Exercise! - November Run/Walk Challenge

I didn't see a new thread for November -- so here's one!

I didn't make my goal for October because of various pains, but I'm going to try the same goal again: 75 miles

Starting with today -- 2.6 mile run 2.6/75

Is anyone going to join me this month? :?:

3 mile run today -- 5.6/75

LisaMarie--I will join you. I am starting the C25K on Tuesday so I think I will set my goal in minutes.

My goal this month will be: 300 minutes.

I have not exercised in a very long time. I will start small. Motivation is a huge issue also.

Great to have you, Shay!! It's weird -- usually lots of people pop into this thread...

10 mile run today -- 15.6/75

Goodness, I have been away from my computer for too long. After the worst move ever, I am back. My treadmill is slammed up against a wall and I can't get it down yet because of all the boxes and JUNK we have, so I am going to be conservative and say 30 for the month since I might get a slow start.

3 mile run today -- 18.6/75

Lisa I am with you...I was out of town a lot this week-end for a party...then working out of town with a long drive....and friday was date night...so...so far I have only 3 miles in. Sad....

I am with you all. I have been posting my exercise under the LowCarb exercise forum to help me keep up with it. I've done 7.5 miles so far this week and am trying for 50 miles this month. (I did 1.5 miles today).

Am I allowed to count elliptical miles on this? I alternate between treadmill/elliptical (and then run outside on weekends because I'm never home when it's light out during the week!).

If so, I'll go with a goal of 60 miles. So far, I'm at 8/60. Lots to go!

3/30 that was last night

I am a newbie to running so my goal is just 30 min 3 times a week. I am still doing the couch to 5k program.. week 5 .. I do longer walk / runs on the weekend (depending on the weather) .. If I can go outside I will, but I am in Michigan so I am just trying to do the cold weather thing. I am a weather wimp.

So far this month:

11/1 - 2 mile run
11/3 - 3 mile run
11/6 - 2 mile run

I'll set my goal as 30 miles this month. If DH gets his butt moving, I'll surpass that because of our Sunday 4 mile walks.

Laura, you're allowed to count whatever kind of miles you want! It's all about your personal goals! :)

I ran 4.4 today -- 23/75

Just did 5.5 miles on the elliptical while watching The Biggest Loser. I LOVE this show so much - it is so great for motivating me, and I always get such great workouts on Tuesday nights.

Month total is now 13.5/60

Did Week 1, Day 1 of C25K

25/300

Yesterday did Couch to 5k week 5 day 2 (8 min intervals) might have to repeat it thursday beause I cramped up a lot.

1 mile today :( I got bored and lazy on the treadmill because there was nothing good on the gym TVs!

14.5/60

I'm late to post here this month because I've been away, so here's a catch up:

1 Nov - 3.6 miles
3 Nov - 3k (Friendship Run)
4 Nov - 26.2 miles (New York Marathon)
8 Nov - 3.7 miles

Total - 35.3/125

I'm not too fussed about getting to 125 this month, I've just run two back to back marathons so am focussing on recovery, I do want to get to 1500 before the end of the year though - I'm currently at 1426.

Completed Week 1, Day 2 of C25K:

50/300

yesterday: 2 mile run (a really good day--some days I feel like I'm fighting myself).

8 miles total this month

Week 1 of C25K done!!

75/300

Yeay! I like Week 1 of the couch to 5k.

I did Week 5 Day 2 but ran outside. Mon I will do the Day3 (20 min run)..progress is good.

2 mile run

10 miles this month.

Hopefully DH will want to walk in the morning--that'll add 3-4 miles.

2 mile run yesterday -- 25/75

A third of the way there, and it's the 10th. I guess that means I'm on track! :)

16/100 miles

Angie and I walked the mutts to Starbucks for their 3.25 miler this morning. I am working long days so I probably won't reach my goal...but I was way over the last 3 months...good news...I am maintaining!

Since I wasn't consistent with running, lasst month I switched to a 30minute walk 4 times per week. This month I increased to a 50 minute interval type walk and my goal is complete it 5-6 times a week. (next month weights!)

2.6 yesterday, 3.75 today - 41.7/125

Can I jump in too?
I have done 25.5 miles so I am going to go for 60 this month until I figure out what i am doing :)

25.5/60
ETA 5.7 miles for today :)
31.2/60

10 mile run today -- 35/75

1.5 mile walk this evening on the treadmill. I'm sick so it was an accomplishment just to get on it at all. I'm so far behind, ahh!

4.5/30

I waited too long in the day to go running, and then at 4 PM I was ready to go but worried about safety since it was going to get dark soon, so I stayed home and then went to the gym later. Not nearly as good since I get bored running on the treadmill. I only did one mile running (but then did a lot of rowing, weights, and swimming, so I still got a good workout in). However, that doesn't really help me with the challenge. I WILL do better tonight.

15.5/60

With 12 hours of meetings at church and church service yesterday, my treadmill work has taken a beating. Angie and I have been able to get in two Starbucks walks with the mutts though in the last 3 days.

23/100 miles

Week 2, Day 1 of C25K done.

101/300

Anyone know how many steps make a mile?

about 2000

It is about 2000 steps, so if you are on an eliptical every 2000 strides can be counted as a mile. also if you know you walk 3 miles in an hour you can count and hour of cardio at the gym as 3 miles.... a pedometer is more accurate because you can mesure your stride, but they tend not to work on the gym machines. if you look at my siggie there is a link for google pedometer where you can map walks in your neighborhood....

2.9 miles - 44.5/125

4 mile run today -- 39/75

Did 3.5 miles on the elliptical in 33 mins, all while set to hill climb! I'm proud of myself.

19/60

2 miles tonight, still a bit sore and sick. Got in a full mile of running though.

6.5/30

Yesterday I did couch to 5k, week 5 day 3, so 20 min straight jog + ten minute walk for warm up and cool down

2 miles

12 miles total so far

4.2 mile walk
35.4/60

1.76 miles this mornign after a grueling hour of personal training. Ouch!

8.26/30

1.8 mile trail run -- 40.8/75

3.5 mile walk
38.9/60

Realized I forgot to post last night... did 4.5 miles on the elliptical.

23.5/60

8.1 miles tonight - 52.7/125

25/100 miles

4.5 mile walk
43.4/60

2 miles

14 miles total

6.1 miles - 58.8/125

7.2 miles -- 48/75

Week 2, Day 2 of C25K completed.

127/300

Was very tired and starting to get that tingly throat like I might get sick in a day or two, but I made myself run a mile and walk a half. Very quick, but at least I got something in!

25/60

3.6 on the treadmill this morning 62.4/125

2-mile tempo run tonight -- 50/75

2/3 of the way there!! :carrot:

.5 the other day and 2 miles today - 2 miles on 9 incline ouch!

10.76/30

27/100

10.2 miles - 72.6/125

2 horrible miles. I couldn't find my stride and ended up walking most of it. Yuck. I may have to go out again tomorrow to make up for it.

16 miles

WK 2, Day 3 of C25k completed! 2 weeks done.

153/300

Angie and I took the mutts to Starbucks this morning for their scones and water latte.

30.5/100 miles

lookin' a little short this month...but still moving forward a little at a time...5K on Thursday....

5.7 mile walk
49.1/60
I'm getting there :D

Just did 6 miles outside up and down the crazy hills of Ithaca, NY! I'm so proud of getting myself to go running while traveling - it's always so much harder to get motivated when you don't have all the comforts of home and your familiar routes. I was much slower than usual, but I attribute that to the hills. Great training, but I bet I will be sore tomorrow.

31/60

11 mile run today -- 61/75

Awesome work GALS!

Angie took the dogs on a 4.25 mile run after church while I did 4 miles on the treadmill watching football.

34.5/100 miles

3 miles

19 miles total

FINALLY got the motivation to hop on the treadmill--did 3.01 miles with an incline of 2.5-4%!

2.42 mile walk done late tonight, did 5 min at 9%, 2 min at 4%, 3 min at 0%, repeat and it worked my buns and thighs good!

13.18/30

4.6 mile hill session - 77.2/125

4 mile run -- 65/75

37.75/100 miles

got some treadmill in after work tonight

Lisa, you're getting so close - it's great!!! I didn't do anything yesterday, and I am going to really have to pick it up if I want to reach my goal for the month.

2 miles
21 total

2 mile run -- 67/75

A new week. Week 3, Day 1 of C25K completed.

178/300

3.25 treadmill....5K in 2 days....

41/100 miles

I am down in NC for thansgiving and the weather coul'd be nicer 4.8 mile walk this morning and about a slow walk on the beach yesterday, about 2 miles
ETA 1 mile on the beach today....
55.8/60 ( I think I am going to make it!)

7.2 miles - 88.2/125

Finished week 6 of the c25k , next week is the same (25 min run)

43.25/100 miles

4.2 mile beach walk on this very fattning holiday :) And I MADE GOAL!!!!!

60.8/60

Well I did my Turkey Trot 5K this morning and even though it was slow...35:35 I beat last years time by 10 minutes! Gee ya think it pays to get in shape?

46.5/100 miles

Great job L144S! Great job!

Oh I almost...almost ;) forgot .....Angie and my daughter beat me by 3 minutes....they ran 32:49....I am sure they took a shortcut somewhere ;)

I did get that 85 yr. old lady that took me out in the final 180 turn last year! :carrot:

Yay! Good job, Gary! :cheer2:

I ran 3.1 miles today, but it wasn't a turkey trot. Just a trail run with my brother and my husband. Very pretty run. 70.1/75

Finished my 10K turkey trot in a RECORD time for me (not just for that distance, but a pace record for ANY race I've done): 52:04!!! I felt kind of yucky at the beginning, and of course my sprint of the last 1/5 mile was rough, but I was so proud of myself. It was an out-and-back course with the turnaround at the 3 mile mark and a big clock there, so when I realized I was pulling an 8:00 pace at that point, I thoroughly enjoyed the next few minutes of passing people that a year ago would have been ahead of me. All this from the girl who, in gym class, was chastised by the gym teacher for not being able to get under 13 minutes in the mile run we did twice a year as a fitness test. I am SO proud!

Now, off to go eat all 650 or so calories that I burned :) Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

37/60

3.5 miles - 91.7/125

Week 3, Day 2 of C25K completed.

203/300

laura! Congrats!!!!

Angie and I walked the dogs to Starbucks this morning. We came home a different way...mapmyrun gives it 4 miles.

50.5/100 miles

8 mile run today -- 78.1/75

3 miles (5k Turkey Trot)

24 miles total so far

Congrats on reaching goal, Lisa!!!

I'm traveling today, but I really want to do a long run tomorrow to make up for all the eating and drinking I've done in the past few days :) We'll see how it goes...

Angie and I went to our friends restaraunt for breakfast this morning...soooo...it was a good idea! for me to take the dogs out after for a 2.5 mile walk. Angie is doing a run later today.

53/100 miles

Good work on the 5K Allison and reaching goal Lisa! Laura I would have to go for a looooong run to "balance" out my eating...mostly drinking from Thursday!

Week 3, Day 3 of C25K completed. Week 3 done!

228/300

5 mile walk today
65.8/60

8.8 miles on Friday, 10k race today - 106.8/125

Couch to 5k Week 7 Day 2?Lost track Anyway 5 min warmup 25 min run 5 min cool down, that is what I am doing this week

1.5 mile walk with Angie and the dogs. Easy day.

54.5/100 miles

Great job gals! HELEN ~ YOU ROCK!!

oops, 2 miles Saturday

26 miles so far

7.4 miles today - 114.1/125

But... the big news is I met my target for the year tonight!

125 x 12 is 1500, which is what I wanted to achieve over the course of the year, and my monthly targets have been 125 in an attempt to keep me on target. I've hit or gone over my targets 9 times, been under once, and may or may not make it this month, depending what runs I do for the rest of the week. But on the months I've been over, I've been enough over to make my yearly total (drum roll...)

1504.9/1500

:carrot: :carrot: :carrot:

Thanks, Gary and Laura!

Congrats, Helen!

I did 3 miles today with some students - 2 on the treadmill and 1 on the track... 81.1/75

Long day at work ~ Angie at yoga, so I took the mutts on a quick 1.5'er

56/100 miles

Helen, all I can say is AMAZING!!! I am impressed with you 1500 miles this year and it is not even over!

3 mile walk on the beach on 25th
68.8/60

We spent 17 hours driving yesterday (with 1 hour out to visit my brother in NY on the way home from NC) a long walk for today to brush off the stink.....

Wow, Helen, I don't think I've even done 1500 miles in my life! Congratulations!!!

My proud moment came last night on the treadmill (I always set it at 1.0 incline, which I've been told approximates the wind resistance of running outside on a fairly flat surface). I ran 2 miles in 15:30!!! First mile was an 8:00 pace, then I kicked it way up to a 7:30 pace for the second mile. First time I have EVER broken 8:00!!! I feel like a real runner now :)

39/60... don't think I'm going to make it this month, but let's see how close I can get...

2 fabulous miles this morning!

28 total so far

3 mile run today -- 84.1/75

Week 4, Day 1 C25k
258/300

Week 7 day 3 of C25k

2.5 miles today
71.3/60

8.2 miles - 122.4/125

8.5 miles this morning - 130.9/125

2 spooky miles

30 so far

How were they spooky, Allison? Dark outside?

I wanted to run 6 miles tonight, but I got home too late because of a meeting and had to cut it to 4. They were relatively fast, though -- I maintained a decent pace. I'm working toward my goal of running my 10k in April under one hour.

Anyway...88.1/75

Lisa~oh, it's usually dark (4:30 AM) and that doesn't bother me (I have a "cyclops" flashlight on my baseball cap and a reflective vest thing-y that I wear and occasionally Chico wears his lighted collar and leash), but this morning Chico and I heard a noise.....I looked over into the neighbor's yard and there were two eyes glowing at me (because of my headlight). Then we heard another noise--it sounded like a hiss. Cat? No way, this animal was way too big to be a cat (at least a housecat). Then I had thoughts of a wild cat (we are pretty close to the wild desert). The animal then started out toward us......I'm still staring at those eyes as it comes out into the street.....I'm walking slowly so it doesn't give chase.....It comes out and I finally realize it's my neighbor's dog! I told it to be good and go home (he and my dog don't get along very well). It wasn't until I talked to it that MY NEIGHBOR spoke up! He'd been standing there the whole time (he really bugs me). I told him he scared me and he didn't reply. Weird. Anyway, that totally spooked me for my entire run!

58/100 miles

2 with the mutts after a long day at work...work and meetings until 10:30pm twice at church this week has really cut into my "me" time!

WK4D2 of C25K completed.
288/300

I guess I won't make my goal because day 3 is tomorrow.

5k this morning - 134/125