Pedometer challenge - Monday

"Beverly" wrote in message
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"JMA" wrote in message
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"janice" wrote in message
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Well, as it's Monday night here and I'm about to go to bed, I guess I
get to go first

Monday's goal - 10,000 paces

Actual paces - 19,480

This won't happen every day, but it was as a direct result of the
challenge that I went out again after lunch today and walked in the
botanical gardens, despite there being some rain while I was there.

So thank you to whoever suggested we do this (Jenn, I think).

janice


My goal: 10,000

Actual: 9,500+

I just went to check my steps and see that not only is the time wrong,
but
the steps reset. It may need a new battery. I checked my steps about an
hour ago and it was just at 9500 and a few. Now it says 1132 but I'm
done
for the day.

It was 5,000 after work - a sedentary day because I was stuck in front of
the computer doing stuff for people while my students were on field trips
or
otherwise occupied. Thanks to the challenge I hopped on the treadmill
after
my weight workout...and I actually RAN again! I started walking (4 MPH)
and
just did some high intensity intervals (6-6.5 MPH) every few minutes. It
was my first time running since this spring. I'm psyched and ready to
work
my way back up in time to run that 5 mile race again in March.

BTW, I believe that Mary M. started the original pedometer challenge and
jmk
kept it going by starting a new one the next month. I really like these
challenges because it is nice to focus on specific, healthy goals and it
does increase positive interaction among the group here - and gets the
new
people involved. I was serious about having a different challenge every
week. We did that in HMR - for example one week we were told to try a
completely new physical activity. That's how I ended up learning rock
climbing.

Happy stepping!

Jenn

Congrats on getting back to the running. I doubt my poor knees will ever
tolerate running. I even tried the knee braces and they still said "One
more step and we dump you on your a**".

I like the idea of a different challenge each week. Maybe we could do a
bike challenge one week. I know everyone doesn't have a bike but we could
mix it with another activity of choice.

Beverly

That would be a cool idea. I'd have to do an alternate activity like the
elliptical because our middle school football and volleyball seasons start
on Thursday. I'll have a few games a week, plus my own volleyball league
starts tomorrow. I'll only be able to bike on the weekends now.

Jenn