Day 24, of 21+, done.

TM - 44 min, 3.3 miles(25 min running total); dogs walk - 30 min, 1.5 miles.

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chickadee -- how fast do you run? I seem to be settling in around 5.3 or so (I'm pretty short) for right now. Working my way up to running a full 5K -- yeah, I need a good bit of work on that. lol Once I accomplish that I'll start working on speed.

I finally got around to creating several BPM (beats per minute) playlists which help me quite a bit. Not every song has to be run on beat but when I start to get tired or start thinking I have to slow down and walk and just the right paced song comes on . . well, it helps keep me going a little longer!

Tabbycat here.

Mar 30: 2 mile jog

Day 11 of 12

I can smell the finish line!

I made my goal. Yay for me.

loose seal: I run slow!!! I just got up to doing my 3-3.5 mile runs at 5.2mph about a week ago. Increasing my speed very, very slowly over time has really been what has worked for me. When I do a longer run like I did the other night, I go even more slowly - I did 4.8 mph for most of those 5 miles. Have you thought about maybe trying your usual mileage at a slower speed, and seeing whether you can do it all as running? It seems like you probably could at this point! Btw, I've only run one 5K race, and at the time I did it I was running at just 4.5 mph in my 3-4 mile training runs on the treadmill, with a few 2 mile runs at 5.0 mph interspersed... and when I ran the actual race, my pace was 5.2 mph. That was the limits of what I could do, but all that adrenaline definitely gets you moving!


March 1 - 3 mile run + walk/sprint intervals + warm up/cool down walk + stretching (4.4 miles total; 75 minutes)
March 2 - 2.5 mile walk + strength training (upper and lower body); 70 minutes
March 3 - 55 minutes eliptical (5.1 miles)
March 4 -
March 5 - 3.5 mile run + walk/sprint intervals + warm up/cool down walk + stretching (70 minutes)
March 6 - Indoor rock climbing class!
March 7 - 40 minutes stationary bike (14.4 miles)
March 8 - Rock climbing (75 minutes)
March 9 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk (45 minutes)
March 10 -
March 11 - 3.1 mile run + warm up/cool down walk (3.6 miles total; 45 minutes)
March 12 - 2.2 mile walk + strength training (upper body and lower body); 65 minutes
March 13 - Rock climbing (105 minutes)
March 14 -
March 15 - Rock climbing (75 minutes)
March 16 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (3.4 miles total; 45 minutes)
March 17 - Strength training (upper and lower body) + 1 mile walk and stretching (60 minutes total)
March 18 - 3.5 mile run + walk/sprint intervals + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (5 miles total; 70 minutes)
March 19 -
March 20 -
March 21 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (3.4 miles total; 50 minutes)
March 22 - Strength training (upper and lower body) + 10 min jog and stretching (55 minutes)
March 23 - 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (3.4 miles total; 50 minutes)
March 24 -
March 25 - 3.5 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4.2 miles total; 60 minutes)
March 26 -
March 27 - 1 mile jog + 3 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (4.4 miles total; 65 minutes)
March 28 - Strength training (upper body, lower body, core) + stretching (55 minutes)
March 29 - 5.1 mile run + warm up/cool down walk and stretching (5.4 miles total; 70 minutes)
March 30 - Strength training (upper and lower body) + stretching (50 minutes)

Days: 23/20

Tabbycat here.

I got up this morning and decided to get it over with early!

Mar 31: outdoor jogging

Day 12 of 12

walking yesterday and hiking today brings me to 1500/1200min for the months! Awesome job everyone! Lets do even better next month

Day 25 of 21+, done! And so ends March's challenge.

Supreme 90 Day, Ultimate Stability Ball (all core work).

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chickadee -- yeah, my most comfortable running speed is 5.2. I can do several minutes (a song or two) at 5.3/5.4 but not much longer than that. I can do a mile at 5.2 but then think I can't do more without walking for a bit. I swear it's a half mental thing with me! lol

Weirdly, I find that if I run at too slow of a pace it seems just as hard as going at too fast of a pace. One song at 5.0 is good but the one playlist I made I had 3 songs in a row that I was running at 5.0 and I just felt like I was really struggling. Upped it to 5.2 and it felt better.

1: 30 min walk; 30/1400
2: 0
3: 0
4: 0
5: 55 min Nia; 85/1400
6: 35 min walk, 45 min recumbent, 30 min elliptical; 195/1400
7: 45 min walk; 240/1400

8: 5 min recumbent, 30 min tread, 10 min elliptical, 10 min stretch; 295/1400
9: 70 min walk; 365/1400
10: 20 min walk; 385/1400
11: 35 min recumbent, 25 min elliptical; 445/1400
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0

15: 25 min walk; 470/1400
16: 35 min Slim in 6, 35 min walk, 15 min qi gong; 555/1400
17: 35 min hula; 590/1400
18: 35 min Slim in 6, 25 min walk; 650/1400
19: 35 min walk; 685/1400
20: 20 min gardening, 35 min stretching; 740/1400
21: 35 min Slim in 6, 25 min walk; 800/1400

22: 0
23: 25 min walk; 825/1400
24: 20 min walk; 845/1400
25: 35 min Slim in 6, 30 min walk; 910/1400
26: 45 min walk,15 min qi gong; 970/1400
27: 45 min Fat Burning Fusion, 30 min walk; 1045/1400
28: 30 min walk; 1075/1400

29: 35 min Slim in 6; 1110/1400
30: 0
31: 30 min walk, 30 min gardening; 1170/1400

Congratulations to Tabbycat and JazzyPeggy!

Did anyone else meet their March goals?

The April thread is up! Let's go for another great month! http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/chic...challenge.html

loose_seal: 21+ days
cupcakegirl32: 540 min
RRB2: 23 days
PrincessSophia: run 40 miles, add stretching, swim 2x a week
Underwater: 10 days of C25K
All_In: 620 min
DaugT: 1040 min
chicadee32: 20 days
konfyoozed: 1440 min
gardenerjoy: 1400 min
hhaffner: 21 days, 1260 min
Jeckeree: 1000 min
celrae: 25 miles every week (20 min of other exercise = 1 mile)
Tabbycat: 12 days
packgirl: 1000 min
SBD_Sass: miss ZERO days
PopcornGal: 900 min
augeremt: 8 days gym, 12 days bike
Dottington: 1200 min
redautumn: 5 days per week
JazzyPeggy: 3x per week

Dang! I thought I updated this. Yikes!

To miss ZERO days is always my goal! Saturdays are my rest days. Let's go!!

1 - Chest & Shoulders + Cathe's Muscle Max (warm-up & stretch) + Cathe's Kickmax (warm-up) + ZWOW #7 (ZuzkaLight on Youtube)
2 - Legs (Quads focus) + Cathe's Muscle Max (stretch) + Cathe's Rhythmic Step (warm-up) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up) + bodyrock.tv (I forgot to write the title down so I don't know! - grrrrrrrrr!)
3 - REST DAY!
4 - Biceps & Triceps (High Reps) + bodyrock.tv Hot Blooded Warmup + bodyrock.tv Ulitmate Stretching + Clifta's CWOD #13 (CliftaFit.com)

5 - Back + bodyrock.tv Fat Fighter + Cathe's Gym Styles Back, Shoulders & Biceps (warm-up 2x & stretch 2x)
6 - Legs (Glutes/Hamstrings focus) + Cathe's Rhythmic Step (warm-up only) + STS Extended Stretch = **started cutting diet today
7 - Chest + Cathe's Gym Styles Chest & Triceps (warm-up and stretch only) + Cathe's Body Max 2 (Cardio Bonus only) + bodyrock.tv You Push Me
8 - Shoulders + Cathe's Gym Style Chest & Triceps (warm-up only) + Cathe's Cardio Fusion (Circuit Section combo #1 + blast) + Cathe's Muscle Max (stretch only) + ZWOW #8 (ZuzkaLight on Youtube)
9 - Legs (Quads/Inner Thigh Focus) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up and stretch only) + Cathe's Rhythmic (1/2 of warm-up only)
10 - REST DAY!
11 - REST DAY!

12 - n/a - made up on 3/14/12
13 - n/a - made up on 3/15/12
--will take 1 day as missed for both the 12th and 13th because although I made up my weight lifting workouts I didn't make up any of my scheduled cardio circuit workouts due to lack of time --
14 - Back & Biceps (morning) + Legs (Glutes/Hamstring focus - evening) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up only - evening) + Cathe's IMAX 2 (warm-up only - morning) + Cathe's Low Max (warm-only - evening)
15 - Chest & Shoulders + Cathe's Gym Styles Chest & Triceps (warm-up and stretch only)
16 - Legs (Quads/Inner Thigh focus) + Cathe's Gym Styles Legs (warm-up 2x & stretch only)
17 - ZWOW #9 (1 round completed - morning - no warm-up) + Cathe's IMAX 2 (combo #1) + ZWOW #9 (2 rounds completed in 10 mins - evening)
18 - REST DAY!

19 - Back & Biceps + a quick, brisk walk around the block pushing my 40lb. little one in her Jeep stroller that desperately needs air in the tires (whew!) + 5 Down Circuit (4 rounds completed - 50 sec rest between rounds - Calisthenics Kingz on Youtube) + Fit Body Yoga (10 mins of Core section only - woo wee! - <3 )
20 - Legs (Glute & Hamstrings) + Cathe's Rhythmic Step (combo #1) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (stretch only) + bodyrock.tv Halo of Sweat (completed 8 mins due to a Charlie Horse)
21 - Chest & Triceps + Cathe's Gym Styles Chest & Triceps (warm-up & stretch only) + Cathe's IMAX 2 (combo #2)
3/22 - Shoulders + Cathe's Gym Styles Back, Shoulders & Biceps (warm-up only 2x) + 10 Minute Solution Yoga (relax & flex only) + ZWOW #10
3/23 - Legs (Quads) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up only) + IMAX 2 (combo #3) + Gaiam Yoga PM
3/24 - REST DAY!
3/25 - REST DAY!

3/26 - n/a - moved to 3/27/12
3/27 - Back & Biceps + Cathe's Body Max 2 (cardio bonus) + Cathe's Gym Styles Back, Shoulders & Biceps (warm-up 2x & stretch 1/2) + ZWOW #3 (no added weight)
3/28 - Legs (Glutes & Hamstrings) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up only) + IMAX 2 (combo #4) + 10 Minute Solution (relax & flex)
3/29 - Chest & Shoulders + Cathe's Muscle Max (warm-up & stretch) + Cathe's IMAX 2 (combo #5) + ZWOW #11
3/30 - Legs (Quads Focus) + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up & stretch) + Cathe's IMAX 2 (combo #6) + bodyrock.tv 15 Minute Killer Cardio (10 mins completed)
3/31 - Cathe's Cardio Core Circuit (wooo hard - 35 mins) + P90X Yoga X (13 mins)

**Days Missed ... just 1!

Is there going to be an april excercise challenge? If so I would love to join.