AUGUST 2016 Walk/run/jog/bike challenge

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  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,145 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Had planned to SUP today, but was not mentally into it, so did my strength training today with a little cardio. Should be out on the water tomorrow.

    1 August: 2.02 miles glider machine (low impact)
    2 August: 2.00 miles glider machine (low impact)

    Total: 4.02 miles walking/glider machine; 00 miles Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP)
    Stated Goal: 25 miles walking/glider machine; 25 miles SUP
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    edited August 2016
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    b3achy wrote: »
    Tweaking_Time wrote: »
    OP (@jeanniewes) - Please add GOLF to the "SEPTEMBER 2016 Walk/run/jog/bike/GOLF challenge"

    Golf only counts if you walk the course with a push cart or carrying your bag.

    Not to be contrary, but wouldn't that just be walking? It's walking on a golf course rather than a track or on the road or in a park. I know you get the added value of dragging a weight while walking and the additional exercise of swinging at the ball...but at its core, it's still the walking that you are tracking for mileage, isn't it?

    I was, however, thinking that maybe it could be called a 'mileage' challenge, since there are many different ways to get mileage that lie outside the initial list (e.g. swimming, rowing, canoeing/kayaking, paddleboarding, skipping)...but since I'm new here, I thought that might be a bit forward of me to recommend. However, I almost didn't join because I will be doing minimal walking and hopefully more paddleboarding, but figured what the hey, this thread will give me a place to log my miles instead of my minutes.

    Contrary to popular belief, golfing is good exercise if you walk the course and stay away from the brewski's and the "19th hole". Golf does include walking and pulling (or pushing) the golf bag...plus a lot of stretching (practice swings and the actual swing), full squats (examining the green). Plus, if walking the course, you stand the entire time. Next time you see golf on TV - look at the Pro's - they are seriously ripped. Their workout routine is ridiculous.

    No biggie if it is not in the title - I will log it anyway.

    Cheers.

    P.S. - I usually have an Arnold Palmer at the 19th hole B)
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
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    AUGUST 2016 – Running/Cycling/Golf totals
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    01 – 4.35 running
    02 – 14.29 cycling
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    Total = 18.64 total miles

    All running/cycling miles on the KATY, MKT, and Hinkson Creek Trails in Central Missouri.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,145 Member
    edited August 2016
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    @Tweaking_Time - totally agree how great golf is for physical exercise. 3-4+ hours of walking, swinging, bending, hunting for lost balls, and squatting adds up to some good mileage and a great all body workout. I have a set of clubs myself, and have never been as sore as the first time I played in a BB tournament (seriously, couldn't move that afternoon...and we had carts, we didn't walk the course). Was just saying though that mileage for golf would just be how much you walked on the course, so it's kind of already included in the challenge title; whereas, other things like distance water sports aren't. But the group seems rather inclusive per @jdelaroy's comment, so I'm not overly concerned...was just pointing it out.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,180 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Review ...
    (Distances include cycling + walking)
    March: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    March: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    June 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    July 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes

    The Goal: More than last August. :)

    Aug 1 - 1.8 km walking (20 min) + 20 min weightlifting

    Aug 2 - 5.3 km walking (65 min) + 5 flights of stairs (4 min) + 20 min weightlifting

    **Still kind of babying my right knee**

    ____________________________________________
    Totals:
    Aug Cycling Outside: 0 km (0 min)
    Aug Cycling Inside: 0 min
    Aug Walking: 7.1 km (85 min)
    Aug Stairs: 5 flights (4 min)
    Aug Weightlifting: 40 min
    Aug Rowing: 0 km (0 min)
    Aug Time Total: 89 min = 1 hours 29 min
    Aug Distance Total: 7.1 km = 4.4 miles


  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
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    I forgot to post this last night. Missouri River on the left, KATY trail on the right. Since it rained and the trail was tacky, I had it all to myself
  • rccsinger
    rccsinger Posts: 1,090 Member
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    August 2 walked 10 miles
    TMW 16.7
    TMR 193.3
  • MiamiSeoul
    MiamiSeoul Posts: 1,809 Member
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    August goal: 235,000 steps

    Aug. 1, 2016 9,515 steps | 2.87 miles | 436 calories
    Revised, got in more steps at Costco, yay!
    Aug. 3 5,029 steps | 2.29 miles | 322 calories

    August weekly goal: 55,000/235,000 steps
    August #s to date: 14,544 steps 5.16 miles
  • sheryl135
    sheryl135 Posts: 8 Member
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    I'm in! Goal is 100 miles for August. I'm tracking via Excel spreadsheet so I can track the days where I don't get as much mileage and need to amp it up a little.

    08/1 = 3,155 steps/1.44 mi
    08/2 = 4,991 steps/2.28 miles

  • konagirl64
    konagirl64 Posts: 211 Member
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    I'm back after having hip replacement surgery 3 months ago. My goal will be to ride my stationary recumbent bike 100 miles in the month of August.

    8/1: 5.1 miles/ 25 minutes
    8/2: 5.1 miles/25 minutes
    8/3: 5.6 miles/ 27 minutes
  • LindaGilpin59
    LindaGilpin59 Posts: 233 Member
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    So had a little accident on the bike this morning. A little sore and bruised but basically okay.
    Day 93 of riding every day. My goal was to ride 1500 by day 100. need about 15 miles a day to get there.

    8-1 24.61
    8-2 4.11
    8-3 4.48

    still planning to continue riding every day just hope to find a way to convince the husband it's okay to ride.
  • LindaGilpin59
    LindaGilpin59 Posts: 233 Member
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    Tweaking_Time wrote: »
    I forgot to post this last night. Missouri River on the left, KATY trail on the right. Since it rained and the trail was tacky, I had it all to myself

    Nice. we rode on the KATY trail several years ago hope to make it back soon. We live in Iowa.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,145 Member
    edited August 2016
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    Got some paddling in today...Yippie!! Was a bit slow though due to a light chop on the water, so didn't get as many miles as I would have liked. But some is better than none.

    1 August: 2.02 miles glider machine (low impact)
    2 August: 2.00 miles glider machine (low impact)
    3 August: 2.88 miles SUP; 2.06 miles glider machine (low impact)

    Total: 6.08 miles walking/glider machine; 2.88 miles Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP)
    Stated Goal: 25 miles walking/glider machine; 25 miles SUP
  • gentlygently
    gentlygently Posts: 752 Member
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    2 August
    3 August both travel days - just a bare min of 30 mins walking. But now in Wales so hoping for some good long hilly walks...

    350 cals burned or more: 1 out of 3
    (42 cumulative towards 100 target)
    Atleast over 30 mins: 2
    Lazy/rest days : 0

    Good to see people getting off to good starts...

    SUP - only came across that one for the first time the other day on a welsh tourist brochure. A new way of getting wet for me!
  • MiamiSeoul
    MiamiSeoul Posts: 1,809 Member
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    August goal: 235,000 steps

    Aug. 1, 2016 9,515 steps | 2.87 miles | 436 calories
    Revised, got in more steps at Costco, yay!
    Aug. 3 7,426 steps | 3.38 miles | 455 calories
    Revised

    August weekly goal: 55,000/235,000 steps
    August #s to date: 16,941 steps 6.25 miles
  • HokieBrad
    HokieBrad Posts: 1,670 Member
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    my goal is 100 miles walking/riding this month!

    8/1 - walking 1.2 miles, biking 3.7 miles = 4.9 mileage
    8/2 - walking 3.1 miles
    8/3 - walking 3.5 miles

    MONTHLY TOTAL: 11.5 miles
  • rccsinger
    rccsinger Posts: 1,090 Member
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    July 3 walked 6.8 miles
    TMW 23.5
    TMR 186.5
  • DaveThomas1901
    DaveThomas1901 Posts: 58 Member
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    Going well so far on day 4, but I am off work this week which helps.
    13.28 miles walking and 15.5 miles running ( target 60+60) :)
  • Wraiythe
    Wraiythe Posts: 786 Member
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    I'm in! I am in challenges on Fitbit but I am still finding it hard to get up and out. A little bit more motivation never hurts!!!!! I'm going to a little modest this month though. I think I'll go for 75 miles for the month of August and see if I can blow past that amount.

    Aug. 1/16---0 miles
    Aug. 2/16---2.36 miles
    Aug. 3/16---2.53 miles
    Aug. 4/16---
  • MiamiSeoul
    MiamiSeoul Posts: 1,809 Member
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    August goal: 235,000 steps

    Aug. 1, 2016 9,515 steps | 2.87 miles | 436 calories
    Aug. 3 7,426 steps | 3.38 miles | 455 calories
    Aug. 4 2,858 steps | .78 miles | 154 calories

    August weekly goal: 55,000/235,000 steps
    August #s to date: 19,799 steps 7.03 miles

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