March Walk/Run Challenge
 

hi
 

i'm new here, i liked the march walk/run challege. i havn't walked in a long time, but u make me wanna dust the old treadmill off, and try again!

I'll be in for 125 again. I'm confident I'll hit it this month having had a look at my training plan, so I might even up it a bit later in the month.

Today I did 35 minutes of speedwork on the treadmill to start me off with:

4.3/125

I'm new to running but I will say 60 miles!

6 miles done!

54 miles to go!

I'm only commiting to 50 this month. I feel terrible after failing to reach my goals for the past 2 months. The weather here is always unpredictable for this month and I hate the treadmill and do other workouts on nasty days so I'm gonna be realistic.

That's what I call a good run. Just about 20 miles, and I ran every step of it in just over 3 hours. That's bumped the total up a bit!

24.1/125

5 miles cross country today. The courses aren't accurately measured, but it felt roughly that so that's what I'll claim.

29.1/125

My goal is 220,000 steps in the month of March (10,000 in at least 22 days)

So far:
1--6700
2--7800
3--10,200 (yay!):carrot:

That's--25,700 to date!

Count me in too! I am running a 5K on March 31, so I really need to get in gear!

Goal: 55 miles

I will also do some cross training (with the FIRM), but this won't count toward my miles.

I have already done 3 miles, so 52 to go!

OK, I am starting back...I'm kinda healthy and I have my half marathon in may

lets see 83 miles in january, 20 in february....lets call it 65

Oh and so far I've run 8.25

Originally Posted by ggreenhouse:
My goal is 220,000 steps in the month of March (10,000 in at least 22 days)

So far:
1--6700
2--7800
3--10,200 (yay!):carrot:

That's--25,700 to date!

March 4
Walking around the house to get those last few hundred to reach 10,000 for the day

10,010 (!)

That's 35,710

Ok ladies I'm in too 100 miles in march but, I am walking not running still too fat!!

9 so far and 91 more to go!!

Best of luck to all!!

Wanda

wow... 100 miles walking is serious time commitment, way to go!

Goal - 50
Done - 4
Left - 46

Well, at least I've started. It was a nice walk this morning. I'm enjoying the light this week before they throw that early time change at us and plunge me back into blackness.

4.15 this morning - i'll update totals on sunday

I just ran/walked 4 miles, so that puts me at 7/55 so far!

And Wanda, I started running when I was at 222 lbs. (I used the Couch to 5K program on coolrunnings.com). If you are interested in running, you should give it a try!

I started running at 260, so you can never be too fat as long as you take it gently!

I did 7 miles with running club tonight, which takes me to 36.1/125 and 32 miles in the past 3 days. I'm having a rest day tomorrow :)

Helen, your stats are amazing! You are such an inspiration!

Originally Posted by ggreenhouse:
March 4
Walking around the house to get those last few hundred to reach 10,000 for the day

10,010 (!)

That's 35,710

March 5
Pedometer malfunctions
4100:?:


that's 39,810

Goal - 50
Done - 7
Left - 43

Cold with wind chills around -4! so cut it to 3 instead of 4 miles.

argh! my reply disappeared! oh well--

I am new to running and newer to the forum. I have started the couch to 5K program and I am completely hooked. I am forcing myself to go every other day and stay on track but I want to keep running! I am loving it!

Anyway, on Monday I did W3w1-- I cannot believe that this time last month I couldn't run for longer than 30 seconds at a time, and now I can run for three minutes at a time! Unbelievable. Can't wait to go again today, although i was pretty surprised when I used the online pedometer thing to chart my distance and saw that it takes me about 35 minutes to run/walk about 2.5 miles. I thought I was going much farther. Oh well, I will get there someday.

Any other runners from the South? i am so worried about what will happen when it is 85 degrees at 7 in the morning with 86% humidity.

Just finished 3.5 miles for today!

March Goal: 55
Miles completed: 10.5
Miles to go: 44.5

Great challenge. I'm committing to 60. I typically get to walk (treadmill at gym) only 4-5 days a week and get in about 3 miles each time.

18 down
42 to go

Monica

Just over 7 miles tonight:

43.4/125

Oh, Monica, your twins are adorable!:hug: Yes, a good reason to want to be healthy!

I'm at 158 today. Wanna be down to 135-140. I'm just a wee one vertically, at 5 ft and a bit.

And so, before I go to work I want to do 10 minutes on the T.L. Gazelle. It needs a new battery, so I'm off to do that before I do anything else.

4 this morning...

ladies,

I couldn't find the thread for a couple of days don't know what happened,
it's cold in Ma so I am walking fast...but...big problem I do watp video in the house if I run the house will shake!!!

any way

goal 100 miles

march 3- 2miles
march 4- 5 miles
march 5- 5 miles
march 6- 5 miles
march 7- 6 miles

total 24 miles only 76 more to go!

keep moving ladies and best of luck!!!

Wanda

Greetings! Nice to see you all setting goals as we walk/run into springtime!

I know I've been slack on reporting my miles & actually haven't set a goal for Feb or Mar...but I have a reason! I'm madly trying to prepare for my triathlon so I'm not focusing on miles at this point and I've also recently discovered Bikram (hot) yoga. I love it!!!! It's a 90 minute yoga class in a room heated to around 105 degrees. I just signed up for 1 month unlimited classes, so over the next 4 weeks I am going to go to as many Bikram classes as I can fit into my schedule. I think it's really helping my body recover from my triathlon workouts. I seriously needed to focus on my flexibility, so this seems to be just the thing. I actually threw up after my first class, but now I feel WONDERFUL. I've learned that taking an Emergen-C right before class wipes out any tummy upset or headaches. And, you must be super hydrated BEFORE coming to class. Knowing I'm going to yoga class really keeps me on track with my water intake.

On the running front, I'm running a 10k on March 24th. My running buddy just moved away, so I'm going this one solo. I want to be able to comfortably run a 10k before the triathlon rolls around. Since the 5k run is the last leg of the triathlon I don't want to struggle through it.

Good luck everybody!!!!

I guess my only real goal that i can fully commit to at this time with running is sticking to my Couch to 5k program, which I am faithfully doing every other day.

Yesterday was a rough one. I started counting down the hours while at work, and then when it was time to go running, it was one of those ones where your legs feel like they are dipped in cement. But I did finish, and worked up a good sweat while I was at it. Lots of knee pain, and a few hours laying on the couch with bags of frozen vegetables on my knees. :p

The weeks are really flying by! Tomorrow is the last workout for week 3, and then it is on to 4! I can't believe that I am really doing this!

I just did a 3.25 mile walk with dh.

March goal: 55 miles
Miles completed: 13.75
Miles still to go: 41.25

Good evening ladies!

3 mile express walk in the am, and 2 mile express walk in the pm...14242 steps on the pedomiter

so 29 miles walked and 71 miles to go!

Happy trails,

Wanda

30 minutes on the treadmill this morning:

47.2/125

Hi all,

4 mile walk video in the am, 12160 steps for the day on pedomiter

67 miles to go until I reach the 100.

Sweet dreams,
Wanda

6.3 today, 19 for the week (skiing tomorrow so no running) and 27.3 for the month