OCTOBER 2015 walking challenge

It has been a really fun week BlackDawn. Washington is a great city. Yesterday I 'rested'... 19400 steps, 8.4 miles... Which I mostly got visiting interpretive points of interest & hiking short trails at Manasses National Historic site. It was a beautiful landscape just touched by fall color on a crisp blustery day; sobering to consider how many young men lost their lives here in the civil war.

scolaris wrote: »

Some days are just 4.10 days BlackDawn! I couldn't out walk the caloric temptations of DC yesterday, and went over my allowance for the first time on this trip.
:-(
Oh well, today is a new day.

It's called a treat day.

1.78 miles
10% FULL incline
3.3-3.6 mph
About 40 minutes.

Yes! Finally, I got back up to 10% on my treadmill again. This time WITHOUT my darned deformity acting up and causing me pain.
Got two weeks of training at that level and will soon push for two miles at the full incline going 3.3-3.5 mph.
After two weeks I'm going back to 0% incline and will try jogging.
Be awesome if I could one day jog at a 10% incline.

October 1--6.52 miles
October 2--6.06 miles
October 3--5.78 miles
October 4--4.31 miles
October 5--4.71 miles
October 6 --6.52 miles
October 7--6.11 miles
total for week one----40.01 miles
October 8--6.95 miles
October 9--5.15 miles
October 10--3.95 miles
October 11--5.16 miles
October 12--5.48 miles
October 13--5.35 miles
October 14--4.95 miles
total for week 2---36.99 miles
October 15--5.69 miles
October 16 --3.87 miles
October 17--4.11 miles

Our weekend in Seattle was great fun but I didn't get to walk as much as I wanted because we had so many friends to see. I ate fairly smart at restaurants (kept portions small but ate some things I don't normally eat (bread, mayo, cheese, tortillas).


I carry my Omron pedometer with me all the time so this is all my walking for each day.


I walk my dogs, so every day is a walking day for me.

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington where the mornings are getting very chilly and damp

scolaris wrote: »

Great walking you guys!

I enjoyed another 'rest' day with 11256 steps or 4.3 miles.
Big walking week, so I needed to lay off... Ended up going 159097 steps which works out to 75.3 miles!

Some of my miles today were at the National Arboretum, a must see for anyone who enjoys gardening. The photo is from their meadow with columns salvaged from the original Capitol building...

Holy cow Batman. She said 159,097 steps. And yet she still has her feet. Must be a distant cousin to Wonder Woman.

Hahaha blackdawn.... Hardly! I'm a sub so I'm already on my feet for at least 75k a week anyway! And this was unusual because: vacation!! I wear very matronly shoes for this many steps, however. Tomorrow, no steps. We're biking to Mt. Vernon.

Love Seattle Barbie! sounds like a good time

10/1/15 11,510 steps - 5.31 miles. 1:40'25" 501 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/2/15 11,431 steps - 5.32 miles. 1:40'04" 502 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/3/15 11,725 steps - 5.47 miles. 1:41'09" 512 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/4/15 Resting
10/5/15 11,600 steps - 5.41 miles. 1:40'03" 510 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood +
10/6/15 11,725 steps - 5.57 miles. 1:41'13" 516 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/7/15 11,750 steps - 5.52 miles. 1:40'30" 512 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/8/15 11,825 steps - 5.58 miles. 1:40'32" 518 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/9/15 12,135 steps - 5.67 miles. 1:44'05" 526 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/10/15 12,751 steps - 6.13 miles. 1:47'40" 568 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood +
10/11/15 Resting
10/12/15 12,926 steps - 6.16 miles. 1:49'03" 571 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/12/15 5551 steps - 2.70 miles. 48'12" 250 calories. Around Blades waiting for Mom
10/13/15 Nothing
10/14/15 6,850 steps - 3.08 miles. 1:00'55" 285 calories. Neighborhood/Driveway
10/15/15 13,400 steps - 6.31 miles. 1:54'02" 584 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/16/15 13,130 steps - 6.39 miles. 1:48'04" 591 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/17/15 13,336 steps - 6.38 miles. 1:52'05" 580 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
10/18/15 Resting
10/19/15 13,670 steps - 6.55 miles. 1:54'06" 593 calories. 2 (2 lbs) weights Neighborhood
87.55 miles to date

October 1 - 3.54 miles
October 2 - 3.65 miles
October 3- 5.14 miles-
October 5- 3 miles
October 6- 2.74 miles
October 7- 4.67 miles
October 10 - 3 miles
October 11- 3 miles
October 12- 5.82 miles
October 15- 5.44 miles
October 16- 4.28 miles
October 19-1.7 miles

I'm in! I walk my dogs 5 days a week, 3-4km each time. Today I did the 3 km walk with only one of the dogs as taking both of them has been too difficult.

7.36 total for the day.
15,160 steps.

TerresaN wrote: »

Joining late but as they say better late than never

Yup. Welcome.

That is a great story blackdawn! Yes, I love to travel too. We never traveled: I had a single teen mum & she took care of my grandmother who was schizophrenic, so there was no time...no money...no help...you can imagine, and for me travel became the cornerstone of a fabulous grown-up life free from all that terrible responsibility. I've traveled less in recent years because of bills, work, saving but when I get the chance I always feel so exhilarated by it. It is such a great feeling to wake up in a new and tantalizing place, isn't it?

Sun 18 Rest
Mon 19 Rest
Tue 20/ 9 mi

Adorable!!!