Mikala Malpass

I’m doing the Summer Steps Challenge!

I'm doing the Summer Steps Challenge because my Dad suffers COPD and Asthma + Lung UK is the only UK charity that fights for everyone’s right to breathe - I want to contribute to their research in any way I can to stop the progression of this evil suffocating illness.  

Collectively as a group, #TeamBreathe wants this challenge to reach 7.5 million steps because we take (on average!) 7.5 million breaths in a year. 

Just £14 can fund an hour of lifesaving research. I'd be very grateful for any donations you could make! Thank you! ❤️

5000 steps minimum a day EVERY DAY between 25th July 2025 - 31st August 2025. So that's 38 days at 5000 steps a day, so in total 190,000 steps minimum! My target is higher than 190,000 because I've adjusted it to include the steps I did whilst experimenting with the Fitbit app - I didn't want to give myself a cheeky headstart before the challenge even begins!

🎉IMPORTANT DATES🎉

🎉16th August 2025🎉 - First steps target hit!  With 15 days left I added 5000 steps per day left to the target so 15x5000=75,000 extra steps added to target

🎉25th August 2025🎉 - Second steps target hit AND fundraising target of £100 hit! 🤑❤️ Six days left, so adding 5000 steps a day for the six days to the target: 6x5000=30,000 steps added

🎉29th August 2025🎉 - Steps target reached yet again for the THIRD time! Three days left! To keep things interesting, I'm going to up my daily steps target to 7000 steps and add three days worth of that onto my final target - so 3x7000=21,000 onto the final target! I won't be changing it beyond this target though as we are so close to the finish line 💪

🎉31st August 2025🎉 - the final day of this challenge! Not one, not two but THREE step targets smashed 💵AND💵 surpassed the £100 fundraising target - reaching the total £119.81 including gift aid. Thank you for coming on this journey with me, hopefully we're now one day closer to finding a cure for COPD! ♥️