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Defeat Diabetes Foundation
    
      
       
Defeat Diabetes
Foundation
150 153rd Ave,
Suite 300

Madeira Beach, FL 33708
  

Wake Up and Walk® Tour Trivia

Final Mileage - 10,030.3 miles

Number of States - 34

Theme Song - "One Step at a Time" written especially for the Mr. Diabetes® Wake Up and Walk® Tour by Lee and Pami Durley of Monterey California.

Major Rivers Crossed – 100 – Including the Mississippi (once at the southern end and once at the northern end), Rio Grande, Pecos, Columbia, Colorado, Yellowstone, Missouri, and Wisconsin

Major Waterways or Bays Crossed – 6

Highest Recorded Temperature on a Walk Day – 115 degrees in Arizona

Coldest Temperature Recorded on a Walk Day – 7 degrees below zero in St. Regis Montana

Highest Pass Crossed to Date – 6,393 feet at the Continental Divide just east of Butte Montana

Most Mileage Covered in a week – 114.7 miles in Texas

Most Mileage Covered in a Day – 32.4 miles 

Number of pairs of Shoes Used -- 25     

Most Mileage covered by a "guest walker" in a single day -- 13.1 miles by Daniel Rasolt

Most Markets covered by a "guest walker" -- Dawn Swidorski in San Diego, San Francisco, Detroit and New York City and Daniel Rasolt in Florida (3x), Houston, and California.       

 
 
 
 
 
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Madeira Beach, FL 33708

 

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