Howdy fitness freaks. Today marks the 30 day countdown till my long awaited TT surgery. Damn I'm excited. To Celebrate, I'm going to spend the next 30 days doing something I've never done before.....I'm going to run 100 miles in the next 30 days. Certainly other people have done it...even people on this forum have done it. But it will be my biggest monthly total to date. I never ran a step voluntarily until last year. Since then, my life and body have changed so much.....I can't imagine not having this great gift I've found. To me running is like a newly found super power....one that I never thought I'd have.

So I'm going to run 100 miles total between now and my surgery date of 9/30. If anyone wants to join me...walk, run, hike, bike .........whatever you can do.

BTW Laura-Ven has agreed to do the 100 miles with me.....so I'd appreciate y'all's help in making sure she does it. She needs your "motivation".

From today's 10K.

Walked 7 miles Sat. Makes my total 57 miles.

2.1 miles walked on Friday

1.65 walked & 4.75 cycled on Saturday

So 8.5 so far this weekend

9.56 for month, 2 hrs of Zumba, 30 mins of Wii Biggest Loser workout & 20 mins of weight training

Not quite where I wanted to be but 9.56 miles is still a lot more than I use to move!

From today's 10K.

Lookin good, BTB!! Are you running in those flat/Merrell-type shoes? The kind that are like five-fingers, but without the separated toes? I can't tell for sure from the photo cos it's so small LOL. If so, how does that work for you? I have a pair since about a year now and I walk (fast LOL) in them to the gym and work out in them, but I haven't tried anything high impact with them.

Those are the Vibram 5 finger shoes. I do 90% of my running in those. I do have the Merrell trail gloves and road gloves. They are both great shoes and excellent for running as long as your form is good.

Those are the Vibram 5 finger shoes. I do 90% of my running in those. I do have the Merrell trail gloves and road gloves. They are both great shoes and excellent for running as long as your form is good.

Ah, I see -- I couldn't see the toes in the picture. LOL. The five-fingers (NONE of them) don't fit me cos I have freakishly long finger toes LOL. But I love the Merrell non-toe ones -- they're called gloves? I want to buy some more when I'm in the US, but I've no clue what they're called cos I bought the pair I have now in Europe.

ETA: Ha! Just looked at the label INSIDE the shoe -- go figure, it's called Lithe Glove Dark Shadow. :ph34r:

3 miles of walking on Saturday and 2 miles of running today with strength training Workout. Surprisingly, some body aches that I thought were "normal" went away when I took Friday and Saturday off from serious fitness.

Tomorrow is going to be the start of pure cross fit (3 days on, 1 day off) for next 6 months (will pretty much stop all at home workouts). I am excited! I will continue to put in the running miles as a recreational activity. I will probably reduce to 5 a day outside of running done in crossfit WOD.

Ah' date=' I see -- I couldn't see the toes in the picture. LOL. The five-fingers (NONE of them) don't fit me cos I have freakishly long finger toes LOL. But I love the Merrell non-toe ones -- they're called gloves? I want to buy some more when I'm in the US, but I've no clue what they're called cos I bought the pair I have now in Europe.

ETA: Ha! Just looked at the label INSIDE the shoe -- go figure, it's called Lithe Glove Dark Shadow. :ph34r:[/quote']

Here are the Merrell's that I like and use occasionally. These are the road gloves and I also have the trail gloves.

http://www.amazon.com/Merrell-Mens-Barefoot-Glove-Running/dp/B00BLQ8CGQ

Walked 2.6 miles today so that brings my total to 30.6. We were planning to go on a bike ride on a section of the trail we've never rode before this morning but I was having some tummy trouble so pushing my body didn't seem prudent. I was feeling better by 4pm so at least we got out and enjoyed the beautiful day!

pre-surgery weight 325; surgery date 2/28/2013; surgery weight 307; 8 weeks past-op weight 281.4; 12 weeks post-op 274; 4 month post-op 266.2; 5 month post-op 262.6; 6 month post-op 253.2

2.1 miles walked on Friday

1.65 walked & 4.75 cycled on Saturday

So 8.5 so far this weekend

9.56 for month' date=' 2 hrs of Zumba, 30 mins of Wii Biggest Loser workout & 20 mins of weight training

Not quite where I wanted to be but 9.56 miles is still a lot more than I use to move!

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09/08 Sunday

Walked 1.10 miles @ gym in 23 mins

Cycled 2.0 miles @ gym in 13 mins

Cross-trainer @ gym in 5:00 mins

12.66 total for month

- not sure how far on Crosstrainer in 5:00 mins

-2 hrs Zumba

-30 mins Wii BL workout & 20 mins of weight training

From today's 10K.

Awesome!

Walked 7 miles Sat. Makes my total 57 miles.

You are making me look really bad! Ha!

09/08 Sunday

Walked 1.10 miles @ gym in 23 mins

Cycled 2.0 miles @ gym in 13 mins

Cross-trainer @ gym in 5:00 mins

12.66 total for month

- not sure how far on Crosstrainer in 5:00 mins

-2 hrs Zumba

-30 mins Wii BL workout & 20 mins of weight training

Good lord! That's a lot of stuff! Lol

Well, today has not been an active one. Since my "nap" extended from 2:30-6:30! Ha! Have only managed a mile or so today. Gonna try to kick out a couple more but with the one that outs my total since Monday at 29.5.

I'm quite proud of that since I have been walking an average of 2 miles 4 times a week!

Good work,all! Think of all those calories burned!!!

Everybody is doing great this weekend. Keep it up. I ran 4 miles this morning on a new trail....will not be doing that trail again. Nasty horse flies molested me the entire time. Those suckers bite. But after 10 days my total is 47.3. Tomorrow I intend to blow by 50.