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!!

A side of you I never knew about.....freaky. ......but I have to say....."#4 I may take a day off of WORK this week so I can get a project done."......uh....I call BS on this.

I got another mile this morning between rain storms so I'm up to 21.2.

Missus Butter ran a whopper this morning... 12.5. For a total of 88.3 for the month.

Here's a link to the November thread.

http://www.verticals...ness-challenge/

Love, love, LOVE how you set up the November challenge! So much more inclusive and already I see bunches of new people in there. Great job Butter. Thank you!

Love' date=' love, LOVE how you set up the November challenge! So much more inclusive and already I see bunches of new people in there. Great job Butter. Thank you![/quote']

Thanks for the input.

Today I got in 12. 23 miles. Longest distance in a long time.

2 mile warm up @ 6.2 mph

10 k run @ 6.4 mph

5 k @ 6.5 mph

1 mile jog cool down

I had to stop between 10 k and 5 k for a bathroom stop. no tree to relieve myself on. Feel pretty good now, but legs - quads- are a little tired. Not too bad overall though. I am not really an endurance runner. In fact, it is not my cup of tea (prefer fast short distances). For me, running takes about 10 minutes before reaching runner high and auto pilot switches on. All I have to do is remember the principle of chi running: run lightly, mid foot impact, forward tilt and large strides; keep the body well balanced and relaxed. The muscle memory and conditioning takes care of the rest.

This should place my monthly total over 200.

I was going to ask if you got in a long run. Nice job. Can't wait to get back to it myself.

3 painful miles on my bike. 53 now.

Dang flare up. I only got 1.2 miles today and YES I am claiming the .2 part too! 54.2. Worried I won't be able to make my stretch goal of 60 with this stupid sh-- RA!

Dang flare up. I only got 1.2 miles today and YES I am claiming the .2 part too! 54.2. Worried I won't be able to make my stretch goal of 60 with this stupid sh-- RA!

Sorry you're having a flare up. Hang in there. Do what you can and make it up next month.

Dang flare up. I only got 1.2 miles today and YES I am claiming the .2 part too! 54.2. Worried I won't be able to make my stretch goal of 60 with this stupid sh-- RA!

Aww, don't fret, my friend. It's all good. Take care of yourself.

GG, I applaud you for getting out there and doing anything when in pain! Let alone 1.2 miles..

Hell it's more than I did today!

I walked to the grocery store today but it's not even enough to count

I got in 3.01 today for a total of 54.23 miles. I pushed through the pain in my left knee....I am not liking where this is going. I have had two knee surgeries already and took a really bad fall a year ago and came down on the same knee. Of course I was at my heaviest at the time. I have a brace I guess I need to dig it back out and start walking with it on....and life goes on!

Okay, 6 .4 today total of 129.4!!! Beat my goal it's all gravy from here! Boy, I wish I had some biscuits and gravy!!!

I got in 3.01 today for a total of 54.23 miles. I pushed through the pain in my left knee....I am not liking where this is going. I have had two knee surgeries already and took a really bad fall a year ago and came down on the same knee. Of course I was at my heaviest at the time. I have a brace I guess I need to dig it back out and start walking with it on....and life goes on!

I know how you feel. I had surgery in 2012 for a torn meniscus in my right knee. I have noticed some pretty good pain at times in that knee again, a lot of the same pains I had before. I am hoping I haven't retorn it. I guess time will tell. Just take it easy and take care of yourself.

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1.60 miles today. Taking it easy these last few days to let my knee rest. I have been getting some old pains back. Hoping I haven't damaged it again. It is not stopping me though. I am now at 117.45 miles.

You know.. Ok this might sound weird and long winded...

But the knee pain reminds me about my hip pain at about a month out from surgery.

I have a bum hip and have pins in it. But it doesn't really bother me I've had them for years.

But all of a sudden a month after surgery, for about a month it was so bad I could hardly walk somedays. I though my hip was coming out of the socket and the doctors tool X-rays and everything but it was ok.. I came here and did a search about hip pain joint pain and sure enough tons of posts about it. After reading and talking to several people I wonder if "weak" areas become painful again for a little while because our center of gravity, posture is changing as we lose a lot in those early days?

By the way my pain magically went away never to return..

Ok I know that made now sense but I just saw two of you with bum knees .