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!!

Okay, I'm all in this month too!

Thanks for keeping this going Ted! Also glad your wife's surgery went well!

BTB...glad you are on the "other" side...hope the drugs are keeping you comfy! Thanks for checking in and glad your wife is participating also.

~Sheila

Count me in for October! I need some motivation desperately. I'm Kathleen or Kat. Nice to meet everyone.

I am in... i did BTBs challenge on mfp( managed 115) ... so OCT is on VST... lets see ...definately gonna try and push beyond 115.. :)

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oh and i am Shweta... Hello to all my fellow 100milers

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I am in... i did BTBs challenge on mfp( managed 115) ... so OCT is on VST... lets see ...definately gonna try and push beyond 115.. :) Sent from my GT-I9100 using VST

Hey Shweta....thanks for joining in last month on mfp. And I'm glad you're gonna log here too. This has been a fun group.

I'm seeing everyone posting these goals and I'm getting anxious. Can I still join even if I only think I can do 40 miles? Or do I need to sit at a kids table somewhere? The one labelled with a P for wussy?

Dr U, I'm in the same boat. We'll keep each other company! I'm going to do my best to push to 100, but I'll be happy with staying motivated & active no matter the number!

I would love to join in ! I'm Ashley , hello all ! How do we log in ? I have a fitbit I wear , I don't have mfp , but could get it if necessary .

I'm in - my name is Holly.

Welcome aboard Holly!

Shannon

I would love to join in ! I'm Ashley ' date=' hello all ! How do we log in ? I have a fitbit I wear , I don't have mfp , but could get it if necessary .[/quote']

I have mfp its easy but I want fitbit... do you love it?

Shannon

I have mfp its easy but I want fitbit... do you love it? Shannon

I do love it . Except I don't know if it necessarily calculates my strides 100% because I'm so tall . It's nice because I have the app on my phone I can track food , fluids , my weight , set goals for myself . I don't want something where I'm going to have to document my life in it if you know what I mean.

Dr U, I'm in the same boat. We'll keep each other company! I'm going to do my best to push to 100, but I'll be happy with staying motivated & active no matter the number!

oh thank god! Yay, we can exercise "together". I'm excited

oh thank god! Yay' date=' we can exercise "together". I'm excited [/quote']

You're on! Starting today!

Hey all - here's a handy tool to convert your steps to miles based on your stride length (good way to check your pedometer, depending on what kind you use):

http://www.walk4life.com/customerservice/forms_stepstomiles.aspx

I'd like to know how many miles I cover in a day above & beyond my exercise.

Have you guys thought of creating a beginner's thread with a 50 mile threshold? I don't know if it would be redundant or motivating? I can imagine a few people out there wouldn't want to sign up for 100 right away, but 50 is easier to contemplate for someone who hasn't been active for a long time.

Thoughts?

Have you guys thought of creating a beginner's thread with a 50 mile threshold? I don't know if it would be redundant or motivating? I can imagine a few people out there wouldn't want to sign up for 100 right away, but 50 is easier to contemplate for someone who hasn't been active for a long time.

Thoughts?

It's just for motivation anyway! I never thought I would seriously be able to do 100 miles last month. My average was about 1-2 miles a couple to three times a week!!!! So.....

I say, just join in - kick it into gear - and do what you can! Nobody on here cares if it's called "100 mile" challenge! We are all just doing what we can!

If you do 50, that's 50 you didn't do last month!