Call for Miles | Week 4

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Wow!  Today is the end of four weeks! How is it going? How was your week? 

Mine was busy (again) and it shows in my miles (again). My husband was out of town for four days and the kids had a million things going on. How do you make sure to get your miles in when life gets busy?

Leave a comment to let me know how many miles you got this week! Also, if you have any friends playing along, remind them if they haven’t commented in awhile. (Also – please double check that I am doing the math correctly.)

Call for Miles | Week 3

Happy Saturday!

How was your week?  I thought that my week was going to be easy but it filled up fast!  I was able to get some good miles in though, and I feel good about that. 

Today, I spent the day at my kid’s first USATF meet of the season and we had a great day for it – 72 degrees and not a cloud in the sky, which is rare for April in Oregon!

Leave a comment with your miles and good luck in week four!

Thoughts After Two Weeks

I removed people from our participant list that haven’t reported any miles in.  If you have a friend that had wanted to participate, tell them that it’s not too late!  I can easily add them in and they can still get to 100 miles by the end of June.  When I did my first challenge, I joined in about three weeks in and still managed to get to 100.

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There are several of you that get a lot of miles each.  A lot, a lot.  Like so many, I don’t know how you do anything but exercise, a lot.  Anyway, those of you that are getting 15+ miles a week should consider making your goal higher. 

I don’t know if you have noticed Stacy over there…she is my sister and she is a marathon runner.  Her goal for the three months is 400 miles. If you would like to make your goal higher, just leave a comment with how many miles you think you can do by the end of June.

Of course, a goal of 100 miles is great.  After all, that’s my goal!

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Also, Heather H. has made a spreadsheet to log her miles and she is willing to share it.  Maybe head to her blog and leave a comment and she can email it to you.  You can also leave your email address here and I’ll get it to her.  Her spreadsheet also tracks measurements and weight for a little extra incentive.  Thanks, Heather!

Call for Miles | Week 2

Hey everyone, just a quick note to remind you to submit your miles today. 

I hope you had a good week!  We were busy and it shows in my miles – much less than last week.  Be sure to check back tomorrow and double-check my math! 

Enjoy your weekend!

Call for Miles | Week 1

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(I’m pretty sure that is what I look like on the treadmill.)

Today (Saturday the 7th) marks the last day of week 1. How did it go? Did you have any struggles? Any triumphs?

Let me know in the comments how many miles you did this week and I’ll work on updating on the sidebar by Sunday night.

Happy Easter, everyone!

Today’s the Day!

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It’s April 1! Today marks the first day of our challenge! I’m so excited about the response. It’s great to have so many interested in tackling this challenge. Thank you for joining me!

So – lace up those shoes (unless you’re doing yoga), fill up that water bottle and let’s get moving!

Make sure that you’ve subscribed somehow – through email (on the right) or in Google reader – so that you will see the call for miles!

Q&A

Will there be a schedule so we know how many miles to go each week or day or are we just going to report what we've done? April 1 is a Sunday, so our weeks will run from Sunday to Saturday. I’ll put up a call for miles on Saturday morning and you will report in. I hope to have all the miles updated on Sunday afternoon (feel free to check back to correct my math).

As far as a schedule, I don’t have one but there are 13 weeks in our challenge so you will need to get about 8 miles a week on average. In the past, for me, some weeks have been much lower than this and other weeks have been higher.

Can I link to this page?  Yes!  You are welcome to link to this page and invite others to join in.

So if we bike, we count 15 min as a mile, not actual mileage right?  Yes, you are right.  Walking and running counts mile for mile – everything else counts as fifteen minutes for one mile.  This includes yoga, weight-lifting, swimming, biking, etc.

Which program do you use to calculate mileage for walks? I personally use the Sports Tracker App on my phone.  I have also used this site to plan routes. Heather uses Cardio Trainer.  My good friend, Julie A., uses Daily Mile to record her miles.  I have an account there as well – it’s kind of like Facebook for athletes.  You can connect with friends and can leave comments, encouragement and advice.

Can I count half miles?  No.  The goal of this is to push yourself to do a little bit more.  If you find yourself walking two and a half miles, push yourself to go that extra half mile so you can count it for three.  Otherwise, round down and count it as two.  Of course, I am not the mile police, but be honest.  If you do two and a half miles on Monday and two and half miles on Tuesday, count it as four, not five.  You can do it!

If you have any other questions, let me know and I’ll answer!  I’m so excited to do this with all of you!