Hi - from Florida here, so I have no reason not to get moving, except motivation.. Would like to run my first 5k in April and this should help me get started!

Hello all!!
My name is Jayme, I am a 33 stay at home mom of 3 kids, and a full time student. I consider myself to be a runner but have never actually counted my miles. This is the perfect group to keep me motivated and log my miles!!
I look forward to getting to know everyone!! Add me if you like

Hi there! I'm a CO gal who loves to try new challenges. I love the idea of completing 2,012 miles this year. What a great motivator!

I am Jan Taylor, a 56 yr old woman and I have been married many years to my wonderful husband. We live on the Texas Gulf Coast in a small town called Edna, Texas. My husband is retired and I am a Banker.

We have a small hobby farm and raise fresh vegetables. We also have an endless supply of eggs from our very content hens. This spring we hope to be able to produce enough fresh vegetables to open up a farmers market in the community as well as start a "first pick" program for subscribers.

I started my weight loss program for 2 reasons;

1. I didn't know I was that heavy! I had always been thin and knew I was putting on a few pounds ...but until I saw myself in a picture last fall I didn't have a clue. See the picture on my profile in the upper left? I looked like a blooming idiot and had not seen John Wayne in almost a year....talk about embarrassed....

2. In September my husband had a near fatal heart attack. He coded on me twice and I have never been so scared in my life...those were a very long 12 minutes....He also needs to shed some major pounds and is working on it although he is still under the watchful eye of his cardiologist and a team of others. Blessing abound - in mid January he has been cleared to start a cardiac rehab program at the hospital. Once the cardiac rehab doctor gives the go-ahead he will be "full steam" on weight loss. Until then he is forbidden to get on our exercise equipment and do nothing more than eat sensibly and mull around the house. So...I am starting it early to figure out what works and what doesn't and to become quite a good nutritionist.

I try to bang out 25-30 miles a week on an exercise (fan) bike....guess I am going to have to get my fanny (pardon the pun) to peddling a little further!

Hello everyone. I'm Kemeko from Florida. I'm trying to get in shape and train for my first 5K run. I've signed up for two in February, but they will most likely be walks. By the end of the year, I hope to be running them!

Looking forward to participating in this group!

Hello everyone! I'm in Toronto and my goal is to run 2012 km this year, and to hit 2012 miles between running and cycling. I ran my first half marathon last year and am registered for another two this year. Looking forward to chatting with you all!

Hi Everyone!

My name is Kendra, I'm 28, married for almost 4.5 years, and a runner. I've been on MFP since October 2009, and went from 174 to 138 by my birthday in May 2010. But then I graduated from grad school, was traveling for interviews, moving to a new city, and starting a new job... and I let that be an excuse to fall off the wagon. So I'm back here, now 156.4 pounds (as of this morning) and ready to try again. I love to run and have completed 5 marathons (PR was this past June when I was at my goal weight and in super great shape... ran Grandma's Marathon in 3:53). However, I haven't been running much in the last 6 months, so I have some work to do to get back my endurance. I was born and raised in WI (as was the hubby) and we are both huge Packers and Brewers fans... and it should go without saying that we are also big fans of cheese (when will they make a calorie free cheese that tastes like the real stuff? ) Anyway, with that said, I'm looking forward to the challenge of 2012 in 2012. Good luck everyone!

Hey everyone. Congrats on the awesome goal!

I'm Shisca from New Zealand. We do everything in km over here so for my challenge i'm going to do 2012km this year.
I work a desk job so to help with making the target a little easier (but still relatively challenging) i'm including running, walking, cycling, cross trainers, and rowing machines. Classes at the gym i'm counting as 3km except for spin which i'm counting as 5km.

So far so good. Day 17 and i'm up to 74km already.

I've signed up for a 7km run/walk at the end of february and are hoping to do a half marathon later in the year.
Looking forward to the challenge! Good luck everyone

Hello everyone
My name is Earl and I am just getting started on this now. I have some 55 pounds to lose and need to get back into shape. Did a few 5K, 10K and HM last year but been a while so dropping weight and getting moving again will be priority and this group should be a help with that. So basic math dictates that 2010 miles =3219.2 K. We have about 325 days left (assuming no off days) which basically means I need to log 10 k (about 6 miles) daily (walking, running, cycling). That sound doable (famous last words).
Does this group log their distances here or is this just something we do when the mood strikes us? Anyway glad to have found this group. Be well.