September Walking Challenge
 

Ok Ladies...it's a new month! Time to set your mileage goal for September!

I just barely made my 135 mile August walking goal, but I did make it! Yay me! My September goal is 180 miles. I'm training for the breast cancer 3-Day in Tampa Bay in October, so don't feel any pressure to walk 180 miles yourself. I certainly wouldn't be walking 180 miles unless I needed to in order to prepare for the 60 mile breast cancer walk!

Please join me as we walk our way through September!

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I'm in for 90 miles for September with 4 of them done this morning. This might be pushing a bit, but I think I can do it.

Wow Genesis-most impressive!!

I'm new to 3FC and will make a modest start on the walking challenge. I'm going to say 60 miles and I've done 3 of them today.

Welcome, Tejas!

60 miles is a GREAT goal and is certainly not modest!

Congrats on your first 3 miles for the month...keep it up!

Thank you for the welcome. I thought that I could do 3 miles a day for five days a week fairly easily. Then I would add another 15 somewhere along the way.

I like to walk but manage to lose every pedometer I buy. I've marked off a route in the neigbborhood and will use the treadmill.

This should be fun.

Hi everyone, I would love to join the challenge. My goal for the month is going to be 80 miles...I look forward to getting to know you all!

good morning gang :wave:

I haven't been on the walking thread in months, but I'm back today. I'm off of work and slept in and then did 3 miles with Leslie! :carrot: whooohoooo Now if my boss doesn't mind me sleeping in again tomorrow I will do the same ;) but really I've got to figure out a way to get my walking back in...I'll either have to get up at 5 each morning and do it, or I'll have to walk during lunch, but one way or the other, I've got to get back to it.

Hope everybody has a bkessed day!

Cathy

i am new here also and i am going to try walking 60 miles this month good luck to everyone this month. question, when do we check back in? so far i have 3 miles in 57 more to go.

I did 3 miles on the treadmill today! woohoo! I really need to find a safe place to walk, where I can keep track of how many miles I'm doing, because this treadmill is NOT reliable, not to mention it's in the dusty garage. I might try to do a couple more miles tonight if I have the energy. Hope everyone is doing well!

Welcome everybody! So nice to see so many people here this month!

Stacey99, check back in as often as you'd like. I tend to check in fairly regularly to post my miles and keep myself on track. I post my miles in the following format, but you can do whatever you'd like.

September goal = 180 miles
Miles walked = 10
Miles to go = 170

I have a quesiton for everyone, is it OK to walk without an incline? I am doing a 0 percent incline and walking at about 3 mph.

Hi guys-My walk was cut short this morning and I only logged in 2 miles. My walking partner and I ran a 5K yesterday and her knee was flaring up this morning.

2 cool things from the holiday weekend:

I ran a mile race and hit exactly an 8 minute mile (I have NEVER run that fast!)

I ran the 5K in 28:04. That is a personal best for me, and it was a cross country course which I'm always slower on!!!! HAPPY ME!

Anyways,

September goal - 90 miles
Miles walked - 14 miles
Miles to go - 76 miles

Its great to see so many walkers around this month.

Hi everyone! I am new and a little late but would love to join the challenge. My goal will be 100 miles. Will add my miles I have done this month so far.

Today 2.25mi. before it rained.

September goal- 100
Miles walked- 19.87
Miles to go- 80.13

Just checking in to keep myself on track!

Goal: 80
Completed: 8
Miles to go: 72

Plan on walking 5 miles today

Jumping in here. I will aim for 200 k's which is 124.27 miles

Sept 1~13
Sept 2~10
Sept 3~4
Sept 4~11
Sept 5~12
Sept 6~11

Total 61/200

Originally Posted by ArtsyGirl:
2 cool things from the holiday weekend:

I ran a mile race and hit exactly an 8 minute mile (I have NEVER run that fast!)

I ran the 5K in 28:04. That is a personal best for me, and it was a cross country course which I'm always slower on!!!! HAPPY ME

Wow Brandy I'm impressed with your times, way to g0

Goal: 80
Completed: 12
Miles to go: 68

I'll aim for 4 today.

I didn't walk yesterday! :( I need to make sure I do it in the morning or it just won't get done.

Sept 6- 1.12
Sept 8- 5.15

Sept goal - 100 miles
Miles walked - 26.14
Miles to go- 73.86

Have a great day everyone!!

Did my usual 4 miles this morning.

Goal - 90
Walked - 22
To Go - 68

Sept.7~9 k
Sept.8~8 k

78/200

Hey guys, I'm going to leave the challenge because I've decided I want to start turbo jamming instead..good luck to you all and I hope you all reach your goals!

I'm a tad late, but I wanna join ya'll! I, unfortunatly, took the summer off. WHOOPS! Well, I'm back and kinda motivated. We'll just have to see where I end up!

I'll make my goal 42 miles since there are 21 days left of September.

I love this! I'm going to say 50. I'm currently walking two miles a day, so that means I have to rev it up to three.

Wow....50 miles sounds like a whole lot.

September goal = 180 miles
Miles walked = 42
Miles to go = 138

Sept. 9~2 k
Sept.10~14 k

94 km/200 km=124.7 miles

September goal - 90
miles walked - 32
miles to go - 58

Wow! Welcome to everyone who has just found this thread.

Macdeez-good to see you back! I also slacked off this summer with my eating program. Hope we can help each other get back to where we were.

Alright I am going to join in the September challenge as well. My goal for the month is going to be 20 miles, since I already do about 2 - 3 miles a week that should be an acheivable goal for me.

Jen

September goal = 180 miles
Miles walked = 54
Miles to go = 126

Man oh man am I behind schedule. Here's my plan for the rest of the week....

Wednesday - 12 miles
Thursday - 4 miles
Friday - 20 miles

We'll see if I can pull that schedule off. If so, I'll be on track to make goal for the month. If not, I'll have some more catching up to do in order to make goal!!!!!

I'm wondering if there are any equivalents for walking. SO, if you do 30 minutes on the elliptical or something like that, do you count it as walking? Or, is walking, walking.

Thanks,

Tejes I wouldn't count the elliptical as walking because you are not lifting your feet. Elliptical is more like gliding and not considered as good as walking. If there is some reason that you can't walk, I still think it is better than doing nothing. When I went to a trainer for a while he was totally against ellipitcal or ski machines, or glider for the reason that you are not lifting your feet at all so it is easier than walking and he didn't consider it exercise. The X-Weighted Trainer on tv doesn't like those machines either. Now I have tried both and feel that there is some effort put into it so I consider it exercise. I know I put more effort in to my walking out doors than I do on any machine. Well that's my two cents lol. Does your machine tell you how many miles you have gone? If so I would think you could count it.

Sept. 11~5 k
Sept. 12~12 k

111 km/200 km=124.7 miles

I don't usually do the elliptical, but I include my running miles in with my walking. I did this because when I started, I was only running 10-15 minutes a couple of days a week. I'm now up to between 2-4 miles depending on the day. I suppose I could start seperating the total, but now its a habit.

Today I got in my 4 miles with a 2.6 mile run within.

September goal - 90
total walked - 36
left to goal - 54

Everyone is doing great ladies! I got another mile in last night and will continue the journey! Keep up the outstanding work ladies!

Jen

Thanks for the information about the elliptical. I find that it is hard on my knees...even the newer ones that are supposed to be better.

But, I am finding that pounding the pavement is also hurting one knee. The walking to the WATP DVD's doesn't cause the same problem. I'll check all this out with my podiatrist, but it's interesting...no doubt, the floor in my house is softer than the sidewalk!

hi! ^-^ Would it be okay if I joined you all? I have to admit I'm a bit intimidated by the thought of me committing to exercising~ I'm not sure what a good amount is to start off at...

Since I'm starting late, I thought maybe I could start with a mile a day? And maybe eventually work my way up..

My Sept. goal will be 18 miles :O I reeeeally hope I can stick with it ^-^

I did use a treadmill today for the first time in forever @-@ and lasted for a mile .. have to be honest, I didn't think I could really do much more than that xD But maybe I can squeeze some extra walks with my dog :) and enjoy the weather before it gets too cold :)

I'm 1/18 miles so far :D Cant wait to try for another tommorow ^-^

- bekko


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Good morning ladies!

Staying focused on getting my walk in each night! Hope that this helps with the WI tomorrow. Keep up the great work ladies!

Jen

mel I joined the Kickstart walking program in Kelowna through the Recreation Centre so I'm wearing a pedometer and count all my steps for the whole day.

Sept 13~9 k
Sept 14~17 km. Today was more steps because there was a group walk and I walked to our meeting place and back. It was a bit further away than I thought it was so the km added up. Plus I was cleaning and getting ready to go to Vancouver for the day. I'm really sore tonight lol

137 km/200 km=124.7 miles

Hi everyone, I'm leaving for Kansas City today to participate in the Breast Cancer 3 day walk. I'll be back on Tuesday. Keep up the good work!!!

September goal - 90
Miles walked - 40
Miles to go - 50