Around the World in 60 days

This event runs from July 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. The goal of this project is to to get SaskTel Pioneers, SaskTel employees, family members and friends thinking green over the summer and to think about the benefits of exercise and fresh air.

It is a challenge between the Pioneer in the south and the north to see who can accumulate the most miles. A trophy will be award to the group with the most miles at the November Pioneer training session. Last Year the north won with 4997.5 miles over the south's 4221.5 miles for a combined total of 9619 miles. we accumulated 2151 hours.

Get inolved with your Pioneers Club and help get SaskTel Pioneers moving during the months of July and August 2009. All Pioneers, family members and friends are encouraged to join in the fun. Help your club out by organizing noon hour, evening or weekend events and invite others to join you. You can walk, run, hike, mow grass, swin, roller blade, golf, anything that gets your legs moving and accumulates miles. If you plan to do an event, please make use of the Pioneer calendar to advertise it and let your club executive know what you have planned.

Click here to get a copy of a excel spreadsheet that can be used to track your activities. There is also an online form that can be used to add individual activities. Please submit your hours regularly so we can track where we are with our goal.

The average radius of the Earth is 3,959 miles (6,374 kilometers).
The equatorial diameter of the Earth (distance from one side of the Earth to the other at the equator) is about 7,926 miles
The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,902 mi / 40,076 km.
The average circumference of the earth is circumference of the earth 12438 miles /20017 km.