Media

The press
keeps
checking
the maths.

National coverage of a routine that sounds implausible until you follow him for a day: 33,000 steps, 24 kilometres, 330 minutes, every day since 2008.

The Times of India feature headlined “Covers 33,000 steps in 330 minutes”, with a photograph of Dr. Kamath walking.

The Times of India

Covers 33,000 steps in 330 minutes

By Mini Thomas · Bengaluru

“Forget 10,000 steps — this 71-year-old walks 24 km daily.” The paper walks through the schedule minute by minute: 3:30 am for 90 minutes and 7.2 km before sunrise, 7 am for another 4.8 km, 3.6 km after noon, and a final 8.4 km from 4 pm until 6:15 pm.

“I want to stay fit until I die. I don’t want to be a burden on my children,” he tells the reporter. “My pace is consistent as my target is not to run but to walk briskly.”

  • 33,000 steps
  • 128,000 km at the time
  • 80+ countries
The New Indian Express feature headlined “The doc who walks the talk”, with a photograph of Dr. Kamath and a panel of his stair-climbing records.

The New Indian Express

The doc who walks the talk

By Gayathri M Kurup · Bengaluru · 15 March 2026

“Advising diabetes and BP patients to start walking daily, Dr. Vittal Kamath himself took to it in 2008, and now at 72 he is in the pink of his health.” The piece traces the routine from a 5 km New Year’s resolution to 33,000 steps a day, and the records that came with it.

“For more than 15 years I haven’t caught a cold. My blood pressure, heart rate and other parameters are all within normal limits.”

  • 437 steps in 5 minutes
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Who

Dr. Mangalore Vittal Kamath

Dental surgeon, 72, based in Bengaluru. Graduated from K.M.C., Manipal in 1976. Ran a multi-speciality hospital in Haveri for 38 years. Now teaches at a private dental college.

What

24 km a day, since 2008

33,000 steps across four walks totalling 330 minutes, beginning at 3:30 am. Started 1 January 2008 at 5 km and built up over six months.

How far

135,000+ km, 80+ countries

The routine has been completed at Pangong Lake in Ladakh, across Eastern Europe, and through 0–5 °C mornings in Seattle.

Records

Temple steps, timed

650 at Shravanabelagola in 7 min; 437 at Rockfort, Tiruchirappalli in 5 min; 300 at Muktinath, Nepal in 4 min; 272 at Batu Caves, Malaysia in 6 min.

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