Recap:

Monday, Jan 5 - 30 minutes treadmill
Tuesday, Jan 6 - 40 minutes treadmill
Wednesday, Jan 7 - 40 minutes treadmill
Thursday, Jan 8 - night off!

Plus:

Friday, Jan 9 - 30 minutes treadmill
Saturday, Jan 10 - 70 minutes ice skating

Total "miles": 210

argh!!!
 

Log another 7 minutes which is as long as the treadmill lasted before it started to slip. Husband person has spent a lot of time "repairing" this...I think it is a design flaw meself...

Ceara

The Grand Total for Week 1:

Monday-Friday: 400 (details in earlier post)
Saturday: 45 min walk, 20 min circuit training = 65
Sunday: 40 min skate :cp: 10 min walk = 60

Total: 525 :cb: :cb:

I may yet get in a set of tai chi or some such, since the walk/ skate really only amounted to a single session

Ooppps... did I not tell you about Thursday and Friday???

Thursday-- 4 sets of the staircase-- 8 minutes

Friday -- 3 sets of the staircase -- 6 minutes



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I have your Pennsylvania email address-- let us know if you have another..

Shall I compile a master list all and then share or is someone else ......???

Ok, editing the same post over and over isn't a great idea since we're on page 2 now, so here's my Sunday report:

Editing for Saturday, Jan. 11! My birthday and I did not exercise. I sat in the sun and started a little carving called “My Re-emerging Smile!" My walking song for today is “Oh, we are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria; oh, we are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria today.” I don’t know where Pretoria is exactly, but doubt it’s anywhere near NOLA.

My WEEK ONE Walkabout Tally:

Monday, 50 miles (50 min.) in gym; including 20 recumbent bike, 30 weight room (LB heavy; TB light; yoga, stretch).

Tuesday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Wednesday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym; including 10 treadmill run, 40 weight room (CORE heavy, including rope crunches, planks, air punches for obliques, stomach vacs for lower abs, ab machine, back machine; TB light).

Thursday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Friday, 70 miles (70 min.) gym w/trainer; including 10 treadmill walk, 60 weight room (UB heavy; TB variety (especially learning to do lunges correctly, which is taking forever).

Saturday, 51 miles (51 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Sunday, 0 miles (0 min.), rest day.

Total WEEK ONE Miles: 371

Wow! You all are wonderful! Looking at the mileage we have folks who took the brave first steps, and we have folks who have already made it to New Orleans! i am impressed with all of you :-) What a great group of walkers. Here is what the total is...

Ceara - 32 miles, first step off award
Punkinseed 60 miles
Kaylets 24 miles
Amarantha 371
Wildfire most inspiring post of the day - 210 miles
Arabella 525 miles!
Eydie 425 miles
Cerise 29.5 miles
Seattlejo 70 miles

Three awards are given for this week,
Award one goes to our Dear Ceara who took the very first step!! Wahoo!

Award number two goes to wildfire for the most inspiring post of the day! Thank you for linking the Tractors song and giving us the lyrics!

Award number three goes to Arabella, darling you totally exceeded all of my expecatations by reaching New Orleans in a week! If you want to readjust the mileage per minute ratio and keep walking that would be fine, a 10 minutes - 1 mile would put you in line with us, or you can just keep walking the same way you are!

Ok Week Two! For those of you leaving the Atlanta area, it should be clear and Sunny through Friday, with highs in the mid fourties low fifities. Light jackets are reccomended but we neednnt worry about rain at aleast.

For those entering New Orleans it is warmer, in the low 60s with a chance of rain on Thursday Friday, dont forget your umbrella!

Enjoy your walk this week ladies!

Well, sure and b'gorra, Wood Nymph, thou DIDST get to NOLA in a week!!!! Let me add my congrats to Seattle Jo's: :cp: :cheer: :cheers: :cb: :jig:

Seattle Jo, with the upheaval on the site, I forgot where we started to walk from ... was wondering if WN (and the rest of us slowpokes as we reach NOLA) "walking" back to the starting point and then heading to NOLA again? Maybe there could be a secondary goal of seeing who can get the most trips in by Mardi Gras!!! I know I'm inspired by WN and intend to give her a run for her money, sure and b'gorra!!! :)

BTW, I know they probably don't say sure and b'gorra much in Louisiana, but it's spring where I am and I'm thinking about St. Pat's Day already!

Someone is shooting a gun outside. Methinks I should see what's up! Later ...

Little Known Mardi Gras Facts!

Floats can costs anywhere from $65,000 to $250,000, depending on style. It isn't the material that skyrockets costs, it the highly skilled labor that it takes to create such wonders. In New Orleans, the floats are at the maximum height and width, so they can only grow in Length. Some krewes are now just beginning to learn how to build floats on their own, in order to save money

Those of you who are striding ahead of the pack, you have two choices, we can move you a little further away for your start point, or you can go back and forth. Some of you are going to lap the rest of the group a few times though.

St Pattys day. *sigh* walking the rolling hills of Ireland is a goal the darling husband and I have discussed many a time. Of course nothing beats Chicagos (my hometown) St Pattys day celebaration.

Wow, Wood Nympth! Our "Advance" persona.

Ok for last week I did a total of 122 miles or 332 if I count the walking in stores/flea market. I think I will count them (as I really did them and it is exercise).

This morning I walked the beach 37 minutes. So that's a total of 369 minute/miles so far.

Wow and holy mackeral!! Congrats all the award winners! And yes, Arabella, you are my hero!

Here I am, way back hereeeeeeeeee..........

Hee, hee... I'm not worried... (sigh...)
But yes, where did we start ?? Which location was it??

I am confused.

Yo!
 

It’s Monday, Jan. 12!!! Huzzah!!! “March, march, march, the boys are marching ...” (WWI marching song, dunno the rest of it!)

Seattle Jo, I love your new avatar!!!! I'm really glad this new forum software is back today!!! Re lap versus continuing on, I'd prefer laps back and forth from Atlanta to NOLA (I'm assuming we're using 470 miles as one trip? I think no one will mind if some get in more trips ... it'd be kind of fun to see who could do the most laps and if we'd all end up in the same place for Mardi Gras!!!! We could share a bag of pralines, er, no, maybe brown rice and jambalaya ... no, pralines, definetely pralines!
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My Mardi Gras Walkabout to NOLA: Miles So Far 411
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My WEEK TWO Walkabout Tally,

Monday, 40 miles (40 min.) in gym; weight room (CORE heavy, including rope crunches, planks, air punches for obliques, stomach vacs for lower abs, ab machine, back machine; TB light).

Tuesday, TBD.

Wednesday, TBD.

Thursday, TBD.

Friday, TBD.

Saturday, TBD.

Sunday, TBD

Total WEEK TWO Miles: 40
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My WEEK ONE Walkabout Tally:

Monday, 50 miles (50 min.) in gym; including 20 recumbent bike, 30 weight room (LB heavy; TB light; yoga, stretch).

Tuesday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Wednesday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym; including 10 treadmill run, 40 weight room (CORE heavy, including rope crunches, planks, air punches for obliques, stomach vacs for lower abs, ab machine, back machine; TB light).

Thursday, 50 miles (50 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Friday, 70 miles (70 min.) gym w/trainer; including 10 treadmill walk, 60 weight room (UB heavy; TB variety (especially learning to do lunges correctly, which is taking forever).

Saturday, 51 miles (51 min.) gym, including treadmill run/walk, stretch.

Sunday, 0 miles (0 min.), rest day.

Total WEEK ONE Miles: 371

Wow! We're doing so well!

I finished the past week with 435 minutes.

This week I'll post later on as I make progress. Off to a good start today, a bit heavy on the calories though. Oh well....!

Sunday, Jan 11 - got too engrossed in Zoo Tycoon and suddenly it was 12:20am!

Monday, Jan 12 - 35 minutes SNOW shovelling :rolleyes: