July Walking Challenge - Bring it on!

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  • jllipson
    jllipson Posts: 646
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    Added at least 9.5 miles yesterday (zoo) and today (Holiday World) - at least that's what I have from pedometer, plus the walking around the water area at Holiday World, where I didn't have pedometer on at. Tomorrow may or may not have a lot of walking, haven't decided what we will do yet, but Wednesday, all water fun, so I will have to keep track of my walking some other way... maybe the park will have a walking distance mapped out! Up to 44 miles for the month!
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
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    The weather is getting really hot here, making it difficult to
    walk outside. I will try tomorrow even though they say it
    is going to be in the 90's,
  • RENAEJAE
    RENAEJAE Posts: 1,136 Member
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    I'll stick around - I've been tracking my July Miles and would love a walking thread for August!!
    Met my 50lb marker today - it's so rewarding to see the payoff!!

    ReNae
  • tanya7712
    tanya7712 Posts: 441 Member
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    Hi my name is Tanya and I just started walking a week ago and I would love to join this group! I walk 2 miles everyday, it usually takes me about a half hour to walk that unless I am pushing my toddler in her stroller then it takes a little longer.


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  • pmorgan813
    pmorgan813 Posts: 135 Member
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    My goal for July is 100miles -

    July 1 - 4.5
    July 2 - 3.0
    July 3 - 4.75
    July 4 - 1.5
    July 5- 2.0
    July 6- 2.75
    July 7 - 2.5
    July 8 - 2.5
    July 9 - 4.5
    July 10 -2.5
    July 11 - 5.0 (whoohoo!!)
    July 12 - 1.5
    July 13 - 3.5 So excited I'm actually on track to make my 100 by the end of the month!
    July 14 - 3.25
    July 15 - 2.5
    July 16 - 2.75
    July 17 - 1.0
    July 18 - 4.5
  • CRody44
    CRody44 Posts: 776 Member
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    34 mi n. 43 sec., 1.77 miles, 3.06 mph. The boredom is starting to set in. At least it took 14 days this time instead of two. What do you all do to combat the boredom and tediousness? Tomorrow, I think I’ll take a different route for some different scenery.

    Congratulations RenaeJay, a major accomplishment!

    Welcome Tanya. I just joined 12 days ago. I have walked for 14 days straight. This is the longest I’ve exercised for since boot camp, 45 years ago.
  • tanya7712
    tanya7712 Posts: 441 Member
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    Same here CRody44. I hardly ever exercised before, I would do a little here and there but nothing daily. I think this id a good form of exercise and I don't need to join a Gym to do it. I've been walking a little over a week now doing the same route but I have'nt got bored yet. If I start getting bored, I will probably start walking to a new location.
  • pmorgan813
    pmorgan813 Posts: 135 Member
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    CRody: I never walk the same route twice. I leave my front door and just start walking, sometimes I take the dogs and let them lead the way so that changes it up. I love checking out people's yards so I am always inspired to go a different direction to find new ones.
  • CRody44
    CRody44 Posts: 776 Member
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    Tanya, I prefer the outdoors and am not a joiner so a gym doesn't interest me. Besides, being a fat old man, I don’t want to be walking on a treadmill next to some young hot body training for a marathon. : )

    Pmorgan, on the weekends, when my wife walks with me (some people have to work), we take the dogs, but we have to be in charge. If I followed them, I’d spend all my time at the base of a tree, peeing.

    I have been walking around the neighborhood, but I think I’ll drive down to the trail for new scenery. We have, what is known as, the Iron Horse Trail, which is a regional trail converted from an old railroad track bed that is 33 miles long, about 20 feet wide and either cement or cinders. If I pick a new starting point each time, it will be a long time before I need a change of scenery again.
  • pmorgan813
    pmorgan813 Posts: 135 Member
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    Tanya, I prefer the outdoors and am not a joiner so a gym doesn't interest me. Besides, being a fat old man, I don’t want to be walking on a treadmill next to some young hot body training for a marathon. : )

    Pmorgan, on the weekends, when my wife walks with me (some people have to work), we take the dogs, but we have to be in charge. If I followed them, I’d spend all my time at the base of a tree, peeing.

    I have been walking around the neighborhood, but I think I’ll drive down to the trail for new scenery. We have, what is known as, the Iron Horse Trail, which is a regional trail converted from an old railroad track bed that is 33 miles long, about 20 feet wide and either cement or cinders. If I pick a new starting point each time, it will be a long time before I need a change of scenery again.


    LOL - I have to keep my dogs in check too but their noses usually find good new smells to check out and that's how we wind up where we do.
  • WyoRed
    WyoRed Posts: 64 Member
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    I have been very busy and away for 4 days camping, but got in quite a bit of exercise.

    7/10 37 minutes walking w/family - 1.97 miles
    7/11 30 minutes walking - 2.05 miles
    7/12 No walking (other cardio)
    7/13 60 minutes walking (4.01 miles)
    7/14 Nothing
    7/15 314 minutes hiking Laramie Peak - 10.5 miles
    7/16 92 minutes walking w/family - 4.5 miles
    7/17 Nothing
    7/18 15 minutes stair climber (1.15 miles)
    7/19 68 minutes elliptical trainer (5.46 miles)

    58.94 miles / 75 miles GOAL
  • lindaj07
    lindaj07 Posts: 347 Member
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    4.3 miles yesterday
    5.56 miles today
  • tanya7712
    tanya7712 Posts: 441 Member
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    So I have been walking a little over a week every day for 2 miles (30 minutes) plus the last 3 days I started seriously watching my calories and yesturday was the first day that I did'nt walk. For some reason I got so tired after work that I just came her and past out. Took like a 2 hour nap and almost all night my stomach was hurting and even today so I did'nt even have breakfast because I am scared that I will throw it up because I have been feeling neasous too. So I am either getting some sort of stomach virus or its just my body adjusting but I still feel guilty for not walking.
  • CRody44
    CRody44 Posts: 776 Member
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    Tanya, hope you feel better. I’m scared to death that something like that, or a twisted ankle, or plantar fasciitis, or whatever, is going to interfere with my walking. Knowing me, one day off will stretch into two, then three . . .

    I switched routes today and didn’t find today’s walk boring. I have to remember to walk with my head up rather than looking down at my feet. I passed within feet of a flock of grazing Canada Geese.

    37 min 37 seconds, 2.07 miles, 3.31 MPH, 356 calories burned, according to my HRM, quite different from what MFP says.
  • Shirley61
    Shirley61 Posts: 7,758 Member
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    Its hot hot hot, did my walk this morning while it was still cool.

    35 mins. walking
  • pmorgan813
    pmorgan813 Posts: 135 Member
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    My goal for July is 100miles -

    July 1 - 4.5
    July 2 - 3.0
    July 3 - 4.75
    July 4 - 1.5
    July 5- 2.0
    July 6- 2.75
    July 7 - 2.5
    July 8 - 2.5
    July 9 - 4.5
    July 10 -2.5
    July 11 - 5.0 (whoohoo!!)
    July 12 - 1.5
    July 13 - 3.5 So excited I'm actually on track to make my 100 by the end of the month!
    July 14 - 3.25
    July 15 - 2.5
    July 16 - 2.75
    July 17 - 1.0
    July 18 - 4.5
    July 19 - 4.75
  • Eliza1980
    Eliza1980 Posts: 303 Member
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    2.2 miles doing C25K, I'm lucky my work has a free gym cause there is no way I would be walking in this heat!
  • bubblesburst80
    bubblesburst80 Posts: 1,152 Member
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    i'm up to 95.7 miles, think i need to rethink my personal goal!
  • tanya7712
    tanya7712 Posts: 441 Member
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    CRody44, yeah your calories burned is definatly different from MFP, I like your better (LOL) I have to get myself a HRM. Once I get more into the walking thing I think I will. So I am feeling better now as far as the tireness and yummy ache but now my thighs hurt. I am starting to think I may be getting sick. We'll see what happens.

    Talk soon,

    Tanya
  • watchmeshrink16
    watchmeshrink16 Posts: 205 Member
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    July 16: 2 miles
    July 17 : 1 mile
    July 19: 2.46 miles
    July 20: 2 miles

    I saved them on my phone, but I didn't have a chance to enter them in the thread. Lol!!!

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