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".

I figured out how to post pictures...lol Here I am breaking 100 miles...an extremely happy moment for me!

That is so awesome. I'm so glad you jumped on board. Proud of you for doing it so soon post op. you my friend are gonna be a huge success. Congrats.

I was going to ride today and the carrier had a flat tire so by the time it was fixed' date=' it started to get dark. I did do two rides in yesterday and am up to 82.8.

However the big news is I GOT VERBAL APPROVAL TODAY FROM THE INSURANCE CO. Now all I need is the written letter, then figure out when is the best time to leave work for a while. Butter and Laura, I told you both that when I got approved, I would be shouting it in the forum and everyone would know.

I will get my miles in the before the month end and hope to pass 100.[/quote']

Congratulations. That's great news.

Another 7 for me today for a total of 152.5!

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You are killing it. We need a 200 mile challenge for you.

Hey everyone! Did 3 miles today!! Putting me to 32 miles.

Wtg....they keep adding up. Nice job.

Logged 5.55 miles today. Total to date

91.3!!! To hit 100 before Friday is my goal!!

You are bad to the bone.....very impressed with all your miles....especially for a self professed non-exerciser.

82.5 miles. Work and life and trying to get in the way this week, but I'm going to hit 100.

I did a lot of walking today...3.14 miles. I just finished riding the recumbent bike 4.45 miles which put me at 7.59 miles today and a total of....101 miles!! I can't believe I did it and with days to spare!!! My wife took a pic right after I broke 100 miles...lol! I just need to figure out how to post it.

Come on everyone...we are in the home stretch!! If I can do it' date=' you can do it. Before my surgery last month, if you told me I would do this I would have laughed at you. Now, exactly 5 weeks to the day post op, I have finished the 100 mile challenge and don't plan on stopping!! Thanks for the motivation everyone![/quote']

Ok, that pushed me over the edge; I've been lurking and thinking "I'm not up to this yet" but if you did it 5 weeks post op, I can't really come up with a valid excuse at 4 months!!

I'll be joining the October challenge (Yikes!!)

Yesterday 2.18 miles.. Took a rest day, today flying home. Total 101.68... Did it and plan on continuing!

You are bad to the bone.....very impressed with all your miles....especially for a self professed non-exerciser.

Hee hee. I told you my "life verse" from the Bible is "bodily exercise profitteth little!" (YES, I know it's taken out of context but it's MY context! lol).

Alright the human slug is checking in...

I spent my morning exercising!

Knocked out 5 on the bike and 5 on the treadmill!

Total 78

Okay, *just* added up everything and I did it!!!!

Today's total is:

(drumroll)

104.87 miles

Woo hoo! They are mostly from spin class but some are from running and some are from walking (oh and I did add in some from just an exercise bike when I was waiting for my fusion class to start, I killed 10 mins on the exercise bike right outside the door, figured I could stand around and "chat" or I could move my legs. )

Definitely a good feeling of accomplishment. I'm going to still keep track and see where I end up by the end of Sept. Thanks all for the support and thanks Butter for getting us started and keeping us encouraged.

Great job everyone!

Nice job everyone. I'm so proud of all of y'all. Thanks to everybody that jumped on board and is giving it a go. You're all winners. Everyone is doing great and the miles are adding up fast.

Day 26 for me....4.9 miles. 117.5 total.

5 more days for me...likely one of those will be a rest day so....I'm winding down. Someone else will have to start a new thread next month as I doubt I'll be able to. But hopefully by November I'll be able to put up some walking miles.

Nice job everyone. I'm so proud of all of y'all. Thanks to everybody that jumped on board and is giving it a goal. You're all winners. Everyone is doing great and the miles are adding up fast.

Day 26 for me....4.9 miles. 117.5 total.

5 more days for me...likely one of those will be a rest day so....I'm winding down. Someone else will have to start a new thread next month as I doubt I'll be able to. But hopefully by November I'll be able to put up some walking miles.

It won't be the same without you... should we call it " October 100 mile challenge"?

Shannon

Hey Butter, I will take care of starting the Oct challenge. We definitely need to keep this going. I agree, it won't be the same without you but we know you will be peaking in for encouragement.

I will have to postpone starting the Couch 2 5K as planned. I had planned to start next Monday but on a great news note, my wife will be getting sleeved that morning. We are both excited. I guess I will do my walking laps around the hospital while she is in surgery.

Now...time for a walk.