September Challenge for beginners - 50 miles - you in?

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  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
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    3 miles walked today - makes 38.5 this month so far. 11.5 miles to go.
  • Amybowen614
    Amybowen614 Posts: 9 Member
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    I completed:
    9/1 4 miles
    9/2 3 miles
    9/5 5 miles
    9/8 5.5 miles
    9/11 5 miles
    9/13 4 miles
    9/15 5 miles

    18.5 to go

    It is so inspiring to see everyone's spirit!!!! Go get em!!!

    9/17 4 miles

    12.5 to go!!!!!
  • sharae216
    sharae216 Posts: 162 Member
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    I'm way behind it looks like, 11 down and 39 to go. The months not over yet, I can do this!
  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
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    3 miles walked today - makes 41.5 this month so far. 8.5 miles to go.
  • ShinyFuture
    ShinyFuture Posts: 314 Member
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    30 miles since my last post here --- I've hit 50 miles and I'm still walking!!

    I've missed a few days because of circumstances and ----this from the person who walked a total of 4 times in August!!----I really miss it when I can't get my walk in now!!

    Thank you so much for starting this challenge!
  • sharae216
    sharae216 Posts: 162 Member
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    8 down today, 31 miles remaining!
  • soniabogonia
    soniabogonia Posts: 778 Member
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    14minus 4.... 10 to go!!!

    =D
  • srhfshr
    srhfshr Posts: 13 Member
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    I'm at 34.85 miles in September. Not bad...still shooting for 50!
  • SasssyKasssi
    SasssyKasssi Posts: 2
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    Ill join in--it is late in the month so Ill promise 20 miles with 11days to go. I walkes 3 today so not a bad start.
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
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    I'm in too...I use a pedometer every day and strive for 10,000 steps which I sometimes don't get. Found a formula to convert steps into calories burned which is helpful when tracking my cardio exercise stats so I will use part of that formula to calculate miles for this challenge. For those interested, there are 5,280 steps in a mile...so that means if I do 8,800 steps per day for 30 days I'll successfully complete the challenge. Who is with me???

    There are 5280 FEET in a mile... So if you walk 1 foot in front of the other, heel to toe, then its that many STEPS. Otherwise, you are cheating yourself. I did about 4000 steps so far today and just over a mile. It all depends on your stride!
    I was going to say the same thing. A very rough rule of thumb is about 2,000 steps per mile, which assumes a stride of about 2-1/2 feet per step. (Not only am I I'm short, but my legs are short for my height, so I have a shorter stride and need to walk nearly 2,500 steps to hit a mile, since my stride is only about 2 feet per step.) Many pedometers give a conversion to miles, among other things. I bought an Omron one at Walmart for about $20.
  • fatmom51
    fatmom51 Posts: 173 Member
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    I'm not able to edit, for some reason, so I'll add that although many of the pedometers default to 2,000 steps per mile, most can be set to whatever your personal stride is. The manufacturers recommend that you calibrate it for yourself by taking 10 steps using your normal walking pace/stride and then measuring the distance, figuring out what it is in inches, and then dividing by 10. You then plug that into your pedometer to have an accurate measure of how many steps you took each day and how many miles you walked.
  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
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    2 miles walked yesterday and 3 miles today - makes 46.5 this month so far. 3.5 miles to go.
  • LiveLaffLoseLove
    LiveLaffLoseLove Posts: 104
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    As of 9/4 = 9 miles
    9/5 = 1.5
    9/6 = 2
    9/7 = 2
    9/8 = 6
    9/9 = 3

    So far 23.5 down and 26.5 to go!

    9/10 = 3
    9/11 = 3
    9/12 = 3
    9/13 = 2

    34.5 down - 15.5 to go!

    9/14 = 3
    9/15 = 4
    9/16 = 2

    So far 43.5 down - 6.5 to go!

    9/17 = 2
    9/18 = 1
    9/19 = 2
    9/20 = 2.5

    51 DONE!!! Going to keep tracking to see how far I get this month! Good Job all!
  • Amybowen614
    Amybowen614 Posts: 9 Member
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    I completed:
    9/1 4 miles
    9/2 3 miles
    9/5 5 miles
    9/8 5.5 miles
    9/11 5 miles
    9/13 4 miles
    9/15 5 miles
    9/16 3 miles
    9/17 2.5 miles
    9/19 4.5 miles
    9/20 5.5 miles
    9/21 5 miles

    52 miles!!!!!!!!!!


















































    going to see how far I can go!!!
    It is so inspiring to see everyone's spirit!!!! Go get em!!!
  • soniabogonia
    soniabogonia Posts: 778 Member
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    10 minus 5.... 5 left. =D
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    Damn saw this one 2 late. I've done 133km already this month. Not bad considering my most I could do each time was 3km before stopping. Now I'm up to about 10 or 11km run a day :)

    I actually missed quite a few days this month cause I was not running every day till the last 2 weeks.
  • tammyj83
    tammyj83 Posts: 159 Member
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    I'm SO in! :happy:

    I jogged 6 on Sunday....only 44 to go!


    9/9: 6 miles
    9/11: 3 miles

    Total so far: 15 miles....only 35 to go!


    9/13: 1 mile
    9/15: 5 miles
    9/16: 8 miles

    New total: 29 miles...21 to go!

    9/21: 3 miles

    New total: 32 miles...18 to go!
  • helyg
    helyg Posts: 675 Member
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    2 miles walked today - makes 48.5 this month so far. 1.5 miles to go.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    143km already now.
  • SasssyKasssi
    SasssyKasssi Posts: 2
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    I ran in the leaf cruncher 5k this weekend so that brings me up to 6mile out of my goal of 20

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