March Walking Challenge - join in :)

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  • NeuroticVirgo
    NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member

    Wow these are great - have never seen them. I'd found some of Leslies walks on the below link too - and they let you choose 1 mile 2 miles or 3 miles - without interruption. I made good use of them during the winter when snowed in.

    http://www.exercisetv.tv/startwalking/

    Portia

    Thanks :) I think the more options the better...leaves no excuses. :bigsmile:
  • jillbarnes
    jillbarnes Posts: 80
    Got my 5mi in for Day 3. JILL
  • Kimber2336
    Kimber2336 Posts: 131
    I am sucking on this challenge... I'm going to try to fix the problem today though... gonna do two miles at lunch... I need to get ahead of the game. Signing up for a 5k on Saturday though, that should help too!
  • JustJessie
    JustJessie Posts: 162 Member
    Thanks for the reminder NeuroticVirgo!! I completely forgot about the Challenge. I did a small walk on Tuesday and have been going nonstop since working on finals for my masters. Hopefully I make it through the rest of day with enough energy to do at least a short walk tonight when I get home otherwise I might have to just do it tomorrow. (I'm averaging 2 hours or less of sleep the last two nights.) But tonight is the last final for the week!
  • qwander
    qwander Posts: 21 Member
    Well, here goes.. hope I've done this right.. I'm a bit technically challenges but will give it a go.

    Just came back from a great walk with a friend and listened to birds singing.. was great. oops, didn't get the exercise ticker.. will try again



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  • 10more
    10more Posts: 87 Member
    Checking day 3... walked 30 minutes :smile:
  • looby1968
    looby1968 Posts: 742 Member
    Did a mile with Leslie Sansone this morning when I got up, then my walk to work and back...TWICE!! So that's 3 miles altogether!

    LouiseXXX
  • MJ5898
    MJ5898 Posts: 1,549 Member
    Wow! Everyone is doing so great with their walking so far this month!!! I did 2.1 miles Tuesday (Wii Walk It Out) and 2 miles Wednesday (Walk Away the Pounds DVD). I have a question for those who do their walking outside - not using games/DVDs or treadmill that tracks your distance. How do you track how far you walk? I once had a pedometer but it was woefully inaccurate. As soon as the weather improves here in KY, I want to start doing my walking outside but want to keep up with my distances. Perhaps a more expensive pedometer? I guess I could always try driving my route and tracking it that way, but that does away with the freedom of taking a different path.
  • LG61820
    LG61820 Posts: 372 Member
    Wow! Everyone is doing so great with their walking so far this month!!! I did 2.1 miles Tuesday (Wii Walk It Out) and 2 miles Wednesday (Walk Away the Pounds DVD). I have a question for those who do their walking outside - not using games/DVDs or treadmill that tracks your distance. How do you track how far you walk? I once had a pedometer but it was woefully inaccurate. As soon as the weather improves here in KY, I want to start doing my walking outside but want to keep up with my distances. Perhaps a more expensive pedometer? I guess I could always try driving my route and tracking it that way, but that does away with the freedom of taking a different path.

    I walk outside and thought it would be problematic to try to keep track of distance. I sometimes take a different route. That's why I use time instead of distance as my challenge.
  • mellissacase
    mellissacase Posts: 51
    Hey everyone, really pleased to see you are all doing really well.

    I work 12 - 13 hour shifts so finding it really hard to do my walks as planned. Today was my day off and really enjoyed a walk in the country side. I am trying other things like not using the car and walking the 15 mins each way to the bus stop and I have banned my self from using the lifts at work, i'm on the 4th floor so hopefully this will increase my excercise for the day!

    Planning to do a 6 mile walk in Sherwood Forest on Saturday, really looking forward to it.

    Mel
  • Kimber2336
    Kimber2336 Posts: 131
    As promised, I did 1 mile at lunch - added it to my ticker :-)
  • patches0102
    patches0102 Posts: 31
    Day 3 went better than yesterday! I got at least 10000 steps in today. Nice day to be outside to be walking also. Tomorrow is supposed to rain so we shall see what I can get in before that happens.
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    Hey everyone, really pleased to see you are all doing really well.

    Planning to do a 6 mile walk in Sherwood Forest on Saturday, really looking forward to it.

    Mel

    I want to take a walk in Sherwood Forest!:flowerforyou:
  • CricketKate
    CricketKate Posts: 3,657 Member
    I got in 45 minutes today. I got to be Princess Clementine riding on my pet giraffe, Phoebe. She's White with pink and blue spots and sparklie ears. Who doesn't want to be me:tongue: ?
  • carcar63
    carcar63 Posts: 158
    okay, forgot to ck in yesterday but walked 30mins yesterday & today on the treadmill
  • julesandrich
    julesandrich Posts: 188 Member
    I have figure out my ticker thing..I seem to be a bit challenged in getting it to work correctly.

    March 1- walked 25 minutes
    March 2-ran/walked (C25K program week 5 day 1) 30 minutes
    March 3-walked 30 minutes

    My goal for the week- walk a minimum of 10 minutes a day.
  • ceejay000
    ceejay000 Posts: 402 Member
    I went for another 30 minute walk along the canal today. I really like getting outside and stretching my legs. I could get used to this!
  • BeckyJill7
    BeckyJill7 Posts: 547 Member
    3 more miles today!
  • xyla
    xyla Posts: 69 Member
    Mel, I would love to go walking with you in Sherwood Forest. It sounds lovely. :happy:

    CricketKate, I wish that I had a giraffe with pink and blue spots. You have so much fun with your exercise. :bigsmile:

    I just got on my dreadmill and listened to music - no lovely forest or fun giraffes. :ohwell:
  • Wightvixen
    Wightvixen Posts: 117
    Desperate to get out for a walk today, especially as it's lovely and sunny out there, but stuck indoors waiting for a delivery that could come any second or not for another 6 hours. Grrrrrrr!!!!
  • mellissacase
    mellissacase Posts: 51
    I live opposite sherwood forest its lovely, sadly we are loosing much of it to new housing etc. I think the woods have magic powers, Its the lovely smell of fresh pine, the sounds of birds and other animals and the complete beauty of the forest that over makes me feel like a new person when I get home. And of course I always pretend I'm Robin Hood!

    Wish you could all come walking with me tomorrow :)
  • Kimber2336
    Kimber2336 Posts: 131
    I did 2.5 miles on the treadmill this morning... added it to my ticker :-)
  • jillj333
    jillj333 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm In. Not sure if I'll make it the entire 40 miles on my ticker, but I'll sure give it a try. :) If winter here in Minnesota would
    ever end then I'd probably be a walking maniac...can't stand the cold so am stuck on the treadmill.


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  • FabulousGia
    FabulousGia Posts: 69
    I'm really in now. This month, I'm challenging myself to walk 80 miles. (Last month I'd challenged myself to walk 60 miles, and I walked 82.13 miles!).

    These are my stats so far:

    3/1: 2.55 miles
    3/2: 1.87 miles
    3/3: 1.09 miles

    NeuroticVirgo, thanks again for the nudge.
  • Sandydur
    Sandydur Posts: 9,354 Member
    I forgot to post yesterday's miles....so I am averaging 3 miles a day hopefully in March's 31 days, I will make my 100 mile goal.
  • bigmama65
    bigmama65 Posts: 2,529 Member
    Forgot to check in :blushing:

    March goal 31miles - 8 miles done = 23 more walking miles to go

    Ya!!!! Great walking everyone :heart:
  • Heevenlee
    Heevenlee Posts: 35
    Hi guys

    Just found this post again ,sorry bout that.My goal is to get back walking to where I was bout this time last year was.Was doing bout 150 each month.Up to 10 to start with for this month.Great job everyone We Rock

    Amanda
  • miovlb6
    miovlb6 Posts: 339 Member
    Oooohhh! I'm in! My goal is to walk (or run) at least 30 minutes a day for the month of March. If I can figure out how to get a GPS tracker to work on my android phone without interfering with my C25K app, I might change that to 2 or 3 miles a day. I'm doing C25K 3 times a week and I usually walk the other days, but sometimes I slack off on the weekends. No more; I will walk every day--if not for myself, then at least for my dog! :smile: Thanks for the challenge!

    Good luck everyone!


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  • 10more
    10more Posts: 87 Member
    Checking in for day 4; did my 30 minute walk :smile:
  • nicnak1981
    nicnak1981 Posts: 56 Member
    Hey hope its not to late to join in..

    can't remember what i walked on tuesday, but i know i done 40 mins a day on the 2nd, 3rd and today, so i've added them on my ticker. i'm aiming for 30 mins a day. I normally do 40 mins at least 3 times a week but if its raining ( which it often is in scotland) i won't get as much done.
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