AUGUST 2014 - Move Your @ss Challenge

sufferlandrian · August 2014

Adding six miles. That makes 63 out of 400. Had a fun ride with my son. Not a lot of miles but a lot of fun time with my son. When you have an Autistic son that suddenly wants to go ride, you go.

Not going to get much in for the next several days so I'm falling WAY behind.

hkristine1 · August 2014

I officially taught my first spin class tonight (although I had taught before when an instructor didn't show up). This was the first class I had actually prepared for and got paid to teach. There were a few "regulars" in the class, and after, one of them came up and thanked me for the class, and said it was a good one. I told her I was VERY open to suggestions to make the class better, and she said, "well, let me tell you what you did right" and proceeded to list about 7 things that she liked about the class, and she said she would definitely be back next week. WOOOOT!!! Feeling really good about it.

I don't actually know what my mileage was - I know it was at least 16.5, but I had to move my bike after about 3 songs because of a technology problem, and I lost the mileage accrued during those first 3 songs - so I'm going to put myself down for 18 miles added today. I think that's probably "safe."

hkristine1 · August 2014

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Aseymour13 – UGH, food poisoning. Hope you’re feeling better now!

Kar328 – It’s wonderful to hear about your progress toward your 5k next month. I’m getting excited for you, to see how it goes!

Time2LoseWeightNow – Welcome Back! And starting off in the green – good job!

Anaconda469 – that ride up Mt. St. Helens sounds SUPER intense. I’m still trying to get up the courage to ride my bike outside, so the fact you’re doing this is very impressive – great job on not letting your experiences of the last couple months hold you back! We’re about to move to a different part of our city where there are some decent bike paths where there aren’t cars, etc. I may try riding on those and see how I do.

Wanderan – You’re kicking bootie! I see an increased goal in your future.

Sufferlandria - you snuck in there - and I got you on the spreadsheet. And goal be damned - it's awesome that your son is wanting to ride with you! I wish my son (who is not autistic but has some similar challenges from a different spectrum disorder) would be willing to learn to ride a bike. If that happened, I would drop just about anything to ride with him. Thankfully he does like to walk/hike, and so we can get a few miles in here and there when he's up for it (he's only 7, so the stamina isn't really there, but who cares, right?!)

sufferlandrian · August 2014

I officially taught my first spin class tonight (although I had taught before when an instructor didn't show up). This was the first class I had actually prepared for and got paid to teach. There were a few "regulars" in the class, and after, one of them came up and thanked me for the class, and said it was a good one. I told her I was VERY open to suggestions to make the class better, and she said, "well, let me tell you what you did right" and proceeded to list about 7 things that she liked about the class, and she said she would definitely be back next week. WOOOOT!!! Feeling really good about it.

Very well done! :drinker: :drinker:

Lisah8969 · August 2014

8/6 - 3 miles

39/180

carlsoda · August 2014

August 1 - 6 miles
August 2 - 16 miles
August 3 - 3 miles
August 4 - 6 miles
August 5 - 16 miles
August 6 - 6 miles

Totals: 53 out of 220

queenegreene · August 2014

8/6 - 10.35 walking and biking
Total to date: 49.18 of 200 miles

wtw0n · August 2014

8/1: bicycling 17.41km
8/2: rowing 2km, elliptical trainer 4km
8/3: bicycling 16.19km
8/4: stationary bike 8.5km
8/6: bicycling 24.74km
8/7: bicycling 77.08km

Total: 149.92km
Left: 100.08km

Chevy_Quest · August 2014

I officially taught my first spin class tonight (although I had taught before when an instructor didn't show up). This was the first class I had actually prepared for and got paid to teach. There were a few "regulars" in the class, and after, one of them came up and thanked me for the class, and said it was a good one. I told her I was VERY open to suggestions to make the class better, and she said, "well, let me tell you what you did right" and proceeded to list about 7 things that she liked about the class, and she said she would definitely be back next week. WOOOOT!!! Feeling really good about it.

@hkristine1
Hooray that is great news - Really liked how you were very open to suggestions. You must feel GREAT about it! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Chevy_Quest · August 2014

I actually "docked" myself miles today. .... It is a personal choice, but I feel good about it. ( A post by Kar328 really made me stop and think :drinker: )

That's how I choose to do it too. I only count the extra, "intentional" exercise miles too. The only time I've used my Fitbit miles was when I was doing laps for exercise in my apartment building complex hallway during the dead of winter last year and had no other way to measure the distance. And then I only used the distance covered during those walking sessions....not the distance of my entire day.

But that doesn't mean I expect everyone to do it that way. That's just how I choose to do it. Everybody should do it however they want and how it works best for them.

Dave

Dave, You articulated it perfectly. that is how I am doing it. I like what you said (and what Kar said) about it being a personal choice. I would have a lower goal and "feel" what I did rather than looking at the fitbit and going "wow.. that is a lot.
Thanks for weighing it.. it had been on my mind! :drinker:

waltersro2012 · August 2014

only 1.36 today
mtd 15.17

Rief3 · August 2014

adding 3miles

kar328 · August 2014

Me an influence? :laugh: Again, it was just my way of doing things, didn't want to make it seem like I thought other ways were wrong.

I did 3.6 miles. I ran for 20 mins and tried to get my heart rate and breathing back to normal for the rest of the time. Tomorrow I'm going for 25. Minutes, not miles :bigsmile: