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!!

This comment might be in way left field but I need to ask... do any of you use compression garments for stomach arms or legs? Like the runners sleeves or runner compression pants...spanks anything.... do they help?

Shannon

Yes, most of the time I wear Assets. They are a form of Spanx. I ALWAYS exercise with it on and I always wear one when I am out. At home I sometimes wear it. The ones I have are light so they aren't too bad to wear during exercise but I cannot wait until the day I have plastics and don't have to wear them anymore!

Took a 1.7 mile pre-dinner walk with hubby

I did 3 25 mile mountain bike rides this week and will be doing a 36mile ride on Saturday.

I did 3 25 mile mountain bike rides this week and will be doing a 36mile ride on Saturday.

Good lord!! You are amazing! At least to someone who doesn't go on 25 mile rides you are!

I walked around the house 6 times today. Gets easier each time.

Great question and yes.....up until now I've been wearing one of these.

http://www.makemeheal.com/mmh/product.do?id=93735

I won't have to wear it again thankfully....but it has made all the difference. It stays in place and held my biggest problem area in place while running. The first couple of times it seemed uncomfortable but I got used it is very quickly. It became no big deal very quickly.

Hot!

2.5 miles today

Walked a shorty 1.7 mile walk with the hubs so my total is now 17.5.

I did 3 25 mile mountain bike rides this week and will be doing a 36mile ride on Saturday.

So basically you will be done in the first week??

Doesn't sound like much as a challenge!

Hot!

Bahahahaha

So basically you will be done in the first week?? Doesn't sound like much as a challenge!

I'm thinking the same while here I am at 2.5 today! Lol

Man, I need to get my non-mountain bike out!

I'm thinking the same while here I am at 2.5 today! Lol

Man' date=' I need to get my non-mountain bike out![/quote']

I will admit biking (even mountain) is a lot easier than walking and running the 100 miles

Hello there...well I walked 2.35 miles and rode the recumbent bike for 4 miles today. That puts my total at 12.17 miles so far.

I learned a good lesson today...you get what you pay for. I was looking at a Trek mountain bike. I decide to save money and go with the Mongoose brand from Walmart instead. Well, that was a joke. Piece if junk and didn't fit my 6'2" frame. Well that is what I get. So I took that back today and went and bought the Trek like I should have to begin with. I get to pick it up Monday...being assembled brand new out of the box! Woo Hoo!!!

I took my bike in for servicing and ended up trading it in on a new bike for my 75 pound reward. Going to use it for cross training as I increase my running mileage.

So far this month:

Run: 8 (goal 60)

Walk: 7 (goal 40)

Bike: 0 (goal 50)

Total: 15

Ok I'm a little late joining the challenge but I want to give it a try...and I'm Jennifer!

welcome