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October 100 Mile Challange!



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Hey everyone! Great job on your totals for September and a huge thank you to Butterthebean for starting that post and challenging us all to challenge ourselves. We all wish BTB great success and a speedy recovery from his surgery. We know you will be watching and cheering us on. October is among us and with that comes a new challenge. 100 miles in 31 days! Walk, run, bike, whatever you do, log those miles and drink that water! Anyone who has been lurking in the shadows and watching last months challenge, now is your time to join us! It doesn't matter if you do 1 mile a day or 20, just go at your pace and have fun! For those of us who participated in last months challenge, I want to issue a personal challenge to add another 15 miles to what you did last month. After all, there is 1 more day in this month.

On a side note, this group has become very motivational for me as well as others. If you don't mind, let's let everyone know your real first name. If you would rather not and just want to go with your username that is perfectly fine. I will kick it off...my name is Ted. Good luck everyone and log those miles!!

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Oh yay! I'm glad this thread was started. I go back to work on Wednesday and this will definitely motivate me to get some exercise in when I get home at night!

Doesn't bother me if people know my first name, it's Ella.

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Glad to see this. I'll be watching and cheering.

My name is Patrick.....but more people call me Butter than anything. About the only person that calls me Patrick is the missus.....and it usually means I'm in trouble.

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Im ready to join! It's time for me to get my exercise more consistent and with our weather finally cooling off, I'm ready to log some miles. I'm Jodi from Phoenix. Surgery was Aug. 14. Let's do this! : )

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real first name.

hi Ted

nice to meet you :)

I'm proudgrammy

my first name is PROUD ;)

AKA

kathy ;)

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I'm in! Chelenka is my psuedo-Rissian stage name (my apologies to anyone who is actually Russian). My first name is Helen. Nice to meet ya'll.

pre-surgery weight 325; surgery date 2/28/2013; surgery weight 307; 8 weeks past-op weight 281.4; 12 weeks post-op 274

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Oh boy, not sure I'm ready for this one but I'm also from Phoenix area and it has been under 90 for several days now and the coolness in going to my head, so I will jump in and do my best on this challenge :) My name is Alana, pronounced so many ways by people that I just answer to hey you. Thanks for suggesting this Ted, good goal.

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I am in for sure, I gearing up for surgery in November. This will be a great way to keep me walking! Thanks everybody! Oh and my name is Ann.

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Ok I'll try it just waiting for insurance approval. BYW I'm Patricia but every one calls me Pat.

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I'm joining too, will be shocked if I can do 100 but I intend to do whatever I can. My name is Urvashi (rhymes with Hershey). Or you can call me by my Starbucks name which is Gracie, my dogs name. I got tired of spelling Urvashi :)

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Oh boy, not sure I'm ready for this one but I'm also from Phoenix area and it has been under 90 for several days now and the coolness in going to my head, so I will jump in and do my best on this challenge :) My name is Alana, pronounced so many ways by people that I just answer to hey you. Thanks for suggesting this Ted, good goal.

Welcome aboard to all the new faces! Glad to have you. Just go at your pace. This is not a race or a competition. Just a friendly challenge that Butter started and I just want to continue because it helped me so much to see everyone's progress and see my own. It is very motivational!

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I am in! Hopefully I will have my surgery in November and this will be a great way to get ready for it. I think everyone can probably guess my name and the state I live in. Lol

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