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100 Miles by Halloween (Run/Walk/Cycle/Hop etc.)

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RunFatGirlRun · 16/08/2013 09:59

NB: suspect this should rightly be in a fitness topic but wanted folk to see it - happy to ask MNHQ to change it if need be.

Would anyone like to join me in a fitness challenge to do 100 miles by Halloween, of your chosen sport?

I have just started running and want a challenge that's doable but challenging for me. I can currently do 2 miles on a good day, but to do 100 miles would need to sustain this (and improve) over the next 10 weeks.

So I wondered if there was anyone out there who is improving their fitness and starting out cycling or jogging or hiking (or even swimming!) and wants to hang out here?

I'm guessing this is more appealing for novices like me but heck, anyone's welcome.

I'm not using a pedometer because they're not too accurate for runners apparently, but using websites that enable you to track your route and work out distance travelled. I'll find some links if anyone's interested.

If so: my name is RunFatGirlFun, I'm overweight and unfit and getting old, and today I ran 1.5 miles, and I have 98.5 miles to go!

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ScottishInSwitzerland · 12/09/2013 20:53

Hope it goes well on Sunday feetheart

kelda · 12/09/2013 12:03

Feetheart - good luck on sunday!

feetheart · 12/09/2013 09:27

3.2 mile run this morning - last run here before Great North Run on Sunday (in the pouring rain and howling wind if the forecast is to be believed - eek!)
45.3 in total
54.7 to go

NicholasTeakozy · 11/09/2013 20:33

I have a Garmin Etrex which records distance travelled. I reset the trip every day and record what I've walked. Since the last time I logged on (pc problem-it's fixed now, thank fuck) I've walked 34.7 miles, including an unbroken 1 and 3/4 hour walk for 6.2 miles, so I have 9.8 to go for the hundred. I still get tired on hills, so I'm working on that.

kelda · 11/09/2013 07:05

And like you Scottish, I am aiming for 100miles this month!

I have to admit though, I have a cold which is turning into a cough and I feel exhausted. I just want to catch the bus.

kelda · 11/09/2013 07:03

Thanks Scottish. I don't have an iPhone. Google maps is good.

I managed 3.8miles yesterday. I'm not doing any extra walking - just the normal walking I would usually do - school, shops,library, work.

ScottishInSwitzerland · 10/09/2013 20:47

I managed 7.5 miles today (v proud of myself!).

So I'm 30.5 down and 69.5 miles to go.

ScottishInSwitzerland · 10/09/2013 20:46

kelda I have an iPhone app called endomodo which runs o GPS and tells me how far I've walked. I think there are also sites online where you can plot your route and it tells you how long you've travelled.

I really like the app. The only thing is remembering to switch it on (or off if I get on public transport!). And it does eat my iPhone battery.

feetheart · 10/09/2013 12:11

A 3.7 mile run today - and it felt like Autumn at 6am
42.1 in total
57.9 to go

kelda · 10/09/2013 06:56

oh I'm taking up rollar blading too but I'm not going to count thatSmile

kelda · 10/09/2013 06:53

I started this 2 september. For some reason I thought it was 100 miles in september! So I have been walking like crazy this past week. I don't run, or hop or skip, so I am only counting walking.

As of yesterday, 32.7miles/100 miles.

Can I ask, how are you all measuring the distance? I plot my route on google maps.

PinkyCheesy · 10/09/2013 06:50

After a lazy greedy weekend, I biked 3.5mi on Monday morning and walked 2.5 in the afternoon. And feel better for it Grin

54mi done, 46 to go!

ScottishInSwitzerland · 09/09/2013 21:54

I did five miles this morning and had grand plans of making the most of the dry weather this afternoon. But I ended up being lazy instead!

So 23 down, 77 to go

colafrosties · 09/09/2013 19:12

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ScottishInSwitzerland · 08/09/2013 15:45

1 mile yesterday, 4 miles today.

18 miles down, 82 to go.

Roobot · 08/09/2013 08:39

We had moved internationally, btw... am not some slattern who had to take the house apart to find her gym kit Grin.
If we were counting boxed unpacked, i would be there already!!

sassytheFIRST · 08/09/2013 08:38

Just got under 90mi at last. Am only counting miles run or built in extra to my normal walking so it's slow - might not make 100 by Halloween but will keep trying.

Roobot · 08/09/2013 08:36

Right. Have unpacked most of the house now... have found my trainers and sports bra and joined the local gym. Off to do my first cohple of miles tonight. Got a bit of catching up yo do, but shd be do-able i think...

feetheart · 08/09/2013 08:34

3.2 miles yesterday
38.4 in total
61.6 to go

ScottishInSwitzerland · 06/09/2013 21:45

I'm KD under a name change.

I'd forgotten about the 2.5 miles from Sunday.

Plus five miles today.

Makes me 13 down, 87 to go.

colafrosties · 06/09/2013 21:29

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PinkyCheesy · 06/09/2013 13:07

8mi cycled today, thankfully got home 30 seconds before the rain started! fanjo is rather sore today!

Only 52 to go Smile

KD0706 · 05/09/2013 21:14

Hi.
I've not been paying attention to miles these past few days as I have had some stuff going on (very technical term there!).

I did 5.5 miles today. I am thinking that actually since I am counting all my walking (I know lots of you are only counting certain exercise etc) that I might aim for 100 miles a month. Quite ambitious perhaps but we shall see.
Hope it's OK if I still hang out here.

My running total would be 46.5 down and 53.5 to go.

But I will start a new September tally and be 5.5 miles down and 94.5 to go.

NicholasTeakozy · 05/09/2013 15:36

Right, last few days:-

Tuesday 3.5
Weds. 3.0
Thurs. 4.1

44.5 left to go.

Enjoy you run on Sunday feet.

feetheart · 05/09/2013 12:46

Last long run this morning before Great North Run. Beautiful sunny morning to be running in the fields :)

7 miles today
35.2 in total
64.8 to go