was the Automattic Worldwide WordPress 5k and what a beautiful day it was. Spring is just starting in Michigan, but the temperature rose above 80 degrees as if it was the middle of summer.

Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k… 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 the same day. Read more on the WordPress.com News blog

I participated in a couple of ways. In the morning, I played 18 holes of golf for a 4.5 mile walk shown on this map (click to view on RunKeeper.com).

I took a couple of videos so you could join me on the final hole and did my best to commentate in the spirit of Masters Sunday.

Since I had to get in a 40 minute run for duathlon training, I ran 4.6 miles before the sun went down. Map of the route is below (click for a detailed view).

I’ve been addicted to exercise since the beginning of the year so I was excited when we announced this 5k day. It’s a win for everyone when we can motivate people to get off the couch or away from the computer to burn some calories. I wonder how many kilometers in total people logged for the event. Next time we’ll have to set up a counter. My total for the day was 14.64k (9.1 miles).