Hey! I'm Amanda. I live in Toronto. I'm getting married in Costa Rica in November. Currently, I run 2-3 times/week. Right now I'm at at least 10km per run. I do a bit of walking in there too. I like the challenge! It'll keep me on point....though I'll probably log in km and I can't deal with all of that ticker business!


Happy running!

Hello, I'm Anna. I think I joined a similar running challenge over the spring, but I petered out posting miles. I'll endeavor to improve Tia go 'round. I run 3-4 times a week, anywhere from 1 to 4 miles. Just started being consistent in the past couple of months. Since May I've trained for my first Triathlon ( a sprint), and I'm hooked. Race is Sunday. Barring unforeseen I plan to complete a second next month, then set my sights on an uphill 10k. Most I can run at a time is 4 miles , though. Looking forward to the motivation. Good luck to everyone!

Hi everyone! I'm Kathy from Atlanta. I've only recently started running (still a run/walk combo). I started "wogging" on my lunch hour in May in an effort to kick my weight loss into gear, but when it got hot here in the South, I couldn't keep it up during lunch, so had to reignite my former morning person and drag myself out of bed before the birds even wake up.

I've been consistently logging 3-4 miles each weekday morning since the beginning of June, with longer distances on the weekends or if I'm out of town with more time (I have a pretty slow pace at about 13-14 min/mile). I'm definitely enjoying the results and the "me" time - need to work on my play list, though. I haven't done any races, but my best highlight was seeing a moose while on a morning run in southeastern Idaho! Awesome.

Thanks for starting this group - I'm hoping to hit my goal for August ... Now I'm on to figure out that nifty ticker! Good luck everyone!

Hi I am Jessica, divorced with 3 teenage daughters. I am trying to get back into running, but am having some trouble staying motivated. I am hoping joining challenges and clubs and starting friendships with other people who want to run will help my motivation.

Hi! I was actually looking to see if someone had started a September run challenge and stumbled on to this group. I was in the USMC for 10 years so did lots of running. Ruined my knees and once I got out I decided I was done with running.

I decided to get back into it about a year ago because I remembered how easy it was to drop weight doing it. From years of running on concrete in combat boots my knees are shot but I found that running on a treadmill is easier so I invested in one. I've been off now for about 8 weeks and decided that September 1st I will get back to it. I sort of have a love/hate relationship with running. I hate the thought of it, but once I've started and I'm done, I love it!

So, here's to starting again!

Hello! After a 15 year hiatus I started running again last summer.
I was trying for 1,000 miles this year, but as I'm already at 917miles now I'm going for 1,500.
The monthly challenges will be great for encouraging me to keep running 200 each month. I'm especially looking forward to learning how others handle running through winter. It was mid 80's & humid today but that bitter New England winter is just around the corner.

Hi all,
I am relatively new to the whole group thing. I just started joining groups Mid-August, even though I've belonged to MFP for a while. In the past I only used the Android App to log my food and then life happened and I eventually lost interest. I only recently (Mid-August) got back to logging food and trying to loose weight AGAIN!

Since Mid-August, I have lots 8 pounds. Due to my past experience with MFP, I decided that logging food was not going to be enough to keep me motivated. So, I went to the MFP website to explore other things on MFP that could possible help me with my journey. I decided that in order to succeed this time, I needed support from others who are on the same path and discovered this wonderful world of "groups" on MFP!

I joined this group because I thought it would help motivate me and keep me motivated to get back to and continue a walking routine and eventually running. I like the fact that even though this is a running group, you also accept walkers like me who would like to be runners....eventually! Thank you so much for starting and maintaning this group!
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Hi everyone! I'm Kerry, I live in Wellington, New Zealand and have 4 kids.(7.5 yr old twin boys, nearly 6 yr old boy and 4 yr old girl)
I started the c25k program a year ago this month (completed it in 12 wks due to school holidays, illness and a twisted knee :frown:)
I wasn't pushing myself for much of this year.....could run 30 minutes (wasn't yet at 5km) but wasn't doing it!! Winter didn't help!
I joined mapmyrun and started to focus on distance (after noticing my pace had increased) and now I am running 6km 3 days a week (when all the small people are at school & kindy) and 5.4 on Sundays.
I have found a new route to run and am aiming to run my 1st 7km tomorrow! My goal is to be running 10km by Christmas: bigsmile:

My goal for September is 100km (so far I have run 22.1)

My name is Michele. I'm training to run the Tough Mudder (a 10 mile obstacle course) on Oct. 5th. I absolutely hate running, but I do it anyway. I tried for 10 miles yesterday and managed 9.8 with my hips feeling like they where going to collapse around mile 7 - which means I have a lot of work ahead of me!!

Hi everyone,,,,,what a great site this is. It keep me motivated and running. I started running just over a year ago. I went with the C25K program...never thought I was a runner or could do 5k without fainting. I had to take a break over the winter with my bad back..but I'm back at it and did a colour run this summer...lots of fun. Now I'm doing 5k when I run, but I do want to get up to 10K and then maybe even a half marathon. I live in Southern Ontario Canada, and winters are cold so I run on a great indoor track for the snowy months. I need to be more consistent when running so here goes.........