JUNE STARTERS WALKING CHALLENGE

magglett

Good morning all ... Just getting things started here ... I did a big hike yesterday ... My friend Kim and I did a section of the Bruce Trail ... I finally bought the manual with all the maps and stuff ... I'm so excited ... now we'll do bits a pieces of it as time goes on. Yesterdays hike was 11 kilometers or 6.84 miles and it took us almost 4 hours to complete. Woo Hoo!!

busymom74

I walked about a mile total yesterday. :blushing: I think my daughter and I have the flu. I'm going to the dr today to get some meds.

I really got knocked on my butt this weekend. I had big plans to go to the mall and walk around a million times, then take Elly to the park and play forever and then hit the gym. :noway: Nope, I layed on the couch both days crocheting silly hats. (I made one that looks like the pacman ghost. :laugh: )

Elly and I set up camp in the living room and my fiance only came in when we needed something. We don't want to risk him getting sick too. Especially if it's the flu-I-won't-mention-so-I-don't-jinx-it.

I still had a bit of fun though. Elly had a blast playing dr and listening to my heart and jabbing me with stuff. :laugh:

busymom74

Bumping so the June Starters can see this.

I did maybe a mile again yesterday. I was sick as a dog. I'm going to the gym today though so I don't go crazy.

magglett

Hi all ... if we're counting our walking at work in this challenge ... then I did about 6 km. yesterday or 3.73 miles. I'm a mail clerk and I walk a lot during the day. I wore a pedometer and I average about 8000 steps in a shift, I googled "how many steps in a kilometer?" and it says it's about 1320 steps.

busymom74

I'm counting everday walking. Or else I'd be at 0 miles. :laugh: 2 miles for the week so far. I'm bombing this challenge.

The next challenge I'll try not to get sick. :grumble: :laugh:

ilike2moveit

Sunday-0 miles-I forgot the challenge started :grumble:
Monday-3.30 miles

ilike2moveit

Hope you feel better!:flowerforyou:

courtney_love2001

Ran 2 miles yesterday. I walk a ton normally on campus so I'm not going to count that...just what's extra!

It was a really hard run. It was spur of the moment so maybe it was just that I ate too soon before or something. I normally can make it to a certain song on my ipod, but this time I stopped like 2 songs early and got a side stitch which tripped me up for the rest of my run. :grumble: Oh well, at least I got some exercise in...I went out to dinner last night and had lots of goodies...including a small piece of s'mores cake!! wahhhhhh

magglett

Hi there ... so I miscalculated (or my pedometer did) my steps for Monday at my work shift. Yesterday I used a more reliable pedometer. Here's a schedule of my walking this week so please ignore the previous numbers. I'll add to it each day and total it out at the end of the week. I hope this helps the chart keeper.

Sunday, Oct 18 - 11 km. (6.84 miles)
Monday, Oct 19 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 20 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Wednesday, Oct 21 -
Thursday, Oct 22 -
Friday, Oct 23 -
Saturday, Oct 24 -

busymom74

Thanks Memaw, that helps a ton! :flowerforyou:

Soooo, I'm terrible at this challenge!! I forgot to use my pedometer yest at work and I forgot to take it to the gym and I even forgot to see how many miles I walked on the treadmill! :huh:

Does anyone know how many miles are walked at 3.5mph in 35 minutes on incline intervals? lol I know I should be able to do the math but it's too early. :yawn:

magglett

Thanks Memaw, that helps a ton! :flowerforyou:

Soooo, I'm terrible at this challenge!! I forgot to use my pedometer yest at work and I forgot to take it to the gym and I even forgot to see how many miles I walked on the treadmill! :huh:

Does anyone know how many miles are walked at 3.5mph in 35 minutes on incline intervals? lol I know I should be able to do the math but it's too early. :yawn:

I'm Maggie not Memaw ... I love Memaw to pieces so I'll take it as a compliment :flowerforyou:

busymom74

:laugh: :laugh: sorry! Not enough caffine yet! Blame it on the flu! Blame it all on the flu!!!

kandyjo

I'm so glad so many of you are off to a great start....

My son came down with the flu on Sunday. I'm keeping him home from school all week (he's in Kindergarten; 5 yr. old).... So, I am not really doing anything but hoovering over him with his meds and keeping a sharp eye on him. So, this week will not be a good week for me with the challenge...

I'm hoping my little girl who is 2 yr. old doesn't come down with the flu... So far, only Kaid, my son, has it and this is the 3rd day of it...

Keep it up ladies!!!! I'll catch ya next week.....

busymom74

Sorry Kandyjo, the flu SUCKS! Elly and I had it all weekend too. I hope you guys feel better soon! :flowerforyou:

Maybe we'll do the challange again next week too. Same goals and all. Let me know wwat you guys think.

magglett

I love walking challenges so if you want to repeat it that works well for me. I'll be giving a lot of ghost tours next week and they're about 2 km. (1.24 miles) each time and they're way fun.

ilike2moveit

Tuesday-no time to walk :grumble:
Wednesday-6.56 miles on the treadmill watching Top Chef episodes-and taking breaks-

magglett

Here's my updated walking report ...

Sunday, Oct 18 - 11 km. (6.84 miles)
Monday, Oct 19 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 20 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Wednesday, Oct 21 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Thursday, Oct 22 -
Friday, Oct 23 -
Saturday, Oct 24 -

schlieffen

Wow you guys, you're doing amazing! :flowerforyou: My bf is moving 6 hours away this weekend so this week has been a lot of social events, and then he got in a small accident with his 10-day old car, so we've been busy dealing with insurance :grumble: Anyways, with all that I haven't had time to do any exercise. But the great thing about this challenge is that I can read about how much you're all doing, and it's really motivating me so next week I hope to have an awesome week! :flowerforyou:

And KandyJo, just wanted to say that Kaid is such a cute name!

busymom74

Magglett, your blowing us all away. :laugh: :flowerforyou:

I did 3 miles yesterday which brings me to about 9 or so. I'll have to double check. lol I'm going to the gym today so I can rack up some numbers.

Next week I'll put up more of a fight I promise!

yellowhouse

Here is mine so far- this is just counting what I do at the gym...don't have a pedometer.

Sunday - 4.5 miles
Monday - 3.75 miles
Tuesday - 4.25 miles
Wednesday - 4.5 miles
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -

magglett

Update for yesterday's miles.

Sunday, Oct 18 - 11 km. (6.84 miles)
Monday, Oct 19 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 20 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Wednesday, Oct 21 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Thursday, Oct 22 - 5.36 km. (3.33 miles)
Friday, Oct 23 -
Saturday, Oct 24 -

busymom74

I walked another 3 miles. Uphill! Whoo!

ilike2moveit

Good job ladies! Keep it up!
My updated walking challenge:
Sun-0 miles-forgot the challenge started:grumble:
Mon-3.30 miles
Tues-no time to walk:frown:
Wed-6.56 miles
Thurs-5.92 miles

magglett

Update of my miles.

Sunday, Oct 18 - 11 km. (6.84 miles)
Monday, Oct 19 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 20 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Wednesday, Oct 21 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Thursday, Oct 22 - 5.36 km. (3.33 miles)
Friday, Oct 23 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Saturday, Oct 24 -

kandyjo

Magglett!!! You ROCK!!!

I'm all for doing this challenge again...
AND if it is something that really helps keep us motivated to log the miles... we may just incorporate it as a staple with June Starters... Just keep a thread like this going every week and have a weekly or monthly spotlight on whoever logged the most miles...

Let me know what you guys think about this...

We seem to be getting rid of the flu here... THanks for all of the well wishes... You guys are awesome!!!

ilike2moveit

Sat-5 miles:happy:

magglett

Update of my miles. I just got home from giving another Ghost Tour and that's pretty much all the walking I got in today.

Sunday, Oct 18 - 11 km. (6.84 miles)
Monday, Oct 19 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 20 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Wednesday, Oct 21 - 5 km. (3.11 miles)
Thursday, Oct 22 - 5.36 km. (3.33 miles)
Friday, Oct 23 - 7 km. (4.35 miles)
Saturday, Oct 24 - 2 km. (1.24 miles)

TOTAL FOR THE WEEK ... 42.36 km (26.33 miles)

ilike2moveit

Sunday-2.22 miles-for a new week/challenge?

busymom74

I walked 4 miles sunday! :noway: I'm gonna try to at least keep up with magglett this week.

A friend of mine took us to a trunk and treat event for the kids. She has 2 boys, one was a doctor, the other a vampire and then my Ellly was a ladybug. It was so fun! I was exhausted though! I also tore up the carpet in our spare room that morning so I really got a work out in. Still ate too much candy though. :laugh:

Hope everyone is having a good day and had a great weekend! :flowerforyou:

magglett

So ... I guess we are sticking with this thread for reporting ... here's my new chart for this week ...

Sunday, Oct 25 - 2 km. (1.24 miles)
Monday, Oct 26 - 2 km. (1.24 miles)
Tuesday, Oct 27 -
Wednesday, Oct 28 -
Thursday, Oct 29 -
Friday, Oct 30 -
Saturday, Oct 31 -

Not a lot of walking so far ... PMS and a head cold is getting the better of me ... I'm so bloated and cranky and cold ... I just want a cup'o'soup and a blankie lately. Okay ... enough of my pity party ... I hope you all have a great day.

busymom74

WHOO! another 3 miles walked yesterday. I am BEAT though. lol