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!!

So' date=' I'm finally back after having the flu. Went to the gym yesterday for the first time in almost 2 weeks - amazing how quickly you can lose what you've worked so hard to achieve! As a result, I'm much further behind than I had hoped to be at this point in the month, but I decided to keep going. Even if I don't hit 100, it's still more than I did last month, and there's always November to gear up for! As of yesterday, I'm at 31.7 miles and 1500 squats. Holding steady at 181 lbs (lost 2 while I was sick, so that's somethin') and 1.5 lbs from my halfway mark. Decided that I'm going to splurge on a bike as my reward. That should help me with the 100 miles![/quote']

Well, don't "overdo". Glad you are feeling better!

So' date=' I'm finally back after having the flu. Went to the gym yesterday for the first time in almost 2 weeks - amazing how quickly you can lose what you've worked so hard to achieve! As a result, I'm much further behind than I had hoped to be at this point in the month, but I decided to keep going. Even if I don't hit 100, it's still more than I did last month, and there's always November to gear up for!

As of yesterday, I'm at 31.7 miles and 1500 squats.

Holding steady at 181 lbs (lost 2 while I was sick, so that's somethin') and 1.5 lbs from my halfway mark. Decided that I'm going to splurge on a bike as my reward. That should help me with the 100 miles![/quote']

It is amazing how fast you lose your fitness progress....bit it comes back even quicker. After a week or so you'll be right back where you were.

25 minutes of strength training and 10.4 miles on the stationary bike. Brings me to 76.7 miles.

Just realized this morning that with the fitbit lost' date=' I'm out of the challenge since I have no way to keep track of miles anymore. So I guess I end the challenge at 50 this month. Can't wait for next months challenge. I will stay and cheer you guys to the finish line. Someone found my fitbit and is using it. I got an email in Spanish congratulating me for setting up my fitbit. Hmmm.[/quote']

Que passa? Sua fit bit esta muy bueno!

6 miles today on the bike brings monthly total to 31.5

My Insanity updates…

Day 4: (10/17) Cardio Recovery - 40 minutes of intense strength-training

Day 5: (10/18) Pure Cardio – 55 minutes of EXTREME cardio…this was CRAZY Intense!!

Day 6: (10/19) Plyometric Cardio Circuit – 42 min of lower body cardio

Day 7: (10/20) Much Needed REST DAY!! (Completed and survived week 1)!!

Day 8: (10/20) Cardio Power & Resistance – 40 min of upper body strength-training

Day 9: (10/21) Pure Cardio - – 55 minutes of EXTREME cardio' date=' getting a little easier, the 2[sup']nd[/sup] time around

Day 10: (10/22) Plyometric Cardio Circuit - 42 min of lower body cardio

This morning Day 11: (10/23) Cardio Recovery – 33 min of lower intense workout

I wanted to add a few more miles to my month total… (Total Miles: 115 - 725 Total Squats), but I am to beat with this workout to even consider doing any additional walking or biking!! Hopefully in month 2, I’ll have the energy to do both.

You are killing it, daily! Thanks for posting. I am on vacation and miss my prescribed daily cross fit workout. yes it is an addiction. it is going to be 95 f out almost every day, so am thinking about running inside on treadmill rather than outside in the heat. Does anyone know if running 10 k would work in 95 f temp? That seems like a recipe for overheating to me. There is a nice gym here in the community we are staying at, but it is mostly cardio machines and resistance machines. No free 45 lb bars. There is a bar attached to a cage, but i have no idea how to use it. In my mind, It feels weird to uses resistance machine as have been doing Olympic lifts for with just me, some plates and a 45 lb bar for many months now. There are some dumbbells and some weighted balls in the gym, so think I will form a timed workout around those (cleans, man makers, etc) along with push-ups, pull-ups, jumping lunges, etc. I also brought my "be your own gym" DVD, so am planning to do that also this week.

Sorry to be a downer, but daylight savings time ends on Nov 3. It will be darker when you get off work. Time to start getting up early!

wow, bummer. I thought since we push the clocks back, it would be a little lighter for a while. Oh well. Thanks!

i lost my fitbit somewhere in the cave/ocean/hike/pool/ferry/hotel. But beore that, I had 3.5 miles on it and that doesn't count the hour long HIKE into the cave nor the 30 mins of swimming.

Edit: That puts me at 50.2 miles. I should be really excited today because of what I accomplished but I lost two pitches and lost my new fitbit and it's being kinda sh@tty considering I'm on vacation and all this bad news is piling up so I'm sulking. I will go sulk and then I will come back and celebrate that i freaking hiked a cave today!

Go to the fitbit website and Email them. I lost mine once and they replaced it for free.

Added 6.2 miles riding last night and another 2 walking. Total 129.96

Que passa? Sua fit bit esta muy bueno!

Yeah....What she said!

Another 2.3 miles today. Total of 11. Half way to my goal.

You are killing it, daily! Thanks for posting. I am on vacation and miss my prescribed daily cross fit workout. yes it is an addiction. it is going to be 95 f out almost every day, so am thinking about running inside on treadmill rather than outside in the heat. Does anyone know if running 10 k would work in 95 f temp? That seems like a recipe for overheating to me. There is a nice gym here in the community we are staying at, but it is mostly cardio machines and resistance machines. No free 45 lb bars. There is a bar attached to a cage, but i have no idea how to use it. In my mind, It feels weird to uses resistance machine as have been doing Olympic lifts for with just me, some plates and a 45 lb bar for many months now. There are some dumbbells and some weighted balls in the gym, so think I will form a timed workout around those (cleans, man makers, etc) along with push-ups, pull-ups, jumping lunges, etc. I also brought my "be your own gym" DVD, so am planning to do that also this week.

I can see once you get yourself into a workout regimen and you miss a day or so…it can get to you. I just started my program and I crave the next workout and I rather have this new addiction versus my food addition I used to have.

I would imagine that 10k in 95 temps is doable as long as you keep yourself hydrated. When I walk or bike I like doing it outdoors as living in the Midwest the workouts in the winter are spent indoors.

Good luck with your workout during your vacation…BTW, I need to pick up that DVD you mentioned, sounds good.

You are killing it' date=' daily! Thanks for posting. I am on vacation and miss my prescribed daily cross fit workout. yes it is an addiction. it is going to be 95 f out almost every day, so am thinking about running inside on treadmill rather than outside in the heat. Does anyone know if running 10 k would work in 95 f temp? That seems like a recipe for overheating to me. There is a nice gym here in the community we are staying at, but it is mostly cardio machines and resistance machines. No free 45 lb bars. There is a bar attached to a cage, but i have no idea how to use it. In my mind, It feels weird to uses resistance machine as have been doing Olympic lifts for with just me, some plates and a 45 lb bar for many months now. There are some dumbbells and some weighted balls in the gym, so think I will form a timed workout around those (cleans, man makers, etc) along with push-ups, pull-ups, jumping lunges, etc. I also brought my "be your own gym" DVD, so am planning to do that also this week.[/quote']

We just got finished with our 6 months of summer here in texas. I ran that distance many times and it was 95 everyday. Yes I did run in the heat of the day a few times and it's no fun, but I was acclimated to the heat so it's not like it was dangerous for me. For of....it might be different. On the other hand, it can't be 95 all day long. Likely it's cooler at dawn right? That's when you should be running.

There are many smart phone apps you can use to track your mileage. Map my run is a good one. There are also a bunch of pedometer apps as well. In other words.....we're not letting you quit.

They all need wireless and/or a data plan. I'm in Mexico where I don't have one. So my iPhone is just an expensive camera for now. I will be home late tomorrow night. I will still have Friday to track! Yay!

Besides I spent all today eating! At a cooking class! So much fun. Tomorrow I travel so I will def get at least 2 miles which seems to be my standard airport mileage. Then I will have to crank out 8 more until the end of the month. So doable. I'm so on vacation I thought the end of the month was Friday.

Okay I'm back in! Woo hoo!

Edited October 23, 201312 yr by gamergirl

I started the day off with a quick and cool 2.6 mile bike ride. I got in 3 miles of walking today. That puts my total at 107.95 miles!